DavidDudley

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1. Being let go during orientation in ICU

   DavidDudley replied to hyed's topic in New Nurse

   ICU is tough. I recently cross trained there from the ER. I quickly found out that it was way too overwhelming for me and I got out of there real quick. And I have almost 4 years of nursing experience, half of which has been in the ER. So don't feel ...

2. What Kind of Experiences before ER

   DavidDudley replied to xSoCaLRNx's topic in Emergency

   Your still going to have this particular problem in the ER as well. No getting around it. At least 50% of the people that come in through my door are not satisfied no matter what we do for them.

3. Day Shift Jobs In Nursing?

   DavidDudley replied to poodlemomrn's topic in General Nursing

   Home health probably offers one of the most flexible schedule you can find in nursing. Not strapped down to a facility for so many hours in a day, can see 2-3 patients real quick in their homes and spend the rest of the day at home.

4. newbie in nursing.. advice pls! mahalo

   DavidDudley replied to pidgz's topic in New Nurse

   Yeah I agree with the other posters, stay there for a whole year at least. However, I do know that the Hawaii job market is horrible. It really depends on your personal circumstances. Do you have anything thats preventing you from relocating or do yo...

5. Is this a wise career move?

   DavidDudley replied to thinwildmercury's topic in New Nurse

   I would definitely go for the ICU position. It is very important that you keep your foot in the door with your med/surg position because if for whatever reason you don't like that ICU position, at least you have something to fall back on that you kno...

6. Cali new grad RN

   DavidDudley replied to UltraT's topic in Job Hunt

   Perhaps maybe you misunderstood me. The SNF position was my first RN job. I don't currently work in a SNF. I currently work in the ER.

7. Cali new grad RN

   DavidDudley replied to UltraT's topic in Job Hunt

   Every job is going to advertise at least one year experience minimum. The key is to just simply ignore that. Everyone that I know has landed jobs and their not all new grad hospital jobs. LTC and SNF facilities seem to be the most willing to hire ne...

8. What is the appeal of the hospital?

   DavidDudley replied to ~Shrek~'s topic in Job Hunt

   In my case, the shift from non-acute care to acute care did not result in better pay. I actually took a drastic pay cut, like a 2 grand a month pay cut. However, I enjoy my current work environment so much compared to my previous one that it is a pri...

9. What is the appeal of the hospital?

   DavidDudley replied to ~Shrek~'s topic in Job Hunt

   Everyone so far has given great responses to the OP question. For me personally, as someone who did NOT start off in acute care, I wanted to go to acute care to fully utilize and maximize my physical and mental capabilities as a nurse. Essentially I ...

10. Cali new grad RN

    DavidDudley replied to UltraT's topic in Job Hunt

    To OP: So much focus on getting into a new grad program. Your currently working as an LVN but aside from applying for hospital new grad programs have you also applied for non-hospital RN positions? I personally never been in a new grad program befor...

11. Help choosing the right 1st job

    DavidDudley replied to mike23's topic in Job Hunt

    The main factor for me is the quality of my coworkers and management. Unfortunately, you won't know until you actually start working the job

12. accepted a job but finally got an interview from the hospital i really wanted to work at

    DavidDudley replied to vincentnurse's topic in Job Hunt

    If your heart is set to work in the ER then find a way to make it to the interview while maintaining the case manager job. If you have to lie and say that you have a family emergency or whatever you can come up with then do it. I worked home health ...

13. Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    DavidDudley replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    OR - way too boring and nurse does almost nothing

14. Do you carry around your stethoscope?

    DavidDudley replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    Yes almost everyone in the ER gets a chest X-ray but there are times when the doc is not immediately available to see a patient and your immediate physical assessment is necessary to determine whether the patient can wait or needs to be seen by the d...

15. Home Health or Corrections

    DavidDudley replied to IndecisiveNurse's topic in Correctional

    I have worked both home health and corrections and I personally hate them both. Which one you should do ultimately depends on your personality and what you like. I'll briefly breakdown some pros and cons with both options. Home health pros - very fl...