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We had blood drawn once a year by occupational health to monitor for any changes. Like the PP we don't mix our own chemo, it comes mixed from pharmacy with tubing attached and pre primed.

Thanks for the info! I am chemo certified which is helpful. I work with a traveler now that travels to florida often and she did warn me that the pay for nurses in florida was bad. Just hoping its not too bad lol. Since the cost of living is lower I am willing to take a pay cut. On a few other threads I looked at the starting pay for new grads didn't seem to bad. I saw $22 and $23 and I started at $25 here, so not a huge difference. I will look at tampa general. I actually am leaning towards that, because part of me wants to do something different and wouldn't really be able to do that at moffitt. We will see. Thanks again!

I am relocating to the tampa area in the next few months. Working on getting my florida license now. Do you know how the Moffitt cancer center pays? I have 7 years experience with all of it being in oncology/hospice. I make a little more than $30 an hour here in Va. I could also look at tampa general for their onc floor. But thinking about a change. May want to do something different.

Pharmacy only mixes our chemo as well. In both institutions I have worked at this is how it was.

Thanks for the input everyone. It's interesting to hear what other hospitals are doing. The two other drugs mentioned above I've never hung as I don't work on a unit that does drips. I work in oncology so the drugs we use often with filters are fairly limited. Thanks again.

I've recently come back into hospital nursing after a year doing home health and the new hospital I work at runs sodium phos with a filter? Is this standard practice at other hospitals? I just don't remember ever doing this. If this is standard practice, I'm just curious as to why. The only things I remember using filters or filter tubing with is tpn and blood products. Just curious what your all experience is? Thanks!

Nope I leave mine in the garage. I don't like shoes being worn in the house, but hubby always wears his, so I digress.

Hi there. I was in the same situation you were in, I had a DWI, and I had no problem finding a job. I was honest on my application and provided any info they needed and I wasn't asked about it a second time. I did have more issues getting my RN license. The state BON wanted a lot of info from the courts sent to them and I had to write a narrative about the situation and what had I done to change it. Once they received all the info I rec'd my license. It sucks, but think of it as more of a bump in the road then a dead end. Just be open and honest and I don't think you will have any problems.

Yep RN1's are still making $25 an hour. Wow, I would have thought it would have come up some since 2008.

I had an interview about a month ago, where I interviewed with the nurse manager and then did the peer interview. She introduced me to all the staff during the tour. At the end of the interview she walked me down to the lab to get a drug test. I for sure thought I got the job. I didn't hear anything the next week so I called, and was told they were still interviewing. A couple days later I got a letter from the hospital saying thanks, but they were going to hire someone else, or continue their search. So I hate to say it, but she might not have the job. It might just be how some hospitals work. Good luck to her!

I had an offer for a contract position for 3-4 months with a temp agency that paid quite well for a new grad. I was going to take it, but I ended up very lucky with an offer for a FT position with a local hospital. I'm not sure what area you are in, but the recruiter needs many more nurses for the positions located in northern virginia.

Hi I'm also in Va and took my nclex last week. It might be that you took your test on a Saturday, so technically no one was at the BON to receive your results until today. I wouldn't freak out yet. Try tomorrow and see if they are there then. I took my test on a thurs, and checked the automated line the next day in the afternoon and my results were there. Good luck!

Hi all..I just wanted to say that the "trick" worked for me as well! I tried it as soon as I got home from the test and got the pop-up and was blocked, checked it again today same thing, called my BON and I have a license so I passed!

I'm still in nursing school, but I was a tech on a step down ICU unit. I think it's more on the line of an ICU, but not as intense as the ICU, but the patients are more critical than in med/surg. Our nurses had 3 patients each. A lot of our patients were vented, trached and bed bound. As soon as they were well enough to get up out of bed themselves or stable and didn't need continuous monitoring they were sent to a med/surg floor. Hopefully this helped some, but I'm sure some of the experienced nurses have more info.

I think it's a tough time for anyone to find a job, unless they already work at the hospital. Don't get discouraged just keep applying. You might have to go out of your areas of interest to just get your foot in the door and then a year or so down the road you can transfer into your preferred area of interest. That's what I plan on doing. I still haven't found a job, but I've started applying to any available jobs and stopped being picky. It's definitely not the time to be picky...unfortunately.