The process of seeking employment has been diversified with the emergence of various new tools and digital commodities. However, the human input element of determining suitability is missing. A pre-employment recruiting firm puts a job posting in the hands of many appropriate candidates and allows them to rapidly submit applications. EARN Cares takes this a step further, allowing interested candidates to be matched directly with full-time roles that are of interest in a completely confidential and free process.
According to the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, behavioral health registered nurses and nurse practitioners (APRNs) make up the second largest cohort of behavioral health professionals. There is a high demand for nurseswith the passion and skillset to manage mental health disorders. Although slightly different from typical floor nursing, behavioral health nursing still requires a strong background in psychosocial care, neurobiology, and bedside skills.
Telemetry units can also be called the Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU), Step-down Unit, Progressive Care Unit (PCU), or Advanced Care Unit (ACU), but all typically include increased monitoring, higher acuity patients, lower patient ratios, and more ancillary and support staff. There is no specific program or specialty required to become a telemetry RN, most training is received on the job.
Are you feeling stuck in your current nursing job and ready for a change? Maybe you’ve left the bedside and want to come back to something less taxing. Fortunately, nursing is a profession with many opportunities.
Here are ten nursing roles that don’t require you to labor at the bedside, but won’t leave you sitting around at home:
As a male nurse, I get asked the same question. Why did you become a nurse? The answer has changed over the years, and I have some unusual advice that will help you level up your career.
Want to know what it is like as a nurse In a Level 1 Trauma Hospital, we handle life-threatening events like heart attacks, strokes, and traumatic injuries. So yeah, we see the big bad things. The images that keep you up at night. The moments that can make you never forget how to recognize a critical event. The stories you could tell a regular person, and they would never believe you. But we also see the good things. The patients that give you purpose and pride to be a nurse. The adrenaline and satisfaction of saving a life when they come into the trauma bay.
Have you thought about earning your PMHNP and working as a provider in behavioral health? There is more need than ever and the pay is excellent, but it takes a lot more than a desire for good pay to thrive in this role. Jake Johs walks you through his road from case manager through BSN into a PMHNP role
As nurses, they didn’t prepare us for all the emotions that come with the job. And no one could have prepared us for nursing through Trauma. I’m sharing my story of surviving a mass-shooting and working through my own trauma while working as a nurse. This has been a traumatic year for nurses, I hope my story helps you feel seen, heard, and understood.
Nursing takes a toll on your emotions. I’ve found that consistent exercise that pushes me is an incredible antidepressant. So when people ask how I stay in the game, I tell them #idocrossfit
When you tell people you work in pediatric oncology, they think you are an angel. They assume most kids in our care die. It’s true, some children don’t respond to treatment and that is crushing. But in the majority of cases, we get to save these little lives and have some of the most fun and heart-warming moments in the process. It’s truly a wonderful place to be a nurse.
After four years as a nurse, I finally achieved my goal of becoming an ICU nurse! I have never been so excited or honored. I moved from my Intermediate Unit and started training in ICU in January of 2020. In less than two months, COVID-19 hit. I was getting used to my department, and I realized that everything I had just learned was about to change.
What do you do when all those dreams from nursing school aren’t turning out like you thought? How do you move forward when working the PICU eats your soul. Nurses, not all that wander are lost. There are so many good roads to find.
Working in the ICU during COVID is like working in a war zone. Every shift, we go into battle with our N95 respirators, face shields, and a prayer. We are fighting an enemy that we don't know how to beat. In this war, we are facing incredible adversity; we don't have enough supplies or troops.
What was it like to be pregnant as a nurse during COVID-19? And what is it like now as a new Momma RN on the frontlines of this pandemic? I work with amazing nurses and for an amazing employer, but it is as emotionally and physically complicated as it sounds.
