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    Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Music in My Heart replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well, they certainly can be an indicator. I had a recent interview where I was peppered with detailed questions and case studies. I think it did reveal something of my knowledge base and my ability to...
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    Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Music in My Heart replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would like to reiterate that by automatically eliminating "job-hoppers," you may be overlooking precisely the kinds of people that you're looking for... ones who have much experience at integrating...
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    Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Music in My Heart replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Interesting. I do get those questions sometimes and I generally try to answer honestly, and then explain how I seek to improve on them.The insincerity issue is one reason why I don't believe in...
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    Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    Music in My Heart replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    For the most part, I read your post with surprise that you experience such. Perhaps the occasional candidate would be so clueless, but most - or all - of them? Wow. As someone whose pre-nursing...
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    Does where you go to school matter?

    Music in My Heart replied to tortorRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    From what I've observed, where you attend school has little significance outside of the possibility of getting hired on at the site where you do your clinical hours. In a local market, some hospitals...
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    does anyone regret this career?

    Music in My Heart replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like a matter of environment. What you describe is nothing like my experience. I am very busy but have had no problems with the docs nor my coworkers at three different hospitals....
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    does anyone regret this career?

    Music in My Heart replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    I did regret it for awhile because I was working far from home for a crappy employer (but with some fabulous people). I now have a much better job and am delighted that I made the choice and the years...
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    Poll to " former" new grads. How did you land that 1st job?

    Music in My Heart replied to NursieNurseLPN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'd heard from a family friend that a remote, rural hospital needed a nurse so I cold-called the DON which led to the interview and hire. After a couple of years I added a per diem gig at a...
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    MD Present to Defibrillate?

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in General Nursing

    Reading through TheCommuter's article regarding the "deskilling" of nursing got me to thinking: Does your facility permit ACLS nurses to manually defibrillate without an MD present? It's pretty simple...
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    Central line protocols

    Music in My Heart replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    That's the thing... if you're running pressors peripherally, the patient must be assessed frequently. If you catch them right away and initial treatment, you can prevent necrosis.For sure, though,...
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    Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

    Music in My Heart replied to GypseyGirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Could? Sure... I think you'd be swimming upstream, though... Yep, I think so. You're trying to market yourself and failing to secure employment post-intership indicates either (a) they didn't want to...
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    Large Alcohol Wipes

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, some materials can handle some compounds, others can handle others.You made a blanket statement of "Tele leads... should NOT be wiped with alcohol," not a conditional one; hence the objection. My...
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    RN Sponsorship (H1B/Green Card)

    Music in My Heart replied to BSN.RN.MS-HCA's topic in Immigration Advice

    About the only thing I think you'd have a shot at in California is for a position that mandates a native-speaker/native-culture person. Otherwise, I'll guarantee you that there's a citizen or legal,...
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    Central line protocols

    Music in My Heart replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    Well, dopamine should (ultimately) go through a central line (and as Altra pointed out, have an a-line in place for titration) but an 18 in the LAC should suffice for hours. There's nothing to argue...
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    2nd degree nurses

    Music in My Heart replied to grantchatt's topic in General Nursing

    I was an engineer who was laid off and faced with moving several states away in order to find work. Looking around the area, I identified approximately 3,500 nursing jobs within the commute radius of...
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    Where are new grads being hired right now?

    Music in My Heart replied to vwgirl22's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Another way to do research: Talk to the ambulance guys/gals. They know where are all the hospitals in their area and they can usually tell you something about them. Cops are generally in the know,...
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    Where are new grads being hired right now?

    Music in My Heart replied to vwgirl22's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I even spent a couple days driving up and down I-5 and then cutting across East and West to have a look at a number of the smaller facilities. At a micro-hospital (10-30 beds), you're more likely to...
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    Where are new grads being hired right now?

    Music in My Heart replied to vwgirl22's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    None of those are rural insofar as population and those hospitals have money and no difficulty finding nurses (I know, Stockton... blech).I could give you some specific places but would prefer to...
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    MD Present to Defibrillate?

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    My facility permits manual defibrillation but no meds. The state permits meds if covered by facility protocol/standing
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    MD Present to Defibrillate?

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    I'm encouraged by the results of this poll. I'm glad so many organizations permit their nurses to run the ACLS algorithms by protocol. We can administer manual shocks (no AED) but can't push meds...
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    Floating?

    Music in My Heart replied to Morganalefey's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know... I don't really see the problem with stepping onto a med-surg floor a few months after orientation. Of course it would've been a bit bumpy but I'm not really seeing this as a...
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    Where are new grads being hired right now?

    Music in My Heart replied to vwgirl22's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I also live in the Sac area.My recommendation would be to look to the remote rural hospitals and start cold-calling in addition to checking the websites. I know a number of examples of people starting...
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    Large Alcohol Wipes

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    And they're ~just~ alcohol, no long-chain carbon compounds, benzyl groups, chloro- compounds, etc?If so, could you tell me the manufacturer or post a
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    Large Alcohol Wipes

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but you're wrong here.The manufacturer specifically recommends 70% isopropyl. It was the "non alcoholic" wipes that were leaching the plasticizers and causing cracks in the tele
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    Would you take a job if you knew the floor had a high nurse turnover?

    Music in My Heart replied to citylights89's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The latter, I