thelittleRNwhocould

I'm a clinic nurse in GI. The vast majority of my time is spent fighting insurance companies to obtain coverage of biologic medications for our Crohn's and UC patients. Patient care seems to often come second to submitting prior authorizations/pre-...

Throughout the entirety of nursing school, I found myself feeling frustration at the heavy focus on hospital/bedside nursing. From the first day of clinicals to the last and during my time as a patient care tech in the hospital, I genuinely found no ...

I am not directly in public health nursing, but I do work as a community health nurse (staff nurse at a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC). We serve uninsured, underinsured, and medicaid/medicare. We have a large hispanic patient populati...

I am actually the second new grad hired this year at our location - the other one was hired this spring right after graduation, and she is already in school pursuing her doctorate to become an NP! I think it mainly depends upon what the clinic in par...

Al Kalosis, it's always worth giving them a call and seeing if they're interested in hiring an RN - the place that I'm now employed at didn't have any job openings listed; I just emailed them and asked about the potential of applying for employment. ...

Surprisingly, my school cut the Community Health course/clinical for the RNs (they kept it for the LPNs, though). I never had the ability to see community health nurses work, so this is all new to me! I just figured that it sounded like something I w...

Lil Nel - thank you! I'm already learning so much in the short time that I've been working here. :) Everline - I'm pretty sure that I'm the only person out of my graduating class (approximately 30 students) who went on to become a community health nu...

If I were going purely on my heart's desire, no concerns for finance/sustainability, I would have gone with photographer, as I have a natural eye for photography and tend to compose/capture lovely photographs.

I have many friends who are currently attending USI to get their BSN (they graduated from Ivy Tech with their ASN). USI is a respectable school for nursing, and from what I've seen the education quality seems to be better than Ivy Tech's. Even though...

I can empathize with what you're going through. While in nursing school, I struggled with severe anxiety, panic attacks (complete with wheezing/stridor, curled up in the fetal position crying), and bouts of depression. In my estimation, approximately...

Depends on the day. If it's a clinical day where I'm doing more observation, I generally don't shower. If I've been elbow deep in an incontinent patient's stool and urine all day.... Different story. I will shower when I get home from my tech job bec...

I'm currently a tech at a decent sized hospital (until I graduate in May... Yay!). Just last week, I was busy doing morning care, everything was a little chaotic, requests flying like bullets... You know the drill. As I was helping a patient use the...

Catlady257, thank you so much for your response! I plan on applying once I get home from clinical this afternoon.

Hello! I will be graduating with my ASN this summer and plan on moving to Urbana/Champaign, IL. I have been looking into Carle hospital as a place of employment, and I have a couple of questions... Thank you in advance! :) Note: I do know that I will...

Break? What's that? Joking aside.... I'm working on my ASN/ADN right now (last semester.... whew!) and last summer I had to take microbiology and I worked. This summer I plan on doing some NCLEX style questions, reviewing common diseases/illnesses, ...

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After I tried on a pair of heart soul, nothing else would do. They feel like pajamas, don't wrinkle, haven't stained yet (four months on this pair as a tech), and are affordable. They are also flattering for my body type (tall and curvy). Galaxy Blue...

I was that student - I walked into clinical my first semester with absolutely no clue what to do. I too had only one med pass. Giving a patient their morning care took me most of the morning. The good news is - you'll get better! (IF you continue to ...

Here I stand after my 3rd semester of nursing school, twenty pounds heavier than one year ago. I get sick regularly. I struggle with anxiety and panic attacks (the anxiety was always present, but the panic attacks started during my second semester). ...

And to be honest, relationships with families are not things that I am willing to push aside - once school is done, we will be leaving the area and living away from both sets of parents and siblings. We value the time that we have with them right now...

We have been living with them for almost a year and a half - it will have been two years when we move at the end of July. We made the decision in order to avoid accruing debt in our undergraduate degrees - my husband will be pursuing a PhD in chemist...

IBS in nursing school presents a whole new world of challenges - the stress of school/poor eating choices cause IBS to flare up, which causes more stress, and it becomes a vicious cycle. Having family on board is a huge factor. My husband is supporti...

Thank you for the advice - I really like the suggestion to use smaller plates for portion control. I live with my in-laws (which brings a whole new set of problems) and their plates and bowls are HUGE, so portion control is a problem. I will definite...

Chron's is rough - kudos to you for making it work! I forgot to mention that I also have IBS- another reason I need to get this under control! My body feels like absolute crap when I don't eat well. Good suggestion regarding trail mix and protein bar...

First of all, I want to say thank you for being vulnerable and honest - it is not easy to acknowledge, let alone openly share, one's shortcomings and fears. You have reached out for advice and help - and that is a good thing! I intend this comment in...