adventure_rn MSN, NP

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    Was it a mistake to pursue a nursing career?

    adventure_rn replied to Nursls21's topic in Nursing Career

    To start, I am so, so sorry about the loss of your mom, and I really admire how you assisted with her care at such a young age. Losing a parent is tragic no matter how old you get, but that is...
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    Direct Entry NP Programs: Anti-Intellectualism/Bullying

    adventure_rn replied to aswiz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    All of the above posters have presented excellent points. In addition, there are just a few that I don't think others have mentioned in this forum, although they come up frequently on these types of...
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    Working on More than One Floor?

    adventure_rn replied to GentheRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you eventually want to pick up predictable extra hours, your best bet is to get a PRN position at a different hospital (as a few other previous posters have stated). However, if you only want to...
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    Dr Google scares me

    adventure_rn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Dr. Google doesn't inherently scare me. I appreciate that health education resources are so widely available on the internet, and I recommend certain sites to my patients' families. It can be hard to...
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    LPN

    adventure_rn replied to aclipe72's topic in Nursing Career

    I completely agree with the first part of cyc0sys's advice, but I'm not sure about the second piece. RT or x-ray would take you in a different direction from nursing, but it is still very much bedside...
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    New Nurse Blues?

    adventure_rn replied to mph53953's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To an extent, it sounds like you're experiencing the normal 'new nurse blues' that are common in your first year. It's tricky when you're experienced enough that some people expect you to know all of...
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    Is it wise to specialize right after nursing school if you know that's what you want to do

    adventure_rn replied to Ptntcrgvr's topic in General Students

    I haven't worked in the ED, but I did volunteer in one for several years. I think that if you ever wanted to leave ED, the hardest challenge would be adjusting to the profoundly different workflow you...
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    Where should new grad move to get hired?

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

    Fabulous advice from llg, as always. I especially agree with her first point. You first year of nursing is very, very hard. You see distressed posts from new grads on AllNurses all. the. time. During...
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    Job Websites

    adventure_rn replied to Renell's topic in Nursing Career

    If you're interested in large hospital systems (and their affiliated outpatient networks), your best bet is to go straight to the hospital HR website. Otherwise, in addition to Monster and Indeed,...
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    New grad struggling to land first job

    adventure_rn replied to Quota's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you could swing it financially, would you consider commuting a few hours and either renting a tiny studio or renting a room from a roommate a few days a week? I've known a handful of people who...
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    Where should new grad move to get hired?

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

    Great advice from Nurse Beth. In addition, in my experience, it's hardest to get jobs in hospitals and cities/regions that are highly desirable; conversely, it's easier to get jobs in hospitals and...
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    Will school nurses be extinct?

    adventure_rn replied to celle507's topic in School

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]27665[/ATTACH] Not a school nurse, but I love reading your posts. It always cheers me up when your forum comes out of hibernation after you guys return from summer
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    NICU Nurse torn on becoming an NNP

    adventure_rn replied to NICURN'17's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Until you feel more certain, I'd hold off. I've known too many people (both in nursing and in other fields) who have started graduate programs, spent a ton of money on tuition (or accumulated a bunch...
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    A Fib in a young person...

    adventure_rn replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    Although a-fib tends to occur more often in older patients, I wonder if it's often underdiagnosed in younger populations simply because they're healthier and are therefore less likely to have an EKG...
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    Nervous About Nursing School and Working Full Time

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

    I understand what you're saying and I agree that she shouldn't give up on her goal. However, I think it's important that the OP understand the logistical challenges of scheduling around clinicals so...
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    Nervous About Nursing School and Working Full Time

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

    I like Nurse Beth, but I don't know if I agree that determination and aptitude are enough. So much of it depends on the flexibility of your current employer. Are you in a full-time job where you can...
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    Interested in global humanitarian efforts

    adventure_rn replied to evilbell's topic in Travel

    Doctors without Borders staffs nurses in areas of conflict/crisis. The pay isn't great, but it is actually paid (unlike many volunteer/humanitarian programs, where you have to pay your way in order to...
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    Frequent Blood Draw Question

    adventure_rn replied to classicalcat's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Lol, in PICU we almost always give back waste; otherwise, we'd bleed the kids dry. That said, we try to use a closed system if possible (i.e. drawing waste into a syringe that's attached to a stop...
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    New Grad Nurse With 5mos to Spare

    adventure_rn replied to hastynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No problem! If you're interested in travelling, and you wouldn't mind holding off for a year and a half, it could be the perfect opportunity for you to go back to camp. (Many travel positions prefer...
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    New Grad Nurse With 5mos to Spare

    adventure_rn replied to hastynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To be perfectly honest, it sounds like you're setting yourself up for failure. I know it's not what you want to hear, but I think you may end up shooting yourself in the foot and really limiting your...
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    Transport Team and Incubator

    adventure_rn replied to eni219's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I haven't done transports, but you'll probably get more responses if you post this question in the Neonatal/NICU nursing forum (under specialties) as opposed to the general
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    Proper way to write an Oregon license number

    adventure_rn replied to ArtSurgery's topic in Oregon Nursing

    No worries. Like most states, Oregon has a 'verify a license' website. You could look yourself us and see how the license number officially appears on the site: Home Page From the license...
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    Am I allowed to have tattoos as a Pediatric Nurse?

    adventure_rn replied to IconicJay's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Totally depends on your facility and region. When I lived in a big city on the West Coast, I worked with peds nurses who had full tattoo sleeves without issue. Working in the deep South, it's a hard...
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    New grads and chemotherapy

    adventure_rn replied to Kylie2012's topic in Patient Medications

    No personal experience, but during my peds heme-onc rotation, I believe that nurses weren't allowed to become certified until they had a certain number of months of experience on the unit. It makes a...
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    No pediatric course or clinical rotation

    adventure_rn replied to healthxo33's topic in School, College Programs

    Is this school credentialed? This would be a big red flag for me. Most (if not all) states require a set number of clinical and classroom hours for each specialty (OB, peds, public health, etc.) in...