scratchgolfer

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1. Dialysis Nursing as New Grad?

   scratchgolfer replied to SNgirl21's topic in Career Support

   I was in HD for 2.5 years and would discourage a nurse early in their career from choosing this path. While HD is very easy, there are a lot of senior nurses with a personality and attitude that result in a toxic work environment. Additionally, most ...

2. I Don't Want To Be A Nurse

   scratchgolfer replied to emma8989's topic in Career Support

   I used to get that pre shift dread so I left the field for a clinical specialist role. Life is too short to not make a change.

3. I Happily Left The Nursing Field

   scratchgolfer posted a topic in Career Support

   I gave nursing 5 years of my life and I am finally out. I just accepted a job as a clinical specialist with the biggest medical device company in the world. I worked on a renal inpatient unit for 2.5 years and in HD for 2.5 years. The stress fro...

4. Canadian RN to California - I need advice

   scratchgolfer replied to scratchgolfer's topic in International

   I passed the NCLEX. Licence first or what?

5. Canadian RN to California - I need advice

   scratchgolfer replied to scratchgolfer's topic in International

   Thanks for the reply. Im thinking about working in Texas, Washington, or Oregon first in order to reach my end goal of Cali. The questions still remain: What do I deal with first? Job, immigration, or licence?

6. Canadian RN to California - I need advice

   scratchgolfer posted a topic in International

   I need advice about moving to California for work. Anyone thats a registered nurse and made the move from Canada to California (or any other state) for work please comment. I understand its a complex process moving to the states for work... here are...

7. This is not what I thought it was

   scratchgolfer replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

   I feel your pain on every level. this job sucks sometimes and were extremely underpaid for what we do. plus it doesnt help when coworkers are dick heads. i finally took time off after working for 7 months straight (3 months preceptorship, 1 month stu...

8. I SAW HIM! - Near Death Experiences

   scratchgolfer replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality

   I just graduated with a BSN in Canada and I have been taught that all of my clinical interactions need to be patient/client focused. The way I perceive this situation is that the patient/client's experience validated something clinically unimportant ...

9. Has anyone used UWorld to study for NCLEX?

   scratchgolfer replied to Lupe Sanchez's topic in NCLEX

   I have been using uworld for 7-8 days now to study for the NCLEX and I like it a lot. The questions range from easy to hard, there is a lot of variety in question type, and there is no gender bias (for example: "the nurse said" instead of "he/she sai...