CorazonDeOro

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  1. honestly, how soon will you leave bedside nursing...

    CorazonDeOro replied to EDnursetobe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We have residents write orders but not med students. But honestly if an order doesn't make sense to you I would highly suggest calling for claification before carrying it out. When I am signing my...

  2. Any hospitals out there doing 8 hr shifts?

    CorazonDeOro replied to kacm74's topic in General Nursing

    Detroit. I work 8's and 12's. Usually I'll do a week of 3 12's and then one or two weeks of one 12 and three 8's. I hate this, I wish I worked 3 12's like most of the other nurses on the floor, but I...

  3. When to hold cardiac meds?

    CorazonDeOro replied to dizzyray822's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If the docs have not left me parameters (I work on a surgical unit, not cardiac), and I have any question (SBP around 100 or so), I always call them. I have never had a doc get irritated with me about...

  4. Scared of the docs!

    CorazonDeOro replied to SweetseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for about 3 months now. I was TERRIFIED of the docs for a while. I had worked on the same unit as a tech for a year and while I saw most of them around they never talked to me as a...

  5. RN school graduation gift to self? What did you promise yourself?

    CorazonDeOro replied to OnaTrek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been working as an RN for several months now but I traded my crappy car for a brand new one (never had new car in my life!), and got myself a really nice new handbag. Its nice having a great...

  6. 2011 grads..jobs?

    CorazonDeOro posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    How is the job market looking for all you new grads in the Detroit area? I graduate next week and have gotten nothing but rejections so far. I work at a Detroit hospital but they do not hire RNs...

  7. When does the Confidence Kick in and the Timidness Leave!

    CorazonDeOro replied to RNdiva505's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I completely understand how you feel! I just got off orientation this week (I had been on this unit as an Extern for a year prior to graduation, so I figured the transition would be a piece of cake!)...

  8. feel like I suck at communicating with other departments

    CorazonDeOro replied to EDnursetobe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I totally understand this. I started in July when all the new residents did! Super overwhelming, but the plus side was that I knew more than most of them since I had worked there as a tech. I loved...

  9. How long was/is your orientation?

    CorazonDeOro replied to happyinillinois's topic in First Year After Licensure

    8 weeks on a post-surgical unit. I start on my own tomorrow!

  10. shift organization....HELP

    CorazonDeOro replied to CrazyCatLadyRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had to learn real quick when I began orientation that charting can wait, and medications often cannot. You can chart an assessment later, but if you are giving medications late, it throws off med...

  11. I REALLY need some direction from Mi RN's!

    CorazonDeOro replied to MuddaMia's topic in Michigan Nursing

    There are jobs for new grads, I just don't know why some have more luck than others. My luck was purely based on working in the hospital for a year before graduation but pretty much everyone from my...

  12. Oakland University PCT and CNA questions

    CorazonDeOro replied to fairydogmother's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I wouldn't even bother with the classes. Some places will hire you as an NA or PCT once you are in the nursing program or before you even start. I was hired as an NA after my first year of nursing...

  13. 2011 Macomb Community College HESI and GPA scores for nursing program

    CorazonDeOro replied to lalabean's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Yes MCC does have weird credit hours for their nursing classes, but the plus side of that is that tuition ends up being much cheaper (which you will need, considering the expenses of books, uniforms,...

  14. New Grad catch up

    CorazonDeOro replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like everyone is surviving! I just started my third week on the floor. My experience is a little different because I was an NA and a Nurse Extern on this floor for the year before I graduated....

  15. Bunch of Questions - New RN

    CorazonDeOro replied to NurseMelissa83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I recently became licensed in Michigan. -I got my "quick results" from Pearson on Friday and my license was up on Monday. -My license came in the mail about two days after it was posted (no you do not...

  16. BSN or NOT

    CorazonDeOro replied to nurseadc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I say take the job. Having a BSN and no experience is not as valuable as real life nursing experience. I recently got my ADN and have been working as an RN for about a month, most of my coworkers have...

  17. Nurse:Patient Ratio on Med-Surg Floors?

    CorazonDeOro replied to 3chicago3's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I did a clinical at Troy on a med/surg floor and I think it was around 5-6 patients (we were on 3-11

  18. Nurse:Patient Ratio on Med-Surg Floors?

    CorazonDeOro replied to 3chicago3's topic in Michigan Nursing

    The norm for HF main is 5-6 on days, I think 6-7 on

  19. RN-BSN or RN-MSN someone help!

    CorazonDeOro replied to ZenStudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get the MSN and find a different hospital to work at. I have a B.A. and an ADN as well and I can't fathom paying for a second bachelors, might as well go for the MSN. Just my

  20. First RN job & it's pay

    CorazonDeOro replied to Stephen.Stevens's topic in First Year After Licensure

    metro Detroit, about $25/hr + shift diff. New grad, one year experience as an Extern at the hospital (not sure if that changed my starting

  21. 2011 Macomb Community College HESI and GPA scores for nursing program

    CorazonDeOro replied to lalabean's topic in Michigan Nursing

    That happened to me when I started MCC too. My physician said I only needed the booster. I only had to submit proof of the booster to MCC and I was all

  22. ANYONE IN MICHIGAN HIRING NEW RNs???

    CorazonDeOro replied to andreaf.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am from metro Detroit and just graduated with an ADN. My classmates have been getting jobs places like Mt. Clemens Regional, St. John's Detroit and Oakland, Harper Hospital, and Henry Ford. I was an...

  23. Best and worst states for new grads?

    CorazonDeOro replied to mysticpenguin's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Doesn't seem that bad in metro Detroit to me. Myself and many of my classmates had jobs within a month and a half after graduation. All in hospitals, some in specialty units. Some don't even have...

  24. 2011 Macomb Community College HESI and GPA scores for nursing program

    CorazonDeOro replied to lalabean's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Yeah I was in the same situation, Unsatisfactory Progress. I had an insane amount of credits because of my B.A. What did you write on the appeal? I just put that I was returning to school after being...

  25. I REALLY need some direction from Mi RN's!

    CorazonDeOro replied to MuddaMia's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I don't think Michigan is that bad for RNs, or even Grad Nurses, at least not the ones I went to school with (community college). We just graduated in May and a good chunk have found great jobs (some...