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Correctional Nursing, Orthopediacs

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  1. Those in Med Surg

    We have no techs luckily lots of our pts. are self care. We do have an MA to help out on
  2. Am I dumb or what?

    To pass this class I took the study guide questions and put one side of an index card the question on the other the answer. I took those index cards everywhere I went and went through them over and...
  3. New Grad-Interview. What should I ask/look for?

    They just look at DL and what was on it by the state I live. They also did a drug screen on me the day of the interview. Knew my record was clean and since I just had recently got my license. No...
  4. New Grad-Interview. What should I ask/look for?

    I was a new grad and started off in a prison. I have now worked 9 months going on 10 there. It does sharpen your assessment skills. I found out about a week later after the background check. It...
  5. cant pay back school loans, garnish wages?

    Cannot you put those things on deferrment due to economic hardship? There has to be a way to do that if the federal government is involved. I know if it is over 25% of gross income then you can and...
  6. Question for new nurses

    Have the students at the end take on more pts. I have 8-15 normally and only had one or two at the most. Learning how to organize that would be
  7. Giving report at shift change

    I think it is not the shift but how organized the nurse is. Things go awry and hate to give report or take report from one of my coworker. You know going in that she is always behind. And I mean...
  8. Male nursing and needing chaperone

    I am a female. Looks to me a true double standard. We are professionals not like a male nurse is there to do anything but his job. After giving the pt. the option I think that is all you need. I...
  9. One word we do no IV start team here. I give myself two tries then I find an more experienced nurse and watch how she does it. Some of the people when the doctor is in will ask the doctor to do it....
  10. "We self schedule on this floor..."

    Miss self scheduling myself. We worked around each other and tried to be fair about it. Now management took over my night shifts have all been split up. Told her more than once that this just does...
  11. Plus it gives you the opportunity to look for other jobs and not be so desperate about
  12. Totally understand the feeling. It is frustrating started interviewing again and get we hired someone with more experience. 9 months of working my butt off and disliking my
  13. Night Shift!!! How do YOU stay awake?

    I take a walk look on my pts. because about then I am charting for hours. Getting up and walking usually wakes me up. Do not eat a big meal that seems to be a
  14. new RN - income questions

    In Indianapolis, it is 21.75 hour at the hospitals. Home health and nursing homes pay more for RN. Those jobs go underfilled around here. Hospital jobs do not hire all the new grads they produce...
  15. Applying for jobs as a new grad?

    Hey was looking on select specialty hospital there are jobs for RN's there LTAC. They hired new grads in Indy assume they do the same in Ft. Wayne anyhow it is worth a try. I live too far away to...
  16. MedTech College

    I started going back to school in 2005 and at that time it was all your classes plus your teas score. No interview was included. It changed about 2006 when it became 4 classes +TEAS score. BTW I had...
  17. I wish sombody would have told me......

    Flying under the radar never works. Nursing instructors can figure who is flying under then use you as the example of what not to do. The hardest nursing instructors are the ones minus personality...
  18. Chaos and stupidity

    I ask questions my philosophy rather ask something I do not know than look stupid by doing something wrong when I should have asked for help and did
  19. So depressed. Can not find a RN job.

    Yes. It is challenging but I like it. I had a month orientation. Still stuff I don't know but I work in the infirmary and there is always a nurse in the clinic and another infirmary nurse. You...
  20. So depressed. Can not find a RN job.

    I make 21.69 hour. Clarian pays 21.75 hour so pay is about the same. I need better insurance I carry the insurance for my family and it is running about 500 a pay period for not that great insurance....
  21. So depressed. Can not find a RN job.

    My DON asked what I would do in a situation when I an irate person. How do I deal with stress? What were my experiences in nursing school. Does the idea of working in a prison stress me out? Other...
  22. Primary household earner?

    I am currently the major breadwinner. This is a relatively new occurance. My hubby works but the bad economy has really hurt his employment chances. I hold all insurance. He is going to go to...
  23. someone tell me it gets better after RN school???

    i agree rectal tubes are the worst. i still cannot get used to them. i don't think anyone likes cleaning poop but if it was your family member then wouldn't you want someone to do it for them. i...
  24. How often do you do dosage calculation?

    I use it frequently sometimes in is in my head other times I need to get paper and pencil
  25. Should I go back for the 2nd interview?

    I say go ahead an do the interview. Good