hotflashion

hotflashion BSN, RN

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  1. How many residents do you care for Per Shift?

    hotflashion replied to NCIANurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't worry about being a debbie-downer, someone has to tell it like it is and I appreciate hearing the facts, even if they do scare me. I'm pretty scared already about not getting a job. I am lucky,...

  2. How many residents do you care for Per Shift?

    hotflashion replied to NCIANurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oy. I'm a new grad, that's MAY 2009, still without a job and not one interview. I have my first interview scheduled with a nursing home in my town (big plus on the location) and I'm pretty darned...

  3. Drawing blood

    hotflashion replied to dtermineddenise's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe it's a case of practice, practice, practice. I'm not an experienced nurse, I am in fact a new grad. But I'm taking a phlebotomy class with the Red Across, hoping this will heighten my appeal as...

  4. Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    hotflashion replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes, Nurse Nicole, please tell us about Tyler TX. I can't relocate but have always suffered from wanderlust, and I am always interested in hearing about new places. Especialy strange new places! And...

  5. Gallup Nurse Insight Assessment?

    hotflashion replied to hotflashion's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Wow, has NO ONE had experience with this test? No nurse managers who might want to say why they use this tool? No one else who has had to take the

  6. IV Therapy Certification/Training

    hotflashion replied to oslogirl's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I never found any IV training for unemployed nurses, so I enrolled in the Red Cross phlebotomy class. We've got one week of class (this week), we get to take a tourniquet home for the weekend,...

  7. New Grad, for how long?

    hotflashion replied to mia98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in May 2009 and I've started referring to myself as a recent grad. If I'm still unemployed after a year, I have no idea how I will refer to myself. As for going for more education to do...

  8. Info for non-addicted nurses with chronic pain taking opioids

    hotflashion replied to saillady's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm new to this pain experience myself, and a new grad looking for a job, to boot. I have radicular pain from a herniated disc at C6-7, not d/t any specific injury. In retrospect I now know it has...

  9. National Association of Free Clinics

    hotflashion replied to hotflashion's topic in General Nursing

    If you click Events, there are some one day clinics advertised with contact info for patients and volunteers. Otherwise, what I would do is click Free Clinic > Find a Free Clinic, then call the...

  10. IV Therapy Certification/Training

    hotflashion replied to oslogirl's topic in General Nursing

    Cool, thanks, I

  11. OK to wear nice pants on interview for staff nurse?

    hotflashion replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    "Dress as if you're going to court and you can't go wrong." Perfect! Also extremely good advice for taking into consideration the population you will serve. I went on a tour of a prison hospital...

  12. LVN first or straight to RN?

    hotflashion replied to luvmyfam3's topic in General Nursing

    I just got my BSN. It's a second degree for me, I'm a career changer. For me, personally, it would have helped to be an LPN first. I think the practical experience with patients, in a hospital (or...

  13. IV Therapy Certification/Training

    hotflashion replied to oslogirl's topic in General Nursing

    In MA, at least at my school, and I'm an RN w/BSN, we do not get trained to put in the needle. We, too, are told we will be trained on the job. We get everything else, but no venipuncture. So, since I...

  14. How did you/should I find my niche in nursing?

    hotflashion replied to flygirls2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse and still unemployed, so this is my 1cent worth. But first I have to say you have my dream 1st job, as hematology/oncology is one area I'd like to get some experience in. I think the...

  15. OK to wear nice pants on interview for staff nurse?

    hotflashion replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say right up front I'm way more liberal on clothes that most people. I'm from the camp that says if it's clean, pressed, well fitting and in good repair, it's appropriate, even gasp!, if...

  16. Gallup Nurse Insight Assessment?

    hotflashion replied to hotflashion's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm not any more enlightened, really, but it's NurseInsight, one word and there's capsule info on the Gallup website: http://www.gallup.com/consulting/healthcare/21619/nurseinsighttm.aspx Gallup...

  17. How likely is it as a new nursing grad I'd have to work nights?

    hotflashion replied to honeymist's topic in General Nursing

    I had to jump in because when I worked nights (diff job) years ago, I never got used to it and I do consider myself a night person. But not an "all night and into the morning" person. I figure I could...

  18. New grad starting in LTC

    hotflashion replied to zefutebolera's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    50:1 sounds totally nuts to

  19. Can you take the NCLEX-LPN after taking a yr. of the RN program?

    hotflashion replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Nursing

    In Massachusetts, you can sit for the NCLEX-LPN after completing 3 years of a 4 year program IF you have withdrawn in good standing from your RN degree program. Kind of a weird stipulation, I

  20. New Nurse...Need advice on dealing with death

    hotflashion replied to pcurn2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Everyone has written such great replies to this thread, but I didn't see mention of the excellent book How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin Nuland, MD, so there it

  21. Malpractice Insurance?

    hotflashion replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why? I can't imagine starting that conversation but if a co-worker was talking about it and I had something to add, I can't think of any reason to withhold info that I had insurance. When I was in...

  22. Malpractice Insurance?

    hotflashion replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "When you do get covered just make sure that you don't tell anybody not even coworkers that you have it though." Why? I can't imagine starting that conversation, but if a co-worker was talking about...

  23. First job in research - not really what I went to school for

    hotflashion replied to jambi462's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just saw an ad for a research nurse "the other day". I'm using Monster and also looking at facility/employer websites directly. This is in

  24. Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    hotflashion replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Seems to be the same here in Massachusetts. Quite discouraging. It seems that most classmates who have gotten hospital jobs in Massachusetts have either had a connection (already working there in some...