SummerGarden

SummerGarden BSN, MSN, RN

ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr

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  1. New BSN-RN.... trouble finding job

    SummerGarden replied to aam83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    your post is missing so much... how much experience do you have? what kind of experience? does your resume or application reflect your experience in detail? do not respond to these questions in this...

  2. How much danger are our licenses in... really?

    SummerGarden replied to CloudySue's topic in General Nursing

    do you receive a bulletin or magazine from your state bon regularly? some state bons send them out and have a list of people who have done something wrong and were given a punishment. other states...

  3. Commuting.....Need advice!!!

    SummerGarden replied to DIVA-RNMOM24's topic in General Nursing

    i drive 1.5 hours one way. i know of people who work at my current place of employment that commute from distances farther away. so much farther that some of them stay in motels or rent a room...

  4. Career Advice

    SummerGarden replied to landonjl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just stumbled across this today... There are more nurses who agree that CA is not a market for New Grads:

  5. Interviewed for a residency job: "you need more experience."

    SummerGarden replied to chuym's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ok, what you are going through every nurse who wants to switch into another specialty is going through. it does not matter how much experience he/she has even in acute care!!! if you do not have a set...

  6. New Grad Critical Care Internships

    SummerGarden replied to NS_MA's topic in General Nursing

    also, you can take a critical care course on your own on the civilian side. you will have to pay out-of-pocket if you do not find an employer willing to pay, but it is not a problem. critical care...

  7. Anyone else miss nail polish?

    SummerGarden replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    yes. i have worked in health care for years and have worked without nail polish. this is why i learned to pamper my

  8. No raise for us

    SummerGarden replied to bjaeram's topic in General Nursing

    op: i understand your frustration but you are thinking way too much about the situation and getting angry over nothing. first of all you do not know the situation of the people you are talking about...

  9. Paying for Meds that you dropped or vial broke??

    SummerGarden replied to asicit's topic in General Nursing

    well, no. i do not believe that there was ever a real shortage in the first place. however, jobs were made plentiful once upon a time when experienced nurses did not need to work because they had a...

  10. New Grad- one year of experience required

    SummerGarden replied to csmthree's topic in General Nursing

    true! plus, if the hiring manager wants to spend $60,000-100,000+ to train you rather then hire multiple experienced nurses for much less, then you have a shot as well. however, at this time many...

  11. New Grad- one year of experience required

    SummerGarden replied to csmthree's topic in General Nursing

    this is not true of nursing. other fields, maybe... but it is not true of nursing. nursing recruiters are not going to look at resumes or applicants that do not posses the requirements. if the posting...

  12. Paying for Meds that you dropped or vial broke??

    SummerGarden replied to asicit's topic in General Nursing

    there are too many lay people entering nursing at this time... too many nursing schools popping up to accommodate the demand for those trying to become nurses, too many new nurses graduating nursing...

  13. So its gonna be hard to coordinate 2 jobs?

    SummerGarden replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    Wow... You sound like you want to move your career into hospice and are taking a PRN to get your foot into the door, correct? If so, see if you can work something out with the hospice job given that...

  14. Paying for Meds that you dropped or vial broke??

    SummerGarden replied to asicit's topic in General Nursing

    no, i have not. however, nothing surprises me any more when it comes to the treatment of nurses by today's employers. -waiting for the day (in 10-20 years) when we will be in demand

  15. Things about your workplace that make it nice to be there

    SummerGarden replied to cerendipity, rn's topic in General Nursing

    My shift always

  16. Job Stress: Floor vs ED

    SummerGarden replied to BellaRN2010's topic in Emergency

    former med surg nurse here!!! the stress is the same it just goes by a different name in the ed. stress is stress! would i give up the ed for the floor??? no. my reasons: one, i always wanted to be a...

  17. 2 weeks notice

    SummerGarden replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    give your two weeks notice. do not allow your bosses to threaten you with bad references etc.! be professional and let them know that you understand that they are not allowed to slander you to...

  18. Can't prove it! Very frustrating.

    SummerGarden replied to LatinGirl's topic in General Nursing

    similar to the experiences of others, the nurses in my er have to clean the beds after a patient leaves a room. if we get too busy, i have known triage nurses to place a patient into a nasty room....

  19. Starting out as a case manager, was that a wrong move?

    SummerGarden replied to HIVRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    if you like your current job, do not worry. in all honesty, no one is really marketable without exact experience within a particular area for most jobs. thus, yes, you may not be marketable to...

  20. Stop yelling! (vent)

    SummerGarden replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    op: nice!!! you forgot one..: 8.) what? since i cannot be in two places at once you want to tell my supervisor and request that i be written up? that is ok, i am able to fill out an incident...

  21. Why do you have to have a BSN in order to be in a RN Residency Program?

    SummerGarden replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    i was an adn new grad and i attended a residency program at the time. thus, they exist. look at hospitals outside of your area to find the programs. your best bets are in small rural towns and/or...

  22. Just graduated, Question about qualifications when applying for jobs

    SummerGarden replied to waynej506's topic in First Year After Licensure

    in your state i suspect that it will not be a problem since this is typical of all new grads. other states, where provisional license do not exist, your application will be a problem until you have a...

  23. Career Advice

    SummerGarden replied to landonjl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    a low cost-of-living occurs in rural areas around the country... with low costs of living you are looking at bad nursing pay!!! are you already a nurse? if so, then you can land a very good paying...

  24. I want to go home!!!!

    SummerGarden replied to MsSocalRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    at least 1 year in one specialty (i do not live in california but i have looked at facilities all over the country because i am planning to move)! in other words, the clock starts over if you leave...

  25. Charge/Triage RN Position

    SummerGarden replied to Rickbos's topic in Emergency

    This does not happen 100% of the time in my ER but it does happen... The Charge/Triage RN usually takes up to 4 patients. I know, it is crazy..