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  1. Nursing students who do not understand what nursing is about

    DedHedRN replied to DNS on the go's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    To the OP: Judge people much? Maybe you should just quit teaching if this is how you feel about students. I can't stand teachers who think that they know everything about every student and judge...

  2. Is Southern California New Grad RN Friendly?

    DedHedRN replied to fireline's topic in California Nursing

    My clinical teacher with a MSN went to work for the prison system just recently after looking for a job all semester... i think even the prison system is experiencing a large amount of applications in...

  3. Using BSN when you have not earned it

    DedHedRN replied to sportsmom84's topic in General Nursing

    Har har, I saw a girl who graduated from a ADN program the semester before me putting "BSN in nursing", on her facebook profile. She was having a hard time getting a job, so she enrolled in a online...

  4. New Grad Job Hunt struggles

    DedHedRN replied to mbrandt7710's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I applied for a job two months ago, and the place that I applied at let me see how many times that they had viewed my application. I just checked today.. and its still at

  5. Medical staff during tsunami in Japan had to leave some patients behind..

    DedHedRN replied to nvsmom's topic in General World

    I would go to Japan tomorrow to help out if there was an organization that wanted newly licensed nurses to come help, but instead we are turned away and told we don't have enough

  6. I need a registered nurse to answer these interview questions for one of my classes

    DedHedRN replied to b.householder96's topic in General Nursing

    Question 8,9,11,13 and 14 you could Google.

  7. To ask or not to ask: Approach manager about a possible poor reference?

    DedHedRN replied to kimbalotz's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree with the previous poster, have someone call the NM pretending to be interested in hiring you, and see what she says. There are company's that you can pay to do this for you. When I was working...

  8. Sigh. Is this really how we are graded?

    DedHedRN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    If the OP had documented the reasons family was refusing care as they were refusing it, wouldn't that help when it came time to talk to

  9. RN still unemployed in Southern CA, I am really getting depressed

    DedHedRN replied to cuddly's topic in General Nursing

    Rub some salt into the wound please. A perfect resume with medical experience in a hospital with a perfect employment history will ALSO get you NO RESPONSE if you are a NEW NURSE with no RN experience...

  10. RN still unemployed in Southern CA, I am really getting depressed

    DedHedRN replied to cuddly's topic in General Nursing

    And you also have 17 years experience, try putting in a resume without experience and see if you can get work, hospitals don't want to train new nurses and haven't been for several years now. My last...

  11. Watch your manners please..

    DedHedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been in the hospital for a few days with my grandfather who is in ICU. He was put on blood thinners for a DVT, when he started hemorrhaging after a fall, I called the ambulance and had him...

  12. Watch your manners please..

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it is possible that he did say "cath kit" but at the time it sure sounded clear as day that he was saying "casket" and from the reactions of the two nurses trying to stabilize him it seemed...

  13. Watch your manners please..

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure that he said "casket" I don't think he realized that I was in the room giving info as I was standing behind the computer in a cramped little area where visitors usually wouldn't stand. It...

  14. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    DedHedRN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    There are so many unemployed new grads out there that pretty soon we are going to be willing to work for minimum wage if things don't change soon. I bet hospitals would be willing to hire lots and...

  15. Nurses, how do you feel about raw food diet?

    DedHedRN replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    According to the OPs history of posts, they are not a

  16. California's 2011 New Grad Program

    DedHedRN replied to Faeriewand's topic in California Nursing

    How did the Hoag information session go today? I am curious. Please tell

  17. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You mean one of the 6 people hired out of my class of 60? Yeah, maybe your right. I guess that myself and all the other 54 of us are all mean, angry, bitter people to not have jobs yet. I am sure that...

  18. What is good example of integrity in nursing?

    DedHedRN replied to suejax's topic in General Nursing

    Integrity is being honest even when no one else is looking. Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is around to see you do it. Integrity is doing things as they should be done when no one...

  19. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sorry for wanting to open some peoples eyes to the reality of the situation. I wish someone would have told me the truth before I went into nursing school, and I would have done something else. I am...

  20. moving to texas

    DedHedRN posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I am thinking about moving to Texas. I am a new grad and am wondering if there really is plenty of work in rural areas? I have heard it said that there is work there on some of the forums, and am...

  21. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks for all your wonderful comments. I really appreciate those of you that you all took the time to really consider the idea that I threw out there and formulate an answer and were nice and kept...

  22. Rh and blood Type

    DedHedRN replied to cantwait2graduate's topic in General Nursing

    When I was on OB rotation, I saw a chart that said something about the patient being Rh - and needing RhoGAM with her last pregnancy, it listed her blood type as positive on another page. After...

  23. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    DedHedRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If I could work for minimum wage at wal-mart, or doing what I spent many years training to do, what do you think I will choose? As for it costing X amount of dollars to train a new grad nurse, if they...

  24. Call from a Nurse Recruiter!!!!!!!!!!!!

    DedHedRN replied to RN4S22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I once had a hospital hiring manager call me for a CNA job while I was in nursing school. She left a message on my phone asking me if I wanted the job, and left her phone number. When I heard the...

  25. California's 2011 New Grad Program

    DedHedRN replied to Faeriewand's topic in California Nursing

    I have not heard from JFK, they are still in the process of taking applications I believe. I was able to apply just