Work in Progress

Work in Progress

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  1. Should i quit?

    Work in Progress replied to Lsugal731's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Maybe you could get in to talk to a counselor. I don't mean that as an insult or anything, but it seems you are going through a lot and that it is impacting your performance. A lot of campuses have...

  2. Please help, instructor wants diagnosis not related to Fundamentals

    Work in Progress replied to nursetobehopefully's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Activity intolerance can also be related to her CHF. What about fluid volume excess related to CHF and chronic renal insufficiency? You would need some more data to back that up (edema, crackles in...

  3. Quality/ Performance Improvement

    Work in Progress replied to caeRn's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to what everyone else said about not understanding your role and the tension between admin/floor nursing, I have to say that there is a component of resentment. These nurses have been...

  4. Quick question about IV starts.

    Work in Progress replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I am doing my preceptorship uses lidocaine for every IV stick per hospital policy. This is a new QI initiative, so I just read all of the literature provided when they started the...

  5. anyone applying to CU for 2010?

    Work in Progress replied to Sand_Dollar's topic in Colorado Nursing

    No problem. I hope it actually helps. The reasons for new grads not getting hired are numerous. There is still a nursing shortage that will get worse as the baby boomers retire. It is still a good...

  6. New Graduate Nurse Resume

    Work in Progress replied to Lizzie21's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I am not a recruiter or anything, but my mom is a mental health center director and has a lot of experience in hiring. She gave me some GREAT tips on resume building. I also had a great lecture from...

  7. nursing home jobs for new grads?

    Work in Progress replied to ang_rd's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I have very little to offer you, but as it looks like no one has answered, I will give you what I know. I know one woman who graduated in December with a BSN that is working in a nursing home in...

  8. How long between graduation and NCLEX?

    Work in Progress replied to Work in Progress's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Jeez! Thanks for telling me that. I hope I don't have to wait that long, or the job search will be even harder and our savings is already seriously dwindling. Plus, I just don't think I could take...

  9. To those who live in Colorado

    Work in Progress replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Colorado Nursing

    klone- I did my L&D clinical at UCH and loved it! I hope you do, too. Are you going to be in the Birth Center (low risk c midwifery and family practice) or the high risk floor? Either way, it...

  10. anyone applying to CU for 2010?

    Work in Progress replied to Sand_Dollar's topic in Colorado Nursing

    As a soon to be graduate of CU I have a couple of things that may help you out. I had no experience in health care and no experience as a volunteer when I applied and got in. It may be helpful to do...

  11. will pending case of shoplifting will show in background check?

    Work in Progress replied to Racharina's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    It probably will show up. I am not an expert on these things, by any means, but I am pretty sure pending things show up. I would just be up front with the school. Let them know what happened, what...

  12. July 2010 UCH New Graduate Residency Program

    Work in Progress replied to emz88's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Well, I heard a little rumor about the residency program. It is just a rumor, but if it is true it may benefit you. Apparently, they like to hire either people who work as ACPs (nurse interns) for...

  13. July 2010 UCH New Graduate Residency Program

    Work in Progress replied to emz88's topic in Colorado Nursing

    It is very depressing. I applied to the one PSL job that was taking new grads as well, and that nurse recruiter rejected me within 12 hours and said he had 250 applicants for one job, so he went...

  14. CU-Denver Nursing Program

    Work in Progress replied to Lindsey14's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I think that is pretty normal. And then it is in knots again when you are about to start. Then when you are about to start a new class/clinical. Then when you are about to graduate and applying for...

  15. CU-Denver Nursing Program

    Work in Progress replied to Lindsey14's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Thanks! Just so you know, I had VERY little volunteer experience (I had volunteered maybe a total of 30 hours in my life, and that included a community service project in HS) Play up the diverse...

  16. anyone applying to CU for 2010?

    Work in Progress replied to Sand_Dollar's topic in Colorado Nursing

    It is actually not as competitive as you would think. There is definitely this idea that you shouldn't work during nursing school and it is NOT true. You really need that experience to get a job! If...

  17. Do doctors really yell at you, and get away with it?

    Work in Progress replied to copyandpaste's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Colorado, and although I am just a student (graduating in a month) I have also worked as a nurse intern. I have never witnessed any yelling at a nurse by a doctor. Families, yes, I have...

  18. anyone applying to CU for 2010?

    Work in Progress replied to Sand_Dollar's topic in Colorado Nursing

    For the most part, I really enjoyed the program! There were bureaucratic frustrations and such, but even so, I would still recommend the program. It is challenging, but not overly so. It is not like...

  19. UK RN/RM work as a CNM in USA?

    Work in Progress replied to RNpinky's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    There is a link provided on the ACONM site... and in FAQs they say it is very difficult to practice in the US as a foreign trained midwife- but here is the info packet they provided-...

  20. Got accepted into a program!

    Work in Progress replied to arabianeyez83's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Congratulations! I, too, knew when I did my L&D clinical that I wanted to be a CNM. I hope to one day be in the position you are in! Good luck and

  21. anyone applying to CU for 2010?

    Work in Progress replied to Sand_Dollar's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Sorry to hijack your thread, but as a soon to be BSN grad of UCD (one month exactly :)) I wanted to say congratulations! I remember the excitement and the nerves in those weeks building up to...

  22. CU-Denver Nursing Program

    Work in Progress replied to Lindsey14's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Now I don't know this for a fact, but I have actually heard that it is actually advantageous to continue to apply. It shows you are serious about wanting to commit to the program. I do want to warn...

  23. July 2010 UCH New Graduate Residency Program

    Work in Progress replied to emz88's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I haven't heard anything, either. A friend of mine got an email today for an interview in Critical Care at UCH. I think they must have been a bit behind, because that is the first I have heard of...

  24. Colorado New Grads- Do you have jobs?

    Work in Progress replied to Work in Progress's topic in Colorado Nursing

    PS I am trying to talk my hubby into the possibility of relocating if necessary. He is not too keen on the

  25. Colorado New Grads- Do you have jobs?

    Work in Progress replied to Work in Progress's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Thanks for all of the input. Someone who got an interview for UCH today was told that they had 514 applicants for 22 new graduate positions. Although they haven't finished contacting for interviews...