stoberto

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1. LTC to hospital.

   stoberto replied to she85's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in LTC first. It really shouldn't be a big deal. If that is the only job available right now then take it and then keep applying for acute care jobs. You can also network and find people that work in hospitals through your LTC job and use th...

2. Any advice on IV insertion skills?

   stoberto replied to Emma_H's topic in General Nursing

   Many times if you can't thread your cath isn't actually in the vein yet. When your needle tip goes in you get flash, but you have to advance a little further before you can start threading. Some old school nurses where I work actually insert the enti...

3. Any advice on IV insertion skills?

   stoberto replied to Emma_H's topic in General Nursing

   Volunteer for every stick you can, hard or easy...and there are no concrete rules with IVs in my opinion...sometimes you see them and can't feel them, sometimes you feel them but can't see them, sometimes you aren't sure if you can feel OR see them, ...

4. Does everyone really study?

   stoberto replied to D.R.A.'s topic in NCLEX

   I did zero practice questions outside of school and did fine. Our school required us to do ridiculously well on ATI and Kaplan to even graduate, so what was the point? I think it totally depends on the school and the person. Some people really don't ...

5. Nurses - favorite part of your job and nursing school?

   stoberto replied to hmadden12's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't really like nursing school...probably my favorite part was my classmates. I enjoy nursing. My favorite things are starting IV's or dealing with a pt that is going downhill. I know that sounds weird, but just doing simple nursing tasks for pe...

6. Please share your story

   stoberto replied to PayitForwardHolistic's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing is whatever you want it to be. For me, I do not think about or talk about work when I am not there. My wife knows I prefer not to talk about work at home. I get my charting done and my meds out in 12 hours...if I can't get to something else t...

7. Help need advice - I am a new grad with no luck!!! Suggestions welcome

   stoberto replied to MisLead in Kentucky's topic in General Nursing

   You can follow up your application with phone calls. The acute care job I accepted was at a hospital I had absolutely no connections to, had never stepped foot in...so it does happen, just pick a few jobs to be persistent about.

8. I got an acute care RN job!

   stoberto replied to stoberto's topic in New Nurse

   Lots of behavioral questions...tell me about a time when: you had conflict with someone on the job. you made a decision that made a neg impact. you went above and beyond. What would you do if: the nurse before you left something a mess. you had to de...

9. RN school graduation gift to self? What did you promise yourself?

   stoberto replied to OnaTrek's topic in New Nurse

   For me it is my first paycheck...graduation didn't mean much to me without a job...my first paycheck is coming in 2 weeks and I plan to go to a very fancy restaurant with my wife.

10. I got an acute care RN job!

    stoberto replied to stoberto's topic in New Nurse

    I know several women from my class that have gotten jobs...some have to commute an hour but they have a job (and some in glamorous areas like CVICU). I haven't found sex to be a great advantage...maybe in the actual interview...but once you get the i...

11. I got an acute care RN job!

    stoberto replied to stoberto's topic in New Nurse

    I am...how did you know to ask?

12. I got an acute care RN job!

    stoberto posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am a new grad ADN and after a few months of searching I got a job on a med-surg floor at a good smaller hospital in the area I live, and the area I live is pretty notorious for being hard to find RN jobs (especially ADNs). I was very discouraged th...

13. What kind of Stethoscope do you have?

    stoberto replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Uniform/Gear

    You definitely don't have to spend 100$, there are lots of cheaper ones...but if you are going to be career RN it's kind of nice to have 1 or 2 nice ones.

14. What kind of Stethoscope do you have?

    stoberto replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I know this one doesn't get alot of publicity in the Littmann series, but I love it. I feel like it is more streamline than other Littmanns and I feel like I can hear a little better. It's also very convenient to only have to apply more pressure to c...

15. Too pushy to contact Nurse Managers directly?

    stoberto replied to Jess84's topic in General Nursing

    I usually tried to let the nurse managers know that I applied through email. That has worked pretty well. Sometimes I called them, but I always applied first so that I could say I was just letting them know that I applied