Code Caffeine

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1. Help with the Strength & Weakness interview question.

   Code Caffeine replied to Code Caffeine's topic in Career Support

   Thank you Nurse Beth!

2. Johns Hopkins Hospital Nurse Residency Program 2018

   Code Caffeine replied to KO.SRNA's topic in New Nurse

   I was invited to interview a week ago, sent references as requested and I am waiting to hear back for an interview date. Anyone else starting in October?

3. Help with the Strength & Weakness interview question.

   Code Caffeine posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi all, I have been thinking about how to answer the What is your biggest weakness question in case I am asked. My thought is as a new graduate nurse, I have a ton of clinical weaknesses with time management being the biggest. If frame the answer as ...

4. Johns Hopkins Nurse Residency OCT 2018

   Code Caffeine posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi everyone, I was invited to interview for the Progressive Care Cardiac Unit (PCCU) at Johns Hopkins. I am looking for information about the interview process, the PCCU team, the type of shifts offered to new graduates (e.g. 3-12hrs, 10hrs or 5-8hrs...

5. NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan & Bellevue

   Code Caffeine posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello, I have to work for a facility in an underserved area because I'm a Nurse Corps recipient. I am looking for input from anyone with knowledge about working for the NYC Health + Hospitals system, particularly the Manhattan locations Bellevue Hosp...

6. Anyone work at Bellevue Hospital?

   Code Caffeine posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello, I graduate with a BSN this week. I am starting to apply for jobs, I have to work for an underserved facility because I am Nurse Corps scholar. Bellevue Hospital in NYC qualifies and I wanted to find out more about it. I'm researching their web...

7. Don't understand pro/con of Float, Med-Surg, Psych RN, ER for new grad.

   Code Caffeine posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I am graduating in May, I am struggling to figure out what is the best place for me to learn and develop skills. I am not the most confident and I feel that I will probably need at least a year before I get to where I need to be. I have a lot of anxi...

8. Special ER Clinical Opportunity-Advice for how to prepare.

   Code Caffeine replied to Code Caffeine's topic in Emergency

   Thank you! Everyone is very nice so far! Day one I did more new skills than I have in the last 2 years! That alone blows my mind. I am also facisnated with psych which they say they get a lot of in the ER. I feel like it will be the most well rounded...

9. Special ER Clinical Opportunity-Advice for how to prepare.

   Code Caffeine posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello, I'm excited (and kinda terrified) to start a special one-on-one nursing preceptor program in the ER tomorrow as my final clinical! There were limited spots for these clinical oppertunites and I'm lucky to be there. I want to suceed and do well...

10. PaO2 vs SaO2

    Code Caffeine replied to crazylilkelly's topic in NCLEX

    They do not teach ABG's that in depth in most nursing schools, they say that if you go into Critical Care you will be trained based off of your facilities policy. ICU nurses and ER nurses may know how to draw ABG's but that doesn't mean they all know...

11. What can Nurses do to stop Mandatory Overtime?

    Code Caffeine posted a topic in Safety

    Hi all, I'm doing a short EBP practice powerpoint presentation on Mandatory Overtime as a patient safety issue. Right now I am looking at: 1." What can we do as Nurses to help stop MOT?" 2. "How do we Implement and assess our plan?" 3. "What outcome ...

12. How to confront a disrespectful professor

    Code Caffeine replied to MamaNanii's topic in General Students

    In my original post, I wrote that the OP probably considers her situation to be a family emergency. I don't necessarily think it is, nor do I think she should get the extension. Let me make that part clear, what I do think is the clinical instructor'...

13. How to confront a disrespectful professor

    Code Caffeine replied to MamaNanii's topic in General Students

    "Get the giant chip off you shoulder". Well aren't you very presumptuious? This isn't about me, I have never asked to turn in anything late, but I have witnessed innapropriate behavior plenty of times. If the original poster only had the one encounte...

14. How to confront a disrespectful professor

    Code Caffeine replied to MamaNanii's topic in General Students

    I also said "condesending and innapropriate language", which I think fits the language the OP's instructor used. I added cursing and yelling because I was explaining that it my experience in witnessing it happening in clinicals to other students. For...

15. How to confront a disrespectful professor

    Code Caffeine replied to MamaNanii's topic in General Students

    I'm just curious if everyone here is so desensitized to innaproriate language being used in this feild that they dont even deem certain agressive, cursing, yelling or condesending tones as unprofessional and iapropriate. I read the OP as saying the r...