st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3

st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3

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  1. Relocating

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to FazRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Thanks, I might be relocation to AZ as well. I love Craigslist. If you have things to get rid of when you move, Craigslist is also good. I sold and gave away a whole bunch of stuff before I relocated...

  2. Boswell Memorial Hospital ??

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to lawrence01's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Is it still like this? I had an interview the other

  3. Perfume Policy?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to smileynurseohio's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. I knew a doctor like that, but it only happened on some days. Others it wasn't even noticable. Unless I got use to

  4. How did you decide on what type of nurse you wanted to be?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to CaringForLind's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am still dibbling and dabbling in Med/Surg. I am not sure what I would like to do yet. I must say I did like Alzheimer's. That was my first nursing job.

  5. Ever pull the wrong med from the right cubie in the Pyxis?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I love what you said. That is exactly what I was thinking. You always have to check

  6. New Traveler

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to travelnurse229's topic in Travel

    I have met some great travel nurses that I still talk to. I wish I could travel, but I am not sure with my mixed experience that I would get anything. Sounds exciting to be somewhere different all the...

  7. Perfume Policy?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to smileynurseohio's topic in General Nursing

    I definately agree with the deodorant part. I have never dealt with a policy with perfume, but with the nails and and one place you weren't aloud to smoke on hospital property period, so no smoking....

  8. How do you pay your sign-on bonus back?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't sign a contract about paying it back. The document I signed just has the amount of the bonus I would get and shift differentials. I am just very worried, because I need my last check. My...

  9. How do you pay your sign-on bonus back?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone have a copy of the law for this? I can't seem to find

  10. Just got a JOB in the ER as a NEW GRAD SOOO EXCITED!!!

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to Italia13 RN's topic in Emergency

    Congrats... :w00t: least someone is getting a job around

  11. How do you pay your sign-on bonus back?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in General Nursing

    Oh well, and my life goes

  12. I quit my job, need a letter...

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in some pretty bad places through out my career. It hasn't been that long. Everywhere I seem to go is a disaster. Ever since I left my last job to get Med/Surg experience, I haven't...

  13. I quit my job, need a letter...

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the advice. I thanked you for your post. I realize that nursing isn't an easy job, but this had nothing to do with any of the things listed. It became a hostile work environment......

  14. Dating co-workers

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to jerenemarie's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done that. Bad idea all the way around. Some places have a policy against dating coworkers, or even working with someone you are married to. I found out the hard way. Seems I was dating...

  15. I quit my job, need a letter...

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks I am feeling pretty crappy about the whole thing. Wish they would of done something about it the first time. I am getting worried that they will screw me over some how. I keep reading the BON...

  16. Now I understand why there is a nursing shortage

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    Talking about ratios I have had 7:1. This last place sometimes you had an aid and sometimes you didn't. That made is difficult. From reading all the responces there seem to be some great places to...

  17. Exit Interview

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to travelcrazyRN's topic in Travel

    Isn't it against the law to say things other then dates of employment or if you would hire them back or not? It was this way where I was from. If that is not the case, TravelcrazyRN then maybe do...

  18. Exit Interview

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to travelcrazyRN's topic in Travel

    I have known travel nurses who have done it. It is a really bad place to work. No one wants to be there. You think they would get the picture... How would it come back and bite you in the butt? Not...

  19. License for compact states

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Nursing

    So if I haven't lived in a state for longer than six months I have to get another license in that state? Just wondering, because I have a license in Massachusetts. Only lived in New Mexico for three...

  20. How is it like to be an RN in Vegas?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to dhel28's topic in Nevada Nursing

    This is just what happened to me the other day. Ugh. :angryfire I was just thinking of coming there as a travel nurse. I figure I my as well look around before I make a big commitment. I would like...

  21. Anyone resign due to hostile work environment?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    I just did it myself. I have been through it before and let it last for months. I didn't want to have to be miserable going to work

  22. Now I understand why there is a nursing shortage

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    Try where I work. A nurse from the previous shift apparently put medications in a sippy cup for a four-year-old. When I went to give him meds I had to teach the parents that it wasn't a good idea to...

  23. What do Case Managers do?

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to Krither's topic in Case Management

    Thanks for the tips and the website. I have an offer at the current hospital I work for, but I can't apply till April. So I want to do a little research to see if it is what I really want to

  24. CM interview tomorrow

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to SICU Queen's topic in Case Management

    Congratulations to all of you. Case management is something I am interested in as

  25. how to get started in CM

    st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3 replied to hopeful84's topic in Case Management

    Great forum. I am very interested in Case Management. My mentor does this now and loves it. I have worked in Sub-Acute and Alzheimer's in a skilled nursing facility and now working Med-Surg just to...