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Thanks for all the input. I will try some of the advice given. Thanks All Nurses!!

Hi all, I need some help. I have tried every trick I have been told of. I am having trouble keeping bubbles out of the syringe. As soon as you start to draw insulin into the syringe there is a divit of air that is at the top of the space. When I try to get rid of it, the insulin goes around the air and leaves the bubble. Grrr. Flicking the syringe helps to move small bubbles up and I have tried pulling a little extra so I can remove the air after syringe is removed from the bottle. The insulin goes around the bubble still. Grrrr. There must be a way to do this.... It is very frustrating! I have a very nervous patient that does not like any bubbles regardless if they are tiny. Please any help would be appreciated .

Thanks for all the information. I laughed at the instant miracle.

There was a patient/IM that had a possible seizure and the staff that responded were claiming that it was fake because she was alert and oriented. How do you handle this situation, and how do you know the difference between real vs fake seizures? I know there are different kinds of seizures. I am new to the jail population of patients and am trying to be safe with the real seizures vs the manipulators.

@rob72 & chulada77... well I learned the hard way the first day I wore a skirt because I had orientation elsewhere and then to the facility. I thought maybe classroom setting learning computer stuff or policy and procedures....nope. Walked everywhere following an LVN doing a med pass. Yep. Next day in appropriate attire. I also wear something under my scrub tops just to not give them an extra flash as I bend over. A couple of my tops are too big (extra material) I will reconsider wearing them. Thanks for the input. Job is going great. I think I offended an inmate the first day because I would not look at them when walking through the yard. I pretty much kept my focus on where I was going. Learning to be a little more respectful and keep myself professional yet courteous. It truly is a learning experience and I am enjoying the challenge.

True, thanks for the info. I start a job next week and normally I wear skirts in the hospital setting. In the OR I wore what was provided and I just started thinking about where I will be working (jail type atmosphere/detention center) and the reasons I possibly should not wear a skirt. Thanks.

Just out of curiosity, are scrub skirts allowed in correctional nursing? I didn't know if this would be viewed as a safety issue. Really just curious.

I graduated May 2010. I had interviews in So Cal and Central Cal. I had a job offer for a position at a hospital in the desert. This contract was rescended a week before I was to start work. Very discouraging, this was July. I am currently in a RN-BSN program and one of my classes is on Public/Community Health Nursing. This got me thinking about my county where I live. I applied for a job with Health and Human Services of my county. A week later I had an interview and today I received the official job offer. I thought I would always be a hospital nurse or something to do with children. This is just different and I am looking forward to the interesting journey.

I also would like to own my own bakery. I would love to decorate cakes and cookies for a living/fun. I do it to relax now.

How do you do one-on-one? I am shy as well but I do great with my patients. The more comfortable you become with a setting you may do better too. The more I am around the same people I become more comfortable with them. I would not do public speaking well. Hang in there you can still offer a lot and be a great nurse.

I had an instructor from Maine and to her a Johnnie was a gown.

Well guess what? You now have to have experience to get into a med-surg position. I am considered a "stale" new grad because I still have not been able to find a job. I have applied to countless med-surg positions and they all want experience. Apparently it is no longer the training ground for new nurses. I graduated May 2010 and still trying to find that first job. Very frustrating because I hear all the time to try this or that and med-surg was one of them and yet we are locked out of there too. Working on my BSN since that seems to be the golden ticket with some employers. Time will tell and we will see.

hey, I graduated in May 2010 and still no job. Had one, but they retracted their offer a week before I was to start. Bummer, yes. All the males in my class and a recent one from the most current class all have jobs. Maybe CA prefers the males to the females, idk. Keep trying, that is all I can say. I feel your pain! If the Navy works out, cool.

I feel your pain. I graduated May 2010. Still no job. I am 42 also. Had one job I was suppose to start last week, but a week before the start date I got a call that due to budget issues (they are in a building program) they had to drop my group and the September group. Very heartbreaking!! Anyway, before all this, I did ask some of the interviewing people what I could do and some gave feedback. This was helpful and yet I am still unemployed!

This is the reply from the CA BRN..." The BRN approves prelicensure nursing programs (those that prepare you to take the licensing exam and get your license in California as an RN). The BRN has no jurisdiction over RN-to-BSN or MSN programs, therefore there is not an issue of the Board recognizing them, or not. You may consider checking whether or not Chamberlain College is approved by NLN or CCNE because those are the national accreditation bodies for nursing programs. That information should be on the Web site or you can obtain it from Nursing Office itself."

Oh my that is news to me. I am currently taking these classes and didn't know. Oh my. I need to find out now. Thanks for the heads up.

Yes edema on the legs is painful. As a nursing student, my first day of a 12 hour shift during Leadership, my legs swelled when I got home. I had pitting edema on my lower legs. When I went back the next day, I told the staff, "If you ever wonder if pitting edema is painful for your patients, the answer is yes."

My husband called me his princess when we were dating. Then I became Princess Pickles after an old TV show he used to watch. The husband called his wife Pickles.

I have been doing a lot of driving lately. Getting ready for a job that I will have to commute to, too. Sunflower seeds are amazing!! I think the brain wakes up because you have to figure out how to open them before you can eat them. Anytime I feel like my eyes are crossing because I am getting sleepy, I start munching on them and I am awake. I need to look into a low sodium variety though.

Wow 500 apps, good luck everyone.

I am amazed that I was not grossed out, I was amused... I must be sick! Or a nurse...

Love It!!

@abeecal2010 I have BLS, ACLS, PALS and apparently this is not enough. I was told by a recruiter that they don't want me because I graduated in May. They only want the ones just graduating. She said it is because I have lost skills daily by not being away from patient care. This blew my mind!!

Hi, I graduated in May of 2010 and live in CA. How do you go about finding jobs in other states. Do you have to have a license for each state as you apply? We obviously need to move somewhere, I don't know what to do. I am about to find another new career. I am extremely frustrated and discouraged that I will never become a nurse. It has been 9 months and I interview and they know I do not have experience and they tell me "oh sorry we hired or want someone with experience". Why interview me then. Sorry this has just been frustrating. I have almost every certification I can think of to get. (NRP is next). I know I am in the same boat as a lot of other Californians and other states, but I am getting tired!

I agree, the anticipation is killing me!