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Hi all, I just finished my first week of training at the blood center I am working at. It is 6 months of training and I am enjoying learning everything. I am now being trained for 6 weeks with non-nurses so we can all get a phlebotomy certification.T...

Good post. Here is where we can vent our fears and our frustrations. I feel what the original poster is feeling. But I am not one sit around and let the world decide my desitiny. You want something bad enough you have to work for it. If you don't li...

Hey Man, You want to be a nurse, be a nurse. Don't worrry about what others are thinking when it comes to your looks. Does not matter how attractive or unattractive you are people will always hate on you. In every profession they have standards of be...

We had them in some of our nursing courses. It was more like trial and error. Our professors wanted to use them for actual grades but they could not figure out how to use them half the time, so our answers in class were never graded. I wasted $35 on ...

Hi all, I just got offered a job in Bethel, Alaska in an outpatient clinic in maternity health. I like advetnure and I am 27years old and single. I have a Job in washington at a blood center as an RN. I start in 2 weeks but this offer to bethel seems...

PeepmBiscuitsRN, "It might be that you're getting a weird vibe from them, and they're getting a weird vibe from you, so your weird vibes are...vibing off each other, you know?" LOL, you may be correct. You made me think that may be the case or the o...

Hi All, thanks for the advice. I think this situation was a little mix of both their rudeness, curiosity, and my paranoia. After the first week I had my mind set on them being offensive and some things I still think were a bit rude, considering I wou...

Hi all, I am a new grad BSN. I just got a job as a nurse at blood center. I will be trained as a phebotomist/apheresis RN. The training is 6months. I have been looking for jobs for more than 2months and the only place that has called me for an interi...

Thank you so much for your info on blood banking. I decided to take the blood center job. I will be looking for a part time hospital position in the mean time. I will just keep on applying. I want to thank everyone for the feedback it really helped ...

While I am here I will try my best to utilize my nursing skills and get the most out of it. I think I will really like it. I want a hospital job to solidify my nursing skills but I know in the long run I don't see myself working in the hospital rath...

Thank you so much for the feedback. I like getting straight forward answers. I have decided not to go to (moderator edit of city). I will work at the blood center and try to find a part time hospital job. My age is the biggest factor in this decision...

Hi all, I graduated BSN, in Decemebr took my NCLEX in March and started looking for jobs in the begining of April. I have been applying nonstop and last Friday I just about gave up Washington state because I never even got so much as a call back from...

NJprisonrn, I agree with you that the bedside is not for everyone. I would like to go to ICU to get into Nurse anesthesia and if not then I want to be a psychiatric NP in the out patient setting. I am keeping my options open. New Grads that want to g...

Hi Mybabies2000, I am a new grad. I just graduated in December. I just got a job in a blood center and I will be trained in apheresis/phebotomy nurse. My starting pay is 26/hr and I will start in 2 weeks.:w00t: I want to work in the ICU but I live in...

Hi everyone, I want to thank you all for your feedback and answering my questions. I got the job! :yelclap:and I start in 3 weeks. He said I will essentiallly be trained as a phlebotomist/RN and the training is about 6months. They also have RNs who ...

Thank you, I hope so, I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Hi purplechicxiii, I want to do a follow up today, I don't have my interviewrs' email but I have his number. It has been 24hours so i will give him a call today and to say thank you and I would like to work for them. thank you.

I will keep looking for jobs. I am mostly getting responses for rural med/surg, ICU, and ER positions out of state. I will follow up on those and keep applying in Washington state. I want to send a thank you note but not sure how. I don't have my int...

not.done.yet, I have the same feeling. I only wish I had remembered to ask when I should expect to hear back from them. Do you think it woud be okay to give a call tomarrow to ask when I should be expecting to hear back from them or does that seem t...

Esme12, thanky ou. I hope I get the job. I was a bit hesitant at first because it was a blood center and my nursing skills may not be used but he told me that the nurses here can eventually goto the hospital in their other sector to give blood and ti...

Congratulations! I am So happy for you. I took my NCLEX on the 23rd of March. I got 75 questions, no math, about 30 SATA, a few meds, etc. I was a little frustrated with all the SATA, I sometimes got two in a row O.o. I felt weird coming out of the e...

Hey guys, I will be taking my NCLEX in 8 days and I am really anxious. I have been studying for 5 weeks, I used the Kaplan live online, and have taken 6 qestion trainers and completed 75% of the Question Bank with an average of 59% on QB. I have revi...

Hi, I am doing my final clinicals in the OR at a major hospital in my area. I have this preceptor, who just graduted last year and has been at the OR for a year. It seems that I was 'dumped' on her. She said I was put with her because the older seas...

I got into a car accident eary this year. My insurance had lapsed at the time. I got a ticket for failiure to yeild was was not cited for no insurance. I made an agreement with the other party's insurance company to pay for the damges which I did in ...

Hey Partrease, Congratulations. I got accepted into nursing school in Januray. I was excited going into nursing school. It was fun meeting new fellow students and it was completely different from regular undergrad. I am in my first year, second semes...