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hotflashion BSN, RN

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  1. New Grad trying to stand out

    hotflashion replied to st4rl4dy's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Gee, wish I'd walked into your

  2. ADON'S what are your duties and what and how many hours do you work?

    hotflashion replied to Bubbles82's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Explain? What is your position at this 59 bed facility? Are you the DoN? What is an RNAC? Thanks,

  3. Can you really change a bad LTC?

    hotflashion replied to lisa41rn's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Clarification, please: What is a Stna(s)? What's a SDC? I just stopped working at a place that had no employee handbook. I'm a new nurse, but older, and thinking I might be interested in...

  4. Should I walk away from this job?

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

    The end of the story: I gave my two weeks' notice and I'm done. It was a very scary place to work. I've learned a lot about what I don't want in an employer. I've also learned to always act on a...

  5. How much notice when quitting a per diem job?

    hotflashion posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think this should be a pretty simple question. How much notice should I give before I quit a per diem job? I took job with a company that is like a sinking boat in flames. I think it's a very bad...

  6. How much notice when quitting a per diem job?

    hotflashion replied to hotflashion's topic in General Nursing

    The end of the story: I gave my two weeks. I stuck it out. It was hell. I went back last night to say goodbye to the residents and it was heart wrenching. I heard the DoN was fired/quit a couple days...

  7. National Association of Free Clinics

    hotflashion posted a topic in General Nursing

    I didn't see this organization mentioned in any of the threads and a search wasn't successful (or useful) so I thought I'd mention it here. http://www.freeclinics.us/index.php From the organization's...

  8. My first needle stick today... :(

    hotflashion replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I just had my first needle stick last night. I work in a rest home, so I gave the resident the preloaded insulin syringe, resident injected, capped the needle crookedly, so that it went through the...

  9. How much notice when quitting a per diem job?

    hotflashion replied to hotflashion's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the not burning bridges part. And I do not want to cause undue stress to the staff already there. But I've only been there two weeks, this is my first job, and I'm still in "training"....

  10. How much notice when quitting a per diem job?

    hotflashion replied to hotflashion's topic in General Nursing

    There is no employee

  11. Day in the life of a PHN??? Please respond.

    hotflashion replied to wonderbee's topic in Public, Community Health

    "one question: is the pay comparable to the hospital pay" Call me a cynic, but I suspect not. Perhaps, in the world of nursing, you get reasonable working conditions for a reduction in pay. Pardon my...

  12. Should I walk away from this job?

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

    I appreciate all the responses I've gotten, but have very little time at the moment to respond. I haven't yet decided what to do, and haven't had the opportunity or the time yet to talk to the DON or...

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

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

    Well, I'm sympathetic to the poster not knowing the nuts and bolts of the employment situation. You really do have to look for this information to find it. I think it's still not widely known among...

  14. New Grad RN's in nursing homes

    hotflashion replied to SunshineRN79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This may be entirely a fish of a different color (I know I have that wrong) but I just took a job in a rest home. I was feeling desperate after having my license for a year, and very few interviews. I...

  15. What kind of scrubs do you wear in LTC?

    hotflashion replied to calidonrnstudent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Boy, I really would not like to wear white. I, too, think that solid colors are more professional but would make an exception for pediatrics. I just got a job in a rest home and while shopping for...

  16. New Grad RN - employment options???

    hotflashion replied to KK1017's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    If you want to apply to nursing homes, you might want to check them out at Nursing Home Compare. I looked for jobs on Craigslist. I just got a job last week. Keep

  17. Nursing Cap

    hotflashion replied to LooLoo's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Go to your school's library and look at the old yearbooks to see what the cap looked like. Then you might be able to find one just like it at Kay's Caps. My school's caps looked almost like the one on...

  18. Day in the life of a PHN??? Please respond.

    hotflashion replied to wonderbee's topic in Public, Community Health

    Well, Wonderbee, it's been almost a year, I'm a new reader in this specialty area, and I'm wondering how your first year as a WIC nurse has come along? If you're still reading, let us know. - - - - -...

  19. Professional Organizations

    hotflashion replied to outcomesfirst's topic in Research

    I wondered about the AIDs insurance thing, too. Seems like good insurance to have! Anyway, I'm just an unemployed new grad but I belong to organizations in areas I'd like to become experienced in and...

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

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

    Dang, the news just doesn't really get any better. I have been having a very nice conversation with someone at the Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, but I decided I really can't relocate away from...

  21. Portfolio vs. Resume

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

    A portfolio is not required for registration in nursing in Massachusetts, USA. Not sure if any other state requires it. I never heard the word mentioned, at my school. Not sure if any schools in Mass....

  22. May 2009 OLD grad, called 17 hospitals today...

    hotflashion replied to GuatericanNurse's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm keeping my fingers crossed at the moment -- a hospital within bicycling distance (!) has restarted their new grad program. I fear that they will see my May 2009 grad date and pass me over because...

  23. How serious/lifethreatening is ETOH detox?

    hotflashion replied to klone's topic in Emergency

    It sounds pretty scary. I hope he comes out the other side ok, and stays off the sauce. Addiction is so complex. My step father was an

  24. How serious/lifethreatening is ETOH detox?

    hotflashion replied to klone's topic in Emergency

    Why did you call this a "euphoric high"? It's not euphoric at all. Euphoric means a feeling of well-being or elation. Not what anyone going through ETOH withdrawal is feeling at

  25. May 2009 OLD grad, called 17 hospitals today...

    hotflashion replied to GuatericanNurse's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Community hospitals are not hiring either, at least not from outside. I've looked at every little hospital in every little podunk town in this state. They're not hiring either. According to the Mass....