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I know this is an old topic, but I'm going trough something similar right now. I switched and left my hospital bedside nursing job for something completely different after being a hospital nurse for a long time. I am doing something that is not hospi...

I work for CDCR in southern california, the inmates are manipulative, they lie, and they get upset if they don't get what they want. the work culture is also really bad, everyone that works there are afraid of being sued by inmates. there are so...

I applied to two places in California, for CDCR and also a State hospital. I got a job interview date for both but had to cancel because I couldn’t find anyone to switch days with me. I was told I had to reapply again. I re-applied for CDCR 90 days a...

I currently work in a hospital doing bedside nursing. I do notice we are sometimes short staffed. But there are also more nursing schools now compared to a decade ago just in my area. Used to be only 2-3 nursing schools where I live. Now that’s ballo...

I'm back in the USA. I took a career break for almost 24 months now, travelled the world, just outright travel. Didn't work or volunteer. I used to work in the hospital as a registered nurse for 8 years med surg, tele, stepdown. it was amazing and I ...

I work 12 hour shifts during the Day 7 am-730 pm on a busy medical tele floor. I spend a lot of time on my feet walking back and Forth between patient rooms. I often wonder how much I walk per shift my schedule in a 2 week pay period is 2 on, 2 of...

Just a quick question. I'm a floor RN.do most patients have some sort of central line access (picc, medport) when giving chemo medications in a mixed medsurg/oncology floor? I'm not an oncology nurse, but I just want to know. My IV skills aren't that...

I never fully understand the difficulties of new nurses trying to land a job in a hospital after graduating from nursing school, but now I know. I know it's hard to get a job. I have so much respect for all those nurses who have put in dozens to 20 t...

So what will it take for the USA to have some sort of national health coverage to all citizens just like in canada, United, most western European countries, nordic european countries just as an example? what's keeping the USA from doing it? it would ...

Okay, I'm a little conflicted. 1) Measuring NGT from the tip of the nose, to the earlobe to the end of the xiphoid process 2) Measuring NGT from the tip of the nose, to the earlobe, to the point between/halfway xiphoid process and umblicus (belly bu...

i went back to my old nursing skills checklist, it says measure up to the xiphoid process. but it's interesting. i googled it, and i figure i'd post about it here. any students here should ask the teacher though for clarification just like the above ...

Apply to other positions in your area. It's disappointing, but just keep trying. But look into other places. I didn't get a job too coz I'm bad at interviews. My suggestion is to type out the question and answer and practice it out loud. Practicing ...

I applied for a Pre-Op RN position at a local Surgery center mainly dealing with Outpatient surgery, but sometimes there's patients who stay overnight for observation. I've worked as a RN in a Med-Surg/Tele for over 7 years. I've been out of work for...

You didn't have any risk whatsoever since your skin was intact. the skin is such an amazing barrier. Base on your description, you are safe. There wasn't anything contagious that you could have caught.

i used to work in the hospital, and the health insurance i had through the hospital was $250/month much more affordable than the what obamacare insurance companies offered through the marketplace. i dont know whats going to happen to be honest. i wis...

If you work in Telemetry, see if you can transfer to another department, such as L&D/Maternity/Nursery and work there for a year or 2 and learn as much as you can. Then apply for a NICU position. i've seen NICU hire new grads, but of course its ...

Thanks Davey. It's definitely something I might consider, relocating to another state. I live in California, but I live in the rural part of california hundreds of miles away from san francisco and los angeles. the cost of living is definitely much m...

Thanks. My very first job, I landed it because I applied for a student extern position ( I got lucky to be honest, it was hard to land a student nurse extern job). eventually when I graduated, I decided to stay on and I worked there for over 7 years....

Hi, been a nurse for over 5 years. Been off work for nearly 18 months. worked in mixed med-surg/tele unit. There's a med-surg & oncology unit (combined) position. i don't know anything about med-surg/oncology, is there anything I should know as f...

I always thought working for state or federal that the retirement pension income is pretty good compared to the private sector which is nonexistent. I don't even work in a union hospital, so right now I don't get good retirement benefits other than t...

I'm looking at jobs between VA hospital (federal) and California correctional prison (8 hour shift, 5 days a week) or California state hospital which deals with sexual predators 12 hours 7 days every 2 weeks) both state jobs have plenty of opportuni...

I have been an RN since 2006 until 2014 here in California, Med-surg & tele mainly , and stepdown for 2 years(it's for patients not quite ICU, but can't be placed as a tele med-surg patient.) i left nursing in 2014 to travel and see the world. Le...

nobody really knows how well they do on nclex. all the answers are right to begin with for the most part. i felt the same way after i took it. i wasn't really sure how well i did.

Tele or med surg? I'm looking to get back into nursing. And people usually have to start from the bottom and work their way up. I'm an RN. I Used to work for a dept that had a mix med-surg/tele patients for more than 7 years as an RN I stopped workin...

Cne (continuing nursing education units) ceu (continuing education units) Both term is interchangeable. 1 ceu = 10 contact hours Continuing Education for Nurses | Earning CEUs i plan to take an online course that offers 33 cne or ceu upon completion....