CFitzRN

CFitzRN ADN

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  1. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this - I know they will move it if it is inappropriate here. I just need some feedback on a very unexpected job opportunity that fell into my lap a few...

  2. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Tex - thank you - this stuff is good to know. I spoke fairly extensively with the ED and she told me about fraud cases that they are actively watching. Apparently there is one case that she has been...

  3. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice - I really appreciate the

  4. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's a fair question, and one that I asked the exec director. Her response to me was that these nurses or CNAs are all trained to do this work, and the most important thing I can do is to make sure...

  5. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    OhioRN, thank you so much for your input. And thanks for the link. I know I will have a good amount of responsibility and I'm okay with that. I know it's not going to be a walk in the park with a...

  6. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's too bad, Sara. New-Con is a good school system. But yes, our rate is one of the worst in the nation as well. I'm sorry that didn't work out for you. Do you think you might try to find a...

  7. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, our unemployment rate is horrid. Sorry about

  8. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Catawba Co - it's beautiful where you live. I wish you the best with school! It wasn't as difficult as I expected it to be. My best advice is to tell you to be as organized as humanly...

  9. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Cool! It's a small, small world. How about the weather today, eh? It was gorgeous where I live. And yes, the pay here is fairly abysmal. But we do what we can with what we have. What field of...

  10. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I sure would be. I'm in Western NC - not a big city either. So we subsist on meager wages for RNs. Are you in NC

  11. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing from your name you're in California. The cost of living there (in all of Cali) and here can't be compared. We have a 3,000 sq ft 5-bdrm home and it was 200,000. The cost of living here...

  12. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know, it is ridiculously low. But unfortunately it's the going rate all over where I live. If I lived an hour south, in the closest big city, I could make $25 as a new nurse, but the cost of...

  13. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to say thanks to everyone who has offered feedback, and thanks in advance for any further

  14. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    April, that is exactly my plan. I just started PRN at a family practice last week. I will probably give that one up because it's the newest and it only pays $14/hr, which, after doing the job a...

  15. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Surprisingly, $23 an hour is considered pretty good pay for a fairly new nurse where I live. There are nurses on floors at the hospital killing themselves for far less (our local hospitals start new...

  16. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Shannon, thanks for the input. I did Meals on Wheels for years on a volunteer basis and found exactly what you're describing. Some homes were beautiful and clean, others were filthy and bug-ridden....

  17. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    They have a PRN pool they would pull from. I wouldn't be in a bedside position with this job. Honestly, I don't think I would mind it, so long as I had the proper training for the patient's acuity....

  18. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    They reimburse .45 per mile - only one day (or one and a half days) is visiting patients. If I didn't love being out and about so much, that part would probably bother me. As it is, I look forward...

  19. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    CFitzRN replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Because of the area of the country in which I live...

  20. I don't understand the diff between ADN & BSN????? Help!!!

    CFitzRN replied to Misslady113's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I wouldn't mind finding that out either... I might have to try

  21. Am I Freaking Out Over Nothing? New Job At Hospital

    CFitzRN replied to BostonKatie's topic in General Nursing

    It's very likely that he is just really busy. They wouldn't blow you off (or write you off) because of something that could so easily be asked about and fixed. That stuff happens all the time. I'm...

  22. Student loans...how much do you owe?

    CFitzRN replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

    Paid as I went so owe nothing. Community college. My entire ADN was only about $5000. What a

  23. Am I being "dumbed down" in my current dept?

    CFitzRN replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    You know the saying "if you don't use it, you lose it" is very true. It's pretty easy to learn what a heart block looks like on a strip until you take the test. If you don't keep reinforcing your...

  24. Am I being "dumbed down" in my current dept?

    CFitzRN replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    For the record, I passed NCLEX with 75 questions in about 40 minutes and I still don't know how the frig I did it. It was and is a dang miracle. I felt like I didn't have half a clue the whole time I...

  25. Should I call?

    CFitzRN replied to SweetNothings's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, absolutely call. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Please post and tell us what you