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I don't understand how a charge nurse can be lazy. At my job, there are permanent charge nurse positions. Charge nurses don't take patients (except for one charge nurse who does, who has won awards because she really is an amazing nurse, but she's on...

9 days within a calendar year for 12 hour shift nurses. Occurs as soon as you start. Can accrue up to 3 months worth of sick time before you can't get anymore & have to use in order to accumulate more. They don't like you to take sick time but I'...

@ Katie5 --> Yeah, I have, as I said earlier: Of course not everyone on here is going to understand where I'm coming from. If our manager is saying that our charge nurses need to help us out more and they aren't, I find that to be a problem. Ju...

One year of nursing went by FAST. I can honestly say that the anxiety of not knowing what to expect prior to each shift has vanished. I never thought it would. Took a while but it went away. I've had some frustrating, funny, and sad experiences. I kn...

I work on a specialty med surg floor and I've only been a nurse for six months. For some reason I've been getting a few psych patients each shift for the past month. Some of these patients are fine. Most have always been a handful. I think God is try...

I'm a new nurse. 3 months and counting. I am at a great hospital but I don't like the way I feel. So these are my issues: I hate that I'm new and that I'm trying to fit in at my workplace. Most people are very nice. What I can't stand is that gossip...

Where are you moving from? The market here is very locked up. A lot of competition here. As long as you know someone or you are EXTREMELY persistent, you'll find a job. I would really stress that you are working on your BSN and when you'll be finishe...

I hear you. Usually when I'm drowning, I will ask my patients questions about their breathing, pain, positioning, and ANY other issues they are having after their vitals and while I'm doing their meds. I'll come back and assess them if their Hx and ...

And with snacks, I eat them while PC charting and after report. I just put them in one of my massive pockets. I had one cute, elderly woman patient look in my pockets and say "Gee, you have a lot of stuff in your pockets. Can I have what you don't wa...

Thank you so much BugOut, kimima01, and jorjaRN for your suggestions. I really appreciate them. Good news, things have gotten better. Not as worried about fitting in and now, and I'm SO much more comfortable. I'm my goofy, silly self again and I'm a...

Getmethisnownurse, I dont know where you are from, but you can demand a good paying salary with the experience you have. Research, paystubs, and all Bklynbaby is right on it with the salary amounts for new grads. Just make sure you know patient ratio...

1.what kind of floor are you working on? ortho 2.where are you from? ny 3.how did you get that job?-- did you have connections?, work there previously, application process, follow-up process, interview tips, anything at all would be helpful one of...

Ok, I know that all the new grads are in the same boat as I am. I have applied everywhere, I kid you not (with the exception of Bronx). You name the hospital or nursing home, I have put in my resume and cover letter to them (and that's if they're tak...

Yay! Glad to hear that job success is slowly, but surely coming!! Congrats Grilla!

moge001, It takes a while. I didn't hear anything for about 3 weeks to a month, then I had interviews. I hope that something comes around. Please let me know.

Has anyone heard of ProMed personnel medical staffing?

Which company are you with? You can PM me. I'm surprised that they didn't follow up with you. The same thing happened to me with a HHC company. I gave them clinical instructors and professional references. I just told them that many of them are on v...

Good for you!! I clicked your link and also wrote a little letter to her. Communicating with others in the entertainment industry, government, and among friends really helps to get the word out. I have talked to SO many people about this issue and th...

ccjus123, oh no! Did you report him?! 'Pat' on face?! Have you found anything since then? Wait, PM me. I MAY have met him now that I think about it. Uh oh... Despite that, everyone else was nice. laura11, how did the interview go? It took them a few...

Grilla, agreed. At least we will be well prepared for interviews now and down the road with all the legwork we're doing now. A positive out of a negative situation :) Let me know if you get the job! Gauze, thank you. It's hard sometimes but you know ...

I hear you Grilla. Well, good news and bad news. Good news is I had 5 interviews w/in a week w/ nurse recruiters. Two with hospitals, one with staffing firm linking me to home health care, one nursing home, and one about VA nursing jobs. Bad news is,...

yes, go ahead. you'll be more marketable. no problem. good luck to you :wink2:

You've applied to all five boroughs, right? I'd say keep searching because when I thought I'd searched for every place I could, more places would ALWAYS come up. I've applied in each and every borough, mostly hospitals and like 3 nursing homes. I hav...

Essentially, it's up to you. I applied for licensure in NY. I didn't apply for licensure in the state where I went to nursing school, which was a multi-licensure state. You can sit for the NCLEX anywhere in the US for any state. For example, I sat fo...

Open boils, pus, and crusted zits that are infected and get popped by the doctor or nurse to prevent further infection. All of these things have a ridiculous amount of pus!!! Kind of a catch-22 with the zit popping... I'd take blood over pus ANY day....