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  1. Physical demands?

    Hey, thanks for taking the time to read this, and hopefully offering your input... I've worked in a PICU for 14 years, and have developed some bone spurs in my neck and lower back. I'm in an office...
  2. Novasyte?

    MomRN0913 - I was wondering if you did/do work for Novasyte? I'm in the middle of applying to a similar company - CSA Service Solutions, and would love any thoughts on this sort of position....
  3. Novasyte and CSA?

    Hi all! I'm out looking for my first position as a "real" nurse educator - just graduated from my MSN in Nursing Ed program. I keep finding job listings for Novasyte and CSA - both companies that...
  4. New: Transcript requirement?

    Thanks for your response, in looking into the matter a little further, it seems that the while our transcripts are in our HR folders, it would take to much man power to physically move them. So,...
  5. New: Transcript requirement?

    Google long enough and you will find an answer! It is from the College of American Pathology! So much for reducing
  6. Hi, We were told at my facility in PA that a "new policy" required a copy of our college transcript. I spoke to someone HR, and she said all employees must submit new copies of them. I have been...
  7. UPDATE: I got an email back earlier this week from the EAP, I'm to email her back and set up a time to chat or have breakfast with her (i'm permanent nights). I've tried to discuss this sort of...
  8. Thanks for all the words of wisdom. I sent an email to the clinical psych nursing resource (our EAP), so hopefully I'll hear from her
  9. I've been a Pediatric ICU nurse for 3yrs now, and I've seen it all. GSW on 4 yr olds, deglovings, MVA, ped vs. car, abuse- I was able to deal with all of that. But when I was in work on Friday I saw...
  10. jr in high school: Associates VS BSN?

    I graduated from an Accelerated Nursing Program = BSN which left me 50,000 in debt. I could have gotten an Associated for about 10,000. If I could do it over, I would have become a LPN/LVN first,...
  11. Sick Days

    We have a hospital policy that if you are absent more that 5 times in a year, you have to go an entire year w/o an absence- or if you are sick again accumulate incidents culmanating in termination...
  12. I've been seeing therapists since 1998, and been on multiple medications. The meds fix a chemical imbalance in my brain, but it does not change the behavioral manifestations of my OCD. I think that...
  13. RN stereotypes

    Just watched a pretty funny movie about a guy w/cancer and his experiances in the hospital...Of course, there were several nurses present, all of which fell into a stereotypical nurse type: 1. "The...
  14. Charting Bloopers

    During clinicals, writing our notes was a bit nerve racking. we had to write it out and then show our clinical instructor, she would make changes/suggestions and THEN we would put it in the...
  15. old skills that we do not use anymore

    Wait, That sounds wrong. ONe of our MD's like to order them for his constipated pts after all else has