Momma1RN

Hello! I know the DEA website says the application could take 4-6 weeks to process but I'm curious how long your initial application took. I've seen some people on other forums say 1-2 weeks, so was curious about insight here. Thanks!

Hi Anyone have any idea how long the BON is taking for new APRN licenses these days? They’ve had my application for 3 weeks and just cashed the check. I’ve sat on hold for hours trying to talk to someone, for them to just tell me “we don’t give out timeframes, that’s up to the board, try calling back in 10 business days”. ugh.

I have worked in telemetry and ER and am about to go into my last semester of FNP school. I am VERY grateful for my ER experience and I think it's probably the best place to get experience prior to FNP school. I feel as though I'm a step ahead from my colleagues who have worked in a niche specialty.

Amazing! I am from MA and I honestly never thought I would see this happen. Way to go!

Blood alcohol tests don’t lie.

What about FNP with a post masters ACNP or ED certificate?

Hello! I have 5 years of experience as a med/tele RN, ER RN and most recently charge on a busy observation/short stay unit. I have a BSN and RN-BC in cardiac vascular nursing. I am looking to make a change and many people have suggested pre-op/PACU as a good place where you can utilize your nursing knowledge and combat some of the day-to-day stuff that burns out floor nurses. Any words of advice from seasoned PACU RNs? What do you love about the job? What do you hate? Thanks!

I was pregnant my senior year in nursing school. It can be physically tough even if you don't have complications like extreme nausea. No one can tell you how it will affect you, but I would personally consider waiting until you're almost done with school. I graduated, had my baby, took my NCLEX and got to spend the first few months with him before job searching.

I work at a facility that is constantly over capacity. There are not nearly enough beds in the hospital to handle the massive need in the community. My floor is often the only one with any beds and we are forced to take patients that we do not have the tools, resources, experience or competency to care for. Most of the staff have been nurses <1 year. We attempt to refuse patients from the ER that surpass our level of care and are told they're coming up anyways, or are threatened that if we do not take the patient, they are taking staff from our already short staffed floor and sending them somewhere else. We run out of equipment like telemetry monitors and if we're the only bed available, will discontinue orders for monitoring in order to send them to us (and these are patients who need to be monitored). I am at a loss about what to do as a charge nurse who is attempting to advocate and protect my staff (and my license as I'm forced to take a patient assignment as well). We do not have a union. And I'm wondering if it's time to move on in order to protect my license and livelihood. Thanks in advance for all advice and input.

I agree. I would just ask if there's someone else who would like to be called off. I would rather just go in.

So at the facility I currently work for (FL), staffing can flex you before your shift, but you must be "available" to come in if they call you to within 30 minutes up until 2pm. They do not pay on call, and if you don't/can't report back after being flexed, it goes on your record as a no call no show. It seems that this policy violates the federal labor laws, from my very rudimentary knowledge of them. Does anyone work at a facility where this is a policy, and is it legal? FL of course is an at will state, so I'm not sure if previous employees have been successful in complaining about it.

Hello! Does anyone work at this facility? There are some opportunities available that I'm interested in and would like some insight into the hospital as a whole. Unfortunately it doesn't have the *best* reputation in the community, but I know sometimes that doesn't mean too much. Feel free to PM me- thanks!

No, this is helpful PB- thank you! Good luck in your new position!

I'm looking into work from home jobs with insurance companies. I have a BSN and three years of clinical experience (telemetry and emergency). I do not have CM or UM experience, though, and I'm curious for those who have entered this field with just clinical experience, what the training and orientation period is like. Is this a really difficult job to learn? I learn very quick, but I'm definitely worried/nervous about the support with a WAH job where I'm assuming to be expected to jump right in pretty quickly. Thanks!

Thank you so much! I am interviewing for an RN care coordinator position, whose hours are listed as M-F 8-4:30, but per the recruiter the schedule is flexible. I'm eager to speak with the manager this week about the role and just how flexible it is. Do you all find that you are doing an excessive amount of driving, and charting a lot after shift? I have two young kids and I am nervous about having hours and hours of charting after I get home. And I'm nervous about the wear and tear on my vehicle (I have an SUV) though they do compensate for mileage. Thanks!

I've always been interested in hospice nursing but my experience thus far has been in acute care and emergency nursing. We are in Florida and I'm curious if anyone can tell me the different hospice roles I'm seeing in job listings. I am seeing triage hospice nurse, telephonic triage nurse, admissions hospice nurse, RN care coordinator, and RN hospice house (which I know is at a facility). Do all of these roles travel to homes/LTC facilities to assess patients? Are some of these strictly administrative? I am trying to find a role that is professionally satisfying but that can work around childcare and my husbands schedule in the military. Thanks!

I interviewed at an HCA facility that does this.

When I worked on the floor I hated when patients refused to wash up and then their family comes in and the first thing they say is "these nurses are terrible. They've refused to give me a bath for three days! I keep asking to wash up and they refuse!" So of course family storms to the nurses station to complain about how their mother/father/sister is sooooo upset about being "dirty"

We're a military family as well so I understand the logistics of nursing school being difficult. There's not a stigma about LPN, but depending on where in the country you are you may have a difficult time finding work. Many hospitals have phased out LPN and many private practices utilize an RN and MAs do what LPNs used to. At least that's the norm up here in New England. Going for your RN will save you money, time and will make you a lot more marketable. Feel free to pm me if you have questions. Being military, it may be worth your while to take all prereqs and then apply to RN school once you move.

I work in the ED. I hate when family members open the curtain and stare at me as if there is something I can do to make their lab work result faster, the radiologist read their test faster, etc.

What is mojo??

Wow never heard of opana and I have no idea what flakka is- I thought it was the same as spice? No? I forgot about etoh. Tons and tons of that. I'm in MA.

Sounds wholly illegal to me.

Where I live, the drug of choice is almost exclusively heroin. I am well versed in the treatment of heroin overdoses and the resources for those who use, as we have several per day on average. I've never dealt with a patient on bath salts, meth, crack, etc. , at least to my knowledge. I'm getting ready to relocate to a different region and i'm realizing I may have to educate myself on other presentations for other substances!

Ha there is literally no time for shenanigans.