strider1500

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1. Which school in Pittsburgh? RN or BSN?

   strider1500 replied to ClaudiaKishi's topic in Pennsylvania

   Hi, I am not a nurse YET, but I already work within UPMC and most of the nurses who have their BSN tell me that the only time it makes a difference is they might pay you a few more dollars an hour. Other than that they tell me that they mainly got th...

2. UPMC how did you get in?

   strider1500 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Pennsylvania

   I tried for years and years to get into UPMC, the only way I got in was when I started nursing school, the recruiters came and told all of us to apply online. I feel without the connection through the school I never would have heard from them.

3. UPMC - Employment Opportunities (question)

   strider1500 replied to SirJohnny's topic in Pennsylvania

   I applied for a job in Sept/Oct didn't get a call until Nov. Then didn't hear from them until January with the job offer.

4. Question about Pittsburgh Hospitals

   strider1500 replied to Bethany_RN's topic in Pennsylvania

   For what it's worth, Western Psych has their nurses in the SEIU union.

5. In demand specialties

   strider1500 posted a topic in Travel

   Greetings, For those who have done a fair share of traveling, I would like to ask are there specialties (ER ICU) that would make me more valuable/in demand? I know that there is nothing wrong with being a "floor" nurse, I just wanted to start in the ...

6. I know I'm not the first to ask this, but..

   strider1500 replied to strider1500's topic in General Students

   I truly appreciate all the responses, as far as my ability to obtain further financial aid, that is out of the question. No one I know can co-sign for additional funds, regarding scholarships, yes there are billions of dollars just sitting out there,...

7. I know I'm not the first to ask this, but..

   strider1500 posted a topic in General Students

   How does a student know when they don't belong in Nursing School? I just got the results of three exams and I failed all of them, I'm in the middle of my first semester and I don't know which route to take. I've wanted to be a Nurse for some time now...

8. what are the reasons

   strider1500 replied to proud2b1's topic in CRNA

   Are you guys are talking about the tube they put down through the nose? I had my appendix removed and when it came time for my tube to be removed, they simply put a paper towel over my nose and pulled.

9. Employee Privacy?

   strider1500 replied to strider1500's topic in General Nursing

   This is what I was worried about, but just like you said, I don't think it will get to my floor.

10. Employee Privacy?

    strider1500 replied to strider1500's topic in General Nursing

    That's the one good thing that came out of this, I would have never known about this problem. Once I'm covered under their health plan, I'll get this issue taken care of.

11. Employee Privacy?

    strider1500 replied to strider1500's topic in General Nursing

    The physical was after the job offer. I was told of a mandatory medical screening, I didn't know that they were going to draw blood.

12. Employee Privacy?

    strider1500 replied to strider1500's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the phone call came from the employee health dept, which is in the hospital. I don't know if the results will reach my unit director or not.

13. Employee Privacy?

    strider1500 replied to strider1500's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, they checked my glucose, cholesterol. I got all this told to me in a telephone call. I'm supposed to get the results in the mail some time this week.

14. Employee Privacy?

    strider1500 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting at a hospital soon and as part of the pre-employment medical screening they took a blood sample. This was tested and when the results came back they informed me that my triglycerides are 1600. After thinking about this, I feel that this ...

15. Pennsylvania Lawmakers Consider Nurse-Patient Ratio Legislation

    strider1500 replied to geekgolightly's topic in Pennsylvania

    When I worked as an Aide for a large Pittsburgh area health system, it was not uncommon for nurses to have ten patients. This was a Med-Surg floor. Once a week I saw nurses with tears in their eyes.