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- Did you have a chance to talk to the other hospitals? They were all hell bent on hiring when I went to the Job Fair last...1
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Look BON of each state sometimes you can pay to put a hold on your license.1
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- Don't know about putting a hold on a license but I do hold licenses in two states without a problem from either one.1
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- My 2 cents would be to take another job now. You have a job offer NOW instead of maybe a job offer later. Even if you get...1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- Just interesting. I'm in a nearly identical situation in New England area. I'm in the RN Residency program and hoping to...1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- I would take the residency program slot if offered. Follow your muse and happiness follows. OB is what you really want to...1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- i actually did say something once. working night shift in the er, just my tech and me. no pts, doc's asleep, we're...159
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- I would avoid the ones you will be alone at, and the home health ones. The options at the hospital, where you have people...1
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- Can you do the HH thing until the residency at the hospital becomes available? I say go for what your gut says. If it's...1
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- Try to take a position where there are a lot of experienced people that can guide you. Believe me you will need advice from...1
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- I am surprised that a staffing agency would hire a new grad. They usually want someone with at least a year or two of...2
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- I agree. It is completely inappropriate for an agency to hire a new grad and throw them into a situation where patients and...3
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- Here's my 2 cents: I was offered the same job working agency as a new grad in LTC a few years ago. I was unsure about...2
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- IMHO, don't do it. I too was a new grad with a regular job and looking to do some temp work. I got sent to the LTC where I...2
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- I totally agree. Facilities expect agency nurses to hit the ground running. I really do not think agency is a good...1
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- Yep....nothing but a 15 minute walk thru the building, show you where stuff is located orientation is what you will get. ...3
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- I would have to agree with above posters. If you have been looking for awhile, its probably disappointing to see all these...2
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- Ok so you're a new grad with no experience and you're starting with an agency.....I don't mean to deliver "doom and gloom"...2
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- Well, I can only tell you my experience. I now work in a hospital,but my first nursing job was at a nursing home. So...1
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- Here is the format I use: Name Address Telephone Number Email (if you have one) Professional Summary (Instead of...1
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- If someone has SROM then it's an automatic admission. In most cases, the patient has to show some cervical change in an...1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- That's pretty much how it is where I work too. If we are not busy the docs are willing to do Morphine rest. But it really...1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- I mean in the sense that a multip can be 4 and not be in labor. if she's contracting, actually laboring and 4cm, then I...2
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- I :redbeathe AWHONN. Their journals are great. I have found good info and great takeoff points for projects at work.1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- THANK YOU! :bow: This is exactly what happened to me....I ended up needing 2 separate transfusions and went into shock. Two...2
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- I could not agree more. Thank you.1
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- We must agree to disagree. The reason I say this, is, the other ways you monitor, (change in vital signs or how a patient...4
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- I disagree! There are other ways of monitoring a womans condition. I'd be interested to see research that supports fundal...1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- I usually tell my c/s moms to take a deep breath while I'm palpating. That at least distracts them while I'm doing that. I...3
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- You SHOULD palpate fundi on post op patients. It's not always apparent any other way but to check. I had a bad pp bleed...4
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- We don't palpate fundus' on post CS women - too painful. The only time I would do it is if I'm concerned that the woman has...1
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- You know what---I was naive. I didn't know any better. Knowing what I do know now, I feel like the hospital, my OB....they...1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- fingers crossed!1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- I guess it just really depends on what your interests are, what you want out of them, and what you want to support the most....1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- I am a member of all three. I most especially recommend AWHONN for OB nurses. It's good to have WSNA membership, too, to...1
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
