lashawn04

lashawn04

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  1. Rejected from dream job

    lashawn04 replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    I've interviewed for what I thought was my dream job and did not get it. I've also interviewed for positions, got rejected, then got an offer after the first choice didn't work out. I have shadowed...

  2. Patient complaint-freaking out!

    lashawn04 replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a patient complaint this year actually. My manager (who I am lucky to have) reads the complaint, checks our notes, then calls us in for our side of the story. She then speaks to the...

  3. Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    lashawn04 replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I made the mistake of working for a for profit hospice agency. We were told to chart decline only and did not offer therapy services. One nurse reported a family to Adult Protective Services and our...

  4. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    lashawn04 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I will admit that I have Bipolar type I disorder. I could care less about the stigma because 1. I am a darn good nurse & 2. It was such a relief to finally have my illness diagnosed. I am an...

  5. Really disappointed with the reality of nursing.

    lashawn04 replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP: Im so sorry to laugh. Its just that you took the words out of my mouth. Your issues are one of the reasons why I made the decision that if I ever, & I mean ever go back as a staff nurse in a...

  6. Anyone attending Mount Carmel Second Degree Program?

    lashawn04 replied to NewDeb07's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I graduated in the 4 year regular program & that was intense in itself. You must stay focused & take advantage of the learning opportunities. One thing about Mt. Carmel is that you are not a #...

  7. Inappropriate Manager

    lashawn04 replied to KittyLovinRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a manager that was very ill fitted for the position they had. While I have only been a nurse for 2 years my other employment experience has taught me to always stand up for whats right but there...

  8. OR nurse as a new grad

    lashawn04 replied to judycollingwell's topic in Operating Room

    Hello, I was in the same situation as you, wanting to be an OR nurse after graduation. I shadowed in th OR & PACU numerous times, but the hospitals I applied to only wanted experienced nurses....

  9. first incident report

    lashawn04 replied to law3576's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree w/ the previous post. I'm a new grad too, graduated in July, and we was told never to mention incident report in the patient's chart. Since the doc wrote that order, it will be a part of the...

  10. Columbus New Grad - need help finding job :(

    lashawn04 replied to emetcal1's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I graduated back in July and had been applying for jobs since OSU had the RN internships posted in Nov 07 and never got a call back. The sad thing is that I worked for a hospital there while in...

  11. Subjective ACLS

    lashawn04 replied to racing-mom4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get this- I wanted to take the ACLS course that my job was offering but was told by the education department that I would have to get permission from my nurse manager because I work in an area that...

  12. Virginia/virginia Beach nursing salaries

    lashawn04 replied to Rplais9058's topic in Virginia Nursing

    They told me something totally different, they emphasized how the $$ wll be on my first check. I do remember them saying that the offer they were giving me was for BSN grads relocating from another...

  13. ohio state anyone??

    lashawn04 replied to Nadia24's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I heard the same thing! I stopped trying for OSU when I received my bachelors from there and wanted to return for nursing and was declined. I'll receive my BSN from Mount Carmel this July. I love the...

  14. Virginia/virginia Beach nursing salaries

    lashawn04 replied to Rplais9058's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I'm relocating from Ohio and accepted a position at Riverside Regional Methodist Hospital for $20.28/hr 7a-7p on the oncology unit. This will be my first job as an RN. Sentara offered me a job @...

  15. Some parents amaze me

    lashawn04 replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. I grew up in a household where my father shot anything up his veins that he thought would make him high and my mother was soooo in love that she basically ignored it and look at me,...

  16. What Was the DUMBEST Request Made By A Patient?

    lashawn04 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    PRICELESS

  17. Some parents amaze me

    lashawn04 replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a PCA on a Pediatric Hem/Onc/BMT unit and there have been two occassions (different teens) who were caught having sex in their Bone Marrow Transplant rooms. BOTH TIMES, the mothers of the teens...

  18. 7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

    lashawn04 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    :oI am so depressed. I have never had an issue with my careplans until I get to my pediatric rotation and on the last day of class i was called to my teacher's office and was told that I failed the...

  19. 7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

    lashawn04 replied to lashawn04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Update- i received a letter of apology from the assistant dean and the course coordinator and the clinical instructor that basically was useless to me will no longer be teaching there after this...

  20. 7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

    lashawn04 replied to lashawn04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here is the update, I went to the preliminary hearing today (basically following the steps before I file an appeal) and was told by these three instructors that on the first day of clinical they did...

  21. 7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

    lashawn04 replied to lashawn04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No!!! The instructor told me to use infection. I used Risk for instead. I do think that I need to review the nursing process though. I will definately check out the links you gave me. I really...

  22. 7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

    lashawn04 replied to lashawn04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you. The problem is that I really didn't get any direction. I received comments such as, "I need senior level work" or, "elaborate more". Even speaking to the teachers face to face didn't help....