ctnurse420

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1. Heme/Onc compared to medsurg and ICU's????

   ctnurse420 replied to Storm-warning's topic in Oncology

   I have to agree with the other responses that heme/onc/BMT is NOT easy.... I was a nurse for 18 months on a surgical oncology floor and this year took a travel job on a heme/onc/BMT floor.... figuring...

2. Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

   ctnurse420 replied to mturner88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Where the heck are you getting 12 patients? That's

3. Help! Should I take this assignment if I get an interview/offer?

   ctnurse420 posted a topic in Travel

   I have been talking with several companies about starting my first travel assignment... I have been a nurse for 18 months, working in a level I trauma facility 900+ bed teaching hospital, in oncology....

4. New grad jobs in Oncology

   ctnurse420 replied to MisterSimba's topic in Oncology

   I had three months of orientation with a preceptor... but it's competency based, so they take you off when they feel you are ready. There's also a one year nurse residency program which is kind of a...

5. New grad jobs in Oncology

   ctnurse420 replied to MisterSimba's topic in Oncology

   Yale-New Haven Hospital is amazing for new grads. I work at the Smilow Cancer Hospital, it opened only a year and a half ago... of course we have the usual nursing issues, such as short staffing and...

6. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   ctnurse420 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I was LOVING my job as a new grad during orientation and even the first month off orientation... but lately it has been so depressing (I'm on an oncology floor), and also there is a big issue with...

7. Graduate Nurse starting salary? All feedbacks welcome!

   ctnurse420 replied to Pugwawa's topic in First Year After Licensure

   $27 in

8. Yale New-Haven, where should I live?

   ctnurse420 posted a topic in Connecticut Nursing

   I have accepted a full-time RN position at Yale-New Haven Hospital. I am graduating nursing school in May so this is very exciting to have gotten a job before graduation. I am hearing a lot of bad...