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    Supervision of a Registered Nurse

    netglow replied to radioactivern's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I hope your screen name is not also your real name. If so I'd change that
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    failed lift test, may have lost job offer..

    netglow replied to lovescapeRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just love how on the hospital job boards the will say they will ac a disability and give info about yours via email, link, or phone listed. LOL. That is the biggest joke of all. Not even a desk job...
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    Question regarding patient refusal of vital signs & blood pressure meds.

    netglow replied to TheKyleRC's topic in General Nursing

    You say these patients are DX mental health issues. This then would be something that seems to have been addressed in the med orders for this patient. Doc being aware of tendency for refusals, and as...
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    Things you'd never have done before...

    netglow replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've always done my own nails It's so easy. Why spend $? Now massages are something well worth it if you find someone good and reasonably
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    does anyone out there copy charts to save time?

    netglow replied to lordgregoryrn's topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting "turning point" His problem is that his facility paper charts. Really. The main reason most are now electronic is well, it's gonna be required - but we all know that the first...
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    Is it only hard for Asn and Bsn nurses to get hired?

    netglow replied to UpstateNyDollCna's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that MSNs who are new eg without experience have it harder than all. Others will have to post what they've heard or experienced. Now that would not specifically be true in the outside job...
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    I am a new grad and got a job as ALF director position!

    netglow replied to eve5483's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Unfortunately this is more and more common. I know of a hospice clinical director over a pretty large region who was given the position after just a couple months with the private company. A new grad....
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    Getting a job without connections

    netglow replied to tentay87's topic in Illinois Nursing

    FYI, Weiss in Chicago is sending out notice today re their NG program. Supposedly there was a specific post for the position that was up for a an hour or two on the 16th and then taken down. The main...
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    i feel really bad...

    netglow replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the simple fact. Nursing is scary. The only way to begin to reduce the pressure a bit is to learn as much as you
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    failed lift test, may have lost job offer..

    netglow replied to lovescapeRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hiring practices should be public domain. Would just love it if Allnurses had a section like Glassdoor.com in which we all could build a fact based data dump on
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    failed lift test, may have lost job offer..

    netglow replied to lovescapeRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That's just nutty. Did you know about all this, I mean the specifics of the testing prior? Heck if all that was required most of the nursing and MD staff in my state would be out of
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    Was offered a position in a very strange way...need some advise!

    netglow replied to PchezRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well I'll say that I interviewed recently at a private practice where I was told I could not interview with the doc. The woman I spoke with said she would pick someone for him (she's not the wife)....
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    BSN recent grad -should i get a CNA???

    netglow replied to studentkj's topic in General Nursing

    My state requires you to be a licensed RN. There are no graduate nurse positions. Most won't interview you without a license either. However! Everybody's thoughts on this? I've heard of new grads...
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    Can a grad nurse get a prn position?

    netglow replied to lillystarrn's topic in General Nursing

    No they are not trying to get rid of you. They are trying to cut out the experienced nursing staff in order to make money. They know you don't know anything and you are very likely to risk your...
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    CPR classes?

    netglow replied to Medsport's topic in General Nursing

    Yes make sure you get a class that is BLS for healthcare providers (American Heart Association) You must receive an AHA provider card to carry. Your next employer will want it. I just signed up for a...
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    Morphine/Phnergan IVP...to give or not to give?

    netglow replied to HTXRN11's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a burnt doc. The nurses are practitioners who still care and feel responsible for their
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    NON-Nurses Giving Shots in MD Offices

    netglow replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Terra Runyan, tell us what hospital you work for. I think all the nursing and med students on this board would love to know where they could work without a degree or
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    Compassion required???

    netglow replied to jellyfishmafia's topic in General Nursing

    Lol. Other than travel, you are jumping from the frying pan into the fire with
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    Attending upcoming career fair, are you?

    netglow replied to nursejennie35's topic in General Nursing

    I'll add that I remember learning from one hospital recruiter that even tho they often have been hiring ngs into ICU, almost every one fails and ends up forced resigning. AND that this is a big...
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    Attending upcoming career fair, are you?

    netglow replied to nursejennie35's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know that site/organization but don't expect much from nursing career fairs. If the facilities that show up are looking for anyone, it's for experienced nurses not newbies. They will have...
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    New grad Nurse frustrated... discouraged... I'm sure you've heard it before! :(

    netglow replied to nurseypoo87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are not alone. I don't know a soul who got hired in a facility they had clinicals at. Your friends very well might have connections (family, family close friends, political favors due them, etc)....
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    Just noticing nowdays the nurses in a lot of the homes

    netglow replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    Ive heard this and it was all good between CNAs and dementia residents. Very sweet and caring relationships between
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    Retired nurse having to return to work

    netglow replied to paddlelady's topic in General Nursing

    Paddle, you should go see some of the better hospice companies around you. Massage is often a service offered for palliative/hospice
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    Get through it without laughing - dare ya

    netglow posted a topic in Emergency

    A friend of mine found this...
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    Help! Scared is that a bad sign for a new job?

    netglow replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    You know what? Its just that you had been so excited about hospital nursing and it ended up being a let down. I really don't think you're missing anything. Just go with the new job. You probably will...