mardel9113

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1. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

   mardel9113 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I was one of those burned South Florida Nurses. Ortho-Neuro floor , day shift and 13 patients in one of the HCA hospitals. And my floor manager and co- workers complained that not only I didn't take my lunch brake. Also I was happily working and , st...

2. Starting Nursing at 52 and Nervous

   mardel9113 replied to eyeball's topic in New Nurse

   Everybody is right. If you have a good preceptor that wants to teach and knows how to teach you will do fine. The problem is that, the experience nurses that you find in the floor are competitive , they are not teachers , most of them they don't choo...

3. First Nursing job, and I drowned!

   mardel9113 replied to galenanurse's topic in New Nurse

   I totally understand you I went to something similar. I went through 8 preceptors de first 12 days of work(one month),because my original preceptor hurt her self. than I wor 3 days and sent me to a ICU- med/surgery division, training for 5 weeks in o...

4. Broward College Central Campus question

   mardel9113 replied to BBAck_to_school's topic in Florida

   I am sorry in your first post said you were in Central campus. for that I said change campus. you are fine at North. but North Campus does not go to Broward general or memorial system.

5. New grads over 30, are you having trouble getting interviews?

   mardel9113 replied to freeflowchi's topic in New Nurse

   I am a new grad too. I finished on August and took my boards on September. I cannot get interviews ,the machines answered me that they chose somebody with more qualifications, I was Medical assistant for 2 years before started Nursing. How they expec...

6. Broward College Central Campus question

   mardel9113 replied to BBAck_to_school's topic in Florida

   and about your question the only ones workings are the 2 that got memorial and the 2 that accept broward scholarship so get one and stick it in, and other advice transfer to south campus, we started on January 2008 57 in my class and we finished onl...

7. Broward College Central Campus question

   mardel9113 replied to BBAck_to_school's topic in Florida

   Hi I just finished Nursing in Central Campus in BC. I took slight about scholarships and now I cannot get any job. every hospital asks for experience so i will give you an advise BC is hard like crazy I did the program in the 16 months, never re trac...