Kiren

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1. Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

   Kiren replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   If you can stand the cold Western NY hospitals (Buffalo/Niagara Falls) are hiring new grads. Try Kaleida Health System, Catholic Health System, N.F. Memorial Medical Center and Erie County Medical...

2. How do I say goodbye? (long)

   Kiren replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

   no, not cheesy at all. as a matter of fact i may borrow from your post when i write my

3. How do I say goodbye? (long)

   Kiren replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

   you hit the nail right on the head crocuta. even though i do not care for the current hospital's administration or my manager's style of management, i know this woman has a favorable opinion of me and...

4. Being a patient where you work

   Kiren replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

   at the hospital i am currently working at the charting is computerized and you cannot look at anyone's chart unless you are caring for them directly. i have heard of people being fired for...

5. How do I say goodbye? (long)

   Kiren posted a topic in General Nursing

   i'm not sure how i should go about resigning from my current job. i have been working for the last year or so at the local trauma center in a specially created student nurse position aimed at getting...

6. NY has a shortage but I still don't have a job!!

   Kiren replied to mama_bird's topic in General Nursing

   I think once you take the refresher course you should be able to find a job pretty easily. I am from WNY too and as a new grad (as of this Friday) the recruiters have been chomping at the bit to hire...

7. How much is your pay?

   Kiren replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

   in western ny (buffalo, niagara falls area) new grads are getting about $21-$23/hr. nursing jobs here are fairly easy to come by as many young western new yorkers have decided to relocate after...

8. Renal Diet Question.

   Kiren posted a topic in General Nursing

   my textbook says a pre-dialysis patient with a gfr between 15 and 60 should be restrict daily protein intake to 0.6-0.8 g/kg of body weight. however, it does not say what the protein intake of a...

9. ERI Exit exam

   Kiren replied to TSURN2B's topic in General Students

   we have eri at our school and we will be taking the exit exam. however, the test has no bearing on our course grade. we are being offered the eri nclex review course the week after we graduate, but...

10. There is no nursing shortage!

    Kiren replied to fizz2Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    i am referring to nurses with active licenses. there are at least 10 nurses i can think of off the top of my head who are either too old or too sick to hold a job who have active licenses in my state....

11. There is no nursing shortage!

    Kiren replied to fizz2Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    i have seen some of the statistics on the number of nurses in the u.s. however, i wonder how many of those nurses are actually able to work as nurses. i know several nurses who have retired or are...

12. Info Needed about Nephrovite

    Kiren posted a topic in General Nursing

    does anyone know what nephrovite is exactly? i cannot find any information about it in my drug book. i am assuming it is an antianemic vitamin for renal patients but, i am not sure. if anyone could...

13. Do you wear rings at work?

    Kiren replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    i don't wear a ring during my clinicals but it makes me uncomfortable. when i graduate in two months (and have a real job), i plan on buying a plain gold band to wear to work. that way i will have no...

14. How do you protect your identity?

    Kiren replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    that's a good idea about the passwords. i'll have to try

15. What??? No CNA's???

    Kiren replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

    You're absolutely right. The only real reason I'm even considering this hospital is because I know this is the place where you get to see everything. However, I do not want to set myself up for a...