Karley9336

i have been with nightingale nurses for a year now and am extremely happy. i started with only a year and a half experience and i was placed immediately. i wanted only michigan. my recruiter was able to comply with my wishes. i know that up to a month ago that they had l & d positions in port huron, but don't know about now. they have always been available when i wanted to talk to them, and check in with me at least twice weekly. they will provide relocation and housing assistance. you can go to their website and submit everything online (application, resume, licence copies, etc...) or via fax. i am very pleased with them in regards to working hard on my behalf. good luck to you. i hope that you do speak with them. if you want to talk to them, the phone number is listed on the website, nightingalenurses.com.

my last two assignments have been about 3 hours from home. i request block scheduling and rent a motel/hotel room for the days that i am there. and drive home after i am done with a block. i find that i make good money that way and get adequate sleep. i have a corporate lodging card that entitles me to a room rate that is cheaper then standard rates and that helps alot also. i end up paying anywhere from $30 to $40 a nite. that is what works for me. it is all individual.

in traverse city, there is munson medical center. near there is also a hospital in petosky (can't think of the name of it....). also paul oliver hospital in frankfort. manistee is west shore medical center and ludington is memorial medical center. muskegon has mercy healthcare (recently merged with hackley hospital). right of the top of my head those are the ones that i can think of. good luck in your search, michigans economy is making it a bit difficult at this time.... with the recent merger of hackley and mercy in muskegon, they are not doing any hiring at this time. for the rest....i am not sure.

you might want to check your "junk" mail folder or "spam" mail folder.... oftentimes things get sent there when your server does not recognize the sender.

http://attacked911.tripod.com/ omg, that gave me goosebumps. all of today at work, i could not help but remember the devastation of that day and i hope that i never forget. i hope that none of us ever forget. i thank all of our heroes from that day and the days/weeks/months and years after that chose to deal with the aftermath and helped those that suffered from the effects of that day. may god always bless you and yours.

i am as anal as the rest, i iron and crease. i just call it personal and professional pride. i don't knock those who don't, i just feel like i am more professional when i look professional too. it is just a self respect thing for me.

miss missy you are right to always ask when in doubt:yeah:. never hesitate to ask what you don't know about, especially in a clinical setting. with any luck your co-workers will be happy to answer questions. the n-clex is a difficult test, but with study you will do fine. as you get close to graduation, do lots and lots of nclex style practice questions. i think that from march till i took my exam in the first part of july, i probably did 100-200 questions a day. i used lippincotts n-clex study guide. lol i am a horrible test taker and thouroughly expected to have to retake the test. happily i did not have to. i am now in my 2nd year of nursing:nurse: and am still asking a zillion questions. good luck in your studies. karlee

i don't want to come off sounding rude or anything like that, but, this is a nursing licensure exam. all questions are geared towards determining a persons compentency to practice as a nurse. .....so no, there is no other focus.

the questions are selected, based on what previous questions were previously missed. say you are going along and doing fine...and then you miss a sata question. they will hit you again with another similar question to give you the chance to prove your competency. so she may have missed one type of question and you a different type. or maybe you did not miss and she did or vice versa. do you see what i am trying to explain? if she missed a prioratization question, the computer program would continue to hit with the type of question until it was determined that the test taker comprehended or not. i hope this helps you.

check out 8northstaffing. my recruiter is rodger kress. excellent pay. great support....so far have not found a downside...but then again...i have not been with them long. website is same as agency name plus dot com. gotta love a computer and a cell phone...cuz he as only as far away as either. office is based out of grand rapids and he came to see me for initial interview. paperwork was all done online and via fax. the company logo is "it's all about you." that says it all, doesn't it? company pays for orientation (not full pay, but at least they want you to have orientation to the facility). they offer per diem and contracts. check it out.

ok......i gotta ask....what is group one???

I am so sorry that you had to experience this awful event. My heart goes out to you and the pain you are dealing with at this time.

CAD=Coronary Artery Disease PVD=Peripheral Vascular Disease

safae, i am by no means an english major, but these are some things that i see just skimming through this. most colleges/universities have an english department that will proofread papers prior to submission. also your computer should have a spellcheck/grammer check on whatever program you are using to keyboard the paper on. check with your school and see if they have the option of submitting a paper to the proper department. one school that i went to we could submit via the library services, and another it was the english department. also find out what program you are using on your computer (word perfect? microsoft word) and find out where the spellcheck option is. good luck with your paper and your future nursing career. karlee

:nurse:Welcome to Michigan, RNCCHP. I am a fairly recent graduate...and I also check the site for non-student postings. Hmmm, maybe we will need sub-topics here....Student postings and Working Nurses in Michigan postings What can we tell you about our Great State? I see by your bio that you are a corrections nurse. Are you planning on going into Correctional Nursing? My husband works at one of the prisons here (Corrections Officer) in Inmate Health. He says that they are "desperately" looking for corrections nurses. No...I am not going there...not out of dislike for the environment...but cuz hubby working there....could cause some conflict and strife, don't ya think ? When are you moving? Please let us know how we can help you.

my a & p had expired by approximately 2-3 months and my school allowed me to "test out". no it was not a clep. i was extremely grateful at the time. it allowed me to start with the next group of students. it also made it much more difficult for me. i have to admit that there was much that i did not remember and i would have to review with each new chapter as we studied the different systems of the body in regards to nursing. i would not recommend that course of action to anyone...there is a reason for their "expiration" dates. i am not saying that everyone would have the same difficulty, i am just saying to think it through before you jump into classes that rely heavily on that previous learning. just my .

i am so sorry to hear of your loss. my prayers are with you.

that was a beautiful, touching story. she was blessed to have you as a nurse. i wish that i could say more, but it is difficult to type with these tears streaming down my face. may god bless you.:heartbeat

our thoughts and prayers are with you and our tears fall with yours. god bless you at this time of need and sorrow.

Miss Mab, perhaps she means Nursing Program? Just my .

chantix:up:, god bless chantix. i smoked for hmmm, 35 years.... quit/abstained many times...difficult quits every one of them, except when i was pregnant...then it was a no brainer:tinkbll:. i started on chantix mid november with no quit date in mind...just took the med...found that i was smoking less and less....set my quit date for jan 1st...no...it was/is not a new years resolution:dncg:! smoke free now for over a month.....and now my husband is trying the chantix also!!! i joined a:pumpiron: gym before i quit smoking and have been religious about going when i am able...still am fighting the battle of the bulge, but...i think that i am winning!:w00t: i won't say it is always easy with my husband smoking:scrm:, but for my health and his...i had to quit. when i started quitting chantix was not covered by our insurance....as of last week when my husband checked...it is now covered....oh...and added incentive for myself...i take the money that i would have spent on ciggies....and buy myself something totally self indulgent.....diamonds are my current favs...... when i think that i may want a ciggie.....i get up and walk to the basement...(where my new gym equipment is:yeah:) and by the time i get back upstairs...the urge is gone. if i get the urge when i am not at home...i tell my self to wait five minutes... by the time five minutes have passed...i usually have forgotten about it... i feel for me that this is an especially appropriate forum...cuz i am a nicotine addict....and it would be all too easy to revert back to the habit....guess i'll just wait five minutes....see if i still want one...nah...i will just look at the new diamond ring i just bought... good luck to all those that are quitting...attempting to quit...thinking about quitting..... try chantix...get support....get gum.....get diamonds...lol.

i wrote mine to my unit manager and addressed her by name in it. not trying to hijack your thread, but on the same subject....what is a normal "notice"? my previous job, i gave a two week notice and when i talked to the unit manager 5 months later...she told me that was not sufficient notice:banghead:. my co-workers whom i got along with well, did not see any problem with that amount of time.:thnkg: :[anb]:

I am so proud of becoming a nurse. I have to state that right from the get go. I waited till my children were grown, and then started my education to become a nurse, I had a few set backs along the way...but, I did it....and YES, I AM proud to be a nurse. I will be 50 years old in a couple of days...and I am a new graduate nurse (RN). No, I do not run amok telling all and sundry. And yes, I do have a pin that my son bought me on graduation that says my name followed by REGISTERED NURSE. If I had vanity plates to go on my car proclaiming my achievement, I would have them on there also....My point is, that we have all worked hard to achieve this goal, and most of us wanted to do this to help others....not just in a place of employment, but because that is what is in our nature. I do not personally believe that because we wear scrubs, that Nominates us as victim of the day. Circumstance nominates us for that (wrong place/wrong time...right perpetrator) If we remain a victim after that, that is because either conciously or unconciously we Choose to be. Oh my...I did get on my high horse there, didn't I? I guess what I am trying to say....is NO I do not hide the fact that I am a Nurse (I am too darned proud of the fact to hide it).

Do Not forget Risk for Developemental Delay in your Peds Diagnoses. Most children in hospital are outside their natural environment which takes them away from their ADLS which promote physical developement, they are also away from their little friends (school, daycare, siblings, etc) which puts them at risk for psychological/emotional delays.