career#2

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1. I have no idea what to do

   career#2 replied to LadyJoce's topic in General Nursing

   Just another post to let you know that you are not alone. I wish I had some advice for you. I do have advice for those about to enter nursing school or already on your way, get a job in a hospital. Any job. They seem to be the people that were hired....

2. Drug seekers

   career#2 replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

   Wow. Drug seekers vs. truly sick. Aren't the drug seekers just as 'sick' as the lol with a hip fx? What a way to spend your life - what to get, where to get it, how much you're going to get. Lose your job, your home, your car, your child, your freedo...

3. Lawyer to Nurse

   career#2 replied to layne228's topic in Career Support

   And hindsight is 20/20! One of the funny things though is that had I not done this, I would have always wondered. And the unhappiness/wanting something more probably would have continued to grow. I think that it's because of this experience that I ca...

4. Lawyer to Nurse

   career#2 replied to layne228's topic in Career Support

   I would think long and hard about it. I was in a similar position several years ago and decided to go the nursing route. I had taken some time off from my prior career after having my children and was working in a family business that offered more fl...

5. Frustration & No RN Job Opportunities

   career#2 replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in New Nurse

   Sorry my post yesterday was looooonnnggg on the rant and short on advice. It is just so frustrating. To make matters worse this area had only been graduating associate degree RNs. This year a local college will also be graduating a class of BSNs f...

6. Frustration & No RN Job Opportunities

   career#2 replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in New Nurse

   No advice here....but I feel your pain. I'm in S. Jersey. Today was just about the last straw for me. I've been applying to every job that I come even close to meeting the requirements for. Im a May 2009 grad., 3.86 gpa, no prior healthcare exper...

7. To flush or not to flush...advice please.

   career#2 replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

   I think one of the things being overlooked in this to flush or not to flush discussion by some in the always flush camp is that if the tubing has been primed with the appropriate medication and is not intended to be flushed (as some have mentioned), ...

8. Years Experience on the white board

   career#2 replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

   That's just funny. Laugh out loud kind of funny.

9. Typical 11-7 in LTC?

   career#2 replied to career#2's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you for your input. I think I'm starting to warm up to the idea. Have any of you started in LTC and gone on to work in a hospital? If so, was the transition difficult? Along with the preconcieved notions, I'm afraid of being 'stuck' there. ...

10. Typical 11-7 in LTC?

    career#2 posted a topic in Geriatric

    The other post regarding a typical day in LTC was so helpful, I thought I'd go ahead and ask. I'm a new grad (new to nursing, that is) and have been somewhat resistant to applying to LTC. Lots of preconceived notions about what LTC is and isn't. S...

11. All Long Term facilities are NOT the same.

    career#2 replied to Katie5's topic in Geriatric

    I went in one the other day, too. Beautiful lobby, no unpleasant smells at all, and...get this, absolutely beautiful real roses on a small table in the lobby. So confused that we had to touch them. The no unpleasant smell thing was so obvious that...

12. Do you need an order to give the flu vaccine?

    career#2 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked flu immunization clinics this year and that was my first question. Standing order. It was physically present at each and every clinic that I participated in. Ditto what previous posters said about screening for contraindications/consent/l...

13. This morning I sat with a patient as he died

    career#2 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Even in the face of such difficult times for a new grad such as myself, stories like this make me so proud to be able to say that I am a nurse. Thank you.

14. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    career#2 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

    Would have to agree that there seems to be something to this 'trick'. Took the NCLEX on the 9th and found out about an hour ago that I passed!!!! 4 of my classmates that I know of have also tried it. All of them have passed and the 'trick' was correc...

15. So, tell me again why you suddenly want to be a nurse...?

    career#2 replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's just funny! I am the 'and their mother' that was mentioned in the original post. I had 2 or 3 things that I wanted to be in high school - and yes, a nurse was one of them. Didn't think I could do it - the idea of needles freaked me out. A cat...