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    Nursing: Then and Now

    CrazierThanYou replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a brand new nurse but how I long to have been able to experience some of the things from nursing in days gone
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    The flu shot making people sick

    CrazierThanYou replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wow, a conspiracy theorist who admits to being
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    Doing my first night shift EVER tonight!

    CrazierThanYou posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a brand new nurse and I've been working at a hospital for about 3 weeks now. I was hired for nights but they mostly orient new nurses on days. I have only oriented on days so far but I had a major...
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    Doing my first night shift EVER tonight!

    CrazierThanYou replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I survived! It actually went pretty good. There were a couple of times I thought I was going to get super sleepy but it passed. I yawned a million times but not too shabby! Looking in the mirror, I...
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    What are the best shoes for nursing?

    CrazierThanYou replied to chemisttoRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Can you provide a link for the Skechers? I tried Googling them but I keep getting Shape Ups in my
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    What are the best shoes for nursing?

    CrazierThanYou replied to chemisttoRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Everyone's feet are different so it is probably going to be best to try on a lot of different shoes to see how comfy they are. My feet are VERY picky and I can only wear certain shoes and since I have...
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    Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

    CrazierThanYou replied to DYLANB's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Frankly, anyone who says they enjoy being watched like a hawk by family members while providing care, well, I'd say that's a
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    Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

    CrazierThanYou replied to DYLANB's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have this happening now. oncology, we have a man who has been expected to die for several days. His family members have been camped out in the waiting room for four days now. With a passle of...
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    New Grad RN feeling down after a lousy interview.

    CrazierThanYou replied to RRWilson,RN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Haha, it was bizarre to say the
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    New Grad RN feeling down after a lousy interview.

    CrazierThanYou replied to RRWilson,RN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I once went to an interview for a teaching job (my first degree). The principal literally was lying in the chair. You know how high school boys lay in their desk chairs? Yeah, like that. He was...
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    New Grad RN feeling down after a lousy interview.

    CrazierThanYou replied to RRWilson,RN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I had zero luck with Grady
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    New Grad RN feeling down after a lousy interview.

    CrazierThanYou replied to RRWilson,RN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I went to an interview once where the DON clearly hadn't read my resume. She knew ZERO about
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    Take ACLS before last semester of Nursing School?

    CrazierThanYou replied to libby11's topic in General Students

    I can tell you what my hiring manager said: She said there is really no need to have ACLS beforehand because hospitals offer that to employees anyway. Also, I don't know about where you live but here,...
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    New Grad RN feeling down after a lousy interview.

    CrazierThanYou replied to RRWilson,RN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Like others, I don't think I would want to work for this person. I live on the Georgia-North Carolina border and I wanted to work in the Atlanta area. It is really hard to get on anywhere in that...
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    Rejected after 8 years of working for the company

    CrazierThanYou replied to oliviabel's topic in General Nursing

    I really hate that after working for a place for 8 years, they just let you go instead of trying to help you. I don't have much advice as I'm a brand new nurse myself but unless an application asks...
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    Preceptorship

    CrazierThanYou replied to katy81's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't get a preceptorship either, and while I feel like we were ripped off, I don't think it matters much. When I was doing interviews for positions, no one ever, not one single time, asked me...
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    Help New grad looking for a job

    CrazierThanYou replied to boricualuv4ever's topic in First Year After Licensure

    North Dakota is hiring? Wow, I would really love to move there but A. I don't think my husband is going to be keen on that. B. It's really freaking cold there in winter. Is there some kind of...
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    New nurse orientation: No one told me it was this intense.

    CrazierThanYou posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a brand new nurse. I just got hired for my first job and tomorrow will finish up my first week of orientation. In nursing school, no one really told us anything about what its like for a new...
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    Mission Hospital Asheville or Duke

    CrazierThanYou replied to alipetra's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Good luck! What department did you apply
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    Mission Hospital Asheville or Duke

    CrazierThanYou replied to alipetra's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Wow, I'm on my second day of orientation and I am DYING! It's like hell week! SO BORING! I cannot wait to get this over with! Give you something to look forward to! Heh heh Maybe all hospitals do...
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    Took NCLEX-RN today and got the GOOD POP UP!

    CrazierThanYou posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took NCLEX today and wow, what a stressful day. First, I took the wrong exit and got caught up in traffic from a wreck and I was LATE! I was about to have a full out panic attack thinking that I...
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    Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    CrazierThanYou replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I know people who have purchased their positions, only not in
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    Waiting after interview advice...the suspense

    CrazierThanYou replied to cutienurse6711's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    At my first interview for a nursing job, the manager told me they would know something by the end of the next week. It was two and half months before I heard anything. It was good news,
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    how to read

    CrazierThanYou replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It seems I am in the majority here but I did read every word of every chapter. We had course objectives but after one test, we all realized they were useless. I didn't take notes on everything as I...
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    Mission Hospital Asheville or Duke

    CrazierThanYou replied to alipetra's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Since I'm in staffing pool, I'll be on all kinds of floors! I was kind of apprehensive about the job at first but everyone says its a great job. There are people who have been working in that pool 20...