rlr260

rlr260 has 28 years experience and specializes in medical, hematology/oncology, pulmonary.

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1. Did I Miss Something?

   rlr260 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   When I told my dad I was going to be a nurse, he exclaimed, "a nurse! Why don't you be a doctor if your going to hang around hospitals all the time!" Then years later, when I left the hospital for a desk job in an HMO, he asked me if I was ever going...

2. Job search questions

   rlr260 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, everyone. I'm in a job search and have some questions. I was recently hired by a hospice agency, and then told I wasn't fitting in with the agency, and let go after 5 weeks' employeement. (That's the subject of a whole other rant, though.) I have...

3. working at same hospital as my mom!!!!!

   rlr260 replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

   My mother and I worked at the same hospital for many years. She was on a surgical unit, then on orthopedics, where I was on cardiac step-down and later pulmonary, so our areas did not overlap much at all. We didn't have any problem with it. Of course...

4. vent after a job termination

   rlr260 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm new to the forum, so bear with me on this long-winded post. I need to confide in my peers and maybe get some feedback. I took a hospice (RN) nurse job 6 weeks ago after having worked in the hospital for 5 years. I was on a hem/onc unit and burned...