DeLana_RN

DeLana_RN BSN, RN

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  1. *UNEMPLOYED NURSES*

    DeLana_RN replied to bree*'s topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well, here's my strategy: I'm going to start as a volunteer for the employer I would like to work for. Crazy? Yes, maybe 4 or 5 years ago in the days of sign-on bonuses and hiring frenzy (this...

  2. Coming to work after taking a narcotic?!

    DeLana_RN replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    I've always wondered about this... I have a friend, an ICU nurse, who has chronic back, hip and foot pain s/p work-related injuries; she cannot function without Vicodin. She told me that Occupational...

  3. How do You Treat PRN/Agency Nurses and Why?

    DeLana_RN replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say is this: I'll never take a PRN position again. Although the ones I had were not as a float, but assigned to one unit, you were still never treated like full-time staff and held to...

  4. New grad needs help deciding which job to take L&D or Dialysis Clinic

    DeLana_RN replied to mommo5's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a former dialysis nurse (5+ years) and cannot recommend that a new grad start in this specialty. Reasons include having a lot of responsibility and often few (if any) other RNs to help or guide...

  5. Has anyone been in trouble at work over what they posted in allnurses.com

    DeLana_RN replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    No, but I'm getting more paranoid the longer I have been posting here. My profile details are getting vaguer or disappearing as time goes on.... if readers want to find out more, they can sift through...

  6. Do employers have such a surplus of applicants that Respect goes out the window?

    DeLana_RN replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer to the original question: yes. I have never seen the job market for nurses so bad, and if I hear one more comment by an ignorant lay person along the lines of "You're an RN, why can't...

  7. If I hear this one more time....

    DeLana_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    ... I swear I'll scream: "You're an RN, you can have a job tomorrow!" Yes, that was true maybe five years ago, but today... how can people be so clueless? Especially other nurses! Case in point,...

  8. If I hear this one more time....

    DeLana_RN replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    But it will look good on your resume. Best wishes,

  9. If I hear this one more time....

    DeLana_RN replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The agency I'm interested in has a hiring freeze... sign of the times. But when they start hiring again (as they must), I will be first in line - with inside connections

  10. If I hear this one more time....

    DeLana_RN replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. I do know that some jobs are available and always will be, but I am restricted by family obligations to working only certain days/hours and no call. Therefore, it is very...

  11. Do nurses get fired often?

    DeLana_RN replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, as you know there are numerous threads on this topic and the replies so far pretty much summarize why this is. If I can just add my , I too had worked in private industry for many years before...

  12. Will I have to give up my nurse dreams if I'm on dialysis?

    DeLana_RN replied to dreamon's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in dialysis for over 5 years. Maybe your situation not as bad as you fear. Nephrotic syndrome is only a manifestation that something is going on with your kidneys; however, it's not...

  13. Taking a pay cut to enter into Nursing

    DeLana_RN replied to dragn2623's topic in General Nursing

    I fully agree with your reasoning. After putting this much effort (and money) into your education, you owe it to yourself to give nursing a chance. After all, you do have an out if you find it is...

  14. Need advice..i think one of my managers want me out

    DeLana_RN replied to asdf80's topic in General Nursing

    I have a pretty good idea... they don't want you to stay in this hospital, because this might make them look bad ("She's a really good nurse, I just don't understand why manager X says bad things...

  15. Have any of you started out as volunteers?

    DeLana_RN replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks again, what you describe is exactly what I'm hoping for. No matter what, I know it's not a mistake to volunteer with the hospice. BTW, I always wanted to do oncology, but it has never worked...

  16. Have any of you started out as volunteers?

    DeLana_RN posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi, all, I must say that being a hospice nurse has always been part of my career "blue print"; I was hoping it would be toward the end of my career (after much experience), but is seems that not much...

  17. Leaving the ICU after 15 years

    DeLana_RN replied to Zookeeper3's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations... it sounds like you're excited about your new opportunity. And don't worry about leaving your long-time "home" - it's not like you couldn't return at some future date (if you wanted...

  18. Have any of you started out as volunteers?

    DeLana_RN replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This hospice provides in home and nursing home care and has an inpt facility (hospice house) as well; I want to volunteer (at least initially) in the hospice house. It's the same here, nurses can...

  19. Advice needed for coworker problems!!!

    DeLana_RN replied to kidnurse98's topic in General Nursing

    OP, you're in a hopeless situation (I hate to tell you, but I've been there and recognize it for what it is). There is only one solution: You must leave, before you get fired. They are obviously...

  20. let go 6 wks into 10 wks orientation...is it fair?

    DeLana_RN replied to maman2zoe's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the posts here remind me of a sad reality: Nurses do eat their young. I cannot imagine another profession expecting everyone to perform like a seasoned practitioner after only a few weeks of...

  21. let go 6 wks into 10 wks orientation...is it fair?

    DeLana_RN replied to maman2zoe's topic in General Nursing

    :hug: Been there, done that. I know exactly how you feel. You were screwed, nothing else to add. I'm so sorry, I know what this does to your self-confidence. Don't let it, but it's very, very...

  22. Any risks of volunteering?

    DeLana_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, all, the economy is dreadful, absolutely dreadful. I guess you all know that. And there is no one hiring in my area, except for some jobs that I just cannot do (e.g., med/surg on the night shift;...

  23. Has anyone returned to outpt dialysis after several years away?

    DeLana_RN replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hi, trauma, truth be told, I was never far away, checking this board occasionally; I guess dialysis got into my blood Since I've been out of the loop for a while I have no idea how bundling will...

  24. ACLS In outpt HDUs??

    DeLana_RN replied to traumaRUs's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    When I worked for a large national company, we were discouraged from getting ACLS for much of the same reasons pp mentioned. Interestingly, we did have the meds on the crash cart, and I guess nurses...

  25. Has anyone returned to outpt dialysis after several years away?

    DeLana_RN replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    No one? Hmm, maybe it's not such a good idea after all I'm still considering it, although I haven't yet applied for any job. I'll let you know if I do.