EmilyLucille523

EmilyLucille523

LTC, PCU, Med/Surg, Hospice, OBGYN

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  1. How Much Does a Hospice Nurse Make?

    EmilyLucille523 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello everyone, I will have a year experience in acute care in September which is the minimum requirement for 2 Hospice jobs I have recently applied for here in NC. Does anyone know what the salary...

  2. I HATE My Job - Why did I ever go into Nursing?

    EmilyLucille523 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    As I write that title I have tears building up. I remember not so long ago when I prayed and so longed to get my first nursing job when it was so hard to get one last year. I begged and begged and...

  3. NC RNs-TMC NURSING OPEN HOUSE

    EmilyLucille523 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello New Grads & Experienced RNs in NC, I just wanted to let you know of a newspaper posting I found. There will be an open house for New grads and experienced RNs for Thomasville Medical Center...

  4. Hey New Grads Still Looking for Work...

    EmilyLucille523 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    You will love this video I found on You Tube! Hillarious! I thought you might need a laugh when things are so frustrating. Keep your chin up. It took me a long time to get my first nursing job and I'm...

  5. Start in Postpartum or L&D?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to nurseygurlie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You must also work in a small hospital like I do. I currently am working in the postpartum floor. Here I feel like we just give po/IV prn meds and basically "patient sit" the patient through the...

  6. Frustration & No RN Job Opportunities

    EmilyLucille523 replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hey, if you are still looking for a job even 1 to 2 years later...you will love this video i found on you tube! hillarious! i thought you might need a laugh when things are so frustrating. keep your...

  7. New nurse in Labor and Delivery

    EmilyLucille523 replied to KER5050's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Something I've learned in the last 2 years especially when I was a New Grad and could not find a job at the time...apply even if it says experienced required, write an awesome cover letter stating why...

  8. New nurse in Labor and Delivery

    EmilyLucille523 replied to KER5050's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm new to L&D too but not a new grad, however, I was hired with a bunch of them. My advice to all you newbies... DON'T act like you already know everything! It makes the experienced L&D...

  9. New nurse in Labor and Delivery

    EmilyLucille523 replied to KER5050's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm a new nurse to L&D but not a new grad and I'm scared to death because of all the info that I need to relearn. Especially where I work because it's one of those floors where you float from...

  10. Safe Staffing with New Staff

    EmilyLucille523 replied to MKS8806's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Welcome to the world of budgets, low census, and well... NURSING!!! We have the same problem. I just got hired on L&D and it's one of those where you float to the Nursery and Women's postpartum...

  11. Looking for Bilingual RN Job in Triad Area

    EmilyLucille523 posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    If you know of a bilingual RN position (English/Spanish) in the Triad area, please post me. I've been trying to look for a nursing job where my fluent Spanish skills is used more often and is more...

  12. Where are the Nursing Shortages??!!!???

    EmilyLucille523 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm annoyed. When I first decided to go back to school after 15 years of graduating from High School, career counselors and nurses alike told me to go and become a Nurse because we would always be...

  13. Need Your Help: Revamping ON-CALL System

    EmilyLucille523 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We are a small Hospice non-for-profit organization with 130-140 pts and with 2 teams (a 3rd is going to start d/t increase in census) with 11 - 13 pt case loads for each full-time RN. Right now we...

  14. help! want to quit....how long do i have to stay to avoid looking bad?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to limonada's topic in First Year After Licensure

    UPDATE: I ended up quiting this full-time job too after only a few months. Due to a lot of staff turnover, nurse to patient ratio was getting too high on the floor and became unsafe. I was so fed up...

  15. Open House at TMC - Novant - Did anyone go?

    EmilyLucille523 posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Just wondering if anyone went to the open house on Tuesday at Thomasville Medical Center and how it went? What did you hear? Do they have a lot of openings? I tried going but didn't get the news in...

  16. Advice, please!

    EmilyLucille523 replied to MisterSimba's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    My advise...get your foot in the door. Although I do think 6 weeks is too short for someone with no experience. The 3 hospitals I have worked for offer 12 week orientation programs for New Grads....

  17. New LPN Down and out in NC: Where are the jobs?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to myperads's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Not to discourage you but even when you do get your RN I hope the job market improves here in NC because don't be surprised to find it hard to get a job then too. I have many New Grads who work with...

  18. I HATE My Job - Why did I ever go into Nursing?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I myself was in long-term care at one point as an LPN with a 1:25 patient-ratio. It was hard but it helped me for my job I am at now in a way and it really helped me to get the Hospice job that I'm...

  19. Durham Regional Hospital should be ashamed!

    EmilyLucille523 replied to GoBuckeyez10's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I'm not surprised. Try a 1:7 nurse-patient ratio on a cardiac floor with nitro drips, cardizem drips, insulin drips, blood transfusions, and everything else. It seems to be the norm now and all...

  20. I HATE My Job - Why did I ever go into Nursing?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in First Year After Licensure

    UPDATE: It's funny you should mention this because I recently accepted a salaried full-time Hospice job. It was my intention to do Hospice eventually after getting a few years of med-surg experience...

  21. How Much Does a Hospice Nurse Make?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    UPDATE: I did get the Hospice job offer for a little less than $45,000 annual salary plus mileage reimbursement. I ended up taking it because at least I know I can depend on that income versus where...

  22. Can a new graduate be a hospice RN?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to fireball78's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have almost a year experience with cardiac and med/surg floors and the Hospice place that I've been wanting to get into since I graduated last year still is very reluctant to hire me. "We're worried...

  23. How Much Does a Hospice Nurse Make?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Had my interview today. It went alright but they have more interviews to do. It is a salaried position but I didn't ask upfront what it was, I wanted them to see that the job itself was more...

  24. new grad RN in wilmington, nc

    EmilyLucille523 replied to Elisa G.'s topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Welcome and Congrats! *wine:yeah: New Grad RN jobs in this area are hard to come by now a days. I recommend you apply to your favorite, 2nd preference, & 3rd prefence jobs just so you have...

  25. How Much Does a Hospice Nurse Make?

    EmilyLucille523 replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You are absolutely right about not having a price for the work and care you give, I get that completely. But it also helps to have a basic idea where I am going to be at financially by changing jobs....