Durable

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1. Job References: Advice Needed on How to Get My Second Nursing Job

   Durable posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi All, I'm three years into my nursing career and I feel stuck. This was my first job so I have no previous boss or job contacts to use for references. There are no managers at my current job who would not fire me or take serious umbrage if they ...

2. Heck, I've Applied EVERYWHERE man...

   Durable replied to JoeyGirlRNNYC's topic in New York

   I graduated in August of 2008 with a BSN and I'm jobless. New grads are backing up - This downturn got bad in Oct 2008 but now it's worse. Up until this spring nursing homes were hiring. Now they seem not to be. Hang in there everyone - things have...

3. Need some encouragement

   Durable replied to Skeetersmom119's topic in Geriatric

   I am in the same situation. I think that nurse managers deal with their insecurities this way, by picking on a designated person. I think you should definitely talk to your boss and tell her you do not like the way you are treated and ask her what is...

4. SUNY-Downstate summer '09--Introduce yourselves please!

   Durable replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Students

   I thought the hardest course by far was Med Surg 3. Patho was hard but we got a good teacher so it wasn't that bad. The Summer courses are short so those can be tough. A lot depends on who the teacher is. some are great and some are a drag but it sho...

5. SUNY-Downstate summer '09--Introduce yourselves please!

   Durable replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Students

   If it's the same as it was in 2007, I used every one of those books with the exception of the Leadership course - no exams in Leadership - just tons of papers, a group presentation (lots of group presentations in that program) and a clinical and ma...

6. SUNY Downstate info

   Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York

   Hi KDRose - Yes, what you described is perfect. It doesn't have to be medical - include exactly what you wrote here in your application essay. This is very good even for your resume after you graduate. - you have a wide range and all of it is communi...

7. SUNY Downstate info

   Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York

   Hi JCazburgs - Don't worry - I'm a big baby and if I could do it you can. It's well worth it. I can't believe I'm working as a nurse! I imagined it for so long and now I'm doing it - yippee! :) all the best to you!

8. SUNY Downstate info

   Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York

   Hi Lena, All the best to you. Enjoy the experience - I miss school to be honest. I have a B.A. in English literature. Math and science were never easy for me - if I can do it anyone can.

9. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

   Durable replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in New Nurse

   Quilter - I think that was very wrong of them to insist you resign or be fired. It sounds like they botched your orientation and made you pay for it. I think that happens a lot because management does not want to take responsibility for mistakes. The...

10. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York

    Also, They often turn down people with high averages who sound very self assured, but have no altruistic-socially responsible history. You need to be a little humble when you write your essay, express a desire to help people who may not have money or...

11. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York

    For those deciding between Downstate or a private school...if I could have afforded it I would go to the private school, i.e. Columbia, NYU, Pace to save myself some supreme headaches associated with public schools. But if you're poor like me - Downs...

12. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Durable replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in New Nurse

    Mahage - Kudos to you! You sound like a wonderful person and a very good nurse - I wish there were more Mahages where I work. And I love this "...put on your big girl panties.".. :) Thank you Mahage for your wisdom, humanity, and sense of humor! to C...

13. SUNY Downstate info

    Durable replied to kdrose01's topic in New York

    I thought it was very hard. I went to bed at 3 or 4 in the morning and woke up at 6 or 7. Weekends and holidays were spent studying or preparing. Friends went on fun vacations and left me home alone working my behind off. I remember my first summer I...

14. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Durable replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in New Nurse

    P.S. at my facility is is strictly forbidden to make copies of anything - chart pages, MARs, Kardex pages. Also, I made a schedule table and posted it at the nurses station of which patients on the floor are scheduled for finger sticks and when becau...

15. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Durable replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in New Nurse

    I think the biggest mistake we make is blaming ourselves before we realize that hey... we are rushed and thrown in there without proper training or the benefit of modern tools like computerized documentation or checklists to help us since, hey! - we...