SMUgrad

SMUgrad specializes in SNF, ortho, geriatric.

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1. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

   SMUgrad replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Hunt

   The above post speaks true for experience as a new nurse. I know for sure that I have a passion for being a nurse, I am good at what I do when I care for my patients. They have commended me, given me cards and praised me for taking care of them becau...

2. Tele...no winning in this

   SMUgrad replied to erin01's topic in Cardiac

   Dear erin01 I am sorry that I cannot provide you with some breakthrough advice, all I can do is sympathize and relate. I have been a practicing RN for 3 years and was blessed to have obtained a position on a telemetry floor. This is a new facet of nu...

3. New or Experienced: Am I acute care qualified?

   SMUgrad posted a topic in Career Support

   Help allnurses.com members! I am reaching out to all of you hoping that I can get some advice on how to move my career forward. I feel, at this moment, that I am stuck in purgatory because I have nursing experience but not acute care experience. I ha...

4. SNF questions to ask

   SMUgrad replied to mlok's topic in Geriatric

   Dear 910hope: I share your experience. I too have started on my own 2 weeks ago and cried my very first day. At night, I am the only RN in charge of 63 patients and have witnessed RN/LVN's falsify BPs and HRs before giving antihypertensives and Digox...

5. New nurse looking for advice

   SMUgrad replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in Geriatric

   No you are not wrong at all. The same goes at our facility, we are not allowed overtime and I refuse to work for free but if I want any work done I have to do it. Yeah, it sucks!

6. New nurse looking for advice

   SMUgrad replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in Geriatric

   Dear 1uvakindmom (and all new nurses starting off in the SNF), I hope that my story will help you to see that you are comforted by fellow new nurses because I do, thank you for sharing your story. My very first day working independently in a SNF, I w...

7. Question for those that passed the NCLEX and used Kaplan....

   SMUgrad replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in New Nurse

   sorry PS: I did pass my NCLEX after 265 questions and 349 minutes :thnkg:

8. Question for those that passed the NCLEX and used Kaplan....

   SMUgrad replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in New Nurse

   I understand how you are feeling, and if I were doing an NCLEX review right now they would say this is not good therapeutic communication but here goes anyway. I have taken Kaplan as a review along with 8 other people from my graduating class. Many o...