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  1. Should I take a job in Nursing home

    piquant replied to Sanhect1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had 3 days orientation in an LTC setting too and it was a nightmare on my first day on my own. But I got through it just fine, after a couple of weeks bombarding my coworkers with lots of questions...

  2. advice on first time acute care travel experience please!

    piquant replied to stellabear's topic in Travel

    Wow! Thats what im worried about my SNF experience too...there's really more action going on in an acute care setting and to adjust from a sub to acute can be nervewracking. I would suggest for you to...

  3. Leaving my LTC job

    piquant replied to CalidreamerRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    How long did you last? Haha! I was in the same position too and two weeks into it I was dreading every day I had to come to work..it was thaaat bad but lo and behold...I stuck it out and I was...

  4. Dealing with well-meaning but stupid questions?

    piquant replied to feelslikefire's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took biology as my first course and back then people would say why not nursing? like if you don't make it to med school then you have a good career to fall back on? well...i didnt push through with...

  5. No one wants to hire a entry level nurse in Nevada, what should I do?

    piquant replied to sheenmarie26's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi sheenmarie! I feel your pain! Here in cali, the minimum reqt is usually one yr to 2yrs acute experience. There are new grad programs but I believe you need to be a fresh grad or at least 1yr since...

  6. Employment process at The Medical City (Ortigas Ave.)

    piquant replied to gfunk_107's topic in Philippines

    hello! has anyone ever tried calling them to ask for the psyche results? I remember when we had pur psyche exam that the results are going to come out a week later. It's been 5months already. any...

  7. The Medical City

    piquant replied to *EosinophiL*'s topic in Philippines

    I took the exam same day as yours, November 6. I haven't received any call or text. I tried to call them once and they can't say whether I passed or not. They just asked me to wait for their text. I...

  8. Filipino Nurses who passed the NCLEX without the help of Review Center

    piquant replied to nursemich's topic in Philippines

    1. What are the materials that you used? Saunders Nclex 2. How many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day? 12 hours. With many breaks in between. 3. How many days or...

  9. The Medical City

    piquant replied to *EosinophiL*'s topic in Philippines

    What about those who took the psych exam Nov 6 2010. Has anybody received a call or text that they made it to the next step? Can someone give us feedback please?

  10. The Medical City

    piquant replied to *EosinophiL*'s topic in Philippines

    i took the psych exam Nov 6 and I never received a call or a text from them. Does that mean that I

  11. The Medical City

    piquant replied to *EosinophiL*'s topic in Philippines

    i still have not received any text from Medical City regarding the results of the psych exam last Nov 6. any feedback?

  12. Lung Center of the Philippines: Basic Skills Training

    piquant replied to prongs's topic in Philippines

    Minimum of 1. Maximum of 5. But in some 'benign' wards, you can have as much as 7patients. It's easy if you have all your patients in one room but more often than not, they're in several rooms. Each...

  13. Lung Center of the Philippines: Basic Skills Training

    piquant replied to prongs's topic in Philippines

    The nice thing about LCP is that you are basically hands-on with the patients, you can do IV insertion, vital signs, meds, IV fluid regulation, cleaning the chest tube sites, changing CTT bottles,...

  14. When will i practice my profession???

    piquant replied to glassdollvn's topic in International Nursing

    i've been asking myself the same question. it's been a year since I graduated and until now I haven't had any training/volunteer experience yet (on May I will be on BST)..then after that I'm thinking...

  15. Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center (Polymedic)

    piquant replied to tron22's topic in International Nursing

    those who have gone through the hiring process/training...the works..please update us...does it really take that long for them to contact their applicants for exam or interview?

  16. Lung Center of the Philippines: Basic Skills Training

    piquant replied to prongs's topic in Philippines

    they need the ANSAP receipt. That's already a proof that you're just waiting for your IVT

  17. Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center (Polymedic)

    piquant replied to tron22's topic in International Nursing

    just called them this morning. it's not for volunteer. it's for pooling, which is good I guess. board rating should be 80 and above and you should have IVT

  18. Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center (Polymedic)

    piquant replied to tron22's topic in International Nursing

    same question as dodoy....is this for staff nurse trainee or volunteer?

  19. Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center (Polymedic)

    piquant replied to tron22's topic in International Nursing

    are they currently hiring? or pooling? If they're at least accepting applicants...that's good, I'll go there

  20. Lung Center of the Philippines: Basic Skills Training

    piquant replied to prongs's topic in Philippines

    no, you will be asked to pay for the BST fee after you passed your

  21. The Medical City

    piquant replied to *EosinophiL*'s topic in Philippines

    Is it advisable to log in again? I went there last March 10, until now I haven't received a call yet. I got a board rating higher than 80 but ..i'm a second courser and came from a not so famous...

  22. Lung Center of the Philippines: Basic Skills Training

    piquant replied to prongs's topic in Philippines

    I did not have a board certificate yet but they still accepted my application. if you have the cert of passing/board rating or the license itself, that will do. better yet, call them first just to...

  23. The Medical City

    piquant replied to *EosinophiL*'s topic in Philippines

    Can anyone please post how to go/commute to The Medical City? I will be coming from EDSA via MRT. Thanks! I will try my luck, I dont know my chances. I hope they will accept my board

  24. Employment process @ St. Luke's Medical Center (e.rod)

    piquant replied to *EosinophiL*'s topic in Philippines

    I heard from my friend that some staff nurses are being transferred from global back to erod because of low volume of patients at global in other words... whatever vacancy they have at erod are being...

  25. Hospitals accepting nurse trainee or volunteer in NCR

    piquant replied to purplebratt's topic in Philippines

    LCP is currently accepting BST applicants. You can call them first to inquire about the requirements. I dont think theyll accept incomplete