KittyinNj

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1. Ebola... What'cha Gonna Do When It Comes to You

   KittyinNj replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Our policy is. At our entrance it states if you have recently visited Nigeria Liberia etc please notify the front desk reception prior to triage. Yup that's a good method! ( insert sarcasm right...

2. I Want to be an RN, PLEASE HELP!!

   KittyinNj replied to possiblenurse8's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   Yes you can do it in ONLY 5 semesters, however, please don't take any offense to this, 5 semesters in a tough nursing program compared to psych classes is much different. you will have no life for 2...

3. Nursing Residency Programs

   KittyinNj replied to nattyo2014's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   check out hospitals in the area you plan on moving too, some postings may say 1 year experience but apply anyways. hospitals are open to training new grads ( not even a residency program ) so don't...

4. NJ starting rn salary..

   KittyinNj replied to filipinathomasiannur's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   Apply out of state. Most ni hospitals require exp. from what I've seen and

5. Central NJ Hospitals

   KittyinNj replied to nurse in nj's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   I just sent u a private

6. Central NJ Hospitals

   KittyinNj replied to nurse in nj's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   whats units are u looking into I interviewed at a few dif places recently and my friends work at most of the places you listed above. pay rate is based on experience and degree, also depends what...

7. Job outlook in NJ

   KittyinNj replied to rujason79's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   You can get acls bls but everyone else out there has them too. As far as speciality you need 2 years then sit in for the examination. Find a place thats willing to pay for ur acls or bls,,,, that or...

8. Job outlook in NJ

   KittyinNj replied to rujason79's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   most of my friends from school went out of state including me. after 2 years exp its much easier to land a job. its just too crowded here and too many inexperienced and experienced people fighting...

9. Job outlook in NJ

   KittyinNj replied to rujason79's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   no experience? look outside of

10. East Orange General Hospital in Essex County-

    KittyinNj replied to RNTrinity's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    pm if you can. yes the pt ratio is high varies from 6-9 depending on your floor. but i am shocked that some of the top ranked hospitals in nj also have 6-8 pts per nurse so dont let that get you...

11. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    KittyinNj replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I came into nursing as a 2nd career. First career paid 2 x as much and didnt have to deal with miserable old nurses. When i tell people i was in pharma the automatically assume i was in sales...

12. East Orange General Hospital in Essex County-

    KittyinNj replied to RNTrinity's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    my friends from school work there, as a new grad yes ull learn, what type of nursing will u ne doinh? med surge? ed? etc, in this economy any type of nursing job is hard to come be with no...

13. patient load on your neuro floor

    KittyinNj replied to KittyinNj's topic in Neurological

    thamks!

14. Best one sentence handoff report

    KittyinNj replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Pt should be icu status, sorry the dr has been in there with me since 10 am this morning its7pm, youll prob have to call a rapid response tonight (mind you this was a new grad working on nights, i...

15. patient load on your neuro floor

    KittyinNj posted a topic in Neurological

    was curious to find out what the average patient ratio is on a neuro floor? I worked on a combined neuro ortho floor and it was 4-5 which at times was difficult, having 2 post ops ortho pts and add on...