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  1. Long term care is really THIS bad???

    DedHedRN replied to hilzaberry's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I love the LTC facility that I work at. I see compassion, caring, and respect every day. I am proud to be working there and would have any of my family members there if they needed Care. The caring...

  2. worried

    DedHedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently graduated and got my first job in a ltc facility. I have for the most part enjoyed the job. Except..... the last few weeks I have had this CNA working on my wing who makes me nervous as...

  3. worried

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love my DON. I went to talk to her, and I then talked to the aid with her there to help. Things turned out fine, I said what I needed to and there were no problems with her tonight. :)

  4. What reason is used for call offs!

    DedHedRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about calling off recently ..... then I realized its not my style. I was thinking I would never call in sick if I wasn't sick unless I was dead or something similar. So then I though...

  5. worried

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like good ideas, I will go in early to talk to the DON tommorow. They may even want to talk to me because tonight this same CNA got fired by a resident in my wing. I am sure it will probably be...

  6. My Nursing Career In Six Words

    DedHedRN replied to No Stars In My Eyes's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why is there so much

  7. New grad nurses- what did you do to get hired?

    DedHedRN replied to bornthisway's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wasn't picky and I handed my applications and resumes into the hiring manager in person. I would not leave them with ANYONE, even if I had to come back to a place ten times to give it to them in...

  8. New grad nurses- what did you do to get hired?

    DedHedRN replied to bornthisway's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated last December, got licensed this Feb., got a job offer this week. I handed my application or resume into the person in charge of doing the hiring in PERSON! I never let them take it and...

  9. colace consistency?

    DedHedRN replied to nursingstudent_2012's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ask her what she meant. We are not mind readers on here. Maybe you better just research both those things and then be able to answer it either

  10. Med Error

    DedHedRN replied to limey's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering how someone with just a couple weeks of training could have less med errors then someone with years and years of training... Honestly this would scare the Doo Doo outa

  11. Med Error

    DedHedRN replied to limey's topic in General Nursing

    You pass meds as a CNA???????

  12. Hypothetical New Grad Residency Pregnancy Question

    DedHedRN replied to Cinquefoil's topic in General Nursing

    There were two girls who had babies in my nursing program, one in second semester and the other one in the third semester, and another one pregnant in the fourth semester. They all passed. The girl...

  13. heading to nursing school..

    DedHedRN replied to wannaB RN's topic in General Nursing

    Things were bad for new grads when I went back to school, I was told that there was a nursing shortage and that by the time I graduated jobs would be flowing like milk and honey in the land of plenty...

  14. If your getting BSN, are you more likely to get job?

    DedHedRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    In south california its soooo hard to get work as a new ADN RN with no experience, I am wondering if going back to school to get your BSN does that help to get work? I want to find work, and go to...

  15. California's 2011 New Grad Program

    DedHedRN replied to Faeriewand's topic in California Nursing

    Did the guy actually answer his phone, I have tried to call him lots of times, but he never

  16. new RN

    DedHedRN replied to kmj25's topic in General Nursing

    What state would you suggest moving too? I hear new grads are having trouble finding work all over. Students don't exactly understand the gravity of the unemployment situation until they are graduated...

  17. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    DedHedRN posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Jobs are very hard to get, with 300 or more applicants for each position at some places. It can take years to get your first nursing job. So, if the school is selling you the idea that your going into...

  18. Tips for New Grads from one who got a job

    DedHedRN replied to ICUSkeenRN's topic in California Nursing

    I would like to know where to take all those classes in southern California, Orange County to be exact without being a employee of some hospital. Never mind, I'm having a brain fart, I just realized...

  19. This is what's available to new grads?!?

    DedHedRN replied to Colo9740's topic in California Nursing

    omg, I loled so hard when I read that.. but then again, I will probably apply for it too, and be rejected because I don't have a bachelors degree... I bet they get 600 applications for this job just...

  20. California's 2011 New Grad Program

    DedHedRN replied to Faeriewand's topic in California Nursing

    yes. Minimum Requirements Education: Bachelors of Science in Nursing Required (completion of all clinical training) - thats from their site and if that isn't clear enough it also says.. Thank...

  21. California's 2011 New Grad Program

    DedHedRN replied to Faeriewand's topic in California Nursing

    St. Jude posted on their website not to bother applying to their new grad program if you don't have a

  22. Where should I take the NCLEX?

    DedHedRN replied to swaffy8's topic in General Nursing

    West, south west isn't any good

  23. Nurse Called Police/CPS on Parents over Jaundice

    DedHedRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I think there was enough information in those articles to show each parties side. The hospital had its points, and the family had its, I just think the family shouldn't have been treated like...

  24. Nurse Called Police/CPS on Parents over Jaundice

    DedHedRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds cut and dried to me, the doctor said they could go, the nurse made an ass out of herself and her hospital by calling the cops and CPS when she could have worked with the family. I just think...

  25. Nurse Called Police/CPS on Parents over Jaundice

    DedHedRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Some new nurses are just stupid. One time I took my son to the hospital for falling on his hotwheel and it went into his lip causing lots of bleeding and as a worried parent, I took him to the ER....