sunflower350

sunflower350 has 4 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg, moderate sedation.

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1. Bad day... looks like it's everything I dreamed it would be.

   sunflower350 replied to NurseCard's topic in Geriatric

   If and only if, this establishment gets a proper management team, will it care for our precious Geriatric population safely, and with the dignity and respect they deserve. State and Federal Survey's are in place to prevent this kind of care to the...

2. New Grad RN Pedal Power

   sunflower350 replied to Pedal's topic in Activism

   If you pedal through California, I'm in for the adventure! Passed NCLEX in June 2011, off work since September, total hip replaced in January, so that puts me 9 months as a registered nurse with no nursing job! Hip is good, I've been spinning at th...

3. Sharp Summer 2011 New Grad Program

   sunflower350 replied to gettingcloser's topic in New Nurse

   Has anyone 50 or above been hired into any of these new grad positions???

4. Got No Job? Come be an RN !

   sunflower350 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   You sound like a spectacular person and nurse! I am a student nurse, former business owner, former restaurant manager, Mom, and now working as an assistant at a local hospital; 97% of the nurses are cold, robotic and task driven with little or no em...

5. Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

   sunflower350 replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

   This is all new to you; relax, read, listen and be patient. I am a on my final classes and all the questions made perfect sense to me. Your clinical experience and didactic education will help bring all this nonsense together for you in about 6 mon...

6. I have no idea what to do

   sunflower350 replied to LadyJoce's topic in General Nursing

   ONe of my classmates is joining; he said they are paying a $30,000 bonus!

7. two interviews and a blow off

   sunflower350 replied to jotond's topic in Career Support

   Sorry to hear...I am a student nurse applying for assistant jobs and find the same thing happening...Jobs posted---getting interviewed and then no response...Also called hiring HR person back to check and she said they had already hired for the posit...

8. National University not playing fair

   sunflower350 replied to nationalstudent's topic in California

   Check into getting it removed or sealed from your record...It's been over 10 years ago.

9. 09-10 hrsa nursing scholarship

   sunflower350 replied to miaamor1's topic in General Nursing

   I have 14 months left in BSN program. Have 0 efc, 0 income, but filled bankruptcy in Jan of 2008. Don't know if that makes a difference or not. I would think that getting the ones that are 1/4 to 1/2 way done would be a good gamble; I know I'm not t...

10. Nursing instructor putting student through embarassment and singles out

    sunflower350 replied to mjacobs's topic in General Students

    I think you have to let them know your recording!

11. Nursing instructor putting student through embarassment and singles out

    sunflower350 replied to mjacobs's topic in General Students

    actually I was speaking more about the instructors who don't want to instruct and the amount of money we pay to have them teach. I have been a bit intimidated by a clinical instructor, but not demeaned. I was mortified once as I choked on a drug acti...

12. 09-10 hrsa nursing scholarship

    sunflower350 replied to miaamor1's topic in General Nursing

    Curious:twocents: ??? To the one's that have been contacted; what's your age, family dynamics, school cost and credit score? Just curious as to what criteria they used to select.

13. Nursing instructor putting student through embarassment and singles out

    sunflower350 replied to mjacobs's topic in General Students

    :argue: Our cohort has had similar issues, as well as having instructors teaching theory that obviously don't want to teach. We as a cohort went to the head of our department, who involved the head of the nursing department and organized a meeting. W...

14. 09-10 hrsa nursing scholarship

    sunflower350 replied to miaamor1's topic in General Nursing

    It looks like the few that are going to get the award have already been notified!

15. 09-10 hrsa nursing scholarship

    sunflower350 replied to miaamor1's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like we're SOL. I saw the same response this morning when I logged in. I am curious to know how they decide on who receives these scholarships. I think most of us out here are 0 efc. Do we have to have a 720 on our credit score? Do we have to b...