delvenia

delvenia

Home Health, Med/Surg

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delvenia specializes in Home Health, Med/Surg.


RN since 6/2/09

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  1. Anyone start out med/surg?

    thanks for your comment. i feel like an idiot almost everyday. very discouraging:crying2:
  2. Anyone start out med/surg?

    thanks for your comment. i feel like an idiot almost everyday. very discouraging:crying2:
  3. Anyone start out med/surg?

    i did home health my first 6 mo out of nursing school (hated it), i then did med/surg with telemetry for the last 18 months. just transferred to L&D on 11/7/11 and I feel like a complete idiot nurse with no experience most of my days. Everything ...
  4. How do you access it on a Mac? I can't view my hours unless I'm on a windows based system
  5. Hep c + needlestick

    could just be nerves making you sick. i had a recent needlstick as well and i promise i started feeling sick like 2 days later, but it turned out that the patient was negative for everything (HIV, Hep B, Hep C), and he is low risk anyway (middle aged...
  6. Recent Registered Nurse Graduate Pay in VA

    i think mci did teach us alot. i work at norfolk general and i am not as impressed with sentara students as i am with the mci students. however sentara is much cheaper and you will get a bsn rather than a aas for less than half of the price
  7. Sentara Norfolk General 5th floor

    im in 5k and it's alright. i did days for my first few months and now im in nights. we have a pretty good unit
  8. you need to do at least 1 year in like a med/surg environment or something similar. med/surg is considered acute care
  9. Jobs for New Grads in Hampton Roads Area

    it's slower in winter so they dont hire as much then. they start hiring alot around jan or feb. i applied to sentara last winter and didnt ever hear back. reapplied the end of january and had 3 interviews and was hired all within like 10 days. my uni...
  10. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

    Very nice post sister!!!
  11. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    I am a jehovah's Witness and the person who aided me to becoming a witness has been one for 34 years and a Registered Nurse for 43 years prior to retiring last December. i work on a very busy med-surg floor and I am very happy that i have not come un...
  12. Low Census

    i am very fortunate because thus far, they have scheduled me for an extra 12 shift each week for like the next two months. i've been a nurse a year now on a very busy med/surg unit in the only level 1 and magnet hospital in the region. because of tha...
  13. New to med-surg

    it's hell!! run!!!!
  14. Questions about Medical Careers Institute RN Program

    not sure of the current tuition. it is expensive because it is considered a private school. i graduated from there 4/30/09 and currently am a RN at norfolk general. i liked it. they have a wonderful Director and Ass. Director and i have heard so many...
  15. MCI Grads - Question regarding Employment

    Well Norfolk General doesnt. And an ICU and emergency room are two completely different areas. Norfolk General has hired new grads recently into the ICU as well, but not the emergency room. Patient's in the LEVEL 1 Trauma area of the ER are not yet s...