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Hi there ND nurses. I'm wondering if anyone is working at Altru and if yes, do you like it? How is Grand Forks. I just moved here and am working at Altru. I start tomorrow.

I'm starting orientation on a fast paced tele unit soon. I have 6 months experience is a slow paced critical access hospital. I was wondering if anyone could send me a copy of a good "brain" sheet....

The difference is that there are usually enough police to deal with the riff raff. In Western ND the population has expanded so fast that there aren't adequate police to deal with things. God forbid...

There are lots of men from out of state to work in the oil field. Some of these guys are dangerous. Women have gotten raped and I think there have been murders too. You just have to be very careful....

Hey everyone. I'm a relatively new nurse, with about 6month experience in a quite little rural critical access hospital. I'm moving to a new location and have gotten a new job on a busy tele unit. I...

Craigslist, roomster, and other roommate sites might help. You will find something. Be careful once you are there though. It's very dangerous now b/c of the oil boom.

So far the bulk of my experience has been managing care of the skilled nursing home patients, residents at the facility. There has been 1 acute patient that had an exacerbation CHF, that has been 1...

I posted the question for feedback and I'm very great full for all the replies! I'm just really worried about not learning what I need to for my next job. In this economy employers don't want to...

My time management skills are not being challenged at this job. Nursing is a very mentally demanding job and there are lots of things that are forgotten after 1 or 2 years, especially if one is a new...

So I moved several states away to take this job that I though would be a terrific learning experience plus I would be giving the facility an awesome RN. Well things haven't been exactly what I...

I'm going to be doing the extra certs. I know that I need to be able to manage my time and I have too much time in this facility. If only all facilities were staffed this well! But when I transition,...

I'm working at a small hospital. I was expecting more diversity of cases and a more challenging atmosphere. The hospital is roughly equivalent to a SNF with an ER attached. There aren't a lot of...

I will try your advice, which is very good. When do you think I should start to worry? I don't want to lose skills by working here (I'm so new that they haven't been ingrained in me yet) and be...

So I just started working in small rural hospital. It's a critical access hospital with a swing bed unit and an ER attached. I've just started and though I've seen one thing I've never seen before,...

Tell her to hang in there. I'm going to try to do the same. In certain ways I'm excited about the experience. I've never experienced 4 seasons before or ever lived out of Cali. I've heard the people...

I would be fine with going to a rural hospital in so cal after my 6 moths or so in ND. I just don't know if I can do a full year there.

Go on the interview unless you are totally sure about the other job. If you are considering the state job, it seems you might want the option of working at the state job. Most employers are at will,...

Continue to be honest and earn your grades. No need to tell on the cheater, she will get the karmic effects of cheating. Honesty is one of the core values of nursing and it also feels good to really...

I am actually not offended by people who refuse to speak my language, as long as I am able to find a way to provide care that is safe and effective to them. I find it frustrating to provide care when...

There might be reasons they aren't speaking English, since if anyone has lived in a place very long, it seems likely they automatically pick up come words. I know that when I've been in Spanish...

I agree that positive thinking or "everything will be okay" does not always translate into positive outcomes. I think there is an element of denial in just thinking and saying "this will be okay",...

My maternal grandparents and great grandparents were from Austria and had to flee to avoid persecution by the Nazis and spoke only or mostly German. They had to learn how to speak English when they...

Did you find anything in CA with 6mo experience? I'm likely going to move, but don't know if I can do the full year.

My preceptor was exactly this way. She never ever gave me one work of positive feedback. On top of that she was always scowling, in fact, it seemed like she was unhappy doing her job. She was...

i do appreciate you telling me how it is. i know that life is not fair, darn it! i think this is one of the reasons there's a problem hiring new grads on a lot of units. sometimes people can't deal,...