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eleectrosaurus

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  1. New Grad Resume Questions

    night_starlight and orca, check my 2cents on this other thread, my resume is also attached on that thread. I do use color, non-traditional stuff, although very sparingly. I figure i want to stand out...
  2. Should a gay male LPN reveal his sexual orientation...

    First off I agree with most of the posters here, this is not info for our clients. There is still plenty of prejudice out there. I do not care what people think, but if my client is so bent out of...
  3. Hey all, CA new grad, doing the CA new grad thing. I have a second interview out of state in the next few weeks. Like many I was considering getting my exp and returning to CA for the high salary. I...
  4. Cash money vs. sweet benefits

    Thanks for the feedback everyone, I have spoken to the floor nurses and most of them gushed about how they love it. That pretty much makes up my mind. P.S. My "man on the inside" spoke to the mgrs...
  5. Canadian RPN work in Florida?

    You scared me for a second, I double checked the nafta site and I am pretty sure you can get in on an Associates. [TABLE=width: 400] [TR] [TD=width: 200]"Registered Nurse [/TD] [TD=width:...
  6. Better?
  7. Looks like its gonna be one of those
  8. Gay male nurses?

    ROFL!!! Im busing this out on the floor
  9. CABG teaching

    Wow what a great and ambitious project, keep us
  10. Resume help

    Herm, the update still sounds like a generic nursing student, very plain and not-so-special . Maybe go throught your old careplans and find some unique cases or situations you dealt with. Talk with...
  11. Ouch! Pretty harsh on that one, Reserve judgement please. My 2 year program started with 88 students 18 graduated, 100% nclex pass rate, In testing by ATI (that also tests bachelors and masters...
  12. Resume help

    I agree with Rednights, if you cant relate work exp to something nursy/useful don't include it. No one really cares about decorating, cashier, food server etc. UNLESS you can back it up. i.e....
  13. Stereotyped...and not sure what I should do

    If this is an exact quote sounds more like naieve bias than run of the mill snark, let her think whatever she wants. If it was me I would capitalize on the situation and say something like "Thats food...
  14. Misogyny in Nursing

  15. Inpatient hospice patient on a Med-Surg floor

    interesting question, to a newbie the ativan dose was alot higher than the standard "im feeling anxious" dose im used to administering, i looked up the ativan and noticed the half life is 9-16hr and...
  16. Travel assignment at Oakland Kaiser...wanting to live in San Fran

    I gotta say I also had my final M/S clinical there and I had an entirely different experience. Mine was this spring so maybe things have changed since Mike has been there. Where to begin, first I...
  17. You gotta be kidding, keep them away from
  18. Canadian Nurses in Florida

    Hi itsmejuli, Did you spend all of that time on a TN? If so can you give us any advice on maintenance over the
  19. Is the ATI predictor accurate?! Please help!

    IMHO ATI was kinda easy, if you can fork out the time/money kaplan will kick your butt with questions generally harder than the
  20. Misogyny in Nursing

    In school my male and female classmates noticed this trend immediately. Honestly I was surprised having never worked in that kind of atmosphere before. The ladies in my class were constantly subjected...
  21. I am officially broken. Vent.

    I'm new and probably naive to the reality of what is going on. But heck why weren't these folks in restraints?! I am not a fan of em, but the situation sure sounds like "risk for harm to self and...
  22. Canadian Nurses in Florida

    Hi Mcsteli, I can only share my experience so far, which is far from complete or exactly like yours, so anyone else please interject. I am a New grad as of may, USA educated, Canadian citizen, on a...
  23. ER VS ICU NURSING

    "release the
  24. Retraining Displaced Workers As Nurses

    I hear you! I graduated this may from a Community College that is admittedly "old school" we started with 88 people in fundementals and 18 of us graduated! Everyone who graduated is seriously hungry...