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Hey Tony Congratualtions on the VA job!! I just applied for one in my area and I was wondering? How long does the process take? From reading your posts it looks like it took 6 weeks for you? that's pretty quick--Anyway the job I am applying for says day shift and rotating to evening shifts. My question is what is considered evening shift at VA and how often do you rotate? Thanks

What is an INFP?

Good luck MissBrittanyRN on your interview--Is it a hospital or LTC or SNF? Or better yet L&D?

I find this position very interesting because ever since the culture has become less polite I find that people do not do the customary "Excuse me--Are you busy? Can I ask you a question?" Most people just start right in without any regard to if you are busy or not--so in that respect I can definitely agree that there are too many people out there that just start right in with the chitchat without checking 1st to see if you are busy. I always ask the person 1st--"Do you have a minute?"--on the reverse side--if I ask someone politely if they have a minute to spare for me and they give me that time but all the while they are acting like I am disturbing them--then they can pack sand--because if I go out of my way to be polite and ask for their time and they are not woman or man enough to say--"NO I am busy"--(which would be fine with me)--then I have no time for them at all and it will probably be a cold day in hell before I asked them anything. JMHO --- On second thought --I may just interrupt that person as often as I can just to PO them as much as I can--depends if I am looking for some entertainment that day or not. Some people are really so good for a laugh!!!

I do the same thing but now after I get changed and throw my clothes in the laundry I wipe down the door handles with Odo-Ban which kills viruses--then I am ready to interact with the family.

Here's something I found-- http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?ipath=EXIND&siteid=cbindeed&Job_DID=J8G5MS6SH6RSQKWGQ2S

I don't know whether Chantix works because I never tried it. What worked for me was --(I was a serious heavy smoker)--I bought a book by Alan Carr called "The easy way to quit Smoking"--read the book and then I bought an herb called Lobelia--it mimics the effect of nicotine on the dopamine receptors of the brain. The Lobelia was mixed in with other herbs in a stop smoking aid that I bought from an herbal place online--they were in PA--if I find the bottle I will get the name for you or you can google --stop smoking herbal aid. I was a hard core smoker and these 2 things combined worked--the best thing was there were no side effects--the lobelia calms your brain naturally and the techniques in Carrs book teaches you how to be a non-smoker. Go natural and good luck--I know how hard it is.

Parisian french is very different than creole or canadian french but it will help to know the words I guess but the syntax is different, 600.00 will not get you very far in France not unless you are living in the countryside--but I don't think you will be. I think getting a job there while in school would be very hard but you could contact the French embassy at the nearest city to you and find out the particulars. If it were me I would get my degree here first then go over to work. A few months living over there and you will be very good with the language. Good Luck

Community College--frankly I think they are better than the university--at least in my area they are highly regarded. Graduate debt free--get a job in hospital and let them pay for your BSN--it is a no-brainer.

Do the ADN at a community college--it is much cheaper-- then get a job at a hospital that will pay for your BSN. Our hospital has an on campus class and in 2 years you have your BSN. The community college I went to for my ADN cost me 6000.00 for the 2 years--that included everything--even books. A good deal and it was really just as hard as university. Good Luck.

Can someone tell me what a changeover is? I have never worked LTC.

Just curious--do you work for a large hospital? Which state? I was thinking about going to work for a large hospital here becuase I thought maybe it would be run better than an agency.

I know this may sound weird but the few times that I have been in that situation (clique barrier) I either ignored it entirely or made a point to purposefully interject myself into situations so they would have to deal with me. That works only if you are up to the initial rejection--but hey--you're being rejected now. As I get older I pretty much don't care what someone thinks or says--as long as they don't interfer with me and my life. In the past, it would have almost destroyed me not to be included in a group but if it happened now I know I would just push back--and since I don't back down ever--I think they would be the ones warming up to me. But really if it is all that important to you that these people like you then---determine which person in the clique is most susceptible to being brought to your side (translation--the nicest person in the bunch) and every chance you get talk to her or him away from the group. At least you'll be able to show 1 person how nice you are and then usually (but not always) the group follows. Just keep in mind, anyone that relys on a group for their identity or well being is usually a weak person anyway. Safety in numbers I guess. And don't forget this experience--someday you may be in the position to welcome someone new into a work group--don't forget how it feels. Oh by the way--stick it out for at least a year for your resume and if you don't feel better by then--leave.

"Here, Mr. Jones. Put your member in the duck." OMG!! Do you know if you were in France and said that they would think you were talking literally--it is quite the fashion with the elites there (like Hollywood directors)--can anyone say Roman Polanski's favorite pasttime.

Bless You for taking care of your Mom and good luck with nursing school. Just a tip to save money in school--For textbooks you need--go to school bookstore and get ISBN numbers from books and then buy them on hal.com or ebay--you will save alot of money. I always got my ISBN numbers a month before classes so I could take my time and find the best deals--sometimes I would buy the edition before the last one if I could be sure that it had the same info. I saved so much money.