Sheena's Mom

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1. Help! Interview questions

   Sheena's Mom posted a topic in General Nursing

   hello everyone. i've been working in a busy medical surgical floor for about 10 months now. i really don't like this floor and I always cry every time I go home after work. recently, there is an opening in a clinic (same hospital) and I've requested ...

2. Hep C exposure?

   Sheena's Mom posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone. I'm in my first nursing job as an RN. Two days ago, I was checking the residual in the pt's g tube. After I locked the tube and pulled the syringe, a small amount of gastric secretions were splashed into my left arm. I immediately wash m...

3. Please Help me. I need info on VA greater Los Angeles.

   Sheena's Mom replied to Sheena's Mom's topic in Government

   i have some questions that i would rather ask privately. i don't have pm feature yet. i would appreciate it if you can contact me thru my email: (if that's okay with you). thanks please do not post email addresses in the public message boards. it i...

4. Please Help me. I need info on VA greater Los Angeles.

   Sheena's Mom replied to Sheena's Mom's topic in Government

   Thanks. I am interested in Med surgical. I was interviewed and being offered a job in the third floor. What is your opinion about that floor? Are the nurses happy over there?

5. Take the job. Yay or Nay?

   Sheena's Mom replied to Sheena's Mom's topic in General Nursing

   It's a hospital in Los Angeles of all places. I've always thought LA is a progressive city and "pro-nurse." Boy I was wrong. BTW, I did not take the job. I got hired in a new grad program somewhere else. I will start Feb.

6. I Contracted HIV

   Sheena's Mom replied to sarahwv's topic in General Nursing

   I am sorry Sara. You are in my prayers. I just have one question. Did they give you antiretroviral treatment after the incident?

7. Take the job. Yay or Nay?

   Sheena's Mom posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I was interviewed and offered an RN position at a hospital in California. The nurse manager told me that the patient to nurse ratio to the floor that I am assigned to (telemetry)is 8:1. Do you think it's a safe ratio? Also, she told me that 5 of ...

8. Any VA Hospital nurses in here?

   Sheena's Mom replied to Sheena's Mom's topic in General Nursing

   I was referring to Veterans Hospital. sorry for the confusion.

9. Any VA Hospital nurses in here?

   Sheena's Mom posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi I am interested in working at the VA hospital. I would like to know about the working condition at VA hospital in general. I heard that the VA nurses are forced to take care a large volume of patients and work overtime. The turn over rate is very ...

10. County Jail VS Prison

    Sheena's Mom posted a topic in Correctional

    Hello, i am being offered a job at a county jail. Is working in county jail different than state prison?

11. Please Help me. I need info on VA greater Los Angeles.

    Sheena's Mom posted a topic in Government

    Hello everyone, I will be graduating this December and I am thinking of applying to VA Los Angeles (near UCLA). Does anybody here have any information about that hospital? Is it a good/bad hospital? Are Nurses/patients happy over there? I'm sorry I a...