srahamim ASN, MSN

srahamim has 17 years experience as a ASN, MSN and specializes in Blood Center Collections, Quality and Regulatory A.

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1. Please help! I am so lost...

   srahamim replied to Marina Vodu's topic in General Nursing

   Look at Blood Center Collections Nurse. Donors are healthy and want you to stick them in the arm. Job is friendly, you talk to people who want to be there. Really great job! Great training and opportunities to gain leadership experience. I moved to ...

2. Who wants to hire a graduate nurse at 55?

   srahamim replied to RNat55's topic in General Nursing

   Another suggestion - apply to your local blood center organization. They are always looking for good people, the “patients” (donors) are healthy and want to be there and are usually in a great mood! The work can be a little physical if you setup mobi...

3. Least stressful nursing job at a hospital?

   srahamim replied to Forest2's topic in Career Support

   What about working in a Blood Center? I have found it very rewarding and the donors are healthy and want to be there.

4. Trying to figure out what to do with my life

   srahamim replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Adding my 2 cents. I started pre-Reqs at 47 and graduated at 50. Tried bedside but not a good fit for oh so many reasons (another time, another story) I became a Blood Center Collection nurse and have been very satisfied with my career with my blood ...

5. Least stressful nursing specialty

   srahamim replied to Svkd's topic in General Nursing

   Blood banking. Less pay but the "patients" (donors) are asking you to stick them with a sharp needle and they are usually happy about it!

6. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

   srahamim replied to new.grad.rn's topic in New Nurse

   Blood center nurse! Healthy people who want to be there. Great teamwork and lots of fun! Flexible schedule! I love it!

7. Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

   srahamim replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

   I'd like to put in a plug for atypical nursing roles such as legal nurse, chart reviews and Blood Center nursing. In a blood center, you deal with healthy people who want to be there and your job is to be sure they make it out safely! Lots of friend...

8. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   srahamim replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   A lady came in with a splinter in her butt. A very generous butt to be sure. And had 5 family members with her. It it surprises me how many people think ER is primary care then complain about the wait for their clearly non-urgent issue.

9. Nubee- not cut out for floor- what else is there?

   srahamim replied to NuBee2's topic in Career Support

   Sorry for not replying earlier - look into Informatics, working as a clinical consultant to IS projects at your current hospital would be a good starting place... As regards salary - I am currently making (in California, in blood banking) about $15+/...

10. What's a "Use Case"?

    srahamim replied to rninformatics's topic in Informatics

    Are you asking the question or just providing information? Use cases have been around for over 15 years, starting as a tool for systems/application development around the same time as object oriented programming concepts. As the article says, it is ...

11. Nubee- not cut out for floor- what else is there?

    srahamim replied to NuBee2's topic in Career Support

    In my case, after leaving the hospital (I tried ER for 15 months) I took positions that were specifically for RNs but very non-traditional such as chart reviewing with MedAssurant (look for another thread) and now working at a blood center. Since I a...

12. How to network????

    srahamim replied to RNintheER's topic in Management

    Did you contact ENA? http://www.ena.org

13. Are there enough "New-grad" positions in your area?

    srahamim replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Students

    What you are suggesting is a good idea except... clinical sites are necessary for this. In some areas maybe this is practical but in the Silicon Valley area of northern California there are way more schools (both RN and LVN) looking for clinical opp...

14. Thinking outside the box.

    srahamim replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    On the other hand, you may find that you never want to go back! :) I work in a Blood Center collecting donations from Healthy, happy people who want you to dtick them in the arm!

15. Nursing as a 2nd Career. Beginning after 50 yrs.

    srahamim replied to cnpeterson2000's topic in Career Support

    Carl - I too am over 50. I went to nursing school because it was a childhood dream. If I didn't have that dream and a love of learning - there were many times when I might have just quit (horrid teachers, mean spirited co-workers, tough days when w...