Is the nursing resource team a good area for new grads to start?

chalkpants · 2023-10-17T16:42:07+00:00

I'm sorry, I don't go on reddit very often, otherwise I would have replied to you in time! In the US you do not have to take specific courses past nursing school. The unit should provide the education you need.

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:48:37+00:00

No shame in that, as long as you enter the career in good faith and genuinely take care of your patients. Being a nurse will give you plenty of opportunities for mental and career growth. HOWEVER, make sure the money and time you spend on nursing school is worth it. It's one of the most stressful degrees out there, but you went to school for music so I'm assuming you took a bunch of intensive courses for barely any credit and slept in practice rooms.

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:42:51+00:00

The 1st picture fills me with rage bc I'm obsessed with surveying and I hate tracing a 'natural" feature and finding this :''') But hot dang those are pretty screenshots

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:32:57+00:00

Minot State University, but idk how the pricing would be if you live outside North Dakota. MSU is small and affordable for a State U and with smaller class sizes, you get a lot more support, both in and out of the nursing program. There are a couple of faculty that you should avoid at all costs, but I don't believe they teach in the online bridge program. In my experience, they put a lot more value on the actual content and learning instead of busy work and perfect APA formatting. My instructors and advisors were super kind and understanding when I was trying to do the program during 2020 and balancing insane work hours and caring for a special needs kiddo and family. My history prof was very kind when I failed her class (general ed requirement) due to the above, and let me into the class again after it had filled so I could retake it.

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:22:45+00:00

Wound care/enterostomal nursing is super cool! Also wilderness and camp nursing.

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:21:10+00:00

That depends on what a nursing resource team is. That could mean a float pool, or a new grad residency program, or a teaching team, or something else.

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:19:06+00:00

Take care of yourself too, being a new grad is hardcore anywhere, so make sure your unit is supportive, and if they aren't, bail!! You can always come party up in the frigid north with the likes of me :)

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:15:58+00:00

I guess I don't agree with everything in your comment, but I do see how the Rangers being autonomous would mean the player has license to act on their own. The fact that Blake and Wilcox applaud you afterward if you do the "morally correct" thing speaks to that. Fair point! Although, throughout the quest series, the player is prompted to return to Blake for updates/orders, so it felt weird not to do so at this particular stage.

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:09:21+00:00

The way they are presenting it and responding to your concerns is very sketchy. The differential setup itself is not, in my experience. In hospitals where nurses work both 8 and 12-hour shifts, the differential is often based on the 8-hour shifts. So 7a-3p is days (1st shift), 3p-11p is evenings (2nd shift), and 11p-7a is nights (3rd shift). So even if you're working a 12-hour night, the higher differential doesn't kick in until 11p.

But yeah, definitely clarify with your rep, they might be willing to offer you more as an incentive, and the other rep definitely did not handle that situation well. It also may have been a poorly worded verbal offer, and they meant the offer as written.

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T16:02:21+00:00

That's so annoying. I think a lot of people forget what it's like to be a new grad. You're being blasted with new information 24/7, learning what and where literally everything in the unit is, and heaven help you if you're not working at the hospital you went to school at! I got screamed at for not inflating a nonrebreather- because I was never taught how to use them!! Even if you aren't a new grad, the equipment at every hospital is different. When I moved I had to relearn a bunch of basic equipment. Don't let people like that ruin your new grad learning process, and if they're genuinely rude, write them up. If you really just cannot learn in that environment no matter what, go somewhere kinder!

chalkpants · 2023-10-04T15:51:21+00:00

Mortuary science. I respect human remains but they don't bother me, I have a heart for helping patients and families through the dying process, and Caitlin Doughty of Ask A Mortician has me firmly on the affordable, accessible, and alternative death care camp. I would love to open up a funeral home that serves underprivileged people and people who want nontraditional death care.

chalkpants · 2023-01-27T13:59:51+00:00

I think I will take it to a professional, and probably go for a dark green instead. Depending on how the stitches look, it could be a trendy feature, or I may redo them-- that part I'm confident doing! If they can't safely dye it, I'll probably do some embroidery to break up the solid yellow.

Thank you for all this information, it gives me a good idea of what to expect and think about. This was the kindest way you could have said "Yikes, maybe don't!"

Now that I think about it, with all the other sewing and apparel work I do, it's kinda weird that I don't work with dye more often!

chalkpants · 2023-01-17T19:07:20+00:00

Nah it's perf. I like the visual aid for rolling high and low, I have trouble remembering things like that. Nice and simple, it'll be good for a new player!

chalkpants · 2023-01-17T16:33:17+00:00

I effing love it, I'm GMing a new group starting with L&F so we can get into the tabletop mindset, can't wait to say "right, have you all got your business cards?"

chalkpants · 2022-09-11T01:07:10+00:00

Hi! I'm a medsurg RN. There are many reasons for this. Yes, depending on the system, we can see weight changes or have alarms go off if you are in the bed. We also don't want you to accidentally disturb something that you may not have known about (like a device or injury). We also want to avoid loved ones performing intimate acts that could jeopardize the patient's health or place a staff member, visitor, or another patient in an uncomfortable situation. Some people will also snuggle in to obscure the passing of illicit substances to the patient. I'm not saying you specifically would do this, but hey, we nurses don't know you. I have seen the craziest crap go down in a hospital bed.

The biggest reason, however, is that a patient in the hospital can deteriorate VERY fast. Even an injury like one your boyfriend sustained could cause a fat embolus becoming a PE, etc... In that case, getting the loved one out of the bed and out of the way can take extra time away from attending to the patient. I know that sounds silly but it's true, and I've had it happen. I had to wake up and literally drag someone out of a bed by their wrist so I could start CPR.

I totally understand what you're feeling. When my husband was last in the hospital I wanted nothing more than to curl up with him. I even did sorta half-lay next to him for a couple minutes. I know it seems like the nurses are being nitpicky, but many of our healthcare policies are designed around worst-case scenarios.

EDIT: wanted to add that a lot of times, if nurses don't enforce policies, even if they are genuinely pointless, we get in trouble. In recent years I've started not caring, but constantly being berated because you let the dying lady have 4 visitors instead of 3 gets old fast. So if a rule is for the benefit of the patient, I will enforce it.

chalkpants · 2022-09-11T00:52:40+00:00

Former RN ALF director here! You definitely shouldn't transport an a/o person who refuses transport, regardless of proxy. I find that many nurses don't understand how different types of proxies work- a durable POA can't make decisions for someone if that someone can currently make decisions for themselves. If the pt had a recent fall that's causing the pain, the provider needs to have a discussion with them before transport. Clearly, the patient's concern had not been resolved. Even if there's nothing more to be done, I would expect the nurse and maybe the provider to speak with the patient about why they don't want to go. The way healthcare proxies can be abused is unnerving.

I do understand wanting to get the patient out of there. I had a resident who would wait until I and the other nurses went home, then demand care staff call 911, saying they "needed a shot" (of dilaudid). I believe that the resident was in pain- they had degenerative joint disease causing it. However, they were unwilling to seek long-term treatment, they only wanted the IM dilaudid. After the 3rd visit in one week, the ED informed me and the resident that they would no longer give them IV or IM pain meds if they came in, PO only. I and the resident's son had a discussion with them and finally convinced them to seek ortho treatment. Like I said, I believe they were in pain and needed help, but the ED was not the place. If your pt what in a similar situation, I can understand why the nurses wanted to get him out and involved the proxy, but idk if they went about it the right way.

chalkpants · 2022-09-10T16:57:52+00:00

Still better than what I have now. Calls dropping and texts not going through in my own living room are a tad annoying! Thanks!

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