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  1. Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    Hopefully everyone looking as of the last post has found jobs. Let's keep this thread alive for those who came after us....
  2. Will paying for ACLS etc myself help me land a job?

    ACLS certification is just paper; you're an RN, you can obviously pass classes. Experience with the steps and scenarios of ACLS is really the key. When employers are looking for RNs with ACLS, who they really want are people who are certified AND exp...
  3. IM injections - divide into 2 or keep as 1?

    So far, the responses have ranged from simply asking for more information to downright condescending. Let me clarify that I am looking for an experienced opinion (or even published literature, if there is any, which I haven't been able to find myse...
  4. Okay, I need a bit of good nursing practice know-how. If you have a 2ml IM injection is it better to give it all at once (assuming non-irritating med) or divide it into two, 1ml injections? My thought process is that one injection will only break the...
  5. First day of work...BAD trainer...question.....

    The charge nurse already knows about this coworker of yours, believe me. Now you know too. You sound like you already know how to show up on time, do a good job and follow the protocol. So practice your way, do your thing, use your own judgement and ...
  6. I'd like to find the meaning of a hat party and the origins of it, if possible. I've Googled "hat party" and "nursing school graduation" and some other terms, and I've searched this site too. My best guess is that it reflects a time when nurses wore ...
  7. Anxiety & Stress

    Try to stay an extra 30 minutes at the end of your shift and write down all the little things you didn't have time to do. Then do them and go home, but keep the list. At the end of a week, pull out your 7 lists and see if there is a pattern of things...
  8. Balancing Nursing School and a Boyfriend

    While I agree with the previous posters that nursing school needs to be your #1 priority, life is not all nursing school and you need to find a balance that works for you. One thing that worked for me and my boyfriend was agreeing that Saturday nigh...
  9. Nursing Students and Substance Abuse

    Wow, that is a sobering article. So oddly different from my experience. The only substance my hard-working nursing class is abusing is COFFEE!!!
  10. Keep current job or find something in health care field?

    bleah. edited because I can't figure out how to delete a duplicate post.
  11. Keep current job or find something in health care field?

    You are smart to be thinking about all of these things before you quit your job. Probably it is this intelligence that has served you well in your engineering field and will serve you admirably when (not if) you become a nurse. The way I read it, si...
  12. Calm demeanor - how to get it

    I volunteer in the local ER and when a pt with a trauma comes in, my heart starts to pound and I'm sure I get a wild look in my eyes (though I try my best not to) and my voice gets a little unmodulated. Then, when someone asks me to do something, I f...
  13. Anatomy 1 - What Prereqs Are Best!!

    I had Bio101 and Chem101 when I took A&P, but if it's just A then you probably just need MedTerm. If it's both A&P I would also recommend Nutrition, if it's on your prereq list too, because it will ease you into metabolism and the Krebs cycle...
  14. Thanks to the RN who PM'd me with NYC info. I'd be happy to share if anyone wants to PM me with their info....
  15. Hello! I've been searching and cannot find an answer to this question on any travel nursing website, so am asking it here. Hope some folks can help me. How much money do travel nurse agencies pay for housing stipends? I'm looking for numbers that nur...