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  1. what did you do in your former life?

    medsurgnights replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Another former medical transcriptionist here, worked my way through nursing school as an MT and

  2. Offered Position at a VA hospital...

    medsurgnights replied to aegirl's topic in Government, Military

    I really like working for the VA actually, I generally like the patient population, and at this specific facility, staffing and patient ratios seem pretty ideal for the

  3. You'll never make it in California

    medsurgnights replied to luv2shopp85's topic in California Nursing

    I have quite a few friends who have moved to CA and are all doing just fine there. None of them want to come back north . . . at least until they are at points of their lives where they want to buy a...

  4. Anybody commute in "The Gorge"????

    medsurgnights replied to nedrager's topic in Oregon Nursing

    A lot of people do commute from the gorge, but it does usually close down at least once a year d/t the freezing rain. We have all wheel drive cars and have never had a problem driving through it for...

  5. Working five 12hr shifts a week

    medsurgnights replied to aggieamy5's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP, sorry about some of the rudeness that has been directed toward you here, some of the posts have been quite nasty, but others have had good points. Anyway-I am in a similar situation in...

  6. VA questions

    medsurgnights replied to Jules A's topic in Government, Military

    I was an SNT for a few months before I graduated. It took awhile to get hired due to the background checks and all of the paperwork, but they kept me informed. They were very flexible with my school...

  7. Roll Call for all Military and VA Nurses and those considering the Service

    medsurgnights replied to RNPATL's topic in Government, Military

    This is similar to the schedule that many VA nurses in the US work as well. I work 44 the first week and 36 the second. As you said, this is not considered overtime until over 80 hours

  8. British Man Injured After Lighting Firecracker in Buttocks

    medsurgnights replied to All_Smiles_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    An empathetic "youch" and

  9. generation gap among nurses

    medsurgnights replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

    I've noticed the absolute opposite in the nurses that I work with, the younger nurses tend to be more passive, and the 'baby boomers' more bold in advocating for patients and nurses. I've heard so...

  10. Overwhelmed...!! Starting pre-reqs in Eugene

    medsurgnights replied to GBS_Fan's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Late input about Sacred Heart's Volunteer program. When I volunteered there 4-5 years ago, they had several orientation days for volunteers which were semi hard to get into due to many people wanting...

  11. HELP!! Becoming discouraged....

    medsurgnights replied to LDJRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is your fiancee able to move at all? Maybe if there was somewhere you could both find desireable jobs. Obviosuly, I do not know anything about the situation, but just a

  12. How long is your orientation??

    medsurgnights replied to healer27's topic in First Year After Licensure

    6 weeks days, 2 weeks nights was what I had. Many of the other nurses have remained available for questions after that. I try to help out with as much with other nurses' patient loads as I can so I...