ORTech2RN

ORTech2RN has 7 years experience.

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1. Interview Panel, riddle me this?

   ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   My apologies if this has been posted to the incorrect forum. Mods, please move if so. I was recently interviewed for a position in primary care. I currently work for the VA, so this would have...

2. Possibly the Worst Hiring Experience Ever

   ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Nursing

   It's honestly the worst experience I've had with a hiring process. If your not interested in hiring someone, don't waste time with physicals and the like. It's really mystifying why a company would do...

3. Possibly the Worst Hiring Experience Ever

   ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Really don't know where to start, other than to say that the post title is probably misleading, since I don't even know if I *was hired.* Here's my story-I was looking for a PRN job to stay busy a...

4. New Job, Did I Make a Mistake?

   ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Nursing

   Update.....I'm thinking I will call my previous Nurse Manager today and try to come back, even if it's nights. I just can't deal with this level of boredom. I have done, maybe, 30 minutes of work in...

5. New Job, Did I Make a Mistake?

   ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Nursing

   It's mental health, and kind of a new concept

6. New Job, Did I Make a Mistake?

   ORTech2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Anyone ever make a job change within the field and feel like they have made a mistake? I think I have! I went from being a night shift RN in an ICU stepdown to a very useless feeling outpatient...

7. Too ugly to be a nurse..?!?

   ORTech2RN replied to RandomNurse2b1's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a 40 something year old guy with deep acne scarring and putting on a middle aged gut. If I ever had years I looked good, they are probably long gone. Here's the thing: I don't care. I'm married,...

8. Experience with the VA?

   ORTech2RN replied to bailey1015's topic in Government, Military

   More pros than cons, that's for sure. Best pay I've ever had. Benefits are hard to match. 5 weeks of Annual leave per year. Separate bank for Sick leave in which one accumulates 4 hours of SL per...

9. My Experience with VA Nursing Proficiency

   ORTech2RN posted a topic in Government, Military

   Did not want to piggy back on the earlier thread, but my experience with this process is very frustrating. My Nurse manager submitted mine back in August 2017. I still had not heard from the board by...

10. VA Proficiency Nurse III Frustration & Appeal

    ORTech2RN replied to Sarah918's topic in Government, Military

    Boy, do I have experiences in this area. I recently have been shot down for promotion to Nurse II. I wrote a very similar proficiency to another coworker (whom had less time in the VA), and was shot...

11. Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think this is the only recourse. However, I don't expect a clean resolution. I would expect retaliation and I wonder how management will treat this. I work for the federal government, where they...

12. Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am heterosexual, I'm pretty sure she is aware of this. Unless s he perceives something else, I don't know. I'm honestly stumped. I'm 43, and have worked various job since I was 16, never had an...

13. Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    ORTech2RN replied to ORTech2RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    That's where, inevitably, I think this will lead to. I have no idea why she suddenly decided to target me. It's growing old and I'm pissed that she feels she can walk in to our unit and insult me for...

14. Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    ORTech2RN posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    Hey guys, strangest situation I've probably found myself in. Been an RN since 2011, and worked health care since 2003, never had a problem working with women. Not one. I have an RN on our unit,...

15. VA Hiring Process

    ORTech2RN replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    I didn't know anyone either. I was on active duty (US Army) from 99-03. I know it's stated that prior service gets points in the hiring process, but I doubt how much weight that really carries. I was...