MJB2010

MJB2010

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  1. Why such a difference in pay????

    MJB2010 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Oh sorry jusr reread the initial post. Id ask if the starting salary is negotiable and let them know its a bit low for

  2. Do you think a professor will write you 20plus letter of recommendation?

    MJB2010 replied to nowIamRN's topic in General Nursing

    New grad programs specify that the letters must be from clinical instructors. SOme even specify from the clinical instructor of the area you want to work in. OP- My clinical instructors wrote letters...

  3. Question about licenses in different states

    MJB2010 replied to Troger.a's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Each state has its own board of nursing. I applied in my home state and took the exam there, then I had an interview in another state. I had to apply for endorsement in that state and pay a whole slew...

  4. It's all about who you know!

    MJB2010 replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:

  5. Starting my first RN job next week...advice

    MJB2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am terrified! I also have learned that my preceptor has never worked with a new grad before, and this makes me super nervous!!!!!!!!!!! I feel like everything I learned in school is somewhere up...

  6. What would you do??!

    MJB2010 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I would stay at your current job and do your best, and schedule an interview for the other place on your half day. If they make you an offer, then you will need to decide what to do, but dont get...

  7. Teching while in Nursing School?

    MJB2010 replied to mandileanne's topic in General Nursing

    Do it! I worked Per Diem as a tech and I floated, which at first I hated, but I definately recommend it! By floating you get to see and interact with every floor and you learn a LOT! I also got to see...

  8. It's all about who you know!

    MJB2010 replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

    From my class that graduated in May, those that have jobs got them mostly through family connections. Out of 80 students, about 15 of us have jobs, and only 2 of us (myself included) got them witbhout...

  9. Starting my first RN job next week...advice

    MJB2010 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Wow thanks everyone for the great advice! I know this first year is going to be

  10. Question re ACLS

    MJB2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I start my new job in a few weeks, and I was told I would need to pass an ECG exam within 30 days of hire. I asked HR if there was some sort of course or training, and I was told "dont worry about...

  11. Question re ACLS

    MJB2010 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Every questions I have asked has been answered with a nonanswer or an "I will get back to you". This is an out of state move, so I need to get things done before I get there. HR told me the wrong...

  12. Question re ACLS

    MJB2010 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your advice! The people who teach CPR were the ones trying to get me to do the ACLSin place of an ekg class, my job requires BLS and the EKG exam. I think I am going to renew my BLS,...

  13. Am I documenting this right? Or is my supervisor right?

    MJB2010 replied to deenasao's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you are three weeks into your first nursing job and your supervisor tells you something you are doing is incorrect, you should take her advice and learn what you can. You are new, she is trying to...

  14. Nursing Preceptorship Problem

    MJB2010 replied to lautemic's topic in General Nursing

    Having the OB preceptorship on your resume will be the difference between getting a job in OB or not when you are a new grad!!! It will give you an edge over students with no experience in the area...

  15. Should I become a Nurse at 30?

    MJB2010 replied to flyfish108's topic in General Nursing

    I think with your heart in the right place, you should go for it! You would make an excellent nurse, and you would really be a great comfort to parents in the nicu, knowing that you have been in their...

  16. Should I walk away from this job?

    MJB2010 replied to hotflashion's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Trust your gut! I think you probably are having all of these little red flags waving in your head and you are trying to explain them away. Unless you want to eventually be giving the kind of care you...

  17. How much liability insurance?

    MJB2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am getting personal liabilty insurance and it gives me several options for coverage. Should I go with the most coverage? Or does that make you a target as far as potential

  18. How much liability insurance?

    MJB2010 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    How much do I

  19. Support socks/hose

    MJB2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you wear them? What brand do you like best? Do you prefer knee high, thigh high, or like regular waist high? Why? Notice a difference when you wear them & when you do not?

  20. How do you get that CONFIDENCE

    MJB2010 replied to anewday's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To the original poster, I am so glad you posted this! I start orientation in a few weeks and I am terrified! I have no idea what they are going to expect me to know when I get there. I feel like I...

  21. Can you give me a list of LPN/RN jobs that work with children?

    MJB2010 replied to sincerebliss's topic in LPN to RN

    In my area there are some early intervention programs hiring nurses to go to homes and check in with babies to see if they are meeting their developmental milestones & provide education

  22. Schools over - stuck with 18 books

    MJB2010 replied to Natingale's topic in General Nursing

    I have been selling mine at

  23. Advice on 12 hour shifts

    MJB2010 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    If you are a half size, do you go up or down a size with Alegria? Do they run big or

  24. calling All-Nurses out there....

    MJB2010 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad, my advice is to network network network. Make lots of friends and if you find a clinical rotation you love, ask if thewy hire new grads. Former clinical sites that know you can be...

  25. Advice on 12 hour shifts

    MJB2010 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad I am lucky to have found a job PERIOD. I am not in a position to pick and choose. Thank you everyone for the advice! I have heard so much back & forth about Danskos I think I am...