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  1. Leaving management and happily going back to the floor

    kbettencourt replied to oregonchinamom's topic in General Nursing

    I would just keep applying until you get accepted, Make sure at the interview, your exicted to start something new, and think you will be a great assest to their team. I do interviews all the time,...

  2. Burned out for good after 27 years

    kbettencourt replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    Run, Run, Run while you can, charge Nurse means, putting up with employees that don't show up, your responsible, if some one screws up, your in charge you'll need to fix it, your position will be...

  3. 1st RN Interview-ER

    kbettencourt replied to SleeplessNCA's topic in General Nursing

    Keep Positive and answer honestly, they will see that. I Interview all the time and I have questions I ask, There is no right or wrong answer. when they interview they only have a short time to get to...

  4. Nursing Job Titles in Triage

    kbettencourt replied to nancywelch's topic in Telephone Triage

    I work at a Busy Internal Medicine office, Title "Nurse" Position Triage. In this office we are the Nurses, Hang IV's start Iv's, Assess Patients when they walk in without an appointments, EKg's,...

  5. New grad jobs: When to apply?

    kbettencourt replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to hear that, in this area some new grad said they only had 4 weeks tops, then they were flying

  6. New grad jobs: When to apply?

    kbettencourt replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing jobs in this economy are changing, I just went to a career fair and the hospitals are not even talking with New Grads. They have alot of their own CNA's on board who are working there already...

  7. help cardiac nurses!

    kbettencourt replied to RN75's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in a Doctor's office, before any surgery Pre-op Procedures are done, Ekg's blood work, and always directions on Coumadin, asa, Plavix, any of these meds are always considered before surgery,...

  8. Just promoted, but coworkers are mean!

    kbettencourt replied to nursechick182's topic in Nurse Management

    Thanks for your good advice. take

  9. Just promoted, but coworkers are mean!

    kbettencourt replied to nursechick182's topic in Nurse Management

    Been in Management for 1 year now, and I hear what your saying. Just hang in there, was good friends with one of my Co-workers, she was the one that gave me the hardest time, infact she had quite a...

  10. New nurse or just plain stuipd?

    kbettencourt replied to stilltrying's topic in General Nursing

    Then someone needs to be honest with this Nurse. I understand what you're

  11. Leaving management and happily going back to the floor

    kbettencourt replied to oregonchinamom's topic in General Nursing

    Sad to say when you leave manager position, you need to leave the job. Great People to work with, but way to much politics. You're better off not knowing. Good

  12. New nurse or just plain stuipd?

    kbettencourt replied to stilltrying's topic in General Nursing

    Lets face it, we have all been there, Some Nurses take a little longer. I don't know what we would do if we didn't have that one Nurse who helped us. We all have that one Nurse who took the time to...

  13. New nurse or just plain stuipd?

    kbettencourt replied to stilltrying's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say, please be patient with this Nurse, In my Clinical I didn't get to do much hands on during School. by the time it was my turn to do stuff we didn't have much time, if she went from no...

  14. Leaving management and happily going back to the floor

    kbettencourt replied to oregonchinamom's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you, I feel the same way, I became Asst Nurse Manager Last August, I'm hanging in there 1 yr from this week. I work in Internal Medicine in charge of Medical Assistant, and Nurses. I have to...

  15. telephone triage

    kbettencourt replied to dec2007's topic in Telephone Triage

    Phone Triage is the new upcoming job for Nurses, it has always been there but now they have new positions opening, the new one out there is TeleNurse etc. I have a difficult time finding information...

  16. Now I understand why there is a nursing shortage

    kbettencourt replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Kendel Good luck in what ever you do, I never did hospital nursing, way too risky for first time nurse. take

  17. I need your input and experience!

    kbettencourt replied to Unsurefuture's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you,

  18. Is Nursing School Hard?

    kbettencourt replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on the school you go to, The school I went to I heard was very hard to pass the 1st semester of Nursing it was a 2 yr program, some schools are 4 yr not as hard because it's spread out. I...

  19. telephone triage

    kbettencourt replied to dec2007's topic in Telephone Triage

    In your town or city you can try a Doctor's Office, if it's a large office setting, Most will post positions as Busy Medical office seeking RN or LPN, more likely it will be for Telephone

  20. Now I understand why there is a nursing shortage

    kbettencourt replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Kendal Try to hang in there, Get the experience for a least a year if you can last that long, once you have that you can take that every where. It will be worth it. then you can go out and try...

  21. I need your input and experience!

    kbettencourt replied to Unsurefuture's topic in Nursing Career

    To get through Nursing school is a feat in itself, I went in my late 30's, The big question is why do you want to be a Nurse? you will never be rich but you will always have a job. If you want to make...

  22. colostomy

    kbettencourt replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    a good solution is new colostomy bag that comes with filters, it will trap the odor and it works wonderful. I did home care for 2 years and seen a variety of new bags, the trick is to get the facitily...

  23. Am I whiny or is this too much?

    kbettencourt replied to goodywhyte's topic in Home Health

    Thank you for responding, Some weeks I feel like all I do is work, After two days off trying to get family things accomplished, It's time for work again. Can I ask what are you doing now. I started...

  24. Am I whiny or is this too much?

    kbettencourt replied to goodywhyte's topic in Home Health

    Dear Goody Your are not whiny. I have been in Home care for 18 months now, And I have yet mastered the paper work. I recently decreased my hrs and My manager talked me into doing 10 hrs day x 4...

  25. Coverage when out sick

    kbettencourt replied to shammy's topic in Home Health

    Dear Shammy Where I work, when I call in sick, some patients can be put off until another day, we give ourself a five day window for recerts, and for all the pt's that need a visit, we have per visit...