stuRN6

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1. Starting First Job..a few Qs?

   stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in New Nurse

   Well my orientation is mostly on the floor. I am just going to hit the floor on my first day and then have a class once a week as far as I know. I am the only new grad orienting. It's a small community hospital that I don't think hires new grads ver...

2. Starting First Job..a few Qs?

   stuRN6 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi all! I just got hired for my first RN job on a med-surg floor. I am so nervous and excited! I have been out of school for over a year due to personal reasons. Now I am so scared that I have forgotten everything! Anyways, this might sound like a ...

3. Pay in Maine

   stuRN6 replied to Happeetxn's topic in Maine

   I actually moved to Maine after graduation. I went to school in Vermont. I love it here though. And thanks! I am pretty much completely freaking out right now.

4. Hospitals that drug-test employees

   stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in New Hampshire

   Hi all! I am the original poster. This post is old! I do know that the hospital where I did clinical's in school did not test for 2 reasons that I know of. Firstly, they believed it was an invasion of privacy. Secondly, they did not want to create a...

5. Pay in Maine

   stuRN6 replied to Happeetxn's topic in Maine

   Hi! I am wondering what the starting pay is for new grad RNs at York Hospital.

6. Took a year off

   stuRN6 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi! A little background on me...I graduated with my RN last May. Right before graduation, my mother committed suicide. A month later my father had an MI and I somehow finished school. A few months after graduation, I moved out of state to be near my...

7. Southern ME Medical Center

   stuRN6 posted a topic in Maine

   Hi everyone! I am finally graduating this Saturday. I applied all over the seacost area and most hospitals' new grad programs were already filled by April. Seems like there aren't that many opportunities for new grads at the moment up there. I do hav...

8. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

   stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

   Thank you everybody. I will definitely check out those websites. I just had an appt. with a counselor. She stood me up. I had my appt. card (that she filled out) with me but noone could find her after I already had been waiting 50 minutes. Sort of fr...

9. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

   stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

   Despite the fact that my mother was seeking help for the first time in years, and in contact with a crisis team, and had an appt. with a psychiatrist, she did end up committing suicide 2 weeks ago. I want to thank everyone for their time listening to...

10. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Maine

    Thanks for the advice! I will try to get on the ball this week. I have a job search workshop at school Friday afternoon, where I will get feedback on my resume and then I will start applying. Anyway, thanks again.

11. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Maine

    Hi. I am moving from Brattleboro, VT. I was planning on applying to W-D, Portsmouth Regional, Exeter and York. Where is Frisbie? I had my resume almost done and all that stuff, but my mom just passed away and so I have all this schoolwork to make up...

12. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Maine

    Hi. I think I will be living more south closer to Portsmouth,NH or Southern ME. My father and brother live in York and I would like to be really close to them. Do you know anything about any hospitlas down that way? How long a drive is it from York t...

13. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    My mother has been seeing a counselor and also has an appointment with a psychiatrist. For her, this is a huge step. She is getting help. She also has been calling the crisis hotline herself whenever she feels severely depressed. I have consulted ...

14. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for all your info and suggestions. Now I have to try and mentally prepare for clinical tomorrow! I will find someone to talk to about all this tomorrow. I just talked to my mom and she says she's ok right now. We'll see how the meeting with...

15. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you. I basically just told her that she could refuse meds so she might consider being a voluntary admit. She has now told me that she is dead set against being admitted. She threatened that if she thinks that I'm going to call the crisis line...