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  1. Interview after a night shift

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. I am not that sharp after a night

  2. Interview after a night shift

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have an interview for a job I really want on Wed. However, I work Tues Night 11-7am. Interview is at 1030, I need to leave by 945am. I won't call in sick. I can try to give the shift away but I am...

  3. Interview after a night shift

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I will go to my interview and hope for the

  4. Can you have two specialties? As in, ER and psych?

    ajaxgirl replied to CourtneyD's topic in General Nursing

    You are rude. She was just wondering. There is nothing wrong with that. To the OP: in my OR there were many OR nurses who also worked

  5. Plastic surgery OR/clinic interview tomorrow....no OR experience....Questions!?!

    ajaxgirl replied to Trueblood83's topic in Operating Room

    I would take an OR course thru a

  6. Dilemma: Should I settle? Is it worth it in the long run?

    ajaxgirl replied to Mariposa2009's topic in General Nursing

    Take the LTC

  7. medication strip packs

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in LTC. Our meds come weekly from pharmacy in a strip pack (little plastic baggy with all 0800 meds in one bag and then all 1200 in another etc). So for eg. 0800 bag would have Digoxin,...

  8. nursing heartbreak :/

    ajaxgirl replied to bowser301's topic in General Nursing

    This is so not a big deal. They are blowing it way out of

  9. medication strip packs

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OK I have worked for 3 LTC facilities and they all had strip packs but we never did this step. It can't hurt. It is just a bit foreign to me -I

  10. medication strip packs

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Pharmacy prepares these strip packs. The nurse giving meds still needs to do her 3 checks though. I find this very redundant-the checking

  11. So, I applied for a job in mother-baby

    ajaxgirl replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would not call. They get annoyed with

  12. Full timers-how many sick days do you use per year?

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    On average? I have never been full time -only casual and PT and I don't think I have ever been ill. BUT I am curious with working full time, if people are ill more? I would imagine

  13. Full timers-how many sick days do you use per year?

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like most of you hardly use

  14. Yes, I work full time!

    ajaxgirl replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I think people think it's odd because you have young kids. Most people want to work as little as poss when their kids are little. You have the rest of your life to work

  15. what is your preferred shift?

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just taking a mini poll. If you had to work straight days or nights, which would you

  16. what is your preferred shift?

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    What I dont get is--on this forum nights are preferred. At my job NOBODY but me and another rn will do them. Is it like that at your

  17. need career direction

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in International Nursing

    Here is my story: I graduated college (RN) in 1996, then I did 1 year of LTC which I enjoyed. Then I took the OR course in 1997. In 1998-2005 I worked in an OR. I went from FT to PT then casual...

  18. quick question-emergency consent

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in Operating Room

    If a child is in need of emergency surgery and they parents or guardian cannot be contacted--would they proceed with surgery? I think in life or death -yes Anything that can wait -they would wait...

  19. I get to choose my own schedule

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    A good thought in theory but for me, 3 nights in a row is my

  20. I get to choose my own schedule

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will be working reg part time, nights 2300-0700. It's a 4 week master schedule. I need to do "part of a weekend" once a month--so either fri/ sat or sat/ sun. I want around 10-13 shifts over 4...

  21. I get to choose my own schedule

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I do work straight nights so it's not that perfect after all. Nobody else wants the nights-except

  22. Nights 8 hr -weekend question

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    If you were doing 8hr nights 2300-0700-what days would you choose as your weekend? Fri/ Sat? Sat/ Sun? Fri/ Sun? I need help deciding. I am married with schoolage kids and dh works M-F

  23. Nights 8 hr -weekend question

    ajaxgirl replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    That is what I was leaning towards

  24. need help deciding between 2 jobs

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Job 1 -oral surgeon -pay is 35/hr -3 mornings a week (may go to 4 then 5 mornings) from 8 am - 12 noon -so $140...

  25. which job would you choose?

    ajaxgirl posted a topic in Operating Room

    Job 1-outpatient endoscopy clinic m-f 8-4-paid for 7.5 you would have to send your 8 and 6 yr old children to an afterschool program every day for 1 hour at a cost of $500 a month $33/hr is the pay...