renardeau BSN, RN

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    New Grad jobs/Residency

    renardeau replied to Grad2014DC's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they do. Many have new graduate programs. Georgetown and WHC have new grad programs fairly consistently/frequently. Search under their job listings for RN positions and new graduate residencies...
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    New Grad jobs/Residency

    renardeau replied to Grad2014DC's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished orientation at a med-surg IMC unit in Washington Hospital Center (orientation is 3 months, but the residency program is a year with a research/EBP project) and I highly recommend it. I...
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    No more phlebotomist in the hospital?!

    renardeau replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose I made a poor choice in words. I'm not saying nurses shouldn't do blood draws ever. (In my mind, the addition of "maintain" after "practice" implied a level of achieved proficiency to be...
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    No more phlebotomist in the hospital?!

    renardeau replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's fine and great to practice blood draw/IV start skills and keep those maintained if the patient ratio is reasonable (sounds like this isn't the case in OP's situation). Where I did all my...
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    Hospital Units with Longest patient stays

    renardeau replied to TarheelGirlx3's topic in General Nursing

    The heart failure/LVAD patient population are definitely people you get to know. Some will stay for a long time, and often those who go will come back to be diuresed or because of other complications,...
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    Where do you work and do you like it.

    renardeau replied to DixieGrace's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got my first nursing job at a large urban trauma I hospital on a med/surg cardiac IMC though just applying online. (Didn't know anyone, didn't even really know the hospital even.) Halfway through...
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    November 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    renardeau replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "I've been telling my doctors these days that pills are not always the answer and I'll never remember all the meds I'm prescribed even if they were tattooed to my face. I'm here to prove a
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    ACLS/BLS cards are so flimsy...?

    renardeau posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...do people laminate them, or will that affect its perceived
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    Be careful what you divulge

    renardeau replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Same!! A younger me from years ago posted some facts that could maaaaybbbee pin me, but now I'm a lot more careful
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    ACLS/BLS cards are so flimsy...?

    renardeau replied to renardeau's topic in General Nursing

    I realize this was forever ago, but I forgot about it haha. I tend to keep all my 'card' like things in a wallet too. Maybe I should just come up with a different system, but beyond that, sometimes I...
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    Med-Surg Ortho Interview!!

    renardeau replied to purplezen's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Here's my 2 cents: I have always wanted to work in ICU. I like fast-paced, I like a lot more of the technical stuff you get to work with, I like not having a million patients. However, I'm starting in...
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    12 Month ABSN Program vs 17 Month ABSN

    renardeau replied to leroy221's topic in Nursing Career

    I did a 13-month ABSN and I did mediocre in it---my grades were not spectacular (nor were they horrible; but I've usually been one to do well in school). I really feel like I would've benefited from a...
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    Night Shift and Marriage

    renardeau replied to RestoringHope's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sometimes I think a little bit of distance/time restraint can do wonders for a relationship. Something I've noticed with my relationship is that in college (when we had all the time in the world )...
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    Kicked out of class for a "HIPAA" violation?

    renardeau replied to Trip_McNeelyRN2b's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    For just one or for generally reckless behavior? If one near-miss got me kicked out of school without any other kind of behavior that supported incompetence... wow ... In my program, we had to look up...
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    Kicked out of class for a "HIPAA" violation?

    renardeau replied to Trip_McNeelyRN2b's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm a new grad and that sounds really rough. Insulin mistakes like that are obviously serious, but that's what the double-check is for. At my institution, near-misses ARE reported (even...
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    Upping my chance of landing a job on the CTSU

    renardeau replied to flying_ace2's topic in Cardiac

    I am starting a nurse residency later this month on a Heart Transplant/Advanced Heart Failure Unit (considered part of the cardiac IMC department), so I can offer some insight at least on my journey...
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    October 2013 Residency - Washington Hospital Center

    renardeau replied to FFEMTRNED's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad, no nursing/tech experience previously and I just finished an accelerated BSN program. I'll be working in the Cardiac IMC department! I applied because a friend suggested it and when I...
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    October 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    renardeau replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Frank turned a bit green when he learned he was assigned a new grad again but only kept a slight grimace on his face when told the age-old, "Sir, this is a teaching hospital and you are in good...
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    Washington Hospital Center

    renardeau replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    There's no harm in trying. I know they send out a bunch of stuff saying "please no phone calls" because they do get a lot of applications, but at the same time, one of my friends who got an offer from...
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    Will I ever get comfortable in the ICU?

    renardeau replied to Socrates12358's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new grad, but plenty of my friends have gone into ICU straight out of our program, and they say the learning curve is treacherous. You are most certainly not alone nor any worse than other new...
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    A new grad numbers game... just curious!

    renardeau replied to calivianya's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I got the job for the nurse residency I applied to! I'm pouncing on it, as it starts super soon and I have to get my license switched over to another state. They also required a reply by Monday so I...
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    What should I wear to an interview?

    renardeau replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Sorry if my wording was unclear. I meant I would be arriving at the interview in a suit (better to lean on the professional side and be overdressed rather than underdressed---totally agree with not...
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    What should I wear to an interview?

    renardeau replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm planning on wearing a suit for my interview. My nursing program stressed wearing a suit, but always bringing scrubs and clinical shoes (a different recruiter that I'm interviewing with next week...
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    A new grad numbers game... just curious!

    renardeau replied to calivianya's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    July Grad. NCLEX passed in late August in MD. 1. 7 different hospitals, 10 positions 2. Only 1 new grad position (new grad positions were sporifice because of May grads) 3. 6 rejections (only knew...
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    Washington Hospital Center

    renardeau replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm interviewing there soon, but I'm curious also as to why people seem to have such bad opinions of WHC? (And what is meant by "ghetto"? The state of the hospital? Or the area around the