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Feb 20, 2007 07:36 PM

need advice

by Rnita09

ive been a nurse for about 2.5 years and i make about 19.00+ i have my bsn, ever since i was out of school i worked as a pediatric nurse. i know my pay is peanuts, but lately i have been thinking about picking up another job on a per diem basis. ive been looking into even delving into adult nursing cause it will be something different, but it will be unfamilar to me also. My uncle works for a pharmecutical company and hes always sending me stuff too..sounds interesting too. If i did go through an agency, will they give me the appropriatr amount of orientation i need to work with adults. has anybody ever worked for a pharmaceutical company...a????


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No. 1
Old Feb 21, 2007, 02:18 AM

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Don't quote me, but I believe the agency expects you to have experience for whatever type of position you are applying for.
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Old Feb 21, 2007, 03:33 PM

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It appears to me that most agencies are not really going to go out of their way to orient you. I am a new LPN; just got my license last June and I work at a hospital full time and an agency on the side. They did not orient me to anything, but what I would do before I accepted a case was to visit the client while the other nurse was there so that she can show me what is going on and familiarize me to the case. At least there would be no surprizes. I must ask, what city and state do you live in? I ask this because it does appear that the salary is lower than what I would expect, unless you are an LPN. I have friends that applied in other states as RNs and told me that they were paid peanuts compared to other areas, so, this is a curiousity question. Best wishes in your goals!
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from love2shop
Old Feb 21, 2007, 03:45 PM

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I have a friend that works exculsively with agencies and she has to pretty much know before she starts to work. Orientation is basically just to show her around and explain that facilities policies. Could you work with a
temp agency that specializes in home peds patients? The famlies would pretty much train you in.
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