ORTech2RN

ORTech2RN has 7 years experience.

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1. Interview Panel, riddle me this?

   ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   My apologies if this has been posted to the incorrect forum. Mods, please move if so. I was recently interviewed for a position in primary care. I currently work for the VA, so this would have been a lateral move, but a good chance to develop...

2. Possibly the Worst Hiring Experience Ever

   ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Nursing

   It's honestly the worst experience I've had with a hiring process. If your not interested in hiring someone, don't waste time with physicals and the like. It's really mystifying why a company would do this.

3. Possibly the Worst Hiring Experience Ever

   ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Really don't know where to start, other than to say that the post title is probably misleading, since I don't even know if I *was hired.* Here's my story-I was looking for a PRN job to stay busy a couple nights a week and make extra income. I curr...

4. New Job, Did I Make a Mistake?

   ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Nursing

   Update.....I'm thinking I will call my previous Nurse Manager today and try to come back, even if it's nights. I just can't deal with this level of boredom. I have done, maybe, 30 minutes of work in the past two days. This is a new position with ver...

5. New Job, Did I Make a Mistake?

   ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Nursing

   It's mental health, and kind of a new concept here.

6. New Job, Did I Make a Mistake?

   ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Anyone ever make a job change within the field and feel like they have made a mistake? I think I have! I went from being a night shift RN in an ICU stepdown to a very useless feeling outpatient clinic RN. Let me explain. I was on night shift for th...

7. Too ugly to be a nurse..?!?

   ORTech2RN replied to RandomNurse2b1's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a 40 something year old guy with deep acne scarring and putting on a middle aged gut. If I ever had years I looked good, they are probably long gone. Here's the thing: I don't care. I'm married, have kids, a damn good job with benefits and enoug...

8. Experience with the VA?

   ORTech2RN replied to bailey1015's topic in Government

   More pros than cons, that's for sure. Best pay I've ever had. Benefits are hard to match. 5 weeks of Annual leave per year. Separate bank for Sick leave in which one accumulates 4 hours of SL per pay period. FERS is Federal retirement system an...

9. My Experience with VA Nursing Proficiency

   ORTech2RN posted a topic in Government

   Did not want to piggy back on the earlier thread, but my experience with this process is very frustrating. My Nurse manager submitted mine back in August 2017. I still had not heard from the board by October, so I emailed the point of contact for th...

10. VA Proficiency Nurse III Frustration & Appeal

    ORTech2RN replied to Sarah918's topic in Government

    Boy, do I have experiences in this area. I recently have been shot down for promotion to Nurse II. I wrote a very similar proficiency to another coworker (whom had less time in the VA), and was shot down. I also found out that my former unit manager...

11. Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in Men

    I think this is the only recourse. However, I don't expect a clean resolution. I would expect retaliation and I wonder how management will treat this. I work for the federal government, where they allegedly take EO complaints serious. I've had a rece...

12. Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in Men

    I am heterosexual, I'm pretty sure she is aware of this. Unless s he perceives something else, I don't know. I'm honestly stumped. I'm 43, and have worked various job since I was 16, never had an incident with a coworker trying to harass me. I'm g...

13. Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in Men

    That's where, inevitably, I think this will lead to. I have no idea why she suddenly decided to target me. It's growing old and I'm pissed that she feels she can walk in to our unit and insult me for a laugh from others. I hold my tongue, because I...

14. Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    ORTech2RN posted a topic in Men

    Hey guys, strangest situation I've probably found myself in. Been an RN since 2011, and worked health care since 2003, never had a problem working with women. Not one. I have an RN on our unit, well, now she's moved on to another clinical area. Fo...

15. VA Hiring Process

    ORTech2RN replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

    I didn't know anyone either. I was on active duty (US Army) from 99-03. I know it's stated that prior service gets points in the hiring process, but I doubt how much weight that really carries. I was hired in to stepdown unit, with 3:1 patient/RN ra...