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I have an interview on Monday at a well known Infertility Clinic, as a new grad this could be my dream job. Does anyone have any pointers on how to prep for the interview or things I should read up on to be prepared for questions? I'm very excited ab...

I have worked in a community hospital 15 miles north of Boston for 6 years. When I graduated from NS in Dec 2009, I had hoped that there may be a job for me by June or so. No such luck! Not only are they not hiring new grads- they are going to be lay...

To top it all off we get written up if we don't punch out for a half hour lunch!

I work in a combo assisted living nursing home facility. Currently I am doing evenings covering the 2 assisted living floors. 54 residents to give meds to and about 10 treatments. Add in the "not feeling good" complaints, MD phone calls and whatever ...

I finally got a job! Its been 3 months of filling out many applications a day. I was hired at a small Nun run LTC facility about 30 minutes from my house. It is 26 skilled nursing beds, I will be working nights. They staff it with one RN, and 2 CNAs ...

So I worked my first 2 shifts alone this week. It went well, Monday was a holiday here and 30 out of my 56 went out to a parade and didn't get back until 6pm. Needless to say that med pass was a disaster. Last night I finally got a chance to start re...

Clinical associate =cna at beverly. Applying in person or online makes no difference. Good luck. Human resources can take forever

Can you call the unit and tell them? That's what I would do. Even experienced nurse occasionally forget to chart something.

Sue- do you think it is reasonable for me to ask for time on my next shift (still on orientation) to read through the charts?

So last evening was my first shift on the floor and it was awesome. It turns out that we cover the 2 assisted living type floors so about 60 residents for meds. The DON is one of the nuns and she makes rounds at 10pm. Any issues with the residents sh...

I am working at a LTC about 3 miles from Boston. The commute is tough, and gas will cost me approx. 1 hour of pay. At this facility RNs start at 22.14 hour. I didn't fight it because jobs (esp for new grads like me) are REALLY hard to come by up here...

Thank you! I have 3 stethoscopes, I just need to figure out which one I can hear best with, they all hurt my ears and have since I got them. I will probably leave one in my car all the time too just in case I forget/lose one somewhere.

I think you should tell you nurse educator that you want to stay on night shift and hope that when the need arises a nurse can guide you through a Critical Care bedbath, they are not different than any other bed bath- just faster. I had many years ex...

Update: Today was my 1st day of orientation, all the Human Resources paperwork and that sort of stuff. Friday will be my 1st shift of orientation on the floor. Luckily they are starting me off on the evening shift on the assisted living floor. I fee...

So I graduated in 12/09, passed NCLEX-RN on 01/12. I probably applied to 75 positions over 3 months. Today I interviewed for a per-diem position in a LTC facility. They called me 4 hours after my interview and offered me the position!!!!! I am so exc...

I ended up wearing khakis and a nice top. Its a good thing I did too because the Sister that wanted to hire me was there and it was the ADON that gave me the tb test!

thanks for all the support. The DON is the Mother Superior and the convent is on the top floor of the facility. I forgot to ask if there is an LPN on NOCs. When I went in for my Mantoux today I told the Sister (an RN) that I was excited and nervous, ...

Craigslist and God (I am not super religious but my job is at a LTC run by nuns) I start Wednesday!

if its in its prescribed form does the fda monitor the sources? there was a report about only using high quality supplements, along with the reminder that the fda does not oversee "herbals"

Hi BabyRN2be- I did not get the job, must not have wowed them. I was so nervous I think I totally choked. It took them a month to email me to tell me that I should "reapply" once I have more experience. I just wish places would put that they want exp...

I think you are doing the right thing. As nurses in general we are not supposed to judge pain. It is what the patient says it is. Medicate within the orders and let the other nurse's comments roll off your back. Patients in sickle cell crisis also ne...

I don't think there is anything wrong with saying that your practice changes as new evidenced based practice is realized. Nursing is a field in which you continuosly learn as you know. Just my opinion (not that it matters much I am still searching fo...

I only did clinical there, is it for an RN position? I liked my clinical (pedi) the nurses were great and I was able to see some pretty amazing things, but I don't know about the adult side of things. Good luck!

30K for tuition, books and other little loans I took out to cover food and gas, private top rated ASN. No job and 4 months left before those loan companies come a calling!

During my second semester of clinicals I had patient that had a tonic clonic seizure that lasted for 30 minutes. She was quite old (90+) and was not a DNR. The son had to be contacted to see if she could be switched to DNR status because the Dr thou...