JMomBaby

You are making the right choice!!! Give them 2 weeks but they'd be stupid to keep you in orientation that long. Then again they haven't proven themselves to be smart:***:

Oh, yeah. The funny thing is, I bet they wonder why they have so much trouble with staff retention

Nah, don't bother...it sounds like the little stinker has it out for you for some reason (seems to think L&D is only for "special" people who don't make mistakes...like herself?). That type of person will either get you fired or make life hell until you leave. It's better to quit and go back to your old job than be fired and not have a job to goback to. I should add that I could be wrong...but I doubt it, haha. I've seen this play out in workplaces before where the higher-up gets a bee in their bonnet and makes a mission out of finding anything possible wrong with a new hire until they fire them or the new hire leaves. It's kind of weird. That bleach wipe story just reeks of your preceptor making a real effort to manufacture some drama for whatever reason. I wonder if the nurse you replaced left for a similar reason, eh?

OMG ruuuuuuuun! Sounds like you just got a job in Hell. Unless you enjoy working with obnoxious brats, RUN back to your previous job! The bleach wipes...Jesus! How bout your ex preceptor just roll on the floor and cry about the damn things? Buh-bye!

Never say no to a free college education :) All of the mental health hospitals in my area (government and private) hire LPNs. The pay may be lower than an RN BUT you don't have to pay back any student loans. So:w00t:

:redlight:I agree with peaches, please contact your board of nursing today, here is where you can find the phone number for your local board: https://www.ncsbn.org/contactbon.htm

wow, that sounds very scary! since the management does not seem to be responsive, i would contact the state board of nursing asap and provide clear details of what you have described here. it sounds like this nurse may be suffering complications from her surgery or her medications, and i am shocked that no one else (especially someone in her family) has stepped up to address this for her. one of my older relatives became completely delirious when her doctor put her on a new med (scopolamine, of all things), i mean talking to deceased people and inanimate objects delirious. thank god we saw what was happening and the situation was fixed before any permanent harm befell anyone.

Suddenly I have a strong urge to move to NC

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Anybody? The reason I ask is because I was told a week ago that all checks were completed and that they were "very close" to a decision, and the silence of the phone... is sooooo painful

Yeah, that is a really awful feeling... I work so hard to prepare for my interviews, studying about the company, etc., and to see that look... makes me feel very, very small :uhoh21: And, yeah, had the same experience with the interviewer recommending other places for me to apply. At least then I know not to expect any return phone calls :)

Oi. As for the following: YES and YES, these have happened to me! One time I had an interview where the DON was not notified who she was about to interview- she took one look at my resume (a new grad resume) and her face just felllll. She asked me some awkward questions about "why" I did not apply to other places besides her office. She then proceeded to tell me that she ideally wanted someone with 20+ years experience :banghead: I did not try very hard to salvage that interview because it was clear it wouldn't be effective...

Hello, I have a question: once background and reference checks are completed on applicants, how long does it usually take for a manager to make a "final decision" and give the good news to the lucky applicant? Also: when someone is offerd a position and gives the verbal "yes," does HR usually wait for a signed contract to be completed before notifying other applicants that the position was filled?

I would definately take the job at $18/hr, since the alternative is making $0/hr without the job- not to mention, you will probably be eligible for raises after being with the company for awhile. If you work there for a year or more and you find that you really can't survive off of the salary, then I would look for another job (perhaps an internal position will be posted in the hospital with a higher salary for an experienced nurse- which you would be after a year of ER work).

Actually, that sound fairly normal for this economy. It's not that you're doing anything "wrong" necessarily, it just means that the job market is fairly cold. You could try applying to more diverse locations, like your local government website (often has a lot of positions for prison nurses and sometimes public health nurses), doctor's offices, nursing homes, etc. You could also try going over your resume and making sure it is very polished, go over your cover letter, etc., but if you've done all that already ... in all likelihood, you're not doing anything wrong, it's the econmy.

Fingers crossed :)

*hugs* It's a hard wait, I know! Stay strong!!! :redpinkhe

Here's one I found: Psychnotes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide by Pederson. I found an online bookstore that allowed me to rent the book free for 7 days on my eReader.

It depends on the office. Some will hire new RNs, and some are looking for nurses with 5+ years of experience. It really depends on the number of nurses in the clinic, the workload of the clinic and the job responsibilities the RN will be expected to perform. For example, a cancer clinic is less likely to hire new grads because of the complexity of the chemo and such.

Wow Caregiver1977, I don't think I could put up with a husband like that! Having to prompt him like a teenager just to get him to go to work in the morning? Even when he's out of state? Wow. You're some type of saint

After that interview I would NOT work there, even if he cleared me for a second interview! It was disrespectful, and you know he would love to chew you up and spit you out for fun. I WOULD call his boss and explain the situation, and why you will have no further involvement with the company (the f-word? Really? Plus, I'm willing to bet that "boyfriend" question qualifies as sexual harassment, insinuating that a woman couldn't do the job because she'd be *overwhelmed* by the sexiness of his men. Again- Really?) To commiserate, here's my worst interview: I was invited to an interview with a place, and at the last minute the interviewer changed the location of the interview. Turns out she felt more like hanging out with her livestock than interviewing me that day, so she had me interview at her BARN (yes, dressed all in my good interview clothes while standing around in manure). She would ask me an interview question, I would begin to talk, and she would interrupt me to talk to her barn hands about her livestock. Most of the interview was spent with her staring at her horse's tack and talking to her barn hands about fitting it. She ended the interview by noting, "Hmm, you sounded *older* on the phone." WTH was that?

Hello all, I have a question- while I was away on an interview one of the nurse recruiters from another hospital called. My roomate answered and told them that I was not available to talk because I was at an interview. I have since called the recruiter back and am arranging an interview. Here's my question: Do hospitals get upset when they know you are interviewing with other facilities? (I liken it to a man learning that his girlfriend "can't come to the phone because she's out with another guy" :uhoh21: eeek). Also, how should I respond if the interviewer brings-up my interviewing with other companies? I'm really excited about my upcoming interview but I'm worried that they will think less of me because I talked with another company.

TothepointeLVN, I always wondered why some inpatient hospices require ACLS certification. I thought, "ACLS... for hospice?!?" But apparently a DNR is not required for admission into the inpatient hospice programs.

Definately get hold of staff in any place you are thinking of working and *ask them* what the work conditions are like. How is the management? Does the workplace really seem to *care* about the well-being of the residents? How are staff treated? Is staffing adequate? How are any problems/disagreements handled by management? Also VERY important: if slots on the schedule are empty or workers get sick, does the management use agency or in-house pool to fill the slots, or do they just leave the slots open and let the chips fall where they may? I once worked for a place that REFUSED to use agency for fill-in staff and had NO in-house pool... the consequences were predictable. I got a lot of frantic calls day and night from swamped staffers begging me to come in and help them, I dreaded going in to clean-up the mess but I also felt guilty saying "no" even when saying "yes" meant my second straight 16-hour workday . I later went to work at a facility that used agency pool- I thought I had died and gone to Heaven! When workers were sick or we were swamped with patients, these magical people would show up and help us get the work done!!! Jaw drop!!! Also, in the first workplace any RN was usually used as a charge nurse. The facility had many LPNs and CNAs but very few RNs, and they always needed at least two charge RNs per shift, so... if two RNs were scheduled on a shift, they were the charge nurses :) If 3 RNs were scheduled (rare) then one could work the floor. In the second location I worked, there were more RNs, and specific RNs were hired to be charge nurses while others were floor nurses.

no, i iz to smart to use spehl check. skewl taught me good, y'ahl. i iz geenius. respecht mah awsomness.