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I worked for 9 months as a ED tech after I passed the NCLEX, it is more facility driven, at least in my area. I had a classmate who's facility gave her 90 days another classmate worked for almost a...

I am slowly making the jump to acute care. I work in a vent/SNF/LTC for 7 months before I got hired to work in a pediatric LTC, I have been here 1.5 years and I just got hired to work on call in of...

When I worked for Brightstar the pay was what Medicaid reimbursed which was $22. I believe PSA is higher as they have more insurance and private pay. The peds LTC where I work is the same as most...

I interviewed at Salem pen a few years ago and they never mentioned a polygraph, I had a few classmates mine who got hired in the state hospitals and they never mentioned having to take a polygraph...

You could look at PSA health care and I think there is another one called We love Kids. You could also check out Brightstar, I worked for them a couple of years ago when they were trying to start...

I graduated in June did the Hurst review, took the test in July passed with 75. The Hurst was really the only review that I did, go in confident and relaxed.

I wouldn't waste time and money getting ACLS certs if you are working in LTC, reason being the last 2 LTC did not have a code cart or ACLS meds, just O2 and suction to support until EMS arrived. Also...

I have an interview tomorrow for a peds urology clinic, and I wanted to best prepare myself, and get as much information as I can regarding this type of specialty. So anyone who has worked in this...

"An Oregon nursing student admitted that exams were the motive behind two recent bomb threats she called in to her community college."...

Take the RN position! Having worked in the ED as a CNA for 3 years and having an established relationship with excellent reviews plus doing my preceptorship in the ED and still not get hired, I...

Hoarding food maybe? I had a patient one time who would pour her milk in her potted plants where the milk then soured and smelled up the whole room. What is he eating something he is eating can make...

You need to keep applying, only 20 is low. My first 9 months post graduation I applied to 5-10 jobs a day Then went in person to every SNF/LTC within a 20 miles of my home My first nursing job...

Well urine is not always sterile and can carry bacteria and other things, but if you washed it off with no cuts, intact skin what is it you are worried about? Does your patient have a history of...

Pediatrics is a very broad specialty and varies accourding to where you work, NICU, acute care floor, PICU, ER I work in a SNF/LTC that is pediatric birth to 21 years, the youngest patient in...

You might be lucky if you can find a hosptial who is willing to pay for an RN-BSN, but the days of hospitals paying for employees to get their RN are long gone. Providence one of Oregons larger...

try applesauce or at my facility we use pearsauce as it is more watery, mix the applesauce with just a few drops of formula and the beads and make a slurry stype solution

Getting a great preceptorship dosn't = a job after graduation. While it sucks that you are not in your 1st choice, it may not carry the weight that you think it does. My school messed up with my 1st...

Are there any respite programs in your area that you can use for your son? that way you can have someone who has experience with autism watching him. Have you looked into contacting your local...

OP what did you orignally answer, pherhaps knowing what you answered would help in guiding you to the right answers here. Others who have responded gave really good answers. When thinking of...

My program we could wear any style of scrubs, but they had to be navy, with the schools logo patch on the right shoulder. The one thing they were really strict on was the white shoes, had to be pure...

Reminds me of a couple yeaaaarrrss ago while I was doing my CNA clinicals there was a couple who had been married 80 years, the husband turned 101 while I was doing my clinicals, they had only...

I had been managing a fast food joint since I was a senior in high school, I kept getting promoted to the point of being the Sr. Assit General manager blah blah blah and I was tired of working for a...

I work 8hr night shifts and I feel the same way, right now I have been awake for 25.5 hrs because I tried to be social today and went to church with my kids and out to lunch, however today is not the...

What has your program taught you? What dose your textbook say? The best site depends on how much medication you are giving. Flu shots on adults the best spot is in the deltoid. The best syringe?...

I graduated high school in 1998, unsure of what my GPA is, I was almost a 4.0 student taking college level classes up untill my 1st semester my senior year in high school. Then my best friend...