nursejcarrie

nursejcarrie specializes in Cardiovascular/Telemetry/Stroke.

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1. Looking to relocate to Delaware within the next year

   nursejcarrie posted a topic in Delaware

   Hello everyone! My family and I are looking to relocate from Maryland to Delaware within the next year. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on where to move to and what hospitals/LTC facilities to look at for a job. We really like the Lewes...

2. EEK! First inservice as a Staff Development Coordinator!

   nursejcarrie posted a topic in Educators

   Hi everyone! I recently took a staff educator position at a local nursing home. As soon as I came on board, I was made aware of education that they would like completed as soon as I was off orientation. These are subjects and topics that the facility...

3. Looking for that clinical educator job

   nursejcarrie replied to nursejcarrie's topic in Educators

   Chris, I agree with you about not seeing the potential for career movement. I am definitely feeling that right now. I think it may be the ideal time to start looking for a job outside of the area. My husband and I have always talked about moving to t...

4. Looking for that clinical educator job

   nursejcarrie replied to nursejcarrie's topic in Educators

   One of my goals for the new year is to become a Certified Nurse Educator. I think that there is something that happens when I interview for the positions. However, the last interview that I had in this facility, I felt it went VERY well, and I still ...

5. Looking for that clinical educator job

   nursejcarrie posted a topic in Educators

   Good morning everyone! I just needed somewhere to vent......I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, but I have been unable to find a clinical educator job in the hospital. I completed my MSN with a concentration in Education in April of this year. There ...

6. Clinical Educator Interviews....No Success

   nursejcarrie replied to nursejcarrie's topic in Educators

   So it's funny, another Clinical Educator position became available in my hospital on August 1. I applied for it immediately. And once again, they hired someone else for the position, and this person is from outside of our organization. In the past, I...

7. Internal Applications

   nursejcarrie posted a topic in Relations

   Good evening everyone, I graduated with my MSN in Nursing Education in April of this year. A couple of months before graduation, I started applying for open clinical educator positions within the hospital where I currently work. As I have started to ...

8. Clinical Educator Interviews....No Success

   nursejcarrie posted a topic in Educators

   I really need to vent and I'm not sure where else to go. I am 9 days (whew!) from finishing my MSN. My dream job is to be a clinical educator in a hospital setting. Over the last 9 months, I have had three clinical educator interviews (twice for the ...

9. AGUS on a pap test

   nursejcarrie posted a topic in Disabilities

   hi all, i recently had my yearly physical done which included having the dreaded pap test done.....ugh! anyways, i got the call last week from my ob/gyn office that the results came back showing agus or the atypical glandular cells of undetermined si...

10. Anyone starting Chamberlain online BSN in April?

    nursejcarrie replied to KMRNOCN's topic in Online Learning

    Good luck to all who are starting in April......perhaps I will be joining you. I talked to my admissions advisor, Dave, about 5 days ago and he is trying to rush my approval through so that I can start classes with the next schedule. He wants me to l...

11. How often do you draw Troponins at your hospital?

    nursejcarrie replied to RNcDreams's topic in Cardiac

    It depends on the doctor on how often they are drawn at our hospital (Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown MD)...... one cardiology group orders their cardiac enzymes q6h x 3 another cardiology group orders their cardiac enzymes q8h x 3 and the h...

12. Looking for RNs in Chambersburg!

    nursejcarrie replied to Dawn_M_74's topic in Pennsylvania

    Hi there..... I worked at the Chambersburg Hospital when I graduated from nursing school 5 years ago. I had worked at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown while I was in nursing school but decided to take a job in Chambersburg for multiple reason...

13. What nursing field would you recommend?

    nursejcarrie replied to kmommy876's topic in Career Support

    PEDS!!! I did the whole med surg thing which I enjoyed (I just didn't like the facility that I worked at!). I also did the orthopedic thing, which was mixed in with my med surg experience. But I went into nursing school pretty much knowing what I wa...

14. Which comes first - OR or Med-Surg?

    nursejcarrie replied to Natkat's topic in Career Support

    I would have to say go for the Med-Surg experience. I did two years of Med Surg before transferring to Pediatrics, which I love. I feel that I am a much better nurse due to my med surg training and wouldn't go back and change anything about it. Hope ...

15. Breaking the contract

    nursejcarrie replied to KellyMcNeil's topic in Career Support

    I took a sign on bonus for my first nursing job. It was $7000 for two years of employment. I left the hospital 4 months before my 2 years was up. I ended up having to pay back the entire last year of my bonus ($3500). Was it worth it in the long run?...