Kaylight

Kaylight MSN

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  1. FNP-DNP 2nd Practicum rotation seeking help with placement Washington state

    Kaylight replied to MeliblueRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No. I am an ARNP student as well looking for preceptors in the Tacoma Area. I did find a good website. She has loads of information on there....

  2. FNP-DNP 2nd Practicum rotation seeking help with placement Washington state

    Kaylight replied to MeliblueRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Did you ever find a preceptor near Olympia? Have you tried

  3. Cardiac Short Stay Can someone tell me about this unit

    Kaylight posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just got offered a night position in a cardiac short stay unit. I am currently in a non-tele med-surg unit, and I would like someone to tell me what a short stay unit is like. I am wondering how...

  4. Cardiac Short Stay Can someone tell me about this unit

    Kaylight replied to Kaylight's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering how it compares with Med-Surg. It sounds like it could be fast paced since the patient only stays 24 hours, but they don't have the patient load that Med-Surg has. My med-surg unit...

  5. How to deal with nurses who don't listen during handoff?

    Kaylight replied to guest1068752's topic in General Nursing

    I just had this happen last night. It is usually an older "more experienced" nurse who does this. They want to simply look at the notes and don't care about my experience with the patient. I find...

  6. What is it like in your hospital right now?

    Kaylight replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I work on a corona unit that is a combination of Med-Surg, PCU, and ICU all in one unit. All of ours are positive except that we did have one guy come in for a heart attack (the unit was previously a...

  7. Suggestions for ways an unemployed new grad nurse can volunteer medical services to help out during the Covid-19?

    Kaylight replied to short cake's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Our governor was begging for nurses to come to Washington State to work not volunteer. I am still helping nurses orient on the

  8. Coronavirus-Are we ready to talk about rationing care?

    Kaylight replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Governor Inslee indicated that although private companies are gearing up to manufacture PPE, and ventilators, they are also charging exorbitant prices for these items. The governors are trying to get...

  9. Acute COVID, What We're Seeing

    Kaylight replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes. I agree. We actually have a relatively small ICU, and we will need to train Med-Surg nurses in critical care in order to handle the situation. Nurses need to be trained in handling respiratory...

  10. What is it like in your hospital right now?

    Kaylight replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Our hospital is locking down visitation. One visitor per patient in a 24 hour period. Each visitor has their temperature checked. We have Covid-19 patient in the ICU, and another floor is being...

  11. Nurses Eat Their Young

    Kaylight replied to Dairian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have been bullied multiple times. One job that I worked at was notorious for bullying. The whole hospital was toxic, and at my new job I have a charge nurse that likes to make my life miserable....

  12. New grad need help

    Kaylight replied to cberry1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am a new grad also working on a med-surg floor, and I hate it. It seems I am overloaded with work, and the charge nurse gives me the difficult patients all the time. If I am drowning she just...

  13. First Job as a Psyche Nurse

    Kaylight posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just started a job fresh out of nursing school as a psyche nurse, and I have a couple of concerns. First of all I don't use my nursing skills that I learned in school. I don't even pass meds. The...

  14. First Job as a Psyche Nurse

    Kaylight replied to Kaylight's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are probably right about this. I did know another nurse who left the state hospital so that he could regain his acute care skills. I am afraid of being pigeon-holed, but I should hang in there a...

  15. First Job as a Psyche Nurse

    Kaylight replied to Kaylight's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We are on guard. We have census every 15 minutes, and I am well aware that I am working in the most dangerous facility in my state. Yes. The techs have more contact with patients than I do. It...

  16. First Job as a Psyche Nurse

    Kaylight replied to Kaylight's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We won't do those. We have a medical team that does this. It would be nice if we did though. The entire hospital is psyche. I would float to another psyche ward, possibly

  17. Verbal abuse ... what are my rights?

    Kaylight replied to KHT's topic in General Nursing

    On the psyche ward this type of behavior earns a removal of grounds privileges. It does him no good to cater to his foul behavior. Remember your Skinner, folks. He don't do what you want he either...

  18. Should I leave this racist town?

    Kaylight replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once had a job (not nursing, but the reason I switched careers into nursing) where I was harassed, sent nasty e-mails, and given excessive duties because of the way I voted in a rural town. I had...

  19. Age Discrimination in Nursing

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

    Great topic and very appropriate. Ageism is very real, and happens all the time. I think your suggestions were good ones. Some of us need to (me especially) not mention our age at all. Sometimes it...

  20. Questions about ADN to DNP versus accelerated BSN to DNP

    Kaylight replied to lavitripathi's topic in General Nursing

    You could do an entry level master's degree or you could do an accelerated BSN. You would need to get your pre-requisites out of the way first. If you have not been in the field of science, you...

  21. Called to nursing mid-life- how did you do it?

    Kaylight replied to split_08's topic in General Students

    You could also go for an entry level Master's degree if you already have a Bachelor's degree. They will give you some money to live on. Another good way is to reduce your bills before you go. I went...