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LOL It was a housekeeper that taught me how to breastfeed!!! She came in to empty the trash and I was in bed visibly frustrated. She asked me how I was doing and i told her I could be better if only I could get him to eat. She came over and said "oh girl your doing it all wrong, she proceded to prop my feet up on an empty trash can, propped some pillows under my arms and under baby told me to straighten my back and raise him up" I had been visited by the lactation consultant and 2 RNs and still couldnt get the hang of it, but thanks to the housekeeper I was able to figure it out!!!

ya i would be ticked too...children and breathing in my mind take precedence!!

my daughter got her CNA lic in 2 weeks through a temp agency. 40 hours of class time and that was it and it cost less than 200.00 bucks.

I could never do office work, but some good friends of mine love it. before taking an office job ask to shadow for a few days to make sure that is the path you want to go...

If I find my self in a nursing home I want to be as snowed as possible. If I dont have a "hook up" I would be looking for one!! In the mean while at least get the poor woman a nicotene patch!!

nursing allows me to only work 36 hours a week nights and weekend and still make a decent anual wage. I may have missed a few things but I am pretty sure my kids still know I love them!!

I got ahold of the board--they said all out of state applicants automatically get sent the ink cards---as there is a clause if you are out of state you DO NOT have to get the electronic ones done....Didnt know that. So I am good. Thanks

Is she being open minded as in wiling to work nights and weekends?? As she may have to take those scheduals just to get her foot in the door. I am a nurse in Indiana and most of my nurse friends have 2 jobs!! I have honestly never met an unemployed nurse--I see she has applied down in the Indy areas so I am assuming that is where you live---I have a friend at St.Vincents and I know they have recently hired and I know she is working gobs of OT due to short staffing...has your wife applied at a staffing agency? That would get her foot in the door at a few places and be able to network. Its all about the interview---your resume gets you in front of the hiring mgr but thats it, Does she say she is floundering and choking up in the interview process? Maybe she should call into some HRs and inquire about doing a job shadow for a few shifts, if the staff finds her to be kind, smart and a good worker they will have alot of pull with the hiring mgr.

I went into nursing due to flexible hours/decent pay check for the hours I work and am able to use my mind and my hands---plus I am a social person and the thought of working behind a desk drives me CRAZY. Nursing was a win/win choice for me and my family. For those nurses that say "I dont do it for the money" my standard response is "oh so your a volunteer?"

If I were you I would call PearsonVue personally and then ask them to follow up verifying what they said to you in an Email. You dont want any little glitches to happen before you test. I dont know the answer and I dont know if I would take the advice of a stranger on an anonymous message board for something so important.

I am sure you have seen some of the other students through out the years, are they wearing the skirts?? I am only assuming they would have no use for the skirts once school is out, our school had a program that the Srs would donate thier school scrubs to the oncoming freshman, there was always a box of used scrubs in the nursing office---saved me a bunch of cash!!

At my new ER job I got 6 shifts. 3 on days and 3 on nights. by 2nd shift I was basically on my own only finding my mentor if I couldnt find something or was stumbling through the computer. My 1st job out of school in an ICU I got 4 weeks. 2 weeks on days and 2 on nights...but my orientation was more along the lines of "hollar if you need anything"

I commend you for saying that---it is 100% true. With out a paycheck you can not provide your kids the basics to survive. My kids know I love them and even if a miss a ball game or a school program it does NOT mean I love them any less. Life is all about give and takes and kids need to learn that lesson as well.

I work every single Friday/Saturday night too...we just pack some family fun into the weeknights the best we can. i try to make sure I do all the week day stuff with my kids my friends that work M-F 8-5 cant do, like vol at the school, go on all the field trips...also there are many specials offered during the week that are NOT offered on the weekends, the movie theater has buy 1 get 1 free admission on Tuesdays...the local dinner has kids eat free on Thursdays. So we get some fun family time in.

I see no problem at all in what you did. Pt seems to be A/O enough to handle his own meds--pts have rights to have thier meds and if he was cognitive enough to know to request them if things ran late (and they always do) by all means he has the right to stay on sched with his sinemet.. If your not doing what is best for your pts due to the potential "wrath" of the DON ---that is a clue to be looking for a different job!

LOL Sorry but I laughed out loud at the bleeding question---ya know if I would have seen the response pale skin with out reading the rest of the choices I would have picked it too...your right pale skin, but of course you know the soaked clothes is a better!! LOL...give yourself a break...You did fine, you boss doesnt care it is just a form thier boss is making them give the staff....

I was also a stay at home mom for many years---]but I am sure your like me in the fact you didnt just 'stay home" play up any volunteer stuff you did, all those hours put in at the kids school, girl scouts, ]boy scouts, vacation bible school etc etc etc...it takes alot of organizational skills to manage 4 kids, a home, a spouse and attend nursing school...this is your time to do some bragging on yourself...you worked hard in school and managed to get through it while still managing a household...Good luck!

I did ask HR and they said the electronic ones should ]be fine, in fact they thought that was the ONLY way the ohio bon accepted fingerprints now...I will look online for an email address.

I paid 75.00 for my electronic F]bi and bci? fingerprints to be sent to the Ohio bon to get a lic by endorsement---on saturday I get a packet in the mail from the board with the manual ink type of fingerprint cards...the cost for those is soemthing like 34 for fbi and 28 for bci. ] ]I have called 3x to the board with no return call. Why do i have to do both---has any one else had to do this. Does any one know about this? If the digital electronic ones sent---I know they did, because the new hosp I am going to work for said they got thier copies, then why do I have to do the manual ink ones??

OMG the kitchen comment hit the nail on the head for me---as when did the kitchen staff get to trump the nurses opinion in pt care----.

Not the case in Indiana, I have 2 part time jobs 1 with full benefits only working 2 days a week and 1st of the year I just started a a 3rd part time PRN job where I will make about 14.00 more an hour!!! FYI that new PRN job is in Ohio-- If I answered my phone every day I could easily work 7 days a week, every day I am off I get a call asking if I can work!! I might add these are not prime day jobs--2 are night jobs one in an ER and one in an ICU and the other is vaccinations at the public health clinic from 12-4 4-6x a month.

If your the main bread winner and your not working--thats a problem. You need to get a job-any job-any shift. Your a more desirable candidate if your already employeed!!!! So take the night job and keep looking for somewhere to work days. You will also be in a better posistion to trans to days or pick up day shifts if your a current employee. In todays world there is no reason you should not be working!!!

I have 3 jobs and still have plenty of time at home. It can be done, it just needs organization and planning. I have 1 primary job and the other 2 I work around the primary schedual. With so many people out of work right now, I feel blessed to have 3 jobs!! One more reason I love being a nurse!!! I agree to the above--never call off one to go to the other. I have my main job--my other 2 know my set schedual. I then have a high paying part time PRN- I will work for them any time it is not during one of my sched primary shifts. 3rd job is very part time, only about 6 days a month giving vacinations at the health clinic--I have my sched about 6 month ahead of time and it is 4 hour shifts during the day--other 2 jobs are at night.

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I am loyal to ME. I chose to work the ]baylor hours because I get paid more for the time I am there. I chose to work a PRN job because I get almost 15.00 more an hour than I do working my benefited baylor job. I will be the 1st one to come in if I can, but will only do it for time and a half. I am never late, I stay till my job is done. My patients love me because I am very good to them, my team mates love me because I do my work and dont sit around griping. My mgr loves me because she can count on me. The day the mess with my pay--or do not compensate me for my time is the day I look for another job. ] ]It can be a win/win. You treat me good and I will work for you and do a good job---treat me poor and I will work for someone else and do a good job for them. ] ]I am loyal to me and my family 1st.