Tankweti

Tankweti

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  1. Defaulted loans Nclex & license

    Tankweti replied to BRJ003's topic in General Students

    I am in NY. I do not recall Iif student loans are specifically mentioned on the app but there is a question about moral turpitude. Defaulting on student loans might fall under that

  2. Stony Brook U Nursing Basic BSN Fall 2014 Applicants!

    Tankweti replied to frenchtoastwaffles's topic in School, College Programs

    I wonder how many of you understand tthere are nowhere near enough jobs for all you new grads..Most ffacilities hire a maximum of 3 new grads per year. You say you have 100 sseat Iin your class. What...

  3. NYU Fall 2014 ABSN

    Tankweti replied to irinag's topic in New York Nursing

    With all due respect you are all crazy. 1000 applicants for a nursing program? They take 150. Once you graduate where will you find work? This is sheer madness. I graduated 4 years ago from a private...

  4. Pressing Charges Against a Patient

    Tankweti replied to missjustice's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    He ought to have been charged with manslaughter for the death of the baby. This patient will be just as dangerous when he gets out of prison and will likely injure someone else. Once on meth, 90% of...

  5. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Tankweti replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Early trestment?! The only treatment patients are getting is fluid resuscitation, blood transfusions to replace massive blood loss engendered by the virus and electrolyte replacement. Supportive care...

  6. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Tankweti replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There has already been an airborne strain which was Ebola Reston brought into the US unknowingly inside lab monkeys who were brought to a lab in Reston Virginia about 20 years ago. Fortunately it was...

  7. Help! For Non-Science Majors...??!

    Tankweti replied to Clodoveo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Since nursing is a science and you will be expected to know about and understand disciplines like Micro and Chemistry, I would advise you take both and not take the easier Micro. Your school may...

  8. Going from Med/Surg to LTC thinking is hard

    Tankweti replied to dorselm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If a patient has to go to the hospital, then he has to go. Obviously there was a difference of opinion between the 2 physicians - one saying send him out and the other the following day objecting to...

  9. Nursing Shortage= Thousands of Unemployed New Grads?

    Tankweti replied to Hypnotica's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Very true. Nurses back then had a lot more bedside experience as a result of how nursing programs were structured back then Most hospitals had their own schools of nursing. But then it became too...

  10. Your response to "there is a high demand for nurses"

    Tankweti replied to Ecl09's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I live near Poughkeepsie New York which is within commuting distance of New York City and North Jersey and Connecticut. I have not been able to find anything in 4 years with a bachelor's and a 3.5....

  11. What eveyone should know before working in an assisted living facility.

    Tankweti replied to sandygirl123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In 2012, my now deceased husband engineered an interview for me at what turned out to be an ALF. He was beside himself when I was unable to even get an interview after I graduated in 2010. He was at...

  12. One Strike for Massachusetts!

    Tankweti replied to Esme12's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Are you kidding? If the facilities won't do the morally right thing for both patients and workers then they MUST be mandated. All of this rolling the dice with patient care must stop. Of course there...

  13. I am an RN, BSN, looking for a position in the Chicago IL suburbs area

    Tankweti replied to NatalieM22's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    At the hospital where I work (not as an RN, was never able to get an interview in the saturated northeast where I live) they have postings that sit around for YEARS that are never filled. They are...

  14. New Grad needs a Job - discouraged

    Tankweti replied to Pinupnurse76's topic in General Nursing

    A week is nothing. I graduated 4 years ago with a BSN, 3.5 GPA, department and peer nominated awards and none of it did me a bit of good. Comically, in 2012 I was hired part time by a hospital where I...

  15. might be stupid question...

    Tankweti replied to mmc51264's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Do you have actual nursing experience? Any college that hires you to be a clinical instructor will want you to have a minimum of several years basic nursing experience. Further, if you are teaching a...

  16. Do you think acute care nursing is becoming less safe?

    Tankweti replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Realize that this is the real reason no one wants new grads. Given staffing models, if they can be called that, you have to have the experience to even attempt to do what they want you to do. If you...

  17. Nursing judgement in dealing with difficult patients.

    Tankweti replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks

  18. Nursing judgement in dealing with difficult patients.

    Tankweti replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I agree with this post and want to add that these are the destructive behaviors on the part of patients, who are longstanding addicts and (dare I say it) gluttons on so many levels. Used to instant...

  19. Basic A & P

    Tankweti replied to Medic 2005's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When I tutored pre- nursing students several years back, the community college where I taught had a pre-A&P course which students had to take if they had low science scores. I assume this is what...

  20. standard new graduation orientation/training (caution, venting)

    Tankweti replied to lilarox's topic in Operating Room

    They all expect too much. They have all been doing it for so long that it is like breathing to them and they cannot comprehend why others have difficulty with the overwhelming amount of knowledge and...

  21. ICU RN let go after 3 months

    Tankweti replied to rn_wee's topic in Critical Care

    I was let go after 3 months from a LTCsituation. I have a BSN but could find no other work I live in NY and no hospitals, home care agencies respond to resumes. I have applied within 100 mile radius....

  22. Residents not being showered, am I being dramatic?

    Tankweti replied to brendacg's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There is also the issue of skin breakdown from lying in your own sweat for weeks on end, not to mention other body excretions. I would personally do body audits to be sure no resident has suffered any...

  23. No jobs for new grads in Nashville TN...HELP...!!

    Tankweti replied to mstones's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you think that's bad, I graduated with a BSN and 3.5 GPA in 2010 and am now back to a dead end job in med transcription which I have years of experience in. Comically, the hospital that hired me...

  24. Looking for I.V. Insertion training program

    Tankweti replied to looking for training's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry about typos. On mobile device that has a mind of its

  25. Looking for I.V. Insertion training program

    Tankweti replied to looking for training's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I too was looking for IV verify class. Adelphi has them but they are only one day and the cost is $225. When I asked if they gave out IV certification certificates at the end they said no, just proof...