amzyRN

amzyRN

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  1. How long to know if job will work out?

    amzyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm working at a small hospital. I was expecting more diversity of cases and a more challenging atmosphere. The hospital is roughly equivalent to a SNF with an ER attached. There aren't a lot of acute...

  2. How long to know if job will work out?

    amzyRN replied to amzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be doing the extra certs. I know that I need to be able to manage my time and I have too much time in this facility. If only all facilities were staffed this well! But when I transition,...

  3. Need advice-new job

    amzyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I just started working in small rural hospital. It's a critical access hospital with a swing bed unit and an ER attached. I've just started and though I've seen one thing I've never seen before,...

  4. Need advice-new job

    amzyRN replied to amzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I will try your advice, which is very good. When do you think I should start to worry? I don't want to lose skills by working here (I'm so new that they haven't been ingrained in me yet) and be...

  5. How to prepare for my new job?

    amzyRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've accepted a job in a rural hospital where I will be rotating through the general floor (medical patients and swing bed type patients) and the ER and will have to do charge nurse duties too...

  6. Possibly moving back to California.Are there experienced RN jobs for less than 1 yr?

    amzyRN replied to TalleRN's topic in California Nursing

    Tell her to hang in there. I'm going to try to do the same. In certain ways I'm excited about the experience. I've never experienced 4 seasons before or ever lived out of Cali. I've heard the people...

  7. Possibly moving back to California.Are there experienced RN jobs for less than 1 yr?

    amzyRN replied to TalleRN's topic in California Nursing

    I would be fine with going to a rural hospital in so cal after my 6 moths or so in ND. I just don't know if I can do a full year

  8. I just accepted an offer but I have another interview tomorrow

    amzyRN replied to mangopeach's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Go on the interview unless you are totally sure about the other job. If you are considering the state job, it seems you might want the option of working at the state job. Most employers are at will,...

  9. Cheating in Pre-Reqs

    amzyRN replied to xxyyzz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Continue to be honest and earn your grades. No need to tell on the cheater, she will get the karmic effects of cheating. Honesty is one of the core values of nursing and it also feels good to really...

  10. Not even a word of English

    amzyRN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am actually not offended by people who refuse to speak my language, as long as I am able to find a way to provide care that is safe and effective to them. I find it frustrating to provide care when...

  11. Not even a word of English

    amzyRN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There might be reasons they aren't speaking English, since if anyone has lived in a place very long, it seems likely they automatically pick up come words. I know that when I've been in Spanish...

  12. Not even a word of English

    amzyRN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My maternal grandparents and great grandparents were from Austria and had to flee to avoid persecution by the Nazis and spoke only or mostly German. They had to learn how to speak English when they...

  13. Possibly moving back to California.Are there experienced RN jobs for less than 1 yr?

    amzyRN replied to TalleRN's topic in California Nursing

    Did you find anything in CA with 6mo experience? I'm likely going to move, but don't know if I can do the full

  14. heartbroken needed to vent

    amzyRN replied to seekerskeeter's topic in General Nursing

    My preceptor was exactly this way. She never ever gave me one work of positive feedback. On top of that she was always scowling, in fact, it seemed like she was unhappy doing her job. She was...

  15. heartbroken needed to vent

    amzyRN replied to seekerskeeter's topic in General Nursing

    i do appreciate you telling me how it is. i know that life is not fair, darn it! i think this is one of the reasons there's a problem hiring new grads on a lot of units. sometimes people can't deal,...

  16. heartbroken needed to vent

    amzyRN replied to seekerskeeter's topic in General Nursing

    i agree that a lot of the time it is someone who can't teach and there's a communication breakdown. i do think bullies are more common that we would expect in nursing, unfortunately. the nurse i had a...

  17. rotating shifts

    amzyRN replied to K+MgSO4's topic in General Nursing

    I recently had to stop doing night shift in a residency program I was doing. For me no only was I getting stomach pains and not being able to sleep but 2 hours the following day after the first night...

  18. Will my background keep me from my new grad job offer??

    amzyRN replied to NurseNiki17's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I think it depends on the degree of background check. Convictions show up usually on any background check, but I'm not sure if arrests do. If you lied on the application and said "no" to the question...

  19. heartbroken needed to vent

    amzyRN replied to seekerskeeter's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. Personally, I think sometimes preceptors destroy the confidence of their preceptees and this is not effective. When I'm new at something, I need someone who doesn't make me nervous...

  20. heartbroken needed to vent

    amzyRN replied to seekerskeeter's topic in General Nursing

    She could use this experience of how to deal better with this kind of situation in a better way, like getting a different preceptor or trying to communicate with the preceptor in a more effective way....

  21. heartbroken needed to vent

    amzyRN replied to seekerskeeter's topic in General Nursing

    I had a preceptor like this before and I couldn't stand it either. This was a nurse with about 5 years experience that got off on bullying newer nurses. She was the type that gave no positive...

  22. New grad in rural ER?

    amzyRN replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations on your experience! I did a residency at a level 2, and though my preceptor was an excellent ER nurse (she was one of best nurses I've ever met), I found her to be a bit rough and for...

  23. New grad in rural ER?

    amzyRN replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    It sounds terrifying, but I don't think the DON would leave me stranded. She is 2 minutes away. All I can do is the best that I can and not make a mistake in prioritizing. I can do this on paper, but...

  24. Afraid to quit my job to go to nursing school

    amzyRN replied to shawn39's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    With full time looking about 6 months to 1 year. I did additional unpaid training in the mean

  25. Afraid to quit my job to go to nursing school

    amzyRN replied to shawn39's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Your concerns are valid. Had I known what the job market would have been like, I might have gone a different direction. I did finally manage to find a job, however. But, you never know what the future...