mindaay

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1. Cath lab interview...?

   mindaay replied to austin_0_4's topic in Cardiac

   When I interviewed for a cath lab position, I didn't even know what questions to ask! Now after being here for a year.. I wish I knew what I know now! You mentioned that it is a small lab, do they do interventions or is it a diagnostic lab? If they ...

2. Interventional Radiology Tips Please!

   mindaay replied to beachfashionnursing's topic in Cardiac

   I agree, IR is a lot of fun! I work in a combined cardiac cath lab/IR department, so heading down to "special procedures" adds more variety to my day. There are so many different procedures done in IR, I'm still going in on some things that I've neve...

3. What type of questions are on the NCLEX-RN?

   mindaay replied to nurseO9's topic in Michigan

   I took the boards in February and was pleasantly surprised by the difficulty of questions.. for the most part. I studied with the Kaplan qbank tests and I felt like a lot of those questions were completely random and irrelevant. While there were a ...

4. Applying for jobs

   mindaay replied to saraaileen76's topic in New Nurse

   I graduated in December and I'd say about 1/4 of my class had jobs before we graduated. I'd say apply now, it couldn't hurt. I did the same with no luck but that was just my experience. After graduating I focused completely on NCLEX and held off o...

5. E-mailing Recruiters

   mindaay posted a topic in New Nurse

   I've been contacting nurse recruiters by e-mail a lot lately inquiring about new grad positions. I have the typical signature line with my name and contact information but I'm wondering if it's appropriate to put RN BSN by my name.. or is that tack...