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1. signing bonus

   SoClose! replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

   I got my job as a new grad (in Oct '09) with a $2000 sign-on bonus. Half at six months and I'll get the other half at one year. Didn't sign any contract, though.

2. Do Nurses Get Traffic Tickets?

   SoClose! replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

   I got pulled over not long ago for my windown tint. It was about 8am and I had worked all night (IOW, NOT a good time to mess with me, lol). Anyway, he came up to the window all puffed up, I rolled it down, he checked the tint, said it was too dark. ...

3. New nurse OVERWHELMED

   SoClose! replied to leapof faith's topic in Med-Surg

   OMG, yes!!!!!! Or what about, "why is (s)he getting xyz antibiotic?"

4. What color do you wear?

   SoClose! replied to Lorien_LPN's topic in Med-Surg

   RNs wear all white on my floor. I thought it was ridiculous at first, but you get over it. Plus, I used to think, "ew- what if you get ___ on it.." but honestly, I would rather be able to SEE the ___ on my uniform so that I can clean it off or change...

5. New nurse OVERWHELMED

   SoClose! replied to leapof faith's topic in Med-Surg

   Wow. I can remember feeling this way- even posted my own thread about, "do I REALLY have to do M/S for a year?!?" LOL! I have now been on my MST floor for seven months, and it is SO much better than it was. MS is still not my dream job and I can't wa...

6. Answering "YES/NO" to contacting current employer?

   SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in General Nursing

   Well, it's not that I'm hiding anything or worried about bad mouthing at all, just would prefer no contact. But I do see what you're saying and would likely have the same reactions if I were doing the hiring. I guess it's just that I'm so wishy-washy...

7. Answering "YES/NO" to contacting current employer?

   SoClose! posted a topic in General Nursing

   How bad does it look if you say no? I mean, I certainly would never leave an employer high & dry without plenty of notice, but I don't really want any boss of mine knowing that I'm checking out the scene until anything is decided, you know? For ...

8. M/S vs. Office job?

   SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in Career Support

   Asthma/allergy. I did end up to HR in detail and was asked to come for an interview, but the pay was nowhere near enough. It sure sounded like a great job, though!!

9. M/S vs. Office job?

   SoClose! posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi all. Just a question for anyone who has done both M/S and physician's office work as an RN.. I have less than one year M/S experience, and just as a "test" last week I put in an app for an office position. (It is clear on my resume my amount of e...

10. RN to MSN.. your experiences?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in Post Graduate

    Sounds fine to me.. thanks! :) LOL

11. RN to MSN.. your experiences?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in Post Graduate

    And I now realize that this may not be the most appropriate forum for this one, so maybe it could be moved?

12. RN to MSN.. your experiences?

    SoClose! posted a topic in Post Graduate

    If there is another thread on this, you may point it out- but I am also specifically asking for the GA/Atl area. I want to further my education, but would like to just go ahead and do an RN-MSN program if possible. I would love to hear others' experi...

13. Am I being snotty?

    SoClose! replied to JezzysRN09's topic in New Nurse

    And AMEN to that. We do not have last names, and if we did I would not have it. In school, they always kept our first/last names on our badges, but we were often encouraged to put tape over our last names during clinicals.

14. Am I being snotty?

    SoClose! replied to JezzysRN09's topic in New Nurse

    I don't think it's snotty at all. :) And I am an ADN nurse. That being said, I will tell you that I was taking report from a coworker the other evening, and she made a comment about, "I don't know whether she got her xyz med, because so-and-so was s...

15. A year of Med/Surg... Seriously?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in New Nurse

    Thanks SO much everyone for the great advice and replies. I am happy to report that- for whatever reason- this weekend went GREAT!! Maybe I was just psyching myself out during those last couple weeks of orientation, or maybe it was just a fluke week...