Vista Care bought out Odyssey here in Albuquerque. Prior to that, they fired oodles of GOOD NURSES, the director and the nurse manager, after they fired me. It was a place of very low morale anyhow...
Dear Kamiworm, Wow, congratuations on getting a BSN. It looks like there won't be a shortage anymore for nursing for a long time. Why not continue with your studies and go for a Physicians Assistant?...
Dear Graduate Nurse Freaking out, Please don't freak out anymore. I have another suggestion. After reading your post this afternoon, I just thought of something else. My background is this: I...
Dear New Nursing Grad Freaking Out, Don't freak out! This is what I would do.... I would get on the internet and place several calls per day to different hospitals and talk to their nurse...
Dear Texas Flower, Hi. I would not work for this company. They hire new nurses all the time, then they fire them one by one. Their main firing issues have to do with first of all, asking their...
Azdream'nRN replied to Azdream'nRN's topic in Arizona Nursing
The 638 status or "going tribal" as they say, simply means that they are no longer having to answer to the U.S. Federal government about how they spend their money. They become their own independent...
Azdream'nRN replied to Azdream'nRN's topic in Arizona Nursing
I was considering contacting the ER director about an independent contract position as $50 per hour is a decent scale and I could do a lot with that kind of money, however, my friend who quit there...
Azdream'nRN replied to TxRNtoCaRN's topic in General Nursing
If I were you, I would try and land a job there before I even quit the one you are orienting with and they might welcome this sort of thing. Let them know that you have to move there because of your...
I was just informed by a friend of mine that FIFTEEN R.N.s just recently quit working at Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Emergency Room this month. I also heard that if you contract over there, you can...
About getting your LPN...why not call the board of nursing in New Mexico? They might have some idea about how you can get through the LPN exam. That would help you a lot in getting your foot in the...
I have another suggestion, why not take the LPN exam in another state? Just call around and ask if you could do this. I don't think they all have the same exact rules. Being an LPN would officially...
I agree with the above posts. Don't give up. Just look at this as a bump in the road. Something similar happened to me in my third semester of ADN school as well and I was back in my classes the...
Azdream'nRN replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing
Have you ever worked at St. Vincents Hospital, good and bad...? I work there PRN and have worked there for the past few years. Santa Fe is a very nice community and a scenic place to live, but...