redhead_NURSE98! ADN, BSN

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    New Grad RN CAN'T FIND WORK!! What should I do?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Aubrey88RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    New grad pay at for-profit hospital in Nashville: $20 + 2.50 night/4.50 weekend Residency pay at Vanderbilt in Nashville: $19 + 3.00 night/6.00 weekend That's all I know about,
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    New Grad RN CAN'T FIND WORK!! What should I do?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Aubrey88RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Are you people who are filling out 100 and 200 applications a) filling them out completely and accurately; b) updating them as you get your degree, etc.; c) actually getting or even applying for...
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    The Worst Its Ever Been

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I don't wanna get too off topic, but I don't believe professionals need unions either. I'd rather speak for myself and not risk being forced to walk off the job just because GOD FORBID some hospital...
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    The Worst Its Ever Been

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Just unemployment issues, according to the new grads on this board. BTW the OP is from
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    Relocating Advice

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to egoodsonRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I have been applying for new grad jobs in Tennessee since before I graduated. No calls. Then I got an RN job in my home state and kept applying. No calls. Then I started the process of getting an...
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    customized ultrascope

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to happypedsRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love mine and so do my patients and their visitors! I can hear much better out of it than I could out of a Litmann
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    preemployment drug screen

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to the_alchemist's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a nurse job is
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When they say this crap I wish I knew enough about pharmacology to say "that's interesting because oxycodone is made up of X and Y and [blah blah blah blah ] which has the same chemical action as the...
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    St. Mary's ADN bridge with Marshall?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to GamerGirL337's topic in General Nursing

    No, as far as I know there aren't any summer
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    St. Mary's ADN bridge with Marshall?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to GamerGirL337's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the average, and it's going to vary by the applicant pool every semester. But here are the classes that they give points for: BSC 227 (anatomy) BSC 228 (physiology) BSC 250 (micro) Chem...
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    St. Mary's ADN bridge with Marshall?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to GamerGirL337's topic in General Nursing

    It was great! There isn't a teacher who wouldn't go out of their way to help you, and you have a good chance of working at St. Mary's when you're done (they've hired over half our class and we just...
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    Night shift and Sleeping

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah well, we all live where we
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    Scrubs Make Me Crazy (long rant)

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to coast2coast's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Wow, someone could just as easily tell you to eat a sandwich...but they're probably not that
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    Night shift and Sleeping

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    Well, um, I was joking, but whatever you say. I don't have a "contract" and we don't have 2 hours of breaks. Someone here would laugh in your face if you asked for 2 hours of breaks a
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    Night shift and Sleeping

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you missed the part where someone was on here bragging about sleeping 2-4 hours a night, himself and his coworkers. Do you have 2-4 hour breaks? I don't even get to use the ones I
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    improper charting vs backstabbing?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to ferretface's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, what? They said she was "being rude," which is a matter of opinion. Opinions really aren't what libel and slander causes of action are aimed at. If the note said "Patient said Susie told him that...
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    New Nurse.....not feeling welcome on my unit. What do I do?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Blondie24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you not have a preceptor? Questions should be addressed to them first, unless they also don't know the answer. And I might discuss with that person not feeling so welcome, maybe some of these...
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    St. Mary's ADN bridge with Marshall?

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to GamerGirL337's topic in General Nursing

    Are you talking about the ADN program or the bridge to BSN program? Marshall has had the St. Mary's cooperative ASN program for about 15 years now, but they just started the 2+2 thing where you can...
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    Night shift and Sleeping

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    What is this "break" that you speak
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    Night shift and Sleeping

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a problem staying awake on night shift. Most of the patients don't sleep more than 3 hours at a time, they need prn meds, I don't leave them in wet briefs for day shift to discover, we do...
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    Night shift and Sleeping

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, you'll run circles around day shift while you nap for 2 hours out of...a 12 hour shift? Or worse, an 8 hour? Wish I knew where that person worked because they wouldn't have that job much longer....
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    Another Five Star Management Decision!

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a good way to discourage patients from getting out of bed, = more pressure ulcers. Good idea
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Who the eff would want to INCREASE their menstrual flow anyway??
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I probably already said this, but I put on my Facebook that I was gonna charge 10 bucks for every stupid birth story or kid story during mother-baby class...by the time school started last semester...
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    Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    redhead_NURSE98! replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    100K?? What?!