elljayo

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1. considering RN as career move, fears/concerns/questions

   elljayo replied to elljayo's topic in General Students

   you read an awful lot into a lot less definite language than i actually used. i find that rather interesting. lot of fear-based negative people drawn to the internet, ever think about that?

2. New Nurse...How to get Along?

   elljayo replied to RNAchot83's topic in New Nurse

   it sounds to me like she knows she gets to you. you can kill her with kindness, as suggested, maybe even though it hasn't worked immediately it will over time. i'm learning to use techniques that never occur to me (my nature is to be responsive and...

3. How valuable is speaking Spanish in health care?

   elljayo replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

   I'm seeing a lot of health care job ads that specify bilingual/spanish-speaking as a requirement these days, not even just a "plus." So i'm thinking the same thoughts - if I want to be be the most employable, especially as a new nurse, I would do we...

4. Hopefully 2 job offers, how to decide

   elljayo replied to jitterbugg's topic in New Nurse

5. Ten things I learned the first month on the job.

   elljayo replied to ticklemenita's topic in New Nurse

   fabulous post, thanks so much for sharing your experience. re your question in #6: I find that my mornings are great but something always happens around lunch that throws me off wack. I am still not sure how to fix that yet. ANY SUGGESTIONS? Sounds t...

6. Hopefully 2 job offers, how to decide

   elljayo replied to jitterbugg's topic in New Nurse

   yes, it will **** them off. but it will **** them off a lot less if you leave during orientation than if you leave after you've been assigned. i know burning bridges is bad and truth is i don't know how tight your medical community is and whether b...

7. ASN at community college, then BSN?

   elljayo replied to JuLu1211's topic in Pre-Nursing

   aside from all the negativity here on the board about finding work with an ASN (which is not what I'm hearing from my real-life colleagues by the way, and I work in a hospital), to me it makes total sense, especially if you plan to work your way thro...

8. considering RN as career move, fears/concerns/questions

   elljayo replied to elljayo's topic in General Students

   i expect to get over my squeamishness, and am looking for helpful information on how other people have faced this issue, as i have no question others have. whether or not i'll be able to do it, is another question. continuing education or qualifica...

9. considering RN as career move, fears/concerns/questions

   elljayo replied to elljayo's topic in General Students

   "career" student... if working my way full-time through thirty years of education, two economic recessions, having two careers decimated by same, and going back to work my way back through another minor degree to try to leverage what education I alre...

10. best day at clinicals... worst day at clinicals

    elljayo replied to elljayo's topic in General Students

    hip hip hooray for your professor :)

11. best day at clinicals... worst day at clinicals

    elljayo posted a topic in General Students

    can you describe your best and worst days at clinical rounds (or at work period) and why? don't forget to include what type of nursing you do!

12. considering RN as career move, fears/concerns/questions

    elljayo replied to elljayo's topic in General Students

    i think if not psych nursing, where I'm really starting as the ASN is really a way to leverage my MA into something useful and employable in substance abuse treatment, i would really look hard into hospice care. i worked as an admin at a hospice for...

13. Considering Midlife Career Change to Nursing, Seeking Advice from Current Nurses

    elljayo replied to dew8192's topic in General Nursing

    i strongly, strongly suggest you find a good career counselor - not just some life coach but an actual licensed counselor - who can properly administer and interpret assessments and help you find what is going to make you happiest. Just dropping out...

14. Non-clinical nursing - What is out there?

    elljayo replied to Sarah27's topic in General Nursing

    there are more and more "integrative medicine" medical clinics cropping up in my area - practices and agencies that try to integrate traditional western approaches with nutrition, nutritional testing, testing for toxis, molds, food sensitivities, all...

15. How to explain how hard you have to work in nursing school

    elljayo replied to guest10's topic in General Students

    i get pretty angry with my family when i can't ask them for support when i need it, when i've always been there for them. so we communicate about it. a lot. repeatedly. i have to be a broken record. i have to be very clear in what i need from th...