Becca_Anne

I'm definitely an HSP, but I believe it makes me uniquely sensitive and empathetic to my patient's needs. I work in a clinic, a lower noxious stress environment and have a job that lets me work one on one with people. I have more control over my envi...

We use a scale for weight and measure on the exam table just marking on the paper and using a measuring tape. Our glucometers are just cheapy true tracks. They work fine.

I just corrected one of our medical providers today (she is very new to our practice) when she referred to the MA's as the nurses. I gently asked her if she could remember to call them Medical Assistants as I had worked very hard for my title and fel...

I'm the lead RN at our clinic which is part of a larger organization with multiple clinics. I am the only floor RN at that site, we also have a RN case manager who manages our more complex patients. I am responsible for training MA's and checking the...

I am so very sorry for your loss. Know you did the best you can and I am sure that your son would be proud that you made the choice to donate his organs as he wished. Sending hugs and prayers for you and your family!

I am 9 months into my first nursing job at a women's clinic. It has been a perfect fit for me. I think as long as the RN has good critical thinking skills and common sense it is fine to start out in a clinic. I don't think it would be easy to transit...

We have this happen from time to time. We get more phone calls than walk ins though, and then sometimes they will leave a message!! I dread getting a message from a pt stating they have chest pain. I have even had people leave a message stating they ...

I work 4 10 hr shifts 8-6:30, and these do run over. The latest I ever worked was 10pm but all of our clinics had been closed the day before and we had a huge backlog of labs and phone calls to wade through. Most nights I am heading home by 7pm. I lo...

Congratulations!!

It took me 11 mo to get my job and I was just hired. I only had 3 interviews in that entire time span and I applied to 100's of jobs all over the country. The job I got was 15 min from my house at a clinic. I knew a friend of a friend who worked ther...

Nurse residencies offer additional training in the hospital with classes and a preceptor. Here's a great thread with info https://allnurses.com/nursing-career-advice/all-nurse-residency-419156.html

Don't lose hope! I finally got a job in a clinic just this last friday and it took me 11 months! I only had 3 interviews during all that time. Just be open to possibilities other than hospital nursing and use your network. A friend of a friend worked...

Sounds like you need to think about how you would handle those situations if they had occurred. Just say "I never had that happen, but if it did this is how I would handle it" They'll just move on to the next question. I read a lot of books on interv...

I've been looking for a job since April 2011. I graduated in June, passed NCLEX July 2011, just got hired! I applied at so many places, every hospital residency I could find. I ended up in a great local clinic where I think I will be very happy. Not ...

I had just about given up after 11 months looking without success. I applied to a clinic where a friend of a friend worked and finally got in. I only have volunteer experience on my resume I haven't worked in 20 yrs so if I can get hired you can too....

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting all your suggestions and encouragement to those of us looking for jobs in this rough economy. I just found out yesterday that after 11 months of looking for my first nursing job my search is over...

Congratulations! We are so happy for you :yelclap:

I have been looking for New Grad jobs and ran across this hospital in CO that is accepting applications for new grad RN's. http://pvhs.org/body.cfm?id=685

patho and pharm are both in class lectures. powerpoints are used but you have to add notes to them. the pharm professor will be different than the one who taught the year i took it but all the instructors i had were excellent. the classes are challen...

I just found out this week I passed NCLEX and I'm now an RN. I think ATI was very valuable.

A friend of mine is a Prov scholar and she was told they do not have a job for her in OR. I'm a new grad in Ashland OR and the job market is TIGHT here for new grads even with a BSN.

I would recommend waiting until your baby is a bit older since you have a choice. A part time program would be perfect. Of course you might have the perfect support system with grandparents or other family to step up for you in which case you could g...

You have to disclose, because most likely you'll have a UA before school starts and it will show up. If they find out and you haven't disclosed then you would be dismissed. I have a health condition, (no pain meds) but I disclosed just in case somet...

First of all Congratulations! I'm a senior nursing student. The best advice I could give you is to: 1) You are going to be extremely busy with school work. Use good time management for studying and the rest of your life. I have 4 children and I am ...

When I had to have a breast u/s the hospital had a chaperone in the room to protect me and the Dr. I don't know what the official policy is everywhere, but in this instance that is what my experience was. I wouldn't have cared either way, but a teen ...