lion09

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1. How many patients do you have as a Psych. RN?

   lion09 replied to lion09's topic in Psychiatric

   Remember, although I'm responsible for 20 patients I'll have a med nurse and 2 MHWs. My responsibilities are admissions, discharges, dr's orders, answering the phone, blood draws, and supervise the...

2. Psych. RNs

   lion09 replied to lion09's topic in Psychiatric

   Jules A, How many shifts did you initially have? How many RNs per unit and how many units does the hospital have? I'm trying to figure out what the odds are for me to work more shifts?

3. Psych. RNs

   lion09 replied to lion09's topic in Psychiatric

   I will be in charge of the unit and be responsible for 20 patients. My duties are patient admissions, discharges, charting, answering the phone and supervise MHWs. There is an LVN passing meds on our...

4. Psych. RNs

   lion09 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I am a New Grad RN and have gotten an offer for an RN position at a psychriatric hospital. It's per diem and I would be scheduled for one 8-hour-shift per week. There are only one RN per unit and...

5. How many shifts do you work as a per diem RN?

   lion09 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad RN and I'm offered a per diem RN position at a hospital. I will only work one eight-hour-shift per week. Isn't that kind of odd to only work one shift per week? How many shifts do you...

6. How many patients do you have as a Psych. RN?

   lion09 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I'm a new grad who applied for an RN position in a psychiatric hospital. My duties would be to chart, doctor's orders, admissions and discharges. I will have 20 patients, but I'll have another nurse...

7. Job offer

   lion09 posted a topic in General Nursing

   What happens if you accept a job offer for an RN position, and then later before the start date change your mind?

8. RN hourly rate

   lion09 replied to mleej's topic in Texas Nursing

   For HouTx, What do you mean with "there is a REASON the pay in Eagle Pass is that

9. Thank you note

   lion09 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do you think it is redundant to send a "thank you email" and also mail a "thank you card" after an interview for an RN position at a hospital? If you think I should do both, can I write the same stuff...

10. Question after an interview

    lion09 replied to lion09's topic in General Nursing

    There were two people interviewing me. I know that you are supposed to mail a seperate thank you card to each person at the interview, but I'm planning on sending a combined "thank you note" by email....

11. Question after an interview

    lion09 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just had my first interview for a new grad RN position at a hospital. Am I supposed to immediately send a thank you note by email and also mail a thank you card? or is it better to just mail a thank...

12. How i landed a new grad position

    lion09 replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    For Skysthelimit, When you called HR regarding wether they had any New Grad RN positions available you said that they gave you a call when they did have a position open. I was wondering how chatty you...

13. Question regarding psych. RN application

    lion09 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm applying for an RN position at a psych. hospital and I've got a question regarding the application. In the application under "additional skills and experience" it says, "include all knowledge of...

14. New Grad Starting in OB**** (Advice from all)

    lion09 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OB is an area that is not as common as other areas to have an open new grad positions. You said that OB is not your ideal department and I was just curious as to why the hospital gave you an OB...

15. Should I retake Chemistry?

    lion09 replied to Atl_Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Where I did the nursing program chemistry was only a prerequsite for microbiology and was not calculated into the GPA for admission into the program. As far as retaking classes, one of the classes...