TickyRN

Latest Activity

1. Social Network and Hiring...Employers use your posts

   TickyRN replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

   From an article I read a couple months ago( it was on yahoo, can't find the link), FB gives access to firms that carry out background seaches on potential employees for hiring companies. So even if you have very private settings on your facebook pag...

2. anyone leave high paying 1st career?

   TickyRN replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

   Dont Do It.

3. potential future nurse seeking wisdom from current nurses

   TickyRN replied to George4life's topic in Career Support

   please just aim for Med school, if it doesnt work out then go to nursing school. do your prereqs for med school and take the MCAT. focus on getting the best results and if you are a strong candidate. Prereqs for medschool and nursing school are diff...

4. When to say no...new grad burn out

   TickyRN replied to AngelicDarkness's topic in General Nursing

   Just say no

5. lazy preceptor I need help

   TickyRN replied to topacio's topic in General Nursing

   Make it through orientation, then practice what you know is right after you are no longer tied to your preceptor. Your patients and colleagues will notice your work ethic

6. What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

   TickyRN replied to almost30's topic in Relations

   before the thread gets locked?

7. For the love of God- is this even right?!

   TickyRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Learning

   are you serious? nouns and verbs? Maybe they are acronyms for something else in informatics. I hope they are.

8. RN's, how much did you borrow for school?

   TickyRN replied to steveogurule's topic in General Nursing

   I am glad I did not have any school loans, but I have a friend who had 30k plus loans. He paid it off in 2yrs. Another got a business degree from an ivy league school for 110k and paid it off in 3. these were not nursing degrees which is why they wer...

9. I screwed up!

   TickyRN replied to nankie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Well, why would she have the friend in the room if parts of her history was not okay. I dont think you were at fault.

10. Never enough-vent

    TickyRN replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    At this point MGT doesnt care, their are a thousand new grads waiting to take your position OP, if you leave. Just do your best and get malpractice insurance.

11. Whose fault is it?

    TickyRN replied to perfectpractice's topic in General Nursing

    I would say it's the instructor fault because even if your assigned pt has meds, the instructor should have a) told the nurse the student was going to pass meds. This creates accountability on the part of the nurse. If 9am meds are not given by an a...

12. Is it ever okay to wear

    TickyRN replied to TickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all that replied I do feel confident in my interview wear so I am going with that. I just wanted to ask.

13. Is it ever okay to wear

    TickyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Scrubs to an interview. I have an interview in a couple days and I was wondering. The last interview I went to, there was a lady in solid blue scrubs and a white jacket. She looked so very nursy/proffessional that I am thinking of doing the same thin...

14. My reality of becoming an RN

    TickyRN replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    You can do agency with one yr experience. check craigslist and just keep searching. You might even get a travel job at home paying double. good luck. If i may ask, what did you do in your former career.

15. Abundant Opportunities

    TickyRN replied to chuckster's topic in Pennsylvania

    WOW 32 nursing programs is a lot, they need start shuttting some down.