TrixieRN1

The FNP at my former PCP's office left the practice to work at a sleep clinic.

I was fired from my most recent hospital job after less than six months' employment. I've answered "Yes" to on-line job applications that ask if I've ever been fired from a job. If the app has an area for explanation, I either reply "Not a good fit...

I would greatly appreciate input on my resume below. Thank you in advance to my fellow nurses. Dedicated Nurse, R.N. Phone______________; Email: ______________ QUALIFICATION SUMMARY Seven years' nursing experience in clinical settings provi...

Congratulations, melmacrn!

I called to say I'd be late because my two horses escaped from my fence. I tore through the neighborhood trying to catch them before they reached the main road and became roadkill. Years after the fact I can laugh about it, but it was adrenaline-pu...

OP: Despite working in a high-volume ER, my breastfeeding co-worker was diligent about taking her breast pump breaks. I'm sure you can find a way to make it work. Certainly hope your husband steps up to the plate and is more supportive of you as y...

I've been replying "yes" to the question "Have you ever been fired or asked to resign from a job?" when filling out on-line job apps because I was fired from my most recent job. I'm not going to lie about being fired. I think there's a good possibi...

Grateful!

Best wishes to you in your new job!

Phoenix2541, I hope a better door of opportunity opens up for you soon. I was fired from my job not too long ago - allowed myself a little pity party, reflected on what happened, picked myself back up and am moving on. If it makes you feel any bett...

HouTx, thank you for your words of advice/encouragement. What helped you through your challenge of being "involuntarily terminated"? I'm attending a job fair tomorrow and will see what pans out there. I'm a good nurse and I'm not giving up on fin...

Fired from ED after working less than six months there. Prior to that had 20 months RN experience working at a magnet hospital. Also five years LPN experience at outpatient clinic and doctor's ofc. Per recommendations from prior posts, I've re-form...

@JustBeachyNurse: Yes, that's very helpful! Thank you.

@JustBeachyNurse: Thank you. I understand you in that regard. I plan to eliminate the Skills Summary in its entirety as it's covered under Professional Experience and is indeed redundant. I just want to make sure that I'm correct in understanding...

@JustBeachy Nurse: Eliminate the Skills Summary and merge the Qualifications Summary into the Professional Experience section as a bulleted item? Thank you again for your help. Also, my seven years' total nursing experience breaks down to two year...

@JustBeachyNurse: Are you suggesting that I should just bullet the content of the Qualifications Summary under Professional Experience? Thank you for your input.

As a relatively new RN, I moved from Med-Surg (20 months exp) in one facility to an ED position in another for 5 months before being terminated from my position. Before obtaining my ADN, I worked as an LPN for five years in an outpatient clinical set...

Per your recommendation, I've reformatted my resume to a modified functional resume as follows. Please let me know what you think of it. I simply provided years of employment rather than include the month and year. The spacing was altered when I pas...

Thank you for your suggestion, dishes. I will try that format and re-post tomorrow.

jadelpn, thank you for the observations in your post. I appreciate your words of advice and encouragement. I'm working on putting together a good resume now. I'm concerned that my resume won't be given serious consideration because I was on this j...

kbrn2002, apparently I missed the mind reading class during my orientation. For some reason it did not show on my orientation schedule. I'm certain it was an unintentional oversight by my educator...I will be sure to ask about any "unwritten" polic...

GrnTea, you are so right about red flags vs. white flags. Hmm, wonder if there was a subliminal message there - perhaps I desired that my employer would wave a white flag. Seriously though, I'm struggling with formatting my resume because my most r...

GARN1952, thank you for your encouraging words of advice. I would welcome your advice on signs of a good work environment as I prepare to start the job application process. I'm sure that I will be faced with answering the "Have you ever been termin...

gigglestarRN, thank you so much for your words of encouragement. It's reassuring to hear that you landed a job where you're happy. Just curious, did you go to work in another ED or change specialty?

LadyFree28 - funny you should mention this. I've sought advice from other nurses that I know, including administrators, and they've commented that they've used otoscopes during their patient assessments. It's been tough going through the process of...