PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    How To Get a Job As a New Grad Nurse

    PacoUSA replied to hakunamatata's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You really did violate HIPAA by giving your patient's phone number and identity to the agency. And even if that would not have been a violation, you didnt even call the patient in advance to ask them...
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    Test on July 15 2015 HELP

    PacoUSA replied to nursebabyxoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Listen, sounds to me like you have done about 2000 questions so far, correct? Do 75 or even 100 MAX a day for the next 10 days (actually, I dare say 9 days because honestly you should NOT be doing...
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    Test on July 15 2015 HELP

    PacoUSA replied to nursebabyxoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    STOP studying and just do questions!! That is all I am going to say about that. And BTW, I never got above 70% on ANY practice test I completed. I passed with 75 questions. You just have to PASS this...
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    Quit during orientation

    PacoUSA replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Oh boy! Keep smoking that ganga, dog! dog = delusions of grandeur 😜 Sent from my iPad using
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    Should I wait to have a baby?

    PacoUSA replied to AHobbs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    First comes baby, then if you´re lucky one or both of the other two ... maybe. Call me 21st century realist ... 😜 Sent from my iPad using
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    Can I wear these honor cords at graduation???

    PacoUSA replied to NrNaG's topic in General Students

    I hardly think anyone would be noticing that you have different cords than the school itself grants. I have seen people make their own homemade sashes at graduations, which IMHO are more noticeable...
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    How does a newer nurse with 1+ years of exp. non-acute care apply to hospitals?

    PacoUSA replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Networking is probably the best way for you to get onto these units. Do you have friends or colleagues that can introduce you to their managers for interviews? Your peds clinic experience will be...
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    Kicking out visitors during report

    PacoUSA replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have fantasized about having large STOP signs posted at the nurses station at 7am and 7pm to alert visitors and patients that the nurses should not be interrupted during report. Nothing is more...
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    Work per diem at hospital while working full time at current job? Is it possible?

    PacoUSA replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nurses work FT jobs at one hospital and do per diem at another all the time, but from what I have seen they often come on board per diem with prior experience in the specialty they are per diem in. I...
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    Take this job and shove it!

    PacoUSA replied to TTK RN's topic in General Nursing

    I left my last staff position almost a year ago, and from what I hear things have gotten worse there. My departure coincided with the entry of a new CNO, who has made it her priority to make the...
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    Please Help, Confused New Traveler

    PacoUSA replied to HopefulNurse2011's topic in Travel

    Renting a home is also the same as having a mortgage for travel nurse purposes. You don't have to own property to claim a tax
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    Help! Travel nursing or fulfill a contract?!

    PacoUSA replied to teresagray's topic in Travel

    IMHO, paying the $7k to get out of a contract would be a waste. Competing for travel jobs with 2 years of experience is much easier and marketable than just having one year. Also, a strong marriage...
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    How much experience?

    PacoUSA replied to jdenni12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's harder to lose your license than most people think. You have to do something so egregious and so negligent to even come close. Nurses make errors frequently when understaffed. You just have to...
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    Calling in Sick

    PacoUSA replied to daisybsn's topic in Travel

    I've called in sick during an assignment and I simply had to make up the shift during the pay period. As staff, I would need a doctor's note if I was out more than 3 consecutive
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    How much experience?

    PacoUSA replied to jdenni12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What are the chances that you currently work on the same unit I left almost a year ago?? It sounds exactly what I left behind, and I never looked back. So much happier now. I gave them just over 2...
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    Do you think a hospital like Stanford makes you more marketable?

    PacoUSA replied to BerthaRN's topic in Travel

    I just accepted my next assignment there! 😊 😊
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    Connecticut RN Salaries in 2015

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Curious to know what the salaries are in various CT hospitals as of late, particularly at the major teaching hospitals such as Yale-New Haven, Danbury and Stamford. Thanks in advance! Sent from my...
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    Tampa General Hospital - Which Agencies Staff There?

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Travel

    I never really wanted to head to Florida on an assignment but now am considering it to be closer to friends and family for 3 months, and I have decided that I would really like to work at this...
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    Triage

    PacoUSA replied to hmwaggs's topic in Emergency

    I hope you're prepping that résumé ... that's not a situation I'd want to try to fix. Sent from my iPad using
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    PEARSON VUE TRICK

    PacoUSA replied to Aznddrwonder's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Welcome to the age of instant gratification. God forbid we have to wait for anything these days ... sheesh! You'd think you want to forget about this test for a few days ... Sent from my iPad using...
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    Failed NCLEX 3x state of florida need help

    PacoUSA replied to doinx's topic in General Nursing

    They say it right there in their rules in parenthesis what they mean by levels, there are two: RN or LPN. Your level is RN. Sent from my iPad using
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    Med/surg to psych

    PacoUSA replied to marie875's topic in Travel

    Working with med-surg psych patients does not translate into psych nursing experience at all. You are not experienced in the treatment of psychiatric conditions, you are only experienced in treating...
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    Do you think a hospital like Stanford makes you more marketable?

    PacoUSA replied to BerthaRN's topic in Travel

    Excellent! I'm motivated to go now 😝 ... Thanks so much for your
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    Do you think a hospital like Stanford makes you more marketable?

    PacoUSA replied to BerthaRN's topic in Travel

    Did you take the assignment? I'm considering Stanford for my next
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    First time traveler

    PacoUSA replied to RonnieMcDonald's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Ronnie, how did this assignment go? I've delayed my San Francisco assignment search until the fall. Curious to hear about Alta