Blackcat99

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  1. are jobs on craigslist legitimate?

    Blackcat99 replied to sallyjane's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the jobs are legitimate and some are not. If they tell you that you must have your credit check done first at their job site they are scammers. One of the scammers had contacted me and told me...

  2. Corrections "attitude" test

    Blackcat99 replied to Do_Good's topic in Correctional

    I think I took a test like that many years ago. I believe they just ask you general questions to see if you are a "law and order" kind of person. The correct answers are that you are indeed into law...

  3. Need LVN job badly...HELP!!

    Blackcat99 replied to rcristoLPN2010's topic in California Nursing

    I saw an ad for a hospital in Clayton,Missouri that was hiring new grads and those getting ready to graduate within one year. I think it was called Barnes Jewish hospital? I'm not sure how that ad...

  4. Not enjoying going to school with child

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks ventmommy. Yes, I wish she would just ask me about things instead of running to the school principal. I'm starting to feel like I am back in school and the teacher is a "tattle-tale." I wanted...

  5. Not enjoying going to school with child

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I am so glad that your school allows you to suction whenever you want. This teacher has been on my behind ever since I started going to this school. She won't confront be directly. She has sent the...

  6. Unsafe agency, unsafe case. Need advice please!

    Blackcat99 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I just wanted to mention a thing about a few agencies and pay raises. I apparently have a nursing superviser who is a nurse and is my boss. However, when I asked "my boss" for a raise she said she...

  7. taking my first nursing job at a LTC facility

    Blackcat99 replied to jmitchell-85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, that's another thing I hated about LTC. Nurses being unkind and disrespectful towards each other. I hope things will work out for you. If not, hang in there anyway and get your one years...

  8. Need LVN job badly...HELP!!

    Blackcat99 replied to rcristoLPN2010's topic in California Nursing

    Yes, I am so glad that I left Calif years ago. I remember thinking at that time "I better move out now while I still have the money to move out." I have enjoyed moving to different cities and states....

  9. who hires before graduation

    Blackcat99 replied to coachmegs's topic in General Nursing

    I don't live in Missouri. I was surprised to see an ad from Barnes Jewish Hospital in Clayton, Missouri. It was a part time job for a nurse. It said that IV certification was required. It said they...

  10. Need LVN job badly...HELP!!

    Blackcat99 replied to rcristoLPN2010's topic in California Nursing

    You may need to move to Texas. I heard Texas is the state where they still hire new nurses. Good luck. I hope someone who lives in CA can help you out. I use to live in CA many years ago but moved...

  11. Relocation Questions

    Blackcat99 replied to fireline's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get your Texas nursing license first. When they call to interview you may need to go to Texas for the interview. When you are interviewing in Texas, start looking for apts that allow pets. When I was...

  12. Not enjoying going to school with child

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks Hagabel. I have been taking care of this child for about a year. I have decided that I am not going to hurry hurry rush rush at school anymore. When I try to hurry, I just make more mistakes. I...

  13. Not enjoying going to school with child

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks caliotter3. Most of the nurses at my agency won't go to school with the children. I think that is why I got my recent raise because I will go to school with the child. I am going to give it one...

  14. Confused new RN!

    Blackcat99 replied to ashalina213's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Go ahead and suck it up for one year. You can do it. In today's economy, be very careful. There was a nurse here at this site who couldn't stand LTC so she quit. Later on she wrote that she had been...

  15. taking my first nursing job at a LTC facility

    Blackcat99 replied to jmitchell-85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh you're on nights. It might be better on nights. I sure hope so. Night shift is much better than days or evenings. However, when I worked nights it was still very busy but not as bad as the other...

  16. taking my first nursing job at a LTC facility

    Blackcat99 replied to jmitchell-85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You will be overworked and totally stressed out!!!! At least I was!!!! Of course, some people say there are good LTC facilities but I was never able to find one. You will have the med passes from...

  17. Orientation without an orientor....

    Blackcat99 replied to ladybugJan's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Make sure you have another job if you decide to quit this job. In today's economy you have to be so careful. I remember reading a post here about a nurse who couldn't stand LTC so she quit. Later on...

  18. Orientation without an orientor....

    Blackcat99 replied to ladybugJan's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lately, it seems that no one offers a decent orientation. The last LTC I worked in I got less than 1 hour orientation to the med pass from hell. They told me it would be an 8 hour orientation....

  19. Job market for a CNA in florida, Want to relocate from Chicago

    Blackcat99 replied to RUBY2623RN's topic in Florida Nursing

    I see more ads for CNA's then for nurses here in Florida. However, the pay is not so good. I have seen ads for about $8.50- $9 an hour for CNA's. Being bilingual will be very very helpful here in...

  20. sleepless... and working only one day a week.

    Blackcat99 replied to sweetjellies1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I had a job experience similiar to yours years ago. I was hired to do part time prn work at a LTC. I went and took the one week of full time orientation training in November. They said they would...

  21. Job market for a CNA in florida, Want to relocate from Chicago

    Blackcat99 replied to RUBY2623RN's topic in Florida Nursing

    The majority of CNA jobs here in Florida require 1 year of CNA experience. You might want to get one year of CNA experience before you move. Good

  22. Sex offenders/ residents screening?

    Blackcat99 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked at a LTC which had a high risk DD sex offender. He had to have 1:1 supervision 24 hours a day. He did not have a CNA assigned to him. He had some kind of a low level security staff member...

  23. Has anyone ever been accused of stress abuse mistaken for substance abuse on the job?

    Blackcat99 replied to nurseterry's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sorry to hear about the way you were treated. I got stressed out working and taking care of my mother who had alzheimer's. I was asked to take a drug test and I did. I was insulted of course so I left...

  24. Getting a raise in private duty nursing?

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    That's so true!!!! He told me that he very rarely ever gives a raise. He said that the great majority of Maxim nurses have been working for years and years without even a nickle raise. Yes, I think...

  25. Totally implanted artificial heart

    Blackcat99 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    If someone has a totally implanted artificial heart do they leave any of the former person's heart still in the patient? Or does it mean that in fact that even every single little part of the heart...