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  1. 2 stupid questions about job applications

    matt59 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is a VA application. 1) "Do you currently have or have you ever had clinical privileges at any health care institution, agency or organization. (if "yes" explain on separate sheet.)" Does this...

  2. 2 stupid questions about job applications

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, that's more than I knew 5 minutes ago. I'll check "no" to the 1st block, I think I'll check "no" to the pro-bio block, enclose my resume anyway, & get the copy of my college transcripts...

  3. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My situation is as follows: I have only been an RN for a year; up until today I had been employed on the MR/autism floor of a large psychiatric hospital. I will make no bones about it, I am not a...

  4. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, I guess I did, didn't I? I didn't mean to make that impression, but it's something to think about, because maybe that IS how I feel. I mean I was in the trenches with my co-workers. I did what I...

  5. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    matt59 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Where I did my clinicals, CTs did the sticks but could not take pusle-ox. I was told that the rationale behind this was that O2 is considered a med.... In the 2 jobs I've had since as an RN, it was...

  6. Am I too shallow to be a nurse?

    matt59 replied to jonsey77's topic in General Nursing

    Jonesy, I'm a tad shallow myself. I'm so hung up on my own problems at the moment I'm going to reply to you before reading everyone elses comments. (Which I will do, because basicaslly I'm just...

  7. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Twin Mommy, I intend to!! Actually, I had meant to do it before now, but I've just been so tired, lately, when not at work. One night, making the trudge to the pay-lot, an older gentleman...

  8. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Live To Learn; you are right, I need to stop using words that most people find profane as an integral part of my working vocabulary. It does give the impression of unprofessionality. I don't...

  9. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Caliotter; I appreciate it. I'm thinking if they don't want me there, I don't want to be there. Hopefully I'll dredge something up. I'll approach the market with a straightforward attitude...

  10. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Lacie, we will see where it takes me. I hear you, Caliotter, but I really think it's a done deal. I just typed to someone that there was a lot about it that I didn't like when mngmnt wanted...

  11. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Lacie; thanks, Sunray. Lacie, I was too young for Viet Nam & too old for desert storm; you have my respect. Thanks for the advice. Sunray, I'd have to say I already blew the union angle,...

  12. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Alex, I just really don't feel like being somewhere where I'm not wanted, & after practically the whole lower management team bailed out over the winter, I haven't really felt appreciated by...

  13. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Well thank you, Altra. I don't know about being level headed all of the time, but I know that I feel true compassion (& where I was, it was for the people who couldn't wear their shoes &...

  14. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, 2BSure, that is a possibility to be considered. I always did say that I am effed up enough without this place (this place alluding to my former employment), but then again, I always said one...

  15. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, tencat. That kind of summarizes how I feel about it. There are a few people people who are out of touch, that I guess think their behavior plans actually work at that place. I think that...

  16. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Well thanks, Erica & Mrs Nurse. Erica, I wish you were the employer I was going to interview with, next time! Regardless, good luck in school; I thought it was a pretty horrible, but if I could...

  17. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I was never crazy, myself, about the way things had to be on that particular floor in order to make things work. In a perfect world, I'd have done things a whole lot different on both wings,...

  18. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    [edited] Thank you, Canoe; that is kind of how I am inclined to see the situation; but, I also know that the sky tends to be a different hue in my world than everyone else's, or I woulddn't be in this...

  19. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, Fire Starter & Even Star!! Thanks!!!! But I already did the Gary Gilmoure line -- I said, "let's do it." It's done. & at this place, i was always told this is how they fire, they take...

  20. in need of advice after getting fired

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for answering. I'm not sure if it was a good fit or not, Hockey Mom. There were sure as "heck" some days I felt it wasn't; then there were other days I was seeing everything with crystal...

  21. a question about employment history

    matt59 posted a topic in General Nursing

    can a potential employer search your rn employment history by your rn license #? in other words, if you had a brief employment encounter somewhere that you'd rather forget about, is it accessible,...

  22. a question about employment history

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the

  23. question about employment history

    matt59 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Can a potential employer search your RN employment history by your RN license #? In other words, if you had a brief employment encounter somewhere that you'd rather forget about, is it accessible,...

  24. employment history?

    matt59 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Can a potential employer search your RN employment history by your RN license #? In other words, if you had a brief employment encounter somewhere that you'd rather forget about, is it accessible,...

  25. LTC questions

    matt59 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    1) Is one nurse passing meds to 30 residents the LTC norm? 2) As a brand new RN, is LTC a bad place to start a career? By that, I mean that although I am fine with the work (except for being told I...