icuuci replied to Bettycaroline's topic in Emergency
i would personally think its bs but what are you gong to go? Its management's decision. Be stoked you have a job. Do the best you can do, things will work out.
read this... http://www.son.washington.edu/students/cene/docs/Successful-IV-Starts.pdf also, I was sick of being terrible at IV so I practiced starting IV's on myself. Its hard but you start to get the feel, after several weeks of practice in my bat...
I got some of this when I first started too. I agree with previous suggestions...talk slowly, smile, sit-down when you can. If everyone is telling you this there is probably something there. If you have insurance consider seeing a therapist who mi...
got email notification that I suck... here is the letter if you care.... Dear New Graduate Applicant, On behalf of the Department of Nursing Education, I am emailing to thank you for your interest in a VA nursing career. This was an unprecedented yea...
icuuci replied to BellaRN2010's topic in Emergency
ED nurses at my hospital chill at an incomprehensible rate. perhaps cuz we are across the street from a trama center. But at my hospital ED nurses essentially work in a clinic.
i don't thinks its an advantage at all. I have dealt with a great deal of anti-male sentiment from nursing management. Sure some units & managers want males but I think it is at least balanced out by those who see us as trespassing on a female ...
Wow! I completely disagree!!! Your employer hired you as a new grad when nobody else would. From this you gain invaluable experience that likely helped you land your current job. If nothing else it gave you something to put on your resume, which t...
With all the love and compassion in the world (I truly want you and I both to get jobs in the bay area, but) with an associates and no experience, there is no way you will get hired as an RN in SF, now or any time with in the next 5 years. all the be...
I was told by my cnc that she EXPECTS me to clock out late for about a year...If not, she says I am not doing a proper job. There is a learning curve, do not work off the clock.
icuuci replied to westmidwest's topic in California
i still have not heard anything back from LPCH but I thought we were supposed to know by friday. Anyone else? Also, a friend of a friend has an interview next week for SHC, so I don't think all the positions have been filled.
don't rush into anything. take your time. make sure this offer is right for you. If it is not everything you ever dreamt of then by all means don't' settle. job offers come by all the time as you know there is a huge nursing shortage.
icuuci replied to westmidwest's topic in California
hey BayareaRNBSN Yeah I had an interview there as well. I thought it went well but I have killed interviews in the past and have not been hired. I think we should find out today, perhaps even should have found out yesterday which of course given th...