dream-a-little-dream

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1. Select Specialty Hospital work environment

   dream-a-little-dream replied to tyjane7's topic in General Nursing

   Correct, a certain percentage of SS patients should be referred to paliative care much sooner. Now that I work in Hospice, I look back and realize that now. However, most acute care enviornments conflict with the Hospice philosophy, plus SS is a for ...

2. Derm Nursing?

   dream-a-little-dream posted a topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone have any insight on Dermatology Nursing? It isn't listed on this site for a "specialty" group, and when I try and search for jobs, virtually nothing comes up. Is anyone out there a Derm nurse? Is it true that only MA's and NP's assist the...

3. Select Specialty Hospital work environment

   dream-a-little-dream replied to tyjane7's topic in General Nursing

   I worked at SS for a year. Horrible manager, who I just heard was resigning! (Ann Arbor, MI). It was my frist job out of school, and it's no place for new grads, but, it was the only place that hired me after 6 months of job hunting as a GN. Hard, ha...

4. Do you as a Hospice Nurse use a pulse oximeter?

   dream-a-little-dream replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice

   I'm a new Hospice nurse, and yes, I feel they add to our routine visits or any other time of assessment; we can suggest patients use their supplemental PRN O2, or get O2 on board when appropriate. As a Hospice nurses we have the goal of quality of l...

5. First Nursing job, and I drowned!

   dream-a-little-dream replied to galenanurse's topic in New Nurse

   wow, that's really F'ed up!~

6. Advice to soon to be or current students

   dream-a-little-dream posted a topic in Michigan

   Dear fellow nursing friends, As a recent new grad, (May 09, AAS of Nursing), I want to encourage you to start NOW applying for any hospital job, from janitorial, cafeteria, to nurse assistant or nurse extern. If you have a job on the inside, you will...

7. ITT- Tech RN program

   dream-a-little-dream replied to justwannaRN's topic in Michigan

   Hi! Good luck to you, that is awesome! I have a question though, I think the issue about ITT RN program was not them accepting your credits taken prior in, but the ability to transfer out, that other universities "may" not take the credits you earn...

8. Help finding a job in Michigan as a new grad

   dream-a-little-dream replied to kaikou's topic in Michigan

   Oh, I didn't apply to the Pontiac hospitals due to the drive, and no $ to relocate....but maybe that won't be an issue for you!

9. Help finding a job in Michigan as a new grad

   dream-a-little-dream replied to kaikou's topic in Michigan

   Hey, where in MI do you live, and where did you graduate? I'm in your shoes doll, but lady luck smiled on me, and I landed a job recently, I start Monday. Check out this website:http://www.selectmedicalcorp.com/dotnet/DisplayJobs.aspx Also, when I ...

10. So Who Are They Hiring?

    dream-a-little-dream replied to iluvdetroit's topic in Michigan

    why the heck do you want a hospital job? You can do so much more with 10 years of experience. Why not homecare or office work?

11. Anybody having a hard time finding a job?

    dream-a-little-dream replied to Tiffie1210's topic in Michigan

    I graduated in May 09, and just finally got a job offer this week. Not at a major hospital, but a unique hospital called Select Specialty. There are 10 locations in MI, check out their website, they hire new grads. A small, 35 bed hospital, ICU st...

12. Texas salary and cost of living

    dream-a-little-dream replied to mlok's topic in Texas

    Thanks TX nurses for your feedback to "mlok's" questions. I am also a new grad here in good 'ol Detroit Michigan, graduated in May, have had RN status since Aug 27th, and have been applying for jobs since March! I have had ONE call for an interview...

13. New job!

    dream-a-little-dream replied to oguesswhat's topic in Michigan

    Hi, was it at Heartland Canton? Just curious.... if not, where will you be working? Congrats!!!

14. Career Fairs

    dream-a-little-dream replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Michigan

    http://events.unisfair.com/index.jsp?eid=476&seid=25 *Virtual job fair, "healthcare" companies participating, not sure if it is MI based, got email through Career Builder

15. Career Fairs

    dream-a-little-dream replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Michigan

    Job Fair tomorrow, Thursday the 10th, look on WNIC website for details, Boughmont will be there