BKCinNOLA

BKCinNOLA

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About BKCinNOLA

BKCinNOLA has 3 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics.


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  1. Yay! New Job!

    Congrats!!!!!!!!! Best Day Ever!!!!!!!!!
  2. Cover Letter for OR Position

    Hi All! Let me start off by saying I absolutely love my current job. Love my coworkers, the MD, and all (ok, most) of our patients. Unfortunately, my current job is 1500 miles away from the person I absolutely love the most (my fiance). After spendin...
  3. Resume/Cover Letter Review

    Hi All! Let me start off by saying I absolutely love my current job. Love my coworkers, the MD, and all (ok, most) of our patients. Unfortunately, my current job is 1500 miles away from the person I absolutely love the most (my fiance). After spendin...
  4. Last Semester Decision- fear has me frozen!

    I would look into nursing positions at ambulatory clinics, primary care offices, public health, etc. Lower acuity patients = less chance of 'killing someone' = generally less daily stress and fear for you! If you like peds, see if there are Early In...
  5. Administering pediatric vaccinations

    rnsrgr8t answered all your questions about my post! and more! I'll definitely be taking some of those tips myself! :) The only two kids I've ever had faint on me were big tough football players. So it's also important to tell anyone of driving age: 1...
  6. Administering pediatric vaccinations

    Hi Marpola, As the main vaccine administrator in our peds office, I know exactly where you're coming from! It's important to remember that the crying comes mostly from fear of 'the shot.' Children and teens, especially those with sensory sensitivity...
  7. Immunzation confusion for Well Child Visit....help

    Hi Elprup, I work in a peds office and am in charge of all vaccines, so I hope these tips help: 1. Always leave vaccines in their original box in the fridge. All vaccines that are peds formulated will be clearly marked as so. And the large font on th...
  8. Check out Early Childhood Intervention programs in your area. I got hired as a new grad into an Early Intervention program, and I'm sure they would LOVE your ED experience. Even if EI is not where you want to end up in the PHN world, it'd definitely ...
  9. Kaplan, definitely. I also used Lippincott and Mosby's to supplement my studying in school and prepare for exams since our professors were really into writing NCLEX style questions. The more practice you have with the NCLEX style questions, the bette...
  10. Non-clinical nursing - What is out there?

    If you enjoy working with children, look into Early Childhood Intervention programs in your area. As nurses we do a lot of social work type stuff, speech therapy, physical therapy, psych issues, working with kids on the spectrum, supporting young and...
  11. Should I try to work as CNA before I get my RN?

    I didn't start working as a Nursing Assistant until I was in nursing school (I didn't have to take the course because the hospital accepted my nursing school clinicals in lieu of the actual CNA course). I worked on an a Labor and Delivery floor and i...
  12. Should I try to work as CNA before I get my RN?

    In a word, YES.
  13. Nursing Care Tech in OB

    Hi! I was a nursing assistant on a labor and delivery floor during nursing school. I did the same things as regular floor NAs and also was responsible for: -stocking 15 labor rooms/3 ORs/PACU/Triage with the appropriate equipment/instruments -setting...
  14. Did you wait long?

    I did the traditional undergrad route: apply in the fall of senior year of high school, wait for the big packet in the mail on April 15, orientation/freshman bonding over the summer, move in to the dorms the last week in August. No prerequisites to t...
  15. Frustrated by job search.

    I was a May '09 and spent 12 (yes, TWELVE) months on the job hunt before I finally was offered a full-time position. It's going to be a long, frustrating, often depressing road, but it will come to an end! Stay positive and as optimistic as possible,...