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When I was a student doing preceptors, I had a patient whose iv infiltrated and a new one had to be placed. After removing the old one, I placed the other one and a small amount (less then a half of drop) came out of the cath hub before I placed the tubing. The guy looks at me serious as he could be and said, " i have extremly rare blood and i don't appreciate you wasting it." Unfortunatly i tend to have this problem where things just pop out of my mouth, and I looked at him and said, " Wow, you mean i could have collected that drop of B pos. blood instead of wiping it off and quit my career as a nurse and sold it on ebay". The RN I was working with just smiled and said, " Dang, I could have been a multi-millionare by now" The guys wife wife laughed.

I live in Oklahoma, and the jobs are at Comanche Memorial. I also have a close friend who received several offers from Duncan Memorial as a newly licensed lpn.

i was just reading through some threads and happened across yours. I am just a new nurse but I became instantly angry when I read this. YOU SHOULD NEVER BE PHYSICALLY ABUSED AT YOUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT!!! Or anyplace for that matter. I would be beyond angry, I would be livid! This person needs to be let known in no uncertain terms that her behavior toward you is unacceptable and will be reported. There is no way that I would let somebody touch me out of anger. She obviously lacks the communication and life skills that it takes to articulate herself in a professional manner and if she can do that to you because she is upset, how is her patient care!!!

I know at the hospital I work at salary ranges vary depending on nursing experience. a new grad RN with no experience is not going to get paid as high as a RN with lpn experience and a RN with LPN experience is not going to get paid as much as a RN with years worth of RN experience. Everything, salary wise at least where I work, depends on the experience. Education is the greatest equilizer in life, I personally feel that anything you can do to add to your nursing career is a great asset to you and something that you can always be proud of!!! Good Luck!!

lunahRN, the answer is no, ER orientation is quite extensive requiring me to shadow for 60 days, CCU--30days and I'm not sure about length to push meds, and Oncology--2 weeks and then another year for pushing the more extensive meds.

Thank you all so much for helping me with this. The recruiter at the hospital set up time for me to talk to nurses in each area. I guess considering some people on the board are having difficulting finding employment, I should really consider myself lucky to even have options. Thank you all again, so much

thank you

Thank You! I am just so flustered, but honestly following my heart would be the best choice

I am a new graduate and just received my lpn license. I have recently been offered a job at a local hospital and they have given me the choice of 3 different areas to work in. ER, Oncology-med/surg, and ICU. I don't know which one will be the best starting career choice. Most of my in school experience was in med-surg, but I would love to hear from nurses who work in the following areas about their jobs. I guess my biggest fear is that I am so new to nursing, which is not to say that I am afraid of doing skills, just that I don't bring experience to the table. Any advice that can be given would be greatly appreciated.