seaofclouds21

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    Quitting first RN job

    seaofclouds21 replied to hnwarden's topic in Nursing Career

    Since you know you are moving in 8 months, I think that is more reason to try to stick it out. Otherwise, once you move instead of having about a year of experience in the acute care environment, you...
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    911, This Nurse Needs Help ASAP

    seaofclouds21 replied to Jnateman's topic in General Nursing

    The issue has nothing to do with being a NP, just the specific job requirements for the jobs you are looking for. The job requirements state you must have a MSN, so either get a MSN or look for a...
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    I can't wear an N95 resp. mask= No airborne iso patients?!

    seaofclouds21 replied to s1992's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at facilities that did not have the PAPR. At those facilities, if you could not wear a N95 mask, you did not take care of patients requiring airborne isolation. You worked your normal...
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    CPR on the floors

    seaofclouds21 replied to Sallysame's topic in General Nursing

    I actually did some research on this topic for a school project. I found research that said healthcare providers begin to lose some of the psychomotor skills in as little as 2 months after their BLS...
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    Nurses who can't find jobs- vent..

    seaofclouds21 replied to GRN005's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever had someone review your resume? I know many places screen resumes and if you don't have the right wording, sometimes you'll never make it to the hiring manager. Also, it may depend on...
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    Work declining vacation request?

    seaofclouds21 replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    You really need to know the policy with your facilities vacation time. For example, my employer considers Memorial Day through Labor Day to be "prime time". Each nurse is only allowed one week during...
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    I'm a new hire & want to start making protocol changes

    seaofclouds21 replied to A.dela's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the others that you should lay low for a bit. Perhaps model the behavior you think should be happening. For example, if you want information about bowel movements in report, start giving...
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    Which is the better career path?

    seaofclouds21 replied to emgmag's topic in General Nursing

    These are two very different career paths. Which one would be better is strictly a matter of opinion and depend on what you want to do with your future in nursing. For me personally, neither one. I...
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    Do you always get out of work on time?

    seaofclouds21 replied to sandiamts's topic in General Nursing

    I usually get out on time. It is a rare instance when I get out late, and even then it's within 30 minutes of my normal time. In the year I've been at my currently job, I've only been more than 30...
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    Would love some input in rolling out bedside report

    seaofclouds21 replied to kms6417's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing really, except it appeases management when they see us at the door rather than at the desk. I guess they figure we are either getting ready to go in or coming
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    Select specialty hospitals

    seaofclouds21 replied to Shagce1's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I worked at Select for almost 4 years. I left due to moving out of the area. We had LVADs on occassion. As for the comparison between Select and Lifecare, it really depends on where you are. Lifecare...
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    Opinions on nursing students?

    seaofclouds21 replied to milesims's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I like working with nursing students. We have students come to our unit every semester and I regularly talk with them and their instructor. This semester I started to precept senior nursing students....
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    SCHOOL! HELP!

    seaofclouds21 replied to PaigeAmis's topic in General Nursing

    From what I remember seeing when I started looking at grad school, there are a few tracks for graduate education and it really depends on the school you are interested in attending. The school I go to...
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    How do nurses work with each other in the hospital?

    seaofclouds21 replied to nyletak's topic in General Nursing

    Shadowing is great if you can do it. A lot of your specific questions are going to depend on where you work. In my experience at various hospitals, I was always assigned my patients (up to 8 depending...
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    Working full time and going to school at night.. Need ADVICE

    seaofclouds21 replied to helloimesperanza's topic in General Nursing

    If you are interested in getting your foot in the door at a hospital, you could consider any hospital job as a starting point. If you can't work as a CNA because it requires extra training in your...
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    documenting wounds in the care plan

    seaofclouds21 replied to Ann Avery's topic in General Nursing

    That will depend specifically on your facilities charting. We have specific wound assessment forms we fill out for wound/skin assessments. Then our care plan has comments about wound healing, but not...
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    Why can't we all just get along?

    seaofclouds21 replied to milesims's topic in General Students

    I have to respectfully disagree with this. While in nursing school you are all working on the same degree at that time, continuing education, at least in my area is very competitive. In order to get...
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    Would love some input in rolling out bedside report

    seaofclouds21 replied to kms6417's topic in General Nursing

    We use bedside report on our stepdown unit. Prior to report, the nurse is expected to ask the patient if they want to participate in bedside report. If they say no, we do a quick introduction for the...
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    Weed and work.

    seaofclouds21 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think everyone else covered all the potential times one could be drug tested by an employer. My previous hospital had random testing every quarter. In the 4 years I worked for them, my name came up...
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    3-12s days or 8-4 m-f (3 little boys at home)

    seaofclouds21 replied to M610's topic in Nursing Career

    Does the 3 12 hour shifts include weekend? Will you have child care available if you are both working on a weekend? I'd take the Monday-Friday. It will give you more time with your family as a whole...
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    Staying afloat on a nurse's salary?

    seaofclouds21 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    That all depends on your income and
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    Staying afloat on a nurse's salary?

    seaofclouds21 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    We try to keep our budgeting pretty simple. When we started our current budget, we wrote down all of our monthly expenses, including the amount we wanted to put into savings each month. Then we looked...
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    Illinois License

    seaofclouds21 replied to amefoley's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine had to wait 6 months to get her Illinois license. This was a few years ago, but from my understanding, it hasn't changed
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    Moving...license question?

    seaofclouds21 replied to Happynurse12's topic in General Nursing

    I would start the process at least 2-3 months before you move. Some states have a pretty quick process to get a license by endorsement, but other states take a little while. I've seen some take up to...
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    Working and school full time??

    seaofclouds21 replied to Tvel97's topic in General Students

    If you can afford to quit, then definitely go for it. Nursing school can be very busy, so any extra time you have would be