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1. Sample Contamination

   short cake replied to short cake's topic in COVID

   Sorry, a should have been ore specific. I'm talking about a specimen sample (for example a rapid or PCR covid nasal/pharyngeal swab, or a blood sample)

2. Sample Contamination

   short cake posted a topic in COVID

   Does it contaminate a sample vile if you touch the opening with a new/clean glove?

3. Out of state temp jobs for new grad nurses

   short cake replied to short cake's topic in Travel

   Hi, So "temp" to me would be six weeks or less. I wasn't looking to move anywhere (housing and travel would need to be covered by the program) Thank you for your response!

4. Out of state temp jobs for new grad nurses

   short cake posted a topic in Travel

   Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knows of any temp jobs that are allowing new grads to work out of state? My only requirement is that the program would have to pay for housing and travel to the location, however, I would strongly prefer if the...

5. What happens if I can’t work the required number of practice hours due to a medical leave?

   short cake posted a topic in General Nursing

   I’m a nurse in Washington state where it’s required that nurses work 531 practice hours per year in order to keep their license active. Having spent a couple of months unemployed, and currently being on medical leave, I won’t be able to meet those re...

6. Fired two months into nurse residency

   short cake posted a topic in Career Support

   I was recently fired from my first job as a nurse during the first two months of my new grad program. Basically I was fired because I couldn't handle patient care on my own even though I was only taking care for 1-2 patients (by no means was this for...

7. How should I prepare myself for my first nursing job after graduation??

   short cake posted a topic in Career Support

   I graduated in December and FINALLY found a job (residency program that will start in May). Since it's been a while since graduation and I haven't been doing anything even remotely nursing related for the past 5 months, I'm wondering what I should be...

8. what does a pre-employment health screen involve (swedish hospital)

   short cake posted a topic in Career Support

   I recently got hired at Swedish hospital on a med/surg unit. I'm required to take a pre-employment health screen and am worried that I won't pass because I am very weak/unfit (however, this has never been a problem during clinicals), and have a basel...

9. CAN'T FIND JOB AFTER SCHOOL!

   short cake replied to short cake's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for your response! That's really what it seems like is happening, one of my classmate's cohorts actually got canceled due to covid-19 because they need the preceptors to spend more time on the floor...

10. Suggestions for ways an unemployed new grad nurse can volunteer medical services to help out during the Covid-19?

    short cake posted a topic in COVID

    I graduated about four months ago and still don't have a job. I'm feel so pathetic/helpless though having a license and not being of any help with the disease. Does anyone know of ways a licensed nurse can volunteer services during the pandemic? (Oth...

11. could the covid-19 have made it harder for new grad nurses with no previous medical experience to find a job?

    short cake posted a topic in COVID

    I graduated close to four months ago and have had a lot of difficulty finding a job (literally applying to everything with only a few interviews, all of which were rejected). Meanwhile I know that the Covid-19 has made hospitals even more desperate f...

12. CAN'T FIND JOB AFTER SCHOOL!

    short cake posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hey, I really need some advise on how to get employed after nursing school with no medical background/experience I gradated in December, and have literally applied to at least 30 jobs (I'll take literally any position at this point but would prefer m...

13. in your opinion which is more difficult: acute care or med/surge?

    short cake replied to short cake's topic in Career Support

    hmmm to be completely honest, the listing doesn't specify (it only states the position as "acute care" while others have listed theirs as "med/surge")

14. in your opinion which is more difficult: acute care or med/surge?

    short cake posted a topic in Career Support

    I am a recent graduate without any medical background. I completed my senior practicum on a med/surge unit, where to be honest, I had a lot of difficulty succeeding (while I did pass my preceptor told me that she thought I could use more experience a...