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    New grad nurse - purposely work part time?

    NoviceRN10 replied to SoCal student's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are plenty of part time jobs for new nurses in my area, I am perplexed that so many posters are saying you will have a hard time getting a part time job. I worked fulltime as a new RN for a...
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    I Need Another Job ASAP!!

    NoviceRN10 replied to Nurzelady's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't get why everyone is telling you just to "Suck it up, buttercup." Bedside nursing can be stressful and make you miserable, and not just because someone is not willing to "give it a chance." I...
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    Oh dear . .Audited for proof of CEUs and don't have

    NoviceRN10 replied to Norma_Saline's topic in General Nursing

    I would have had those CECs done within a day of finding out I was being audited. No point in digging around, trying to get former employers to find some completions for you. GET BUSY!! There are...
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    Awesome feeling when you completed your last shift in a hell hole

    NoviceRN10 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you :)! Enjoy your future endeavors
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    Just a bad day...

    NoviceRN10 replied to tobi1007's topic in General Nursing

    Take a deep breath :). It sounds like more of a "slide to the floor" than an actual fall. I mean, I think of a fall as something that happens when patients are not being assisted at all and try to...
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    What disorders did you diagnose yourself with in Nursing School?

    NoviceRN10 replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    No diseases or disorders, but I was pretty sure I'd be having a nissen fundoplication surgery for my acid reflux problem. Now that I take care of people who have actually had it, I am pretty sure I...
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    How does your unit handle this assignment situation ?

    NoviceRN10 replied to melanie1126's topic in General Nursing

    On my unit you would have gotten the first admit, no matter how behind you were. Numbers have to be even, that's just how it is done. Rarely is teamwork implemented, unless a patient is really in...
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    Schoolcraft College

    NoviceRN10 replied to rystle's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Why not consider another school? Are you saying that you wouldn't even get into the program for 4+ yrs? I'd say go somewhere else or find a different career
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    Should I let it go or hanging on to it?

    NoviceRN10 replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had thought about the experience time I had "logged" into my first nursing position (tech) before I quit to start my first RN job. I worked 11 months. One month shy of the year that most...
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    PRN to Part/Full-time paycut?

    NoviceRN10 replied to thebeatingheart's topic in General Nursing

    I did the opposite, was working fulltime and went contingent and lost a lot of income, as well as benefits. The freedom to pick the days I work and not be obligated to every other weekend shifts is...
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    Does This Constitute a Nurse-Patient Relationship?

    NoviceRN10 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    I totally thought you were asking for the purpose of actually having a personal relationship with one of these patients after you had drawn their blood. I don't understand why you would think these...
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    Help!! Job offer dilemma.....

    NoviceRN10 replied to sweetnlow4's topic in General Nursing

    I would not work 88 miles from home if given the choice not to :). Acute care should be acute care, and if you are concerned about being able to go back to hospital nursing I think you are going to...
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    finding a job...??

    NoviceRN10 replied to mom2lily's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A job posting may say BSN preferred, or experience preferred, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't apply! Every job posting at my hospital says BSN preferred but they still hire ADNs too. Good
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    Fixing occluded peripheral IVs

    NoviceRN10 replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

    Considering the fact that small clots are usually what occlude a peripheral IV, I think it's odd that you would just change the IV site instead of flushing it to get the clot to move. I am constantly...
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    patient privacy

    NoviceRN10 replied to naftali216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think it's a big deal. The surgery you had was one that I was able to observe during nursing school and I remember the pt being draped during the procedure. He wasn't exposed or hanging out...
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    Think im in big trouble!

    NoviceRN10 replied to Dummyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Trying to figure out how you nick a picc line? What the heck were you doing to it/near
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    I'm sorry sir, I cannot call the neurosurgeon at 3AM for that...

    NoviceRN10 replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have called the resident on-call for some zantac, you should be able to do that at any hour if the patient makes a request and is uncomfortable. If you are in a facility where someone had...
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    Asking for a Raise

    NoviceRN10 replied to brucedragon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure you get raises when everyone else gets them, you don't go asking for one when you work for a hospital. I just got a whopping .12 per hr raise. Yippee. That is an increase of $1.16...
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    heparin for DVT prophylaxis

    NoviceRN10 replied to zzyzx's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, but I swear every pt at my hospital gets heparin, so whoever manufactures it is sure making a huge
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    Wow They Are Really Serious - smokers not hired

    NoviceRN10 replied to LemonIndiscretion's topic in General Nursing

    There is only one hospital in my area that I know does not hire smokers, and they state in their application process that you will be tested for nicotine. Just got an email from the President of our...
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    I need some advice!

    NoviceRN10 replied to FtrNrs2012's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't seem as though the OP is asking for medical or legal advice???? She wants to know if anyone else has suffered a painful condition that makes being on your feet an issue, and how she should...
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    Didn't Receive paycheck

    NoviceRN10 replied to TheOracle's topic in General Nursing

    Direct deposit is a beautiful thing
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    Does This Sound Right To You?

    NoviceRN10 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work you cannot transfer to a new position if you have had any write-ups in the past 6
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    Still apply if with less than 1 yr experience?

    NoviceRN10 replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had thought/knew about the one year experience rule listed on so many applications before I quit my first nursing job! I worked 11 months as a nurse tech in an area of nursing that I love,...
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    Single mother questions

    NoviceRN10 replied to MixedBellaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you unable to leave your child with her father the nights you work? That is what some of the single moms I work with