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1. Long hiring process for LaCo Sheriff Dept.

   county162 posted a topic in Correctional

   For those of you La County Sheriff Dept correctional nurses, why does it take so long to go through the hiring process? I started the process in April, I took my oral interview in July( placed in band 1) and now I am going to have to wait who knows h...

2. Home Health Salary -Hourly v.s Per Case

   county162 posted a topic in Home Health

   Hello, i'm in search of a Home Health agency and I am not sure if I should choose one that pays an hourly rate or that which pays by case. Can anyone tell me the benefits or negative of both and which you prefer?

3. White Memorial Hospital?

   county162 replied to lawrence01's topic in California

   Yes, I worked at White Memorial as a new grad in the emergency room. I resigned about two months ago because I was uncomfortable with the fact that majority of their patients are spanish speaking only, and I don't speak a bit of spanish. It was very ...

4. Starting rate in L & D

   county162 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am an ER nurse , and was wondering what is the starting pay for L&D nurses?

5. Dayshift vs. Nighshift

   county162 replied to pie123's topic in New Nurse

   Pie, I am in the exact same boat as you. I work the night shift in the emergency room and when I get home from a horrible shift you would think that I would be able to knock out right away. Well, unfortunately I only get appx 2 hours of sleep and wak...

6. New ER Tech

   county162 replied to FirefighterDoug's topic in Emergency

   Being an ex- ER Tech and now an Emergency Room new grad nurse I can tell you for a fact, you will realize that you are doing more of the leg work and hard labor than that of the RN but you are of course getting paid less. In my ER they had me doing a...

7. excelsior cpne

   county162 replied to hsieh's topic in Online Learning

   I also too got very nervous when taking the cpne, but here is why I believed I passed: 1. I was well prepared and that made me feel confident 2. I went on the website http://www.mindtools.com to help me with my nervousness( greatest help of all ) 3...

8. Working in the ER pregnant

   county162 replied to county162's topic in Emergency

   I agree Happy-ER RN, I too am going to wait until I can switch to the day shift before I start trying to get pregnant. Because I am a new grad it may take a year or so, but that is okay I am only 29yrs old.

9. Working in the ER pregnant

   county162 replied to county162's topic in Emergency

   Thank you soo much for sharing your experience. I asked the question because it is most difficult for me to sleep in the day time and when I do get pregnant I am afraid that this may indeed affect my pregnancy. When the time comes I am going to chang...

10. Working in the ER pregnant

    county162 posted a topic in Emergency

    I am a new grad and will soon start working a night shift in the Emergency Room. Being that I am almost thirty I will be thinking about getting pregnant sometime toward the fall of 2006. I was wondering has anyone out there had any experience with be...

11. Catch a nurse stealing meds/what to do?

    county162 posted a topic in Emergency

    Okay, I have a upcoming ER interview and I just want to be prepared if and when they ask this question, what would you do if you caught a fellow nurse stealing medications? I am concerned with who I should notify first. Please help, I am a new grad

12. How long between interview & job offer???

    county162 replied to USA987's topic in Career Support

    I to am waiting to hear back from the ER manager that I interviewed with six days ago. The suspence is killing me. I thought the interview went exceptionally well, it lasted appx 1 1/2 and then he introduced me to the staff as the potential new grad ...

13. Given a job offer after interview, should I wait?

    county162 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Before getting into this predicament, and I know I will, I was wondering after you have been given a job offer, is it professionally okay to ask the manager if you could get back to them in a few days with an answer? I want to wait because I have two...

14. Successful College network users for Excelsior NC Exams?

    county162 replied to primadonna's topic in Online Learning

    I would have to disagree with the fact that going through Excelsior's study guides are less expensive. For each nursing concepts course they recommend that you purchase appx. 2-4 books, which if you are familiar with college textbooks, then you know ...

15. Tech to Nurse

    county162 replied to jensdandy's topic in New Nurse

    I was also an ER Tech and have just finished nursing school. I have choosen to completely go to another ER because I know for certain that many women and men on the staff will give me a hard time and it will be very difficult for me to transition fro...