lilypad2424 replied to CupCakeRN's topic in Relations
I feel your pain! When people act mean, it gives me strength. I feel bad for them b/c they are carrying around so much hate. I'm not pollyanna or anything, just makes me sad for them, which in my own mind makes me feel better.
Hi there, and welcome to Houston! Congratulations on your BSN! You will find a job, just keep plugging away. Here is some good info, 1. Look in the Sunday paper. There are job fairs fairly often with lots of medical companies. You can email your...
lilypad2424 replied to kfapenteng's topic in Texas
"My question is that what is St Luke compare to other Hospitals in the city interms of nursing relation, benefits, career advancement. Lastly, this position is in the Houston branch, and I am planning to rent at Northwest, near the Loop. Please, advi...
lilypad2424 replied to kfapenteng's topic in Texas
Take whatever job you can get if you want to move here. I don't know anything about St. Lukes, I only know that jobs here right now are VERY hard to come by especially if you don't know anyone or you are a new grad. If you get a job in your specia...
New nurse here, and in the very beginning it was prob a 60% success rate for me. Since I'm new, I always think of things to write down so I will remember what it was like in the beginning. One thing that helped me get better was this.. The needle i...
lilypad2424 replied to sj73201's topic in New Nurse
wow, kind of a mean comment, but I get your point. I think that people are smarter today in general...book smart, that is. Think about what "smart" means to you. To me, an intelligent person is one that can adapt quickly. A person that has control...
lilypad2424 replied to sj73201's topic in New Nurse
It is the most fun, stressful, tiring both physically and mentally, feeling like a retard, learning something new EVERYDAY, messing up, cleaning up, doing and re-doing, AWESOME time in your life! I'm in at just under 8 months as an RN. I totally und...
Go for it. Typically, and I repeat, typically... HH patients are very stable. Your job is to help transition them to home after a hospital stay, teach them about their meds, perform wound care, teach ostomy care etc, etc... I started as an LVN(RN ...
Must, must, must be objective and a hard worker. I used to be sensitive, and it took all of one month to rid me of that. I don't think personality type really matters as long as you respect others and let things roll off your back. Being a nurse...
In Texas, where it appears from other posts that the job market is pretty good. I don't know ANYTHING about other cities, however, I am going to tell you what I did, as I just graduated in May and had a somewhat difficult time finding a job. First o...
And unfortunately, nursing programs have gotten super duper competitive. That being said, I feel your pain. As a previous poster stated already, where there is a will, there is a way. Truer words have never been spoken. Keep looking for an alter...