dishes

dishes BSN, RN

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  1. Career Change: Radiology/Sonography v. Nursing?

    dishes replied to AvaPeers's topic in General Nursing

    Have you checked the job market for nurses and sonographers in your area? Contrary to popular belief the health care job market in many areas is saturated. New grads are being churned out every six...

  2. got fired/terminated

    dishes replied to YesYesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    @katiemi I would not recommended new grads work for agencies because as novice nurses, most are on not able to safely manage patient care without some supervision a/o mentoring. There are agencies...

  3. got fired/terminated

    dishes replied to YesYesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you have copies of your performance appraisal and letter of termination? Human resources usually keeps copies of both on your employment file. If you have copies, can you show them to an...

  4. got fired/terminated

    dishes replied to YesYesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You need to work on a better response to explain why you were fired, "my preceptor was mean' isn't going to get you anywhere. Showing that you understand how you failed to meet your employer's...

  5. Pysch Nursing vs Primary Care RN

    dishes replied to obc8166's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a good understanding of mental health? Do you have strong communication skills with patients and families? If running away from med surg is the only reason you want to work in psych, you...

  6. Changing career fields

    dishes replied to M4dNursing's topic in General Nursing

    You've given nursing six years of your life, that's plenty of time to know it's not for you. You may find there is some cross over from your nursing career and may find it easier to draw on your...

  7. Nursing Student with a few questions

    dishes replied to Nurse2bQuestions27's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Graduate programs outside of nursing that nurses have taken include; education, MBA, ethics, law, interdisciplinary studies, rehabilitation, human resources, communication, health policy, it all...

  8. Is it worth returning to nursing?

    dishes replied to Nurse.KenZ.'s topic in General Nursing

    What's the nursing job market like in your area? In many areas the job market is saturated with new grads who cannot find work. If you haven't worked in nursing for ten years you may face difficulty...

  9. Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    dishes replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    @weirdo, what is 'miserable' about your workplace? Is it the patient population? the nursing skill set? the team

  10. What Direction should I go in.

    dishes replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    Professional team like environments are found in many workplaces, high functioning teams can be seen in acute care, LTC, clinics, the OR, any place where there are healthcare teams. Successful teams...

  11. Passed NCLEX RN July 2016

    dishes replied to Lnzsay's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What are your next steps? Do you plan to take a refresher course with a clinical placement? If it's been eleven years since graduation you will need to relearn the

  12. BSN with a PhD in Public health

    dishes replied to WeatherB's topic in General Nursing

    Besides public health positions, have you applied to other types of nursing positions such as infection control or

  13. anxiety about evening Childcare

    dishes replied to Mahogany77's topic in General Nursing

    Showing children by example, that education can take a person out of a life of poverty, can be a lesson that they can internalize and carry forward into their own

  14. Career Advice for a New Grad

    dishes replied to burk0282's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think there is a high chance the LTC is using bait and switch tactics by giving an empty promise that there will be a better opportunity in the future, bet they didn't give that promise in

  15. anxiety about evening Childcare

    dishes replied to Mahogany77's topic in General Nursing

    If there is any way you can have him looked after in your home during the evenings? It would allow him time to relax and have an uninterrupted

  16. BSN with a PhD in Public health

    dishes replied to WeatherB's topic in General Nursing

    Is your RN job in a hospital? Are their researchers working at the

  17. No RN experence NP "non-nurse"

    dishes replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What are the BON's licensing requirements for NPs, are RN licenses

  18. BSN with a PhD in Public health

    dishes replied to WeatherB's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have past work experience in public health? Have you applied to public health

  19. Pysch Nursing vs Primary Care RN

    dishes replied to obc8166's topic in General Nursing

    Are they short staffed on the psych unit? what shifts will you work on the psych

  20. Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    dishes replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    This might be a good topic for an article on AN. Weirdo, AN has article contests and the winner receives

  21. Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    dishes replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    The site lpntornbridge org/nursing-history provides links under the History of Nursing: 101 Informative Websites, maybe some of the websites need writers who work from

  22. Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    dishes replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked into joining the American association for the history of nursing (AAHN)? Becoming a member might be a good way to find out the various career paths of fellow nursing history

  23. Wrongful termination or being put between a rock and a hard place!

    dishes replied to jrstephens1's topic in General Nursing

    Are you still working for the VA in a non-nursing position? If the VA employer wrote a letter to the BON to vouch for the quality of your non-nursing work, will it

  24. Wrongful termination or being put between a rock and a hard place!

    dishes replied to jrstephens1's topic in General Nursing

    The BON is not in the business to provide guidance on how a nurse can comply with disciplinary decisions, they are in the business of protecting the public, full stop. I don't know if there is...

  25. Nnas advisory report

    dishes replied to pawara's topic in Nurse Registration

    Have you read the IENCAP-Participant guide? It is available on touchstoneinstitute ca. It describes what the OSCE entails. Have you signed up to attend an OSCE information session with...