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http://www.ncsbn.org or do a search here on allnurses. I am surprised you haven't heard of it. The act was passed in 2000.

With the compact act, the first question is do you want to live in TX? If Vermont is a compact state and you only want to work in TX, not become a resident, you can work off of your Vermont license. You have to be a resident of Vermont and not Tex...

Thanks for letting me know what you decided bjm. I have a feeling you made the right choice for yourself. Part of the reason I took my position was also to learn something new in the nursing field. The worst that can happen is that you do not like...

I work at a privately owned outpatient ambulatory surgery center. We have five operating rooms, pacu and pre-op. It sounds a lot like the one you are considering. They do any type of surgery that the patient can go home the same day. It would tak...

I have been a nurse for seven years. My experience is 2 years med/surg, 3 years telemetry, 2 years oncology. I had no pre op or pacu experience when I interviewed for this position. I knew I didn't want to go back to the floor, and when I saw this...

I just moved to San Antonio and accepted a position at an out patient surgery center 6 weeks ago. I have oncology and telemetry experience, no surgery experience. I am now in pre op and will soon train for pacu. I will not be trained to be in the ...

I am happy you and your family could all be there with her. Thank you for sharing your moving story with us here at allnurses. I am sorry for your loss Kevin.

It is amazing how negativity can spread like wild fire. I found myself getting very negative about a year ago at work. I then made a conscious effort to become positive again. Believe it or not, it took about a month and then we all became positiv...

You listed many more cons than pros in your post. If you do not have to work, take advantage of it while you can. You will have a lot of time to get your needed experience once you graduate. When in doubt....don't!

If you want to use a professional objective, I think the use of facility and institution is redundant. They both more or less mean the same thing. I would use facility alone. As mentioned, I would elaborate on your experience as a student nurse....

cheerfuldoer, this is VERY exciting news for me. If I don't have to go through yet another endorsement, I will be a happy camper. I am in talks with someone at Wilford Hall right now. She knows I am a military wife, but she did not mention this. ...

We were shown that when we do scoop, we then turn the syringe with the partially capped needle towards the hard surface we are working on and push the cap on the rest of the way by pushing it on the surface...not with our other hand.

I am getting ready to move to TX. Even though Virginia is a compact state (where I live now) as is TX, I still have to go through the endorsement process to get a TX license. The reason is that you MUST carry a license for your "home state" with th...

That makes sense. If you are overseas, there is not a license to get, so you can use a stateside license. If I am in TX at Wilford Hall, I am practicing in that state, so I would imagine I would have to have a TX license. I thought it sounded too ...

I am currently in Virginia. I work at an outpatient chemotherapy clinic two days a week prn. We are not open on weekends or holidays. I make $32.50/hr, which is good for a clinic and daytime hours.

If you don't mind me asking catlady, how old are you? I am having a hard time accepting the age factor as the problem, especially since you are doing phone interviews.

None! I work at an outpatient chemotherapy clinic. We are not open on weekends or holidays. :) Two days a week...Tuesday and Friday 8:30am-5:00pm.

Me too! If I put the phone to my right ear, I feel like I can't hear as well either. I am glad I am not the only one!!

This may be a dumb question Tweety, but why do you scoop after you draw a medication up? If you have not stuck the patient yet, why should you scoop instead of just cap it back on the needle? What is the danger of that if the needle has not been ex...

I don't think I have found my "niche" yet either. I have been a nurse seven years. I have done med surg, home health, ortho, telemetry and now oncology. I have liked them all and have learned a lot from each area. But, I can honestly say I do not...

My husband is in the Air Force, and I have had six jobs in the last seven years because we move often. I think since you are still out of state and will not be ready to hire for eight more weeks may have an impact on you not getting any offers. Ever...

A living will is a must now a days. Please don't suggest that your family put "a pillow over your head or a bullet through your skull". Along with the responsibility of feeling they have to be the one to physically kill you, they will then face mur...

Mattsmom, even if they were compact states, you would still have to get a new license from Washington because you are now a resident there. That is now your new "home state" because you live there. I think the compact state policy is really only good...

If it is what you want, I hope you get the job. Good luck!