perianmellon

perianmellon has 2 years experience and specializes in Surgical - Ortho/Neuro.

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1. ethics issue - $$ gifts

   perianmellon replied to perianmellon's topic in General Nursing

   ok! So HR just called back, and as it turns out there is no official hospital policy to cover this situation. She discussed it with a few people and came to the conclusion that what is most often done is to "share the wealth" with the rest of the s...

2. ethics issue - $$ gifts

   perianmellon replied to perianmellon's topic in General Nursing

   no call back yet from hr... man this is ruining my day off

3. ethics issue - $$ gifts

   perianmellon replied to perianmellon's topic in General Nursing

   yea, I spent the whole morning trying to see what the policy was. Just from what I've observed, patients often give small tokens to nurses that there doesn't seem to be any issue with them accepting (so, I thought the little ornament, which I've see...

4. ethics issue - $$ gifts

   perianmellon posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I (a nurses assistant) just got off of three 12 hour shifts where I was doing a sit with two confused elderly patients. It was kind of a rare situation, there were so many one on ones in the hospital over the weekend that all the scheduled aides ...

5. hudson valley community college

   perianmellon replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in New York

   Thanks so much for the added info daisybaby. I will definitely take these things into consideration as I go through my application process ^_^

6. hudson valley community college

   perianmellon replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in New York

   Hey Daisybaby, Could you be a little more specific about what areas of critical thinking and practical skills you found students of Samaritan lacking? My ADN will be my 3rd degree (also have a BA and and MS) and I am hoping for a program that will g...

7. Patient Care Associate?

   perianmellon replied to perianmellon's topic in Career Support

   nvrmind, just got off the phone w/ HR. Turns out the do on the job training and a lot of the people in the position are people like me who are trying to get experience in a hospital to see if they want to go into nursing. Could not be more perfect ...

8. Patient Care Associate?

   perianmellon posted a topic in Career Support

   I'm a career changer/pre-nursing student and was scanning the job postings at my local hospital for opportunities to get some experience when I noticed several dozen "Patient Care Associate" positions. I've never heard of this before, but from the v...

9. Upstate NY (schools and working)

   perianmellon replied to Satori77's topic in New York

   I'm also looking to go to school in this area. In addition to the schools mentioned, there's the Samaritan/Memorial Hospital program offered through North East Health. Ellis hospital also has a program I think. So there are a bunch of options, but...

10. hudson valley community college

    perianmellon replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in New York

    Thanks bratt, that definitely helps. I think I'll make an appointment to talk with an advisor at HVCC, might as well throw my name into the hat now since most of the local programs are looking about as competitive. yeesh, who knew this would be so ...

11. hudson valley community college

    perianmellon replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in New York

    Hi! I just moved to Troy and am hoping planning to go talk to some people at HVCC about their program. I applied to the Samaritan program and am pretty shell shocked by their "finish your file fast, we have a waiting list" letter. Can anyone tell m...

12. CNA training in the Capital Region/transfering CNA from out of state?

    perianmellon posted a topic in New York

    Hi all! I'm thinking of getting my CNA before taking the RN plunge I really want to get some hands on experience/exposure to the kinds of environments I'm hoping to work in as an RN (and to see if I "can take it" ) and lots of people have recommend...