ICURNIAM

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1. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   Update: I got an offer yesterday from a SICU..I accepted of course, AND it was one of the interviews that I did where I was telling the truth. Thanks all for your advice/help!

2. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   Ok, I won't even touch the tread that said I don't want to be a nurse. Ok, Maybe I will, LOL. I am in my second career, my first being teaching. I LOVE nursing. I would have done nursing from day one with my first career had it not been single mom, ...

3. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   So how do I approach it, now that I've been honest with all of the 'preferred' jobs (for me preferred, lol)...

4. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   I had a person call to try to get information, when they called my unit, the boss wasn't there and all they got was voice mail, so she called back and called HR who refused to give her any info other than the dates of my employment without the signed...

5. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't been telling them that I was fired, I've said that I made a med error (explained the details) and then said that it was mutual between me and my director that I didn't work there anymore because technically I quit even though I was asked to...

6. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   You know, now that I'm thinking of it, I'd been complimented by my ADON that I was doing great on my charting (multiple times) and my ability to handle the pressures of my patients (very high acuity ICU), was sent to nights before any of the other ne...

7. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   I had called in 1 time during the 5 months I was there, never asked for days off, never been in an arguement with anyone, seemed to get along with all employees/charge nurses, had passed all 'classes' that they had me go to, (strips etc)...As to the ...

8. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

   No, I had minor little issues of time management etc while on orientation where my preceptor would help and then talk to me about it but I was NEVER written up, never given a verbal warning or anything... I'll have to check on the labor thing...Don't...

9. Help Me Please

   ICURNIAM posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I'm pretty new here. I just started posting since I had a problem at my last job. Here's the basic rundown: I am a new grad: Graduated May 08: got a job immediately, completed my 12 weeks of orientation with no problems and had been off orientati...

10. Job interviews tomorrow: need help bad!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all, Keep your fingers crossed!! The four interviews tomorrow...ugh! I hope at least one of them offers me a position!!!

11. Job interviews tomorrow: need help bad!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much. My family has been real supportive and they keep saying to just lie but I didn't want to but I really NEED a job, it's been almost a month now and I've been job hunting daily!!

12. Job interviews tomorrow: need help bad!

    ICURNIAM posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have 4 interviews tomorrow which is great BUT the problem is that I got fired from my last job for a medication error (see my post for specific details in first year of nursing)...It was my first med error, I was a new grad in May 08 and had 12...

13. Help!!!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in Neuro

    I had 3 PRN medications ordered to keep her SBP between 160 and 200...neosynephrine, labetelol and hydralazine. I knew that the gtt was prefered to NOT be started because it is hard to wean off, I mistakenly had the idea that hydralazine brought bp u...

14. Help!!!

    ICURNIAM replied to ICURNIAM's topic in Neuro

    Yeah, I'm a new grad, I've worked on this floor. Finished my orientation 2 months ago. NEVER made a med mistake on orientation, this is my FIRST med mistake. I know I should always look up medications but I've given this medication before, looked it ...

15. Mistake made 3rd time in a row almost lost job already!

    ICURNIAM replied to FutureNurse2B's topic in New Nurse

    Feel very lucky that you still have a job. I made one mistake at my 5 month after graduation (not on orientation anymore) limit and got fired. One mistake only.. I had never made another med mistake, other stupid mistakes while on graduation. I would...