msdaschcav

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1. What would you do? Honestly

   msdaschcav posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi all! long time no post! I am currently working in an Occupational Health Clinic as a Nurse at a major Hospital and have been there nearly 1 year. I work Mon-Friday 8am-4pm, weekends & holidays off. I am pool perdiem status which means higher ...

2. Accept per diem job?

   msdaschcav replied to baubleRN's topic in Job Hunt

   What will you gain from this position? On one hand experience but on the other you may be required to work 4 shifts per week or month depending in the facility. Find out what the facilities per diem policy is and map it out for yourself. I myself lef...

3. New grad asked to resign during orientation need advice

   msdaschcav replied to Roxy518's topic in General Nursing

   Don't give up. Take that experience as a lesson and know you are worth more than that. Dust your shoulders off and look forward. You are technically still a new grad. You can choose to share in your next interview you had some training or not share. ...

4. Florida job market for new grads or returning nurses

   msdaschcav replied to SmilesNoir's topic in Florida

   I took the refresher course November - December 2010. I got my first job offer in March at a Nursing home and right after that i got called by a hospital and offered a Per diem nursing position on a Telemetry floor. I took both positions for the exp...

5. Professional Advice

   msdaschcav posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I finally got a job offer asan RN after seaching for almost 2 years. It will be with a nursing home near my home on the 3-11pm shift whihc is great. One of my classmates at the college i did the nurse refresher course referred me to the ...

6. LTC interview/ what types of ????

   msdaschcav posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, I am an RN and will be interviewing with the director of Nursing at a LTC facility this afternoon and I have never worked as a nurse. I was just wondering what type of questions should I anticipate? She made mention that LTC is totally differ...

7. New RN

   msdaschcav replied to shorty091985's topic in Florida

   I want to say "hang in there" it will get better. but i have been in the same situation since November 2009. Granted I was pregnant when I got my license an was not in any condition to start a new position but for sure i thought once i was ready to g...

8. Recommendation Letter

   msdaschcav posted a topic in General Nursing

   I completed a nurse refresher course this December and the instructor was nice enough to write me a recommendation letter. I was licensed in 2009 and never worked as a nurse. The problem is he is a contract instructor at the college and also a firefi...

9. Clinic nurses: If 1 million people join this group....

   msdaschcav replied to LaughingRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think it would be a great idea. I would love to learn more about what clinic nursing is all about.

10. Brand new license, brand new job, and pregnant...

    msdaschcav replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations X 3!!!!!!!!:yeah:Just my opinion but I would not say anything just yet. If you are only 6 weeks along, you can manage and start your trainging without stressing out about losing your job.

11. Where are all the jobs!!!

    msdaschcav replied to cleo777's topic in General Nursing

    When you find out, will you please let me know :uhoh3:cause jobs are surely not in Miami Florida. I got my license in NOV 2009 (while 7 mths pregnant) and still looking for a job. Unfortunately, no fortunately, I have a family and it is not feasible ...

12. After Nurse refresher

    msdaschcav posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in the process of finishing up a nurse refresher course and wanted some input of how to incorporate that in my resume. Where would that type of information be placed on the resume? Would it be education or experience? I would love to hear from a...

13. What are some tasks in a vent room?

    msdaschcav replied to msdaschcav's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to you all for your input. All that was mentioned has given me a chance to look back and think abotu what I used to do and what I will have to do as an RN. Thank YOu!!!

14. What are some tasks in a vent room?

    msdaschcav posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all. I recently got my RN license (nrsg school 2001-long story)but worked as a PCT on a Telemetry floor about 8 years ago. I am currently doing nurse refresher to update some skills. The problem is I do not remember all I used to do for these ...

15. Going back for BSN and wondering if I should pick up a minor along the way

    msdaschcav replied to Ambitiouz's topic in General Nursing

    did you mean you graduated in May 2010? If you like computers and want to keep nursing options open, how about looking into Nursing Informatics. i have been hearing a lot more about this and it seems pretty interesting especially if you like technol...