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  1. Salem Hospital opened RN Summer Internship 2011

    RNmb posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Salem Hospital just opened their Summer Internship, but it will only be open to apply from April 18-22. Here is the link: http://www.salemhospital.org/site/careers/erpims.html Job Title:RN...

  2. Moving to Northwest Oregon

    RNmb replied to scaredtorelocate's topic in Oregon Nursing

    just a thought: clatsop county - jail nurse - clatsop county department of public health - astoria, or this position is a part time jail nurse, 22.5 hours per week. duties include a variety of...

  3. incident report

    RNmb replied to AllAngelsRN's topic in General Nursing

    From the sounds of it, this would have essentially happened the same way on my unit. Lab does cancel ordered labs without informing the floor or the MD, most of the time because they were duplicate...

  4. Charge Nurses

    RNmb replied to Maycee's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am a charge nurse which on my floor means bedding patients and assisting in any way needed on the floor. We have unit clerks that enter orders for us and the RN assigned to that patient is...

  5. new to charge sooo scared!!

    RNmb replied to niteowlrn29's topic in Cardiac

    I went through the same exact scenario except I trained to charge at 8 months on my post-surgical step-down telemetry unit. We have 25 patients, so we go up to 6 RN's and 2 CNA's on nights. I was...

  6. Public health nursing in Oregon

    RNmb posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    I am currently a Surgical Telemetry nurse at Salem Hospital, but have always wanted to get into public health. Marion County does not seem to have the greatest public health system, so I am looking...

  7. Any Jobs in salem area?

    RNmb replied to JuliaC~RN~'s topic in Oregon Nursing

    Did you look at Salem Hospital? I know they have several openings, including some in critical care. The even says "Open to new grads." It's probably worth a

  8. Emergency Room Minor Care

    RNmb replied to ALH2004's topic in Emergency

    Just looking for some feedback: I recently noticed a job posting in my area for a Lead RN position at an Urgent Care clinic run by one of the biggest clinics in my area. I've been working as a floor...

  9. Is it worth it to obtain a masters in nursing education?

    RNmb replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind also that I don't believe Walden is accredited. I could be wrong about that, but that's what I have heard. So you might want to check into that before starting something long term that...

  10. How long does it take to become a surgical nurse?

    RNmb replied to carissabest's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, they currently have openings for an internship in the OR that I believe you have to only have one year of experience (or maybe even less). The internship is for 6 months and it's a...

  11. RN needs advice- family history

    RNmb posted a topic in Oncology

    It has recently come to light how extensive cancer is in my family. My mother has 8 siblings, 5 sisters (all of whom have cancer) and 3 brothers (one died when he was 2). Here is a breakdown of the...

  12. RN needs advice- family history

    RNmb replied to RNmb's topic in Oncology

    That helps a lot, thanks! Basically they told us that my mom is the only one who should be tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and then if she is negative, then I would be too. But, she recommended...

  13. Stick with it... it's worth it

    RNmb replied to RNmb's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ask questions! I ask questions whenever I don't know something because how else are you going to learn it? It's better to ask when you have the change rather than wait for the time when you get into...

  14. Stick with it... it's worth it

    RNmb posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just passed my one year mark! Graduated with my BSN June 2008, passed the NCLEX and started my first job as an RN on a Surgical Telemetry floor (step-down unit) in July 08. The reason I am posting...

  15. Changing Friendship

    RNmb replied to Student2Registered's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I experienced the same thing. Since we lived in a rural community (where our school was) and we only had 30 people in our class, a group of us spent almost every waking moment together. We did all our...

  16. Public health nursing in Oregon

    RNmb replied to RNmb's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Thanks, the Reed website was exactly what I was looking

  17. New OHSU Student - Advice?

    RNmb replied to LC5289's topic in Oregon Nursing

    First off, Congratulations! I graduated from OHSU-La Grande in 2008 and though it was a great school, my advice would be to be ready to advocate solely for yourself. The instructors were great, but...

  18. Navy Nurse Questions

    RNmb replied to belabelisa's topic in Government, Military

    Hi all, I am new to this forum, but have read most pages on this thread and it looks like a good one. I graduated with my BSN 1 year ago and have been working on a Surgical Telemetry floor (closest...