Med surg or Post-partum for new grad

Hey! I am graduating from nursing school in May and I am confused on what area I should begin my career in. I have interviews with a med-surg floor and in mother baby/post partum. I have always liked mother baby and want to go back to school soon to

Non-invasive No-Touch Temporal Thermometers?

1 I used these at my last LTC facility and found them to be very accurate. Actually, I never knew about them UNTIL working for that LTC facility! Very easy to use and quick.

Of course, if I got a reading that was questionable, I would then recheck u

How far in advance did you apply for your first RN job?

First, I apologize if this post is in the wrong section. I did do a site search for this topic but found many posts that were a few years old. I know there are fewer nursing jobs available now.

I (hopefully) will graduate with my RN (Associate degre

Kansas City area MEDS CNA program and United Services

Hi all, I'm currently on the hunt for financial aid for the MEDS CNA program near KC, MO. There was a post on here a while back (like 2005 Green Day era back) discussing the MEDS program and I was curious if the information given was still accurate.

silly mistake at work

Hello all,
I am a soon to be nurse her in southern california. Currently, I work in an assisted living facility. I have really enjoyed the facility as it has allowed me to develop interpersonal skills and basic care skills that I can transition into

Suture scissor injury

Is there a great risk to catch a disease if you were removing a central line and cutting the sutures and you accidentally poked yourself in the corner of your fingernail? I can't remember if I had already cut the sutures or not. I don't even know i

Keeping Up With Your Day

Hi,

I am a relatively new nurse on a busy unit that is facing a staffing crisis. So far, I able to keep my patients cared for, medicated, clean and fed, and have reached out to my coworkers to find better ways to stay caught up with my charting and g

Question About Call

I will be new to call. My call will be one 12 hour weekend day shift a month, either 7am to 7pm or 7pm to 7am. And two 10pm to 6am weekday shifts per month. So, roughly, 3 days. Is this consider a pretty tame call requirement? Thank you for your time

Montefiore - Einstein ED Interview

I received a phone call from the NM of Montefiore's ER dept (Einstein) for an interview, uhm 2 days from now. Several questions:

1.) What questions were asked?
2.) How long does it take to get an answer from NM and HR?
3.) How much pay for day shift

How did the 12 hour shift begin?

8 These 12-hour long insane shifts that leave us tired both physically and mentally, and allow just enough time to get home, shower and sleep before going back to work-- and we hardly see our families during our work runs-- how did this all start in