EwokRN

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1. Information needed for fairly new RN

   EwokRN posted a topic in Informatics

   Hi. I recently had to resign from my new grad Med Surg RN position on an Oncology floor. I actually have 10 months of experience working in a LTC facility from 2009-2010, but had to resign from that position in June 2011 in part, because I was pg w...

2. Found another job/question

   EwokRN posted a topic in New Nurse

   Well, I found another job this time it's actually in a local hospital on a Medicine Oncology unit. I went into this interview panel at a local hospital last Wednesday, and lo and behold one of the panelists actually was an old classmate of mine. I ...

3. Failed HESI & supposed to graduate next month!

   EwokRN replied to StudentNurzNK's topic in New Nurse

   Yes, I agree that it is really important to do lots of practice questions. When I failed HESI, I mulled over in mind whether my weakness is test taking skills or lack of knowledge. What really helped me was doing 100 questions a day from the Prenti...

4. Failed HESI & supposed to graduate next month!

   EwokRN replied to StudentNurzNK's topic in New Nurse

   This is just a suggestion. I actually was in your situation 2-3 years ago trying to pass the HESI in my school. I really liked the Prentice Hall Reviews and Rationales Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX. To me the questions in the book really mirr...

5. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

   EwokRN replied to EwokRN's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks again. Hopefully I can ask the moderators to shut down replying to this thread, because it keeps appearing in my email. Oh wait a minute, here you go.."no email notification.." Yeppers that's the ticket..haha Ewok P.S. Taking care of twins...

6. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

   EwokRN replied to EwokRN's topic in New Nurse

   Yeah, I know. Thanks for the input. I realize that already. People can stop replying to this message now LOL! I just want to move on. This is very painful as it is. Ewok

7. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

   EwokRN replied to EwokRN's topic in New Nurse

   yeah. no worries there since this will definitely will be the last pg. btw not like i have any ;0p

8. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

   EwokRN replied to EwokRN's topic in New Nurse

   Yeah. Thanks to everyone who posted. Whatever the reason they terminated me I have to agree that I really wasn't a good fit. It's just a pain finding the right fit, and having to go through Kubler Ross stages of grief to realize that. It's very ha...

9. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

   EwokRN replied to EwokRN's topic in New Nurse

   I never said that I pumped during the interview! You're not reading correctly. I pumped after the interview. That's insane. The interviewer, my boss, actually allowed me to pump during classroom orientation in the infirmary. In fact, she encoura...

10. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

    EwokRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi. First of all, let me explain that today I was terminated from my job today at a Psychiatric facility for children 5-22 years of age. My parents' neighbor, who works at the facility made the recommendation for me to try the facility, and hence ...

11. thinking about working as a volunteer emt

    EwokRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    hi. I'm thinking about working as a volunteer EMT while I wait for an RN position. I'm a new grad with 10 mos of experience in LTC. Unfortunately, I had to quit that position at 10 mos, because I had complications with my twin pg and the LTC facili...

12. Had to quit job bcz of twin pg

    EwokRN replied to EwokRN's topic in New Nurse

    You know, you're right! I actually remember a girl who had to sell herself to get into this stepdown unit despite the fact that she was a new graduate in this hard economic times. Thanks again! Ewok

13. Had to quit job bcz of twin pg

    EwokRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi. I graduated with my 2nd Degree BSN Nursing Dec '08, and I acquired my nursing license back in Jan '09. I worked at a LTC facility for about 10 months, and I quit back in April '10. I actually made a mistake of leaving some pt's medication in t...

14. New grad RN working at LTC for 9 mos (really long)

    EwokRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi. I graduated from a 2nd Degree BSN-RN program back in Dec '08, and obatained my RN license Jan '09. At first I worked at a local hospital for what lasted only about 1-2 mos. at a Med-Surg unit starting in Feb '09 before they said that that area wa...

15. Altering resume..opinions for kind of new grad.

    EwokRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi. I guess technically I can consider myself a new grad RN-BSN, because I've only been working for about 8 months now at a LTC facility. Well, first of all let me explain that I graduated 2nd Degree BSN accelerated program Nov '08, and passed NCLE...