CKPM2RN

CKPM2RN ASN, EMT-P

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  1. RN, ADN being obsolete

    CKPM2RN replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    I feel your pain staple1027. I was cursing myself for getting this degree and subsequent license, it's a second career for me as well. I worked 8 months in LTC/SNF and now work Urgent Care. It doesn't...

  2. RN MGR Told me I'm too old.

    CKPM2RN replied to gumbi_12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That is assuming a lot. People have different abilities at different ages; I know 20-somethings who can't be taxed to walk up a flight of stairs. I'm over 50, a weight lifter and half-marathoner. I...

  3. California New Grad taking job out of state, what are my chances of getting back to CA?

    CKPM2RN replied to sunflow3rz's topic in General Nursing

    What if you like

  4. Community College or MGH?

    CKPM2RN replied to Actioncatt's topic in General Students

    But you can get it for a lot less money than you

  5. New grad hired as charge nurse

    CKPM2RN replied to mdenton's topic in General Nursing

    My first job as well, hit the ground running as Charge RN at a small LTC/SNF with 34-40 residents at any one time. I ended up lasting 8 months before the exhaustion of trying to care for that many on...

  6. Supervised smoking in LTC

    CKPM2RN replied to Jerez's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked LTC a staff member who was a smoker anyway always took this

  7. Per Diem/PRN pay national comparison

    CKPM2RN replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    I have no benefits but 401k (with a hilariously little balance) and I do get a pay differential in lieu of benefits. About $2.00-$2.25/hr. I like being able to schedule when I want and since it's my...

  8. Mom Wants Me to Become an RN as Backup... But I Don't

    CKPM2RN replied to RyanThePianist's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have a friend who has a bachelor's and then a master's in voice performance. (Opera) He worked as and Emergency Room Tech which is EMT level for many years while building his career in Opera. Now he...

  9. It will take me 7 years just for a bsn.

    CKPM2RN replied to futurernmaybe's topic in General Students

    Older new nurses unite! I took 5 years for my two-year ADN as well. I took graduated at 48. Full-time job, house and occupants to take care of, one class at a

  10. Shall I take this job?

    CKPM2RN replied to bonjour79's topic in General Nursing

    Astoria has a great community hospital, it's a beautiful area, a lot less expensive than

  11. Urgent care nurse as a new graduate

    CKPM2RN replied to MonicaWL's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I am new to urgent care as well! First day is next week, in fact. What I did learn in a year of Skilled nursing is that when someone has that question you can't answer on the phone, write it down,...

  12. A weird interview exercise; and how interviews have changed: for the Worse!

    CKPM2RN replied to BlinkyPinky's topic in General Nursing

    Having learned to type on the IBM Selectric myself, I think I'm still a better typist (or "keyboardist" or whatever) than a lot of kids who grew up with

  13. Is 54 too old to get a doctorate degree?

    CKPM2RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Why would you think that you are too old? Go for

  14. Why aren't the duties of the position posted? <rant-y>

    CKPM2RN replied to CKPM2RN's topic in General Nursing

    @not.done.yet The internal hiring/required to post it makes sense with the lack of any job description. Thanks. @Dudette I try to do that as well, but man...it is

  15. Why aren't the duties of the position posted? <rant-y>

    CKPM2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I've been submitting applications, a frustrating experience with HR gate keeping software sending constant auto replies. Gah!! Most of us have been there. A position is available that is of a...

  16. Why are nurses the only profession that cannot accept gifts?

    CKPM2RN replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    Fire and Police are not allowed to accept gifts either. (Well, baked goods are allowed, just so you all

  17. "I am a nurse!"

    CKPM2RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My parents, now in their 70's with a few medical needs, blurt out "Our daughter is a nurse, too!" to every nurse that comes in the room to care for them. I roll my eyes and get a sympathetic look from...

  18. In Defense of the LTC Nurse

    CKPM2RN replied to Oswin's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just left LTC/SNF and there is so much about it I would have loved. I love having the same people and seeing them have good days. I love learning to read the residents because of familiarity. I love...

  19. How do new grad Nurses that don't have BSN manage to survive this job market ?

    CKPM2RN replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm getting constant job offers for the Dakotas, Nebraska, and equal locations. I just got one from a hospital system in Alabama. I'm an ADN and there are a ton of options. Perhaps not exactly where...

  20. Doppler during Code

    CKPM2RN replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in General Nursing

    Capnography is an amazing tool! On many codes we will see the capnography reading in the 20's or so then suddenly jump to 65 (or some random high number). That is the point you check for

  21. Doppler during Code

    CKPM2RN replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in General Nursing

    Practice in the field (yes, paramedic stuff but still useful) is that if we have any question of the possibility of spontaneous circulation a person NOT engaged in current resuscitation efforts takes...

  22. Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    CKPM2RN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where klone is from but I had interviewed in a little community hospital in Astoria where I would have loved to work if not for my contracted commitment elsewhere. I may get there yet...

  23. The Death Spectrum: A new(ish) ER nurse's perspective

    CKPM2RN replied to rldubz's topic in General Nursing

    In 29 years of EMS, Paramedicine, and now nursing, I have been present for more deaths that I can begin to remember. Do they affect me? Yes and no, honestly, mostly no. The important thing to know...

  24. Magnet behind nurses station?

    CKPM2RN replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever been on a snipe

  25. Evidence Base Research Shows...

    CKPM2RN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget: "That's what she said." Never fails to crack us up at