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1. How did you get out of bedside nursing?

   abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

   Nice. I always envied the PICC line nurses and Dialysis nurses who just do their thing and leave. How did you get your training as a vascular access nurse? This also sounds appealing to

2. How did you get out of bedside nursing?

   abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much. I will look into these nursing jobs as well. But is it hard to land these jobs with no experience? Do they train experienced floor nurses who want to transition into these jobs? A lot...

3. How did you get out of bedside nursing?

   abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the PM, it won't let me reply back yet. What is a day in the life like in your nursing

4. How did you get out of bedside nursing?

   abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

   Why not home

5. How did you get out of bedside nursing?

   abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

   What made you come back to bedside? If anything, I want a full time non-bedside job and still keep my per diem bedside job so I don't lose my skills. Thanks for inspiring me! I am going to apply...

6. How did you get out of bedside nursing?

   abnormal_saline posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I've been a RN, BSN for about 7.5 years, working as a floor nurse for the most part on the night shift 7pm-7am. I started out my career at age 25-years-old on a busy Med-Surg Tele unit, worked...

7. Being out of ratio. Is it legal in California?

   abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

   Wow. Very useful info. Thank you so much MunoRN! And thanks for that link too! Until that Bill passes, it seems like we are powerless in refusing out of ratio assignments. It just feels so unsafe at...

8. Being out of ratio. Is it legal in California?

   abnormal_saline posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I work as an RN on a Stroke Unit at a fairly large hospital in Southern California. I have been a nurse for 8 years and this is my first year at this particular hospital. I've noticed they will...

9. New hospital, but not a new nurse blues...

   abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

   It actually is policy to not speak any other language other than English out in the nurses station, but they continue to speak to me in Tagalog, within earshot of patients and their families. All of...

10. New hospital, but not a new nurse blues...

    abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. My cousin refers to them as "the Filipino mafia!" It definitely feels like hazing, and I am not thrilled about having to go through it. I am just baffled at how they are able to get away with...

11. New hospital, but not a new nurse blues...

    abnormal_saline posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently got hired at a bigger hospital and I think I am not liking my charge nurses at night. Just a little background, I'm still working at my current smaller community hospital per diem where I...

12. Help! Audited for CEU's I thought I had...

    abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I've sent them an email explaining my situation and my attempts to retrieve my certifications. I also explained the hardships I have gone through the past 2 years and if they would take that into...

13. Help! Audited for CEU's I thought I had...

    abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

    I did this already, but they are still saying that I didn't complete the course even though they have proof that I paid for the course. Now it's my word against theirs and they won't do anything to...

14. Help! Audited for CEU's I thought I had...

    abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

    I called the company I did the CE's with, they have record that I paid for the class in September 2014, but they're saying their computer records show I didn't complete the course!! I know I completed...

15. Help! Audited for CEU's I thought I had...

    abnormal_saline replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you joanna73. I've already completed a new set of 30 CEU's and mailed it back to the BRN. It's not within the time frame they are asking for because it's completed February 2015, but we'll see...