We are two months into this pandemic and suddenly I needed to be tested for COVID- 19. Not because I was symptomatic but because of where I work. On the day I was having a really bad allergic rhinitis day. I mean no amount of nose blowing antihistamines or decongestants were helping. It was absolutely …
So I decided to do something to change my life a bit. Thanks in part to Whole life nurse and The Remote Nurse I decided to look into some remote nursing jobs either part time or full time if the pay is right. When looking around I noticed that there are, for some of the …
Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precautions when use of standard precautions alone does not fully prevent communicable disease transmission. There are three types of transmission-based precautions–contact, droplet, and airborne – the type used depends on the mode of transmission of a specific disease above and beyond standard precautions. Many of these disease …
You may have seen the video above. While Senator Walsh is talking specifically about Critical access hospitals in Rural areas her words were said with such an attitude that it infuriated nurses around the country. She has no idea what nurses do or how their shifts unfold each day. I personally as a nurse currently …
I recently, in the last 4 months, started working in the local jail infirmary as a nurse. My previous experience as a nurse has been mostly hospital but recently some nursing home experiences. Nursing is a rewarding but sometimes thankless and stressful profession. In the hospital, nursing is all about Care planning, coordination of care …
I am currently an agency nurse. Agency nursing can be great and sometimes it can be hard. I have been doing this for less than a year and have survived a winter season. The seasonality here where I live is due to the annual migration of the snow birds to the state. They bring their …
As an RN I see many people when I am working. Here are some tips on how to be a good patient. Please refrain from swearing at your nurse, nurses aide or physician. We are trying to help you. We do not do this job for the glamour. Do not abuse your healthcare worker. If …
I received an email today, Telling me I was accepted to the USF RN TO BSN program. I won’t be going this year. Although it is only 6 credit hours per semester, I lost my desire and focus to go this year. I’m a bit ashamed of that but it is what is the truth. …
I put my application in for the nursing program at USF and I thought they said two to three weeks from time of application but as it turns out its two to three weeks from the deadline. So I have a long wait. I’m all nerves just waiting to find out of I will get …
I filled out and submitted my application to USF College of Nursing RN to BSN program today. Now to see if I get in. Wish me luck!