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  1. Hello, I'm a nurse with experience in home care, medical surgical, telemetry, and inpatient psychiatric nursing. What could I do to get a job in Post Partum nursing? It seems most places are either looking for New Grads with past related precep...
  2. Hi! Thanks so much for your feedback! Is there any particular company/organization that teaches lactation education that's recognized as being best to learn from or get certifications from for nurses? Thanks! Jo
  3. Hi, I've noticed that most hospitals require NICU experience in order to apply for jobs but how can one get into this specialty without any pediatrics/baby/NICU experience? Thanks!
  4. How to get NICU job without experience?

    Wow thank you so much to everyone who replied with great tips and insights!! I've had experience in medsurg and mental health and working with families so hopefully parts of those experiences and skillsets will apply towards the NICU setting. I have ...
  5. How to get NICU job without experience?

    Thanks so much for your time and input!! I found it quite helpful ? Are there any courses online or otherwise that might help prepare me for the NICU setting?
  6. Hello, I'm curious about case management as a potential next job in mental health nursing & there is currently a position that is mostly clinic based that I'm looking at. Does anyone work in such a setting and what is your typical day like? Do yo...
  7. Gosh, this is an old thread but hopefully people who have been in these programs or similar ones can still see this and chime in! I'm interested in becoming a Diabetes Nurse Educator and see that several people mentioned the same here. I was wonderi...
  8. Davey Do, Wow that's a lot of stuff you did! Would you say that patients in the outpatient setting were generally more calm and stable compared to inpatient patients on average? I understand especially working with Crisis Stabilization or when patien...
  9. Every Learning LPN, Thanks so much for all your insight and tips! I have actually been working in a locked psych facility for the past 2.5 years now and I totally understand all the things you've described though there's some useful info I can apply ...
  10. SF Bay area lactation courses for RNs?

    Thank you for your input!! :)
  11. Hello! I am aspiring to become a postpartum nurse (have had some years of experience in various other types of nursing so far but wanting to break into the PP world. Recently spoke with a unit manager who suggested learning about breast feeding as a...
  12. SF Bay area lactation courses for RNs?

    This was Exactly the information I have been looking for!! I wasn't sure what was appropriate for me to take or not and also the lactation course info I found on my own was super extensive and a little much for the current time but your info and opti...
  13. So in nursing school, they teach that you should auscultate all four quadrants for bowel sounds, and if you hear nothing you should listen for 5 minutes until you say that they are absent (if you hear none). In your practice do you always listen fo...
  14. Hello, I'm studying for the Nclex-rn test which i'll be taking on july 23rd, and I'm using the Saunders review book (2008 edition). Has anyone used this book and how was your experience? People recommend practicing questions more than anything and ...
  15. Hello, My brother (who's in business) says I should bring a nice portfolio to keep my things in. Preferably one with my university name on it. Now, what kind of things should I bring to an interview that would go in there? So far, I can think of: I...
  16. Sorry if that title had some grammatical errors ^_^, but anyway, I had my senior preceptorship in pediatrics, specifically on a surgical unit in a children's hospital. Since jobs are hard to come by right now I am wide open to all sorts of nursing j...
  17. Hi, how soon should I call the nurse manager of a unit if I applied for a job on the unit and shift that i precepted on (to let her know i applied/am interested/etc.)? I applied yesterday, and the job was posted the day before. Should I just call t...
  18. haha, well actually i did ask near the end of my preceptorship and there weren't any openings in the foreseeable future at the time. But i ended up calling today :)
  19. What # of questions did u pass the NCLEX with?

    i passed with between 110-120 questions, in 1hr 45min. I was more aware of my time than the number of questions since i knew that pacing myself was more important than the actual number of questions (which you really have no control over)
  20. Thanks for all the great feedback/input everyone! I'm always amazed by how fast people respond to questions on this forum, it's awesome!
  21. Thanks everyone for the great info, and especially that link guiltysins!! I actually just remembered that i had to purchase a book called "Davis's Nclex-RN Success" by Sally Lambert Lagerquist. And there's over 1,000 nclex-type questions in there...
  22. Wow thanks for all the great feedback! Is it also typical to receive a scenario where you are asked to talk about your first actions/responses?
  23. Hello, I have several questions for you if you have been interviewed before or have held interviews: This will be my first nursing interview (actually my first interview in general ^_^) and it's for a new grad training program at a children's hospita...
  24. I blew my first interview!!!!!

    I'm sure you will do better on your next one!!! Everyone gets nervous sometime, you can't help that. But you Can practice thinking in a more positive way, by thinking of how much you want the position you're applying for, and how that eagerness to ta...
  25. Hi, I am a new grad and have a strong interest in eventually becoming a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist because I like the idea of having psychotherapy sessions, most likely in pediatrics. I am planning on working a few years on a pediatric me...