ORRocksRN

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1. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

   ORRocksRN replied to Brian's topic in New Nurse

   what do you all do about lateral violence? some nurses are not very nice to us new nurses and I feel abused at times. I am doing my best, but I am not perfect and I have a lot to learn. Why do some people feel the need to bring you down, when they...

2. California's 2009 New Grad RN Program- Who's hiring right now?

   ORRocksRN replied to piscesmama's topic in California

   do keep in mind that this month marks the first of the baby boomers turning 65. there will soon be rapid fire retirement of older nurses from here on out and positions WILL open. Hospitals WILL have to hire. Keep motivated, volunteer, get extra cer...

3. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

   ORRocksRN replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   i think thats the key. the SATA questions are the hardest ones, so if you get a lot of those, that means you are consistently above the passing line. If you get easy questions, I would be a lot more worried. congrats and welcome to nursing!!

4. New grad/bad economy, bend over and take it?

   ORRocksRN replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

   you can change the date of your nclex. take it sooner! I did and was offered a job right after that. if i had waited for my original date, i would have missed the job opportunity. take the test and get to work!! there may not be another opportu...

5. New grad/bad economy, bend over and take it?

   ORRocksRN replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad and got a day position, but our dept is in a BASEMENT! No windows, no daylight, i don;t know what the weather is like until i get off and in the depths of winter it is dark when i go in and dark when i get off, so even working days d...

6. New OR nurse here

   ORRocksRN replied to ALORNurse's topic in Operating Room

   stereo- the standard OR bible if you will is Alexanders Care of the Surgical Patient. Get the 13th edition, not the most current. they left out some good things in the latest version plus the older copies are generally less expensive. I got mine fo...

7. New OR nurse here

   ORRocksRN replied to ALORNurse's topic in Operating Room

   absolutely do that if its offered!! wow, what a great opportunity to meet everyone! let us know what the manager of an OR does, because i still don't really know. lots of meetings i suspect. at our facility, the L&D nurses do all the cesearean...

8. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

   ORRocksRN replied to islandteam2003's topic in New Nurse

   remind me to tell you, as soon as you get into the program! for now, i have to sleep. get your rest now, they will work your butts off!

9. New OR nurse here

   ORRocksRN replied to ALORNurse's topic in Operating Room

   bds165- i don;t know what a L&M is but i did 2 terms of nursing school in an OR setting which was a special rotation offered by my school. I went to this school because that was an option there. I was focused on OR since the beginning and gett...

10. New OR nurse here

    ORRocksRN replied to ALORNurse's topic in Operating Room

    stereotypical- find out what kinds of procedures your facility does and focus on learning the instruments for those cases, also review meds, sterilization, positioning, fire safety, codes and circulating duties. Knowing what the case is aboutand why...

11. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    ORRocksRN replied to islandteam2003's topic in New Nurse

    The versant program starts at the end of Feb, and they realize people need to give 2 weeks notice at their current job, so Id say if you don't get a call by mid Feb you can safely assume you didn't get a second interview. That being said, there is a...

12. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    ORRocksRN replied to islandteam2003's topic in New Nurse

    a job means many more trips to come in the future...right? but likely, if you get called for an interview it will be a week before you go in. i think you are pretty safe. just make sure they have your cell phone number. have a great trip

13. New OR nurse here

    ORRocksRN replied to ALORNurse's topic in Operating Room

    BOY!! Aren't we just the luckiest people on earth right now? so many new grads are having such a tough time...and here we are walking into the dream job of a lifetime, right out of school. I still pinch myself sometimes, wondering what kind of good...

14. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    ORRocksRN replied to islandteam2003's topic in New Nurse

    so how can you use those connections? Can they make some calls for you, write letters, notes, emails, texts? Make some recommendations to key people? can you get in touch with them and charm them into doing whatever they can for you? how did you ...

15. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    ORRocksRN replied to islandteam2003's topic in New Nurse

    Legacy requires patience in lots of ways. Id recommend you continue looking for other positions while you wait, and get your ACLS, PALs and any other cert that you can. Join a nursing organization in your specialty. Stress those in your interview....