Lillian2515

Lillian2515 specializes in Med/Surg.

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1. Old New Grad - Over 1 Year without a Job

   Lillian2515 replied to mo2rn's topic in Job Hunt

   Take another look at your cover letter and your interviewing skills. Be prepared for the questions that are generally asked...practice interviewing with a friend.....make sure you look professional....check the websites that give you ideas on "how t...

2. new grad in first year on ICU/CCU..need to leave

   Lillian2515 replied to gxsr's topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new grad on an adult med/surg unit that gets the overflow from critical care....and I'm at a small community hospital. (Graduated with a BSN from an Ivy League school.) Med/surg is very fast paced. We are understaffed at all times and overworke...

3. New grad taking ACLS course??

   Lillian2515 replied to nurseypoo87's topic in New Nurse

   I see that my last post was from July. Since then I have started working at my first RN job. I've been working for three months. I did not take an ACLS class and I did not take the phlebotomy class that I mentioned above. I have learned how to place ...

4. Want to leave job during orientation

   Lillian2515 replied to tma0312's topic in Career Support

   I was in a terrible situation as an orientee a couple of years ago while I was in nursing school. I got a job as an aide with a nursing home and my final moment came when two of the other aides decided it would be best to try to humiliate me in front...

5. New grad taking ACLS course??

   Lillian2515 replied to nurseypoo87's topic in New Nurse

   I considered taking ACLS while job hunting after graduation for the same reasons; the resume! I decided to skip it because of the cost. I am determined to find an employer that will offer this certification. If not, I will register for a class. Howev...

6. Average IQ of a BSN nurse

   Lillian2515 replied to Weber's topic in General Students

   The degree does not necessarily match the IQ level. Some schools have much higher standards than others. You have to be above average intelligence to graduate from one of the top ten schools....as well as very passionate and dedicated to the work. Ha...

7. Possible WCCCD Nursing Applicants

   Lillian2515 replied to ladylinton1's topic in Michigan

   Contact your local American Red Cross for CPR classes to compare the cost.

8. Possible WCCCD Nursing Applicants

   Lillian2515 replied to ladylinton1's topic in Michigan

   I'm a new grad :yeah:and I've heard and seen different employment stories. The most successful are the ones who take a tech/nursing assistant job during the very first semester of school or even before they are accepted into a program. I've seen stu...

9. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

   Lillian2515 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

   that's what I was saying Bhavana....

10. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    Lillian2515 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Thank God there is not ONE direct....and I emphasize direct...question about care plans on the NCLEX-RN!!!! Of course you have to be able to recognize how different systems interact and how everything is connected to patient outcome, etc., etc.

11. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    Lillian2515 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    My class stopped doing care plans. We just make a daily care plan for the patients we're working with, but without NIC/NOC. Very straight forward. List diagnosis, list treatments, explain patho verbally to instructor, write SOAP note, list "further t...

12. RN still working as CNA at dream job :(..

    Lillian2515 replied to jmurnbsn's topic in General Nursing

    Are they taking advantage of having an RN work as a CNA with exceptional skills and knowledge.....at minimal cost??? Go be a nurse and keep your skills. You can get back to the babies later...or work part time somewhere else as an RN and keep the CNA...

13. Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    Lillian2515 replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    I've been in court a few times and the judge has NEVER called me by my first name....NEVER. So going along with my first post.....I will address a person the way they address me. If they are on a first name basis with me...then, of course I would cal...

14. Hi I am Ann... I am 51 and want to be a nurse

    Lillian2515 replied to annmel's topic in Career Support

    As a non-traditional student, my advice is to go to a small school where they will hopefully respect what you have accomplished in your life and not expect you to fit into the cookie cutter profile (e.g., right out of h.s. with no responsibilities.) ...

15. Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    Lillian2515 replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    If they call me by my first name, I do the same for them....unless they are obviously really stuffy about titles and INSIST on being called Dr., etc., .....then I submit and kiss a--....which is all that is about anyhow....egos.... titles mean nothin...