bostonbakednurse replied to TX911's topic in General Nursing
Being a frequent job seeker, I can assure you that how you left that job is of no importance, as long as you don't tell your next employer why you left. When you give names and numbers of references,...
bostonbakednurse replied to bostonbakednurse's topic in Travel
Actually, "white" does not factor into anything as far as I am concerned. I began this thread under another thread "Are there any black middle aged/young nurses out there?" I was curious to see...
bostonbakednurse replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing
I read this in a Readers Digest magazine: Ten percent of the staff do ninety percent of the work, while ninety percent of the staff do only ten percent of the work. It seems to be the "norm" in...
bostonbakednurse replied to grownuprosie's topic in General Students
I have no problem hearing anything as long as it is not in ear of the patients! I have a hard time with people that talk about their private life in front of the patients. It drives me crazy. Some go...
I have taken IV courses provided by hospitals I previously worked for. They were usually given by the Nurse Educator/Infection Control Nurse. They let you practice on a fake arm, you take a short...
Have you thought of travel nursing to get your foot in the door somewhere that you are considering? That can help expose you to many different hospitals. I am new at travel nursing, but when I had a...
bostonbakednurse replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing
I am also grateful to those experienced nurses who helped me when I was a new nurse. I had a very hard time in the beginning, but thanks to some pretty special nurses, I made it. They helped give me...
bostonbakednurse replied to np2b4me's topic in General Nursing
UNSAFE STAFFING!!! That's incredible!! Agree, fill out unsafe staffing report/incident report. I might have actually threatened to call the media if they did not do something about it. Now that...