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  1. Answering "YES/NO" to contacting current employer?

    SoClose! posted a topic in General Nursing

    How bad does it look if you say no? I mean, I certainly would never leave an employer high & dry without plenty of notice, but I don't really want any boss of mine knowing that I'm checking out...

  2. signing bonus

    SoClose! replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    I got my job as a new grad (in Oct '09) with a $2000 sign-on bonus. Half at six months and I'll get the other half at one year. Didn't sign any contract,

  3. Do Nurses Get Traffic Tickets?

    SoClose! replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

    I got pulled over not long ago for my windown tint. It was about 8am and I had worked all night (IOW, NOT a good time to mess with me, lol). Anyway, he came up to the window all puffed up, I rolled it...

  4. New nurse OVERWHELMED

    SoClose! replied to leapof faith's topic in Medical-Surgical

    OMG, yes!!!!!! Or what about, "why is (s)he getting xyz

  5. What color do you wear?

    SoClose! replied to Lorien_LPN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    RNs wear all white on my floor. I thought it was ridiculous at first, but you get over it. Plus, I used to think, "ew- what if you get ___ on it.." but honestly, I would rather be able to SEE the ___...

  6. New nurse OVERWHELMED

    SoClose! replied to leapof faith's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wow. I can remember feeling this way- even posted my own thread about, "do I REALLY have to do M/S for a year?!?" LOL! I have now been on my MST floor for seven months, and it is SO much better than...

  7. Answering "YES/NO" to contacting current employer?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in General Nursing

    Well, it's not that I'm hiding anything or worried about bad mouthing at all, just would prefer no contact. But I do see what you're saying and would likely have the same reactions if I were doing the...

  8. M/S vs. Office job?

    SoClose! posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi all. Just a question for anyone who has done both M/S and physician's office work as an RN.. I have less than one year M/S experience, and just as a "test" last week I put in an app for an office...

  9. M/S vs. Office job?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in Nursing Career

    Asthma/allergy. I did end up to HR in detail and was asked to come for an interview, but the pay was nowhere near enough. It sure sounded like a great job,

  10. RN to MSN.. your experiences?

    SoClose! posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    If there is another thread on this, you may point it out- but I am also specifically asking for the GA/Atl area. I want to further my education, but would like to just go ahead and do an RN-MSN...

  11. RN to MSN.. your experiences?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in Post Graduate Students

    Sounds fine to me.. thanks! :)

  12. RN to MSN.. your experiences?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in Post Graduate Students

    And I now realize that this may not be the most appropriate forum for this one, so maybe it could be

  13. Am I being snotty?

    SoClose! replied to JezzysRN09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    And AMEN to that. We do not have last names, and if we did I would not have it. In school, they always kept our first/last names on our badges, but we were often encouraged to put tape over our last...

  14. Am I being snotty?

    SoClose! replied to JezzysRN09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think it's snotty at all. :) And I am an ADN nurse. That being said, I will tell you that I was taking report from a coworker the other evening, and she made a comment about, "I don't know...

  15. A year of Med/Surg... Seriously?

    SoClose! posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I am a new grad working on the floor at a small local hospital. I am a week away from finishing orientation, and I'm already ready to get out! I can't decide if it's really that I don't enjoy m/s,...

  16. A year of Med/Surg... Seriously?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks SO much everyone for the great advice and replies. I am happy to report that- for whatever reason- this weekend went GREAT!! Maybe I was just psyching myself out during those last couple weeks...

  17. A year of Med/Surg... Seriously?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow great post jjjoy,

  18. A year of Med/Surg... Seriously?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks, tencat! That's encouraging. I think another thing is, I really don't feel like I DO much, other than assess, as far as skill-building. In my three months I've started TWO caths, hung blood...

  19. A year of Med/Surg... Seriously?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Peds . And thanks for your reply! I will keep on keeping on and try to remember the good things.. I do get some great patients mixed in who are very grateful and complimentary of the work I do, I have...

  20. A year of Med/Surg... Seriously?

    SoClose! replied to SoClose!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah I guess you're right about the quitting early thing. Honestly, with my current schedule I could pull it off to do a PT position somewhere else, but that may not work out the way I picture, lol....

  21. are you weak in pharma but passed?

    SoClose! replied to RNindmaking's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Very weak in pharm; I also did not have a pharm class during school. I passed with 75 questions. I think it just depends on the questions you are "thrown" from the pool. Good luck to

  22. Just took Kaplan Diagnostic...yikes!!

    SoClose! replied to CarolinaGirl84's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It doesn't have all the explanation parts on it? Like- your "predicted probability" of passing NCLEX on the first try, etc? My results contained several pages of

  23. Name on BON -pending?

    SoClose! replied to Logos's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    In GA, you have a chart that goes up as soon as they receive your application. It has a looong list of *18* items to be addressed... Fingerprint results, background check, NCLEX eligible, passing...

  24. Should I reschedule?

    SoClose! replied to maman2zoe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations, maman!!!!!! :D

  25. July 27th Test takers! (&passers hopefully!)

    SoClose! replied to b, bsn09's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations,