heydelilah

heydelilah

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About heydelilah

heydelilah has 2 years experience and specializes in MICU.


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  1. Experience time? Agencies vs facilities

    Thanks! I figured two years in specialty was the minimum. I was trying to avoid committing to a full time facility while I figure out if an SO and I would work out in another state.
  2. Experience time? Agencies vs facilities

    How much time does your agency require in your specialty before you can take assignments? 1 year or more? Does it seem to be more of a facility by facility issue for those of you who have had the requisite requirements for your agency but not for ce...
  3. Hey all! I got the call that I'll be the newest member of my current facility's MICU. I've been on a busy (turnover and a lot of holding for higher acuity beds) med/neuro/surg floor for about 18 months. What's you best advice, warnings, anecdotes a...
  4. Appling for internal pos, clean up my resume?

    Thanks for the feedback! The second job is contract maybe only two shifts a month doing health clinic type of things. Nothing too time consuming. I'm attempting to transfer from my current position in health system to this other one full time to full...
  5. Hey all, I'm applying for an internal position with the facility where I currently work (trying to transfer to another unit with more room for advancement). A friend currently in the unit im interested in recommended I stop by and introduce myself an...
  6. Hi all, I've worked really hard the last year or two to meet the PT entry requirements for army. I can finally make the pt entry requirements for enlisted personnel. (yay! go me!) How does boot for medical officers differ? I know officers are held to...
  7. Med surg travel. Is it worth it?

    I'm coming up on two years on my first RN position on a Med surg floor. I love the place I'm at but I'm seeking opportunities with better pay out west (i live in the bible belt aka what union?) via travel nursing. As a relatively new nurse with expe...
  8. Unique PRN positions?

    Hey all, I'm a recent grad and I'm coming up on my six months on my MS unit. I pick up OT every little while, but I'm looking for something "different". What were/are your favorite positions outside of your main practice area?
  9. Thanks for the feedback. UVA grad, I was planning on attending a local BSN program (cost and convenience) that has hybrid classes for exactly the reasons you describe. Not sure if I'll ever pursue a grad level degree in nursing, but the information i...
  10. Hi all, As long as a program has CCNE or NLN accrediation, do employers really care about where the degree is from as long as I'm actively engaged in practice and licensed? On a second note, what about MSN programs (I'm thinking public universities, ...
  11. Need advice on buying scrubs at thrift stores

    Check thrifts near facilities (and I mean LTC, psych everything). I've had no luck near where I live but I'll find some at the thrifts near facilities. (people dropping things off after work, perhaps?)
  12. New Grad Nurse -- Med/Surg or Specialize right away

    I graduated in May. Licensed in June. Took the first acute care position offered to me on a low acuity ortho/neuro floor. I could have been picky, but then I'd be like a lot of my fellow graduates and I'd still be unemployed four months out. There is...
  13. I did it and its so clear now

    Whenever someone is looking into for profit schools I like to reference them to the GAO summary on their investigation into the recruiting and sales practices of for profits. Not to say that they all practice this way (Keiser in my home town had a wo...
  14. You're Hired!: The New World Of Hiring Nurses??

    I learned to "game" the HR personality tests so I could at least get an interview. It worked in retail and it worked in nursing. Like any test, you can learn to take it if you've had enough of them cross your path before. (Always ambivilant, caring a...
  15. New graduate.... I need advice :)

    Seconded. Unless you have to move (family) or you already have a job the Florida market is horrible for even experienced nurses. Unless you were a tech, I don't know of any hospital that will hire you before you have a Florida license number in hand...