jelly221,RN

jelly221,RN MSN

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  1. Med-Surg floor sucks, and nursing unions

    jelly221,RN replied to coco42rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    OMG come to CA! My hospital starts new grads at $28.28, which is really low for So Cal (most places start around $32, Kaiser is way higher!! =O), but I'm just happy to have a job. Also our ratios...

  2. Graduated 2010 almost gave up nursing.

    jelly221,RN replied to MayuZ's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I work there- they don't hire only new grads, but they do hire a lot of them. As of a few days ago, all the floors were full. I'm sure there will be openings in a couple of months. It is a great...

  3. Los Angeles Area RN Salary

    jelly221,RN replied to YOUNGRN23's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah, Centinela starts new grads at 28.28, but other hospitals close by start at 32-33/hr. That adds

  4. Centinela Hospital Medical Center Nurse Experiences

    jelly221,RN replied to AngelinoRN's topic in California Nursing

    OK, I've been working here for almost 4 months now and I really enjoy it. I think it depends a lot on the floor you're on, but we have a really great team. Of course we have the issues that go with...

  5. Dumb things new nurses do....

    jelly221,RN replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah it'll do that. And geez it does smell horrible! Patients tell me it doesn't taste that bad if you can ignore the smell or hold your breath.

  6. Advice pls, next step in education

    jelly221,RN replied to RHIA, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I just hafta say that nowhere in SoCal, Nevada, or Florida is this true. Neither is it true for the military. I have a BS and an ADN, and I applied all of those places and they don't give a rat's...

  7. Absolutely incompetent...not so sure "it gets better".

    jelly221,RN replied to opossum's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Second this. I'm really sad your co-workers aren't supportive of you. Is there anyone there that's willing to help, or at least listen to your concerns about no one else being willing to? Yeah, I...

  8. Leaving Work at Work

    jelly221,RN replied to yuzzamatuzz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I find that talking through my day with boyfriend helps a lot. He pretty much "gets it" by now that he understands when I'm looking for input on what I could've done better and when I just need to...

  9. New Nurse Needs Orientation Advice

    jelly221,RN replied to Silvergem800's topic in First Year After Licensure

    10 patients is insane!!! What state are you in? Seriously? I have 3 (in a stepdown) and sometimes THAT can get insane if one isn't doing well and I still have to keep up with the others. BTW, for...

  10. Just need to vent to those who understand!

    jelly221,RN replied to N1colina's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Those are the best moments!! Try not to worry about your co-worker, unless she has a valid point that you could learn from. I've been surprised at a couple of people that I work with who've taken...

  11. New Grad: I will NEVER put stuff together

    jelly221,RN replied to LRC_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, you only get 4 weeks of orientation? That's crazy for a peds floor. I wouldn't wait until my 11th shift, I'd let my manager know after 5-6 that I'm gonna need some extra time. I think 3 months...

  12. New Nurse--Organization Tips?

    jelly221,RN replied to CandiceMarie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OP, curious to know how it's going? I'm a new grad too and started on a cardiac DOU at the beginning of the month and LOVE IT. Great staff, awesome charge nurse & preceptor. Makes all the...

  13. New Grads: Lets take action together!!

    jelly221,RN replied to aubrn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    On average, it costs $70,000 to train a new grad. Sad fact it, nursing school is not preparing (most of) us to be nurses when we graduate. School is training us to pass the NCLEX. I'm a new grad,...

  14. new grad, interview tips?

    jelly221,RN replied to Infermero's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    They never look at your transcripts. Start worrying about your connections and make friends with the charge nurses/managers of every unit you do rotations in. Also, start pimping your resume and...

  15. Unemployed & inexperienced New RNs. Vent it out!

    jelly221,RN replied to captain byakuya's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Does that account for just new grads

  16. New Grad, Should I Take the Job?

    jelly221,RN replied to RN313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Take the job. It's so amazing that you found a F/T acute care job. Not even a third of my graduating class (from June '11) has found jobs yet. Worst case scenario= you hate it, stick it out until...

  17. Discrimination, discrimination.. Tell me what you think.

    jelly221,RN replied to MaravillosaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Funny, when I stopped putting "Caucasian" on my applications I started getting jobs. I'm one of 2 white girls on my floor, and one of 4 in my MSN program (my cohort has about 40 people). It can work...

  18. Highest Troponin Levels You've Seen?

    jelly221,RN replied to Dogstar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Oh God, I was terrified reading these posts until I realized my hospital uses a different scale. I had a 3.4 (on our scale) the other day, so 3,400 by the standards here. Huge sub endo, MI silly goose...

  19. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    jelly221,RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    I hafta second SerenePeach's comment.... really??? I'm pretty sure 1/4 of my class flunked the test in peds that had to do with recessive disorders, but only half of the people passed the class. My...

  20. Magnet status? Hospitals choosing BSN new grads. Important!!!! over ADN??

    jelly221,RN replied to mirc88sl's topic in General Nursing

    actually, they are related. the hospital i worked at while in ns was undergoing the "journey to magnet" (oh brother) and all the staff had access to the magnet document. the ancc prefers a higher...

  21. Pets as therapy

    jelly221,RN replied to nyapa's topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys! I'm thinking about doing my thesis for my MSN program on AAT (animal assisted therapy), and I wanted to give this thread a bump and see what people are thinking about it lately. There've...

  22. NEW GRAD, giving FLU SHOTS for the first time....

    jelly221,RN replied to studentkj's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you mean pinch their deltoid, not biceps. I volunteer in a clinic and give immunizations all day long when I'm there. I always tell the kiddos (and adults!) to take a deep breath, look the...

  23. UCLA New Grad RN Program-Winter 2012

    jelly221,RN replied to krx100's topic in California Nursing

    Ahhh, that's different then =). Yeah, I think at this point getting a BSN is always a good idea. I'm in an MSN program (I have a B.S. in another field) and I noticed that as soon as I added the...

  24. Was this a A Violation of Hipaa?

    jelly221,RN replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    No worries, I knew what you meant in your original

  25. Pre employment urine drug screen for nursing home, will they test for alcohol?

    jelly221,RN replied to RN_jobhunting's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OK, I'm curious to know what happened since the OP was so stressed about