youngphillynurse

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1. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

   youngphillynurse replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I graduated May of 2010 (so my year anniversary just passed). I've only been working since December 2010 so, I've gained about 6 months so far. At first, I was traveling 3 hours away and staying in a motel just to work as a nurse in a small hospital ...

2. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

   youngphillynurse replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello, I'm a new grad and have been working at a long-term care facility for 3 days short of a month. I did have one job before this in a hospital several hours from me, but left when the long-term care facility offered me a job since it was 15 minut...

3. Reasonable timeframe to ask for extended vacation after orientation.

   youngphillynurse replied to diamand's topic in General Nursing

   You need to look into the policy of your facility (go to Human Resources). Seeking vacation time should be mapped out as to when you're eligible and for how long. Also, you have to try and be a spy/detective to figure out how you are viewed by your i...

4. student needs help

   youngphillynurse replied to Airidis's topic in General Nursing

   As a new nurse, I can say that teamwork is definitely a huge deal and not well practiced in the facility that I just resigned from... so, talk about "what does teamwork mean to you, your peers, more senior nurses?" Definitely evidenced based practice...

5. Burning Bridges REDO

   youngphillynurse replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in General Nursing

   ... I wonder if your unit director was just a tad bitter about losing you... Is there someone else from management that could write this recommendation for you? A charge nurse or another manager from a different unit that you may have worked on when...

6. What should I do?

   youngphillynurse replied to jballa34's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I agree with Berean4ever. Dig deep and find out where your passion really lies. You can definitely go back to school for nursing a little later in life if you must (and right about now, with the new graduate job situation being what it is, I can see...

7. Have you ever felt defeated?

   youngphillynurse replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

   I know where you are right now, because I am in the same situation. I recently graduated from nursing school (an associate degree program) and became licensed in July 2010. I had to leave my job in a field that was unrelated because I was not given t...

8. By the time I am 30 years old =(

   youngphillynurse replied to Darkpk55's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I agree. I don't think that you can't attend college and succeed because you struggle with reading-comprehension. Maybe there's some form of dyslexia that you're struggling with or attention deficit disorder. Contrary to what you may think, the fact ...

9. My first day!

   youngphillynurse replied to anonymous1919's topic in Geriatric

   Congratulations. I'm a new grad myself and haven't had that experience yet... of getting that far in the applying/interviewing process. Did you know someone to get your job or was it just the luck of the draw? Did you work in LTC in another role prio...