Natkat BSN, MSN, RN

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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Natkat replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Please explain why that has not been the case for me. I have applied to jobs in different states as well. It’s not for lack of
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Natkat replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    You don’t start your first job until June? Then you have not lived our experience. I take offense that we are “whining”. I can’t speak for everyone, but I can tell you that my despair at...
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Natkat replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy is this a relevant topic. I got a travel position at a hospital that said they would hire me permanently if I got a BSN within 2 years. I did and they provided financial assistance. They...
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Natkat replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    I was a new grad in 2008 and couldn’t find a job let alone a sign on bonus. Those must have evaporated
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    Dear Nurse Manager, why won’t you hire dialysis nurses

    Natkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    It is the same story for many of us. We graduate. We can’t find a job. Our first offer is a dialysis nurse job. We take it became student loans. Then we are marooned for life. Within a year of...
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    Dear Nurse Manager, why won’t you hire dialysis nurses

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

    I have already used their services. It hasn’t made any
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    Dear Nurse Manager, why won’t you hire dialysis nurses

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

    This is very helpful. Thank you. It helps to know that Texas metropolitan areas are so saturated with nurses. It makes me feel better that it might not be me. In another time and place I might be...
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    Dear Nurse Manager, why won’t you hire dialysis nurses

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t know what else to say. I send out resumes and never hear back. I did get one interview with a company that does audits for legal cases but didn’t get the job. It was a group interview...
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    Dear Nurse Manager, why won’t you hire dialysis nurses

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

    Welp. Tried it. No
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    Dear Nurse Manager, why won’t you hire dialysis nurses

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Texas. I was 56 when I got my master's in leadership and management. I wish I had gone through the NP program instead. I might have ended up being more employable. But who knows? Either way...
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    Dear Nurse Manager, why won’t you hire dialysis nurses

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

    No I haven't. Nothing has changed. I can't even get a job in a doctor's office. I have only had one interview in six months. I can't even get arrested. My master's degree is worthless, as is my...
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    Dear Nurse Manager, why won’t you hire dialysis nurses

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the suggestion. I live in a major city and it would be quite a drive to a rural area. It might be worth it
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    I Can’t Get Out of Dialysis

    Natkat posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I started out as a dialysis nurse. After a year or two I began looking for a job, any job, that is not dialysis and no one will hire me. Since I can’t get anything else, I don’t have experience...
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    First Nursing Job Dialysis Am I Stuck Forever

    Natkat replied to Biology2Nursing's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am stuck and definitely did not decide to be. I am desperate to do ANYTHING that is not dialysis. I’ve been trying for years and no one will hire
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    Can't Get Job With MSN

    Natkat replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Omen more thing. What is a value-based
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    Can't Get Job With MSN

    Natkat replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Thank you for the advice. People say you either love or hate dialysis. I am indifferent to dialysis - I don’t love it or hate. I just want to do something
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    Ageism from a resume?

    Natkat replied to doro8144's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I feel that ageism is keeping me from finding a better job. I am 57 years old and 11 years of experience. I know it's illegal to ask a person's age, but they can ask you when you graduated from high...
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    I Have an MSN and Can't Get Hired.....ANYWHERE

    Natkat posted a topic in Nursing Career

    A little background to start. I'll try to keep it short but it's a lot. I have been a dialysis nurse my whole career. I took a travel position and they liked me and wanted me to hire on permanently...
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    I Have an MSN and Can't Get Hired.....ANYWHERE

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in Nursing Career

    My MSN is in leadership and management. I did that because I had a specific job in mind at the time. I'm not all that sure I am interested in management. It was just what I wanted to do at the time....
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    Can't Get Job With MSN

    Natkat replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    OH my gosh. I am in the exact same position. I work in dialysis, have a master's degree and can't get hired ANYWHERE! I took the MSN off my resume hoping it would help, but no luck. Just today I got...
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    I Am Stuck

    Natkat posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    A little background to start. I'll try to keep it short but it's a lot. I have been a dialysis nurse my whole career. I took a travel position and they liked me and wanted me to hire on permanently...
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    Advice please

    Natkat replied to ert01479's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for saying this. I think I started one IV in nursing school and haven't done one since. Some people act like I'm horrible because I can't start an IV or do phlebotomy. I've never had to do...
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    Acute Dialysis job nitemare

    Natkat replied to Lilone20's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am a nurse manager at one of the big two. I had an employee call me to say she couldn't come in because she had an emergency with her son. The FA told me to tell her she had to come in. I thought...
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    An Ethical Dilemma- Outstanding Warrants

    Natkat replied to rkirk89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was thinking the same thing. Sometimes I will get a hypothetical question about whether or not I would take care of a pedophile or a murder. I say yes. My job is not to figure out whether or not...
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    Online Nursing Schools vs Traditional Schools

    Natkat replied to canwil2082's topic in General Nursing

    Rude bullying posts are the baseline here. It accurately reflects the atmosphere of most nursing units I've been to. It's the same snotty condescending crap that nurses dish out to each other, and I...