ramonmalino

ramonmalino

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  1. Staff meet and greet

    So I had a phone interview early this week for a unit manager position. I think it went really well and they have asked me to come in to the facility. The first hour I will be there will be a meet and...
  2. New Nurse Graduate-ASN

    Also look at clinic nursing. They will sometimes take new grads and its a good paced environment to work on your assessment and documenting skills. I see alot of people jump right into SNF without...
  3. New graduate nurse-BSN

    Have you tried North Colorado Medical Center? My fioncee applied at McKee, their sister-hospital, and got in. They're usually very good about hiring new
  4. anyone in northern colorado hire new grads?

    North Colorado Medical Center. They're in Greeley. They hire new grads, all units, even ER. Any of the hospitals in the Banner Health Network. Poudre Valley may have some jobs too. PM me if you need...
  5. OR Travel Nursing

    Bekah, I start my first OR travel assignment Jan 2nd. there are plenty of jobs out there, the hospital I currently work at in central NY has openings for travelers. Also there are a lot in Denver,...
  6. travel nursing

    Read the sticky threads. I start my first assignment next month. Before making the decisions on which companies to apply to I read through ALL the posts in those sticky threads. Some are just...
  7. Does anyone live an hour away from there OR job?

    I live an hour away from my job. I'm still new to the OR, I won't be taking call for another 10 months, but my facility has a house that they use for any of the RNs, Scrubs, and Residents on call who...
  8. O.R. orientation 6-9 mos. or 3 mos.?

    Wow. My hospital has us orient to the OR for 12 months if we've never been a
  9. Hospice

    Let me start off by saying that I'm searching for advice. Hx: I'm in my last semester of school from a 4 year program. I'm taking critical care, nursing management and community health. For my...
  10. San Diego Staff vs. Travel Nursing?

    I have a friend who lives in NYC and she does travel nursing, but only in the city. Enough hospitals belong to her agency that she just floats between them. It pays her mortgage and then some. I don't...
  11. A True to Nursing Movie

    Ive spent many days with my friends from class (i'm still a student) talking about how cool it would be to have a tv show about nursing school. They have those shows for doctors why not nurses? I...
  12. New to everything

    The math that you will be doing is relatively simple stuff, if I can do it anyone can hahaha. If you can do simple fractions and very simple algebra (like finding X and cross multiplying) than you...
  13. Male Nurses/female Patients

    I can appreciate that. Me personally, if I ever saw an MD coming at me with a foley I'd send them away and ask for a nurse. I don't even remember the last time I saw an MD put in a
  14. There are many roads into the nursing profession. I am sure you will find one of them. Grades are not the all important determinant of whether you will make a good nurse or not. Keep plugging away and...
  15. Male nurse crying!!!

    your boyfriend is
  16. What do you guys during your off-time?

    I spend my time rooting for the red sox, patriots, celtics, or revolution depending on the season. I play golf and spend time with friends. Lately though, after looking at my post-christmas bank...
  17. Male Nurses/female Patients

  18. Paramedic on Medical Surgical Units outside of just the ER

    I'm not for it at all. It's not that I'm biased against paramedics (my brother and uncle are both very competent paramedics) my problem would be taking away more interventions from nurses. I'll try to...
  19. problem with CNA

    Well said
  20. Large med pass at 6 am!!!!!!

    As a lowly student I can only comment on what we are taught in lecture and clinicals, but it has been drilled into our heads that if the med is ordered for 0900 you have an hour on each end to pass...
  21. Is this a privacy violation?

    There's no room for gossip in
  22. Just wondering if anyone else has career related tattoo's

    The Caduceus was actually first seen on Sumerian clay tablets to represent Enki, the God of Creation, The Earth, the Great Abyss (water), crafts, intellect, medicine and magic. His pictograph was two...
  23. Just wondering if anyone else has career related tattoo's

    I just made an appointment for next wed. First tattoo, really excited, lol. It's a play off of the caduceus but instead of snakes i'm having dragons. Here's why: Many people think that the caduceus is...
  24. Personality Disorder Test...how do you stack up?

    Low on everything, high on Histrionic... sadly, seeing as Im an MHA on 3 psych units, I shoudl have already known
  25. Still No Results!

    IVY, I'm so sorry to hear that. Don't worry you'll get them next time. wait a couple months to take them again. Use the computer CDs. The Test is on the computer, so get used to using one. Get into a...