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  1. Interview this morning... Not sure how I did. :/

    simply_viki posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had my first interview (ever) in November with the nurse recruiter in HR at a hospital after I showed up there with my resume (I'd previously applied online, but I decided to show up, too, since...

  2. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi all. I've made just about every mistake in job hunting that I've seen mentioned - I didn't do a good job networking in school, I didn't join any student organizations or do anything "above and...

  3. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Small update - I got my first call back yesterday! I am spending this week buried in my textbooks to refresh my memory. I'm going in for training of some kind on Saturday; they'll let me know more...

  4. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Okie dokie! That was one of my previous excuses. "Oh, y'know, they'll be closing up shop in HR by about 4pm, I bet, so maybe I should just wait until I can take a day off to really focus on driving...

  5. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Nope, I'm not on linked in, but you're the third person to mention it to me, so I think I'm going to get on it. I'd been wary of it because I don't really like the idea of mingling online profiles...

  6. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank you for all the comments, everybody! I really appreciate all the advice offered here (and the kicks in the pants! Those help, too.) BostonTerrierLoverRN - You've got a point there! Thank you for...

  7. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    AndiSN, thanks for your input, and best of luck with your pregnancy and job hunting! YES, if you have information on the abortion clinic thing, I would be interested. That was actually sort of a...

  8. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Wow, so many replies while I was out! Thank you all for your input, I appreciate your taking the time. Yesterday I made a phone call to my school to find out if they had any resume help services...

  9. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank you! I hadn't thought of that; that's a really good idea. I'll look into

  10. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Erm... I'm also a big fan of the women's health part of OB, which in my own personal moral code, includes women's

  11. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    LOL. HouTx, yes, you're spot on. I am a procrastinator, and it's BAD, and it's WORSE since it's already been a long time. So now what? ETA: I knew I was a big time procrastinator in nursing school,...

  12. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Debunker - Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for open houses. Maybe my professor has heard of some. I'll ask her. Ashley - You're right, I didn't mean I'd been looking for a year, I only meant I've ben out...

  13. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank you for the input, CrunchRN, I really do appreciate it. I'll see if my professor is willing to take a look at my resume and cover letters. As to showing up in person, do you think that will be...

  14. Final semester, good grades, but I feel like I need remediation.

    simply_viki posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I do well in school. I test well, consistently. The whole brain-dump after tests, though? Yeah. Making it worse is the fact that I'm in the part time program at my school, so there are many things...

  15. Final semester, good grades, but I feel like I need remediation.

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for the replies, you guys. Missy77 - I hadn't heard of Summer Externships until you just mentioned it. I did a quick Google search on it, though, and it looks like most places in my area are...

  16. Nursing Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I didn't think so... Would you change anything about my diagnosis, though? At this point, I guess I'd have to just call it a quirk of the professor's, and just keep it in mind for my future care...

  17. Nursing Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    simply_viki posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm just having some difficulty here. For some background info, I'm a second semester (but second year - that's the part time program for you!) nursing student. I'm in med-surg clinicals. The way our...

  18. Nursing Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Awesome! That's what I went with. Hyperthermia R/T infectious process in the urinary tract AEB temperature of 103 Should I have included the WBC count and urine culture results in the AEB section? I...

  19. Nursing Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Daytonite - Yes, I did make sure to get as much as possible from the chart (I think I might be overdoing it, really, I spend several hours in the hospital with that chart, and usually see several of...

  20. Nursing Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Lillyofthevalley - Well, I'm trying to work on thinking in grayscale instead of black and white. :) I do understand that the pocket guide is simply a guide. But doesn't the patient have to display at...

  21. Nursing Diagnoses - Am I Understanding Correctly?

    simply_viki replied to simply_viki's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Gosh. Sorry for the novel of a post, LOL! Brevity is not my strong

  22. Method for clinicals - What is it I'm missing?

    simply_viki posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm great at test-taking, I had all A's my first couple of semester, I'm looking at getting a B in Med-Surg (I'm doing a lot better than most in this class, we have a very rigorous professor who loves...

  23. VENT: scantron error

    simply_viki replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Students

    That stinks royally. I've almost done that with a few questions at a time, but thankfully never have I actually turned in a test that way. I'm currently kicking my self because if the machine read the...

  24. I need help passing Med-Surg!!!

    simply_viki replied to Victoria11's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How are you studying? What types of questions are you getting wrong? Do you go over your test results with your professor to see how you can improve? "Situational questions" will be asked more and...

  25. boy issues in nursing school

    simply_viki replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Students

    Sounds like you've got the right idea. You don't have to quit talking to the guy or anything, but let him know that you want to keep things on a professional level while in nursing school. You don't...