Alexxoxox BSN

Alexxoxox has 6 years experience as a BSN.

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1. General Surgery

   Alexxoxox posted a topic in Operating Room

   I have accepted a job in general surgery, as the CVOR was not my place. I am wondering, for the future, how does one become a OR Trauma Nurse at a Level 1 Trauma Center?

2. Leaving my job

   Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am leaving my job due to relocation, and I don't know how to tell my friends at work that I am leaving. Advice please!!

3. Help!! CVOR

   Alexxoxox posted a topic in Operating Room

   I'm trying to get a position for the CVOR. I have an interview for the CVOR position in a few days. I have no experience in the OR. Any ideas that will help me obtain this position, or things to say to impress the leaders? Thanks!

4. How much is too much?

   Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is having 4 different jobs in one year too many? I suffer from depression, and if a job gets too overwhelming, I shut down and become depressed and need to quit. It's happening again, and I'm qondering if leaving my 4th job in just over 1 year is too...

5. Which shift would you choose?

   Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

   Would you prefer shift 11am-11pm or 6pm-6am, and why?

6. Reason enough to switch jobs?

   Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

   I currently work/am training at a Level 1 Trauma Center in the ER, and I absolutely hate my preceptor. The staff are also very judgmental, and my preceptor is very condescending. I just dread going into work due to the environment overall. I just rec...

7. Level 3 vs level 1 Trauma Center

   Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, there is snow, but it's a main highway that gets cleaned off right away. It is a nightshift, so that is why I was thinking a hotel.

8. Level 3 vs level 1 Trauma Center

   Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been offered a position at a level 3 trauma center 30 minutes away. I've also been offered a position at a level 1 Trauma Center 1 hour away, which is a weekend shift. Which would you choose? If the level 1 Trauma center 1 hour away every week...

9. Newly Diagnosed With Seizures

   Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm just starting out on a medical floor at an academic hospital, and have just been diagnosed with seizures. I have not been prescribed any medication to manage them, and have to wait a few months to see a seizure specialist because my Neurologist w...

10. Job offers

    Alexxoxox replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    It is the same job. Just to make it simple, I said job offer.

11. Job offers

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was offered an RN job at an academic hospital on a medical floor. Commute is 1 hour away, with 3 12-hr night shifts per week. I was also offered an OR job at a local hospital 3 minutes away. It will be 4 day shifts per week. My dream was ...

12. Tips for working Noc shift

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will be starting at an academic hospital in January, and will be working 3 12 hr Noc shifts in a row each week. I am wondering what tips you have to stay awake (not a coffee drinker), and how you made this work with your significant other, especial...

13. How far is too far of a commute?

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have not had luck finding an RN position around my area in a hospital, as I started in clinic. I finally accepted a job in an academic hospital 1 hour away. Is this too long of a commute? It is 3 12 hr Nov shifts. Opinions please!

14. How to ask for part-time after accepting full-time position

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently accepted an RN position at my dream hospital (located 1 hour away via commute). I would be working 3 12hr noc shifts. However, I have been feeling really guilty about having to put my notice in, so I have been holding off on doing this (I ...

15. Stay and keep looking, or leave now?

    Alexxoxox posted a topic in General Nursing

    Without going into too much boring detail, my job (a clinic where we are treated worse than garbage) is the cause for my worsening mental state. I was diagnosed with depression years ago, and have been managing it so well. Recently, it has gotten to ...