xoemmylouox ASN, RN

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  1. First congrats on landing a job in Michigan as a new grad!!! :yeah:Good luck and ask lots of
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    what do I do? failed hesi have to settle for lpn!!

    There is a school in this area that requires the students to take tests similar to the HESI every semester. If you fail it you cannot progress further until you pass. They also have a limit to how...
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    Some school districts moving to LPNs to save money

    Most schools don't even have a nurse there anymore. I know one nurse who now splits her time between 2 schools in one week.. So every week she is at school A - 3 days a week and school - B only 2....
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    how many nurses have two jobs?

    Sadly I have 3 jobs - 1 full time , 1 part time, and 1 PRN. I don't want to work 3, but with me being the only income right now I don't really have a
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    Hanging IV bags

    I agree.. No need to change unless there is a specific
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    Mistake??

    So I went into nursing to help people, but I just don't feel like I am doing that. I have worked in a few different settings, and all I feel like I do is push pills/treatments on people. When I worked...
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    Mistake??

    I thought about surgery.. Any specific way you got into it or was it just by
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    LPN's travel nurse

    I know everyone is anxious to get a job, but being a travel nurse without even a year of experience is just crazy to me. You are most likely going to get the toughest cases and you need to know how to...
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    So grateful to have a job but I'm hating it =(

    I think that most new nurses feel this way regardless of where they start to work. Did you get any sort of orientation/training to the floor? Med/Surg is very hard, but in time hopefully you will...
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    accidently let my license lap!!!!

    From other posts on here it doesn't sound like Georgia is very nurse
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    Restrictive Resuscitation

    In my home health exp there is cases of restrictive resuscitation. It is noted in MANY places in the chart. One example was ok for oxygen, but no chest
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    Endorsement concerns

    I am a nurse in Indiana. I am thinking of relocating to GA. I am worried the board will not approve the school I went to. It is not NLN certified ( I though it was at the time- long story there of...
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    I'm a pregnant postpartum nurse . . .

    I try to avoid places like that for the same reasons. People who know nothing, think they know everything, and misinform the
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    Patient beds in hallways

    This happens sometimes at our local hospital. Sometimes there is just no where else.. I know as soon as a bed opens they are put in a room.. Just makes you wonder if they d/c people early just so they...
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    LoSt JoBs!!!!

    I don't fell sorry for them as much as hope they can find something. Being told you have until Jan 2011 and then being told you have until May 2010 is a big difference. I hope some of them are in...
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    Dream job interview tomorrow!

    :hpygrp:
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    Job Scam- Wanted to give a heads up

    Thanks for the heads up..
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    NON NLN or CCNE accredited schools

    I have run into this problem as well. In times like today where there are more nurses than jobs, many places are able to set and stick to higher requirements. Perhaps when things even out more those...
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    Loving Care Agency

    I have not worked for them, but I have heard first hand from other nurses who do work for them.. I have only heard good things, unlike many of the other homecare
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    Scape Goat

    I would hire a lawyer as this has been suggested by
  21. :anpom::dncgbby: congrats!!! it is great to hear some good
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    Are you kidding?

    Don't feel bad.. You are just very stressed about finding a job. Just use this as an example to take a deep breath and start
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    UPDATE on my battle with the GA LPN BON

    I cannot believe how much they are putting you through. This is insane. I have never heard of something so crazy!! Good luck to
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    New Workplace Guidelines

  25. There is a ton of paperwork no matter what nursing job you take. I have found that you need to "triage" your work. ASAP messages and referrals stay on top. Things that can wait go on the bottom. There...