Have any of you been hired yet. Let me know. The economy seems to be worse than when you posted this. If you did get hired, did you figure out what might have been stopping you from getting hired? I...
inforn43 replied to nursemarie's topic in Private Duty
I am interested in getting into private home health nursing. I really want to take medicare/medicaid to start. There appears to be a need for nurses for moderate income pts. The last company I worked...
I have to agree about not moving to Oregon. It is very tough here. Also, if you can, get a job where you are and keep it. I am also extremely skeptical about the economy, I don't think that things are...
inforn43 replied to handyrn's topic in Agency Nurses
Can one of you please reply right away. I am signed up to start this exact type of job tomorrow. I am really concerned and have a lot of questions. First of all how and when did they pay you? Was it...
I am also in Oregon and was laid off 1 yr ago. I was a CNA for 20 yrs and was never out of work. I wish I had never gone to nursing school. Now I am out of work and owe a bunch of student loans. I...
Personally, I would love to work in a SNF. That is what I have always done so it would be easier for me. When I first graduated I thought I would only work in a hospital, just to get better skills....
When I read the post about over 500 nurses applying at one hospital, I almost passed out. It is always better to know the truth on my last interview for LTC they asked if it was hard to find a nursing...
I hope that everyone realizes that that this economy is not in a cycle. It is not going to recover. We are most likely all just (can't say). I have no advise. I got hurt on my first nursing job, but...
As a nurse manager I am uncomfortable hiring an LPN that wants to work as a CNA. Why would anyone want to do that? Why are they having trouble finding a job as a LPN? Will they be able to only do...
inforn43 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health
Make sure that you get all of the information before you start working and that it is really what you want to do. Please think it all through. If you have kids, will it disrupt your family life to...
inforn43 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health
I work for a very small private duty office so I am the only nurse there. That means I am the only nurse that can take calls. Also I do alot of the scheduling so I am also called if someone is sick. I...