opal6779 BSN

opal6779 has 17 years experience as a BSN and specializes in OBGYN.

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1. Inventive Staffing - Outpatient clinic?

   opal6779 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, I work in a busy OBGYN clinic. We have about 12 nurses, not all are full time though. Maybe only 5-6 FT. We have been asked to come up with some inventive ways that we could staff the office so that people have more time at home in case we...

2. Drexel Online RN to BSN

   opal6779 posted a topic in Online Learning

   Hi! Just wondering if there is anyone in or who has been through the RN-BSN online program through Drexel university? Looking for reviews! TIA, Jenn

3. So Excited

   opal6779 replied to opal6779's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you both and congrats to you and good luck in your new specialty as well RNin'08!

4. So Excited

   opal6779 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   After 6 months in med-surg which I've known is not where I wanted to stay long term in my career, my husband, son and I are relocating to near Rochester NY and I just got offered a position at a hospital there in their Birth unit!! I am soooo psyche...

5. Relocating to Canandaigua/Rochester area

   opal6779 replied to opal6779's topic in New York

   Hi, I have another question.....the hospitals in Rochester, do they normally do D/E/N rotating shifts? So everyone rotates through all of those shifts? That's what I have heard. If so how does that work? Thanks, Jennifer

6. Relocating to Canandaigua/Rochester area

   opal6779 replied to opal6779's topic in New York

   Just wanted to thank everyone again. I am going to start making some calls and get my resume out there. I will look into the smaller local hospitals too, but I am used to a 40 minute commute as I did this to go to school 4 days a week, not ideal, b...

7. Relocating to Canandaigua/Rochester area

   opal6779 replied to opal6779's topic in New York

   Thanks for the reply! Do you know roughly the commute time from Canandaigua to Rochester? Maybe I will contact Thompson and see what they have to say. Alot of the jobs posted say they want you to have a years experience and I haven't got that yet....

8. Relocating to Canandaigua/Rochester area

   opal6779 replied to opal6779's topic in New York

   No one live in the Rochester area? I've been looking at Strong Memorial Hospital.....any experiences there? Sorry to bug ya'll again. Jennifer

9. Relocating to Canandaigua/Rochester area

   opal6779 posted a topic in New York

   Hi. I will be relocating to the Canandaigua or Rochester area at the beginning of October. I will have 7 months experience as a med surg nurse by then and am just looking for some input on area hospitals up there. Any good/bad experiences, what the j...

10. GN starting rate?

    opal6779 replied to RNismycalling's topic in New Nurse

    Western MA - I make $24.66 base pay and then $5.00 differential for working overnights.

11. how many hours do you work a week?

    opal6779 replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work 4 shifts a week 11p - 7:30 am (not that I ever get out at 7:30) It's considered a 32 hour full time position where I work......but they do both 12 hour and 8 hour shifts there.

12. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    opal6779 replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated last May at age 26 (6 months pregnant with my first baby then too!)

13. What brand/type of shoe should I get?

    opal6779 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I just started my first job as an RN - It's on a med/surg floor - and I was just wondering what you have found to be the most comfortable shoe/sneaker to wear. The sneakers I have are killing me after a shift of being on my feet the whole day, h...

14. Ncsbn Review... Helpful Or Not??

    opal6779 replied to mrhrn06's topic in NCLEX

    I took it and wouldn't really recommend it. Although I did pass the NCLEX the first time I found that the content review was really really tedious to get through, then the questions at the end of each review section didn't even pertain to the conten...

15. The Best $7.98 I ever spent!!

    opal6779 replied to blondebecks's topic in NCLEX

    Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!