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  1. Next move- give me your thoughts on what to do next!

    pdxmomazon posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I'm coming up on my 3 year anniversary on my inpatient ortho/neuro surgical unit and my life has changed a lot in the past year. I got divorced (2/15,) bought a house (5/15) and had my first...

  2. Legacy Versant RN Residency, Late Summer 2013

    pdxmomazon replied to db2xs's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I got an email from the director of the program requesting volunteers to speak to the new cohort at the welcome breakfast on August 22nd. Congrats to our new colleagues, can't wait to meet

  3. Legacy Versant RN Residency, Late Summer 2013

    pdxmomazon replied to db2xs's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hi folks. I just graduated from the residency program at the end of June. One reason things might be going a little slower this year is that the RN who ran the program is leaving the position and has...

  4. Legacy Versant RN Residency - who's applying for this round?

    pdxmomazon replied to tejon's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Linfield. This cohort had a lot of accepted folks, but not all cohorts have this

  5. Legacy Versant RN Residency - who's applying for this round?

    pdxmomazon replied to tejon's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Legacy did some calling today. Out of my BSN program 6 folks have been offered residency positions in this round of Versant. It's tru that they have scheduled an info session for new hires on Tuesday....

  6. Legacy Versant RN Residency - who's applying for this round?

    pdxmomazon replied to tejon's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I got called today for post-surgical specialties at Good Sam. I know two of my other classmates are interviewing for the same unit. I also heard from a classmate who got called for oncology at Good...

  7. Portland Job Market for New Grads

    pdxmomazon replied to tritons09's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Portland is saturated with new grads. It takes most people several months to find something, and many of my classmates are moving out of town to find work. I think if you can move to a more rural...

  8. Legacy Versant RN Residency - who's applying for this round?

    pdxmomazon replied to tejon's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Heard from another one today who had his second interview on the 8th in

  9. Legacy Versant RN Residency - who's applying for this round?

    pdxmomazon replied to tejon's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Alrighty- two of my classmates got calls from the Family Birth Center at Good Sam for 2nd interviews today. One said it sounded like other hospitals and departments were on their own time schedules....

  10. Legacy Versant RN Residency - who's applying for this round?

    pdxmomazon replied to tejon's topic in Oregon Nursing

    One thing that makes me feel a little more hopeful is that quite a few of my graduating class applied and had first interviews, and no one has admitted to being called back. So, maybe they are just...

  11. Male nurses student and skipping OB/L&D clinicals

    pdxmomazon replied to Jfarmboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If they don't get born, they won't be around for you to pound on their chest in the ED. Your education is about learning what it's like to care for people in various stages of their lives, even though...

  12. Recommended Reference Books

    pdxmomazon replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Students

    I just got Diseases and Disorders; a Nursing Therapeutics Manual by Marilyn Sawyer Sommers for med surg and I love this thing. Ever wonder "what he heck is that?" and "what do you do for that?" Well,...

  13. Linfield Accelerated Summer 2011 Cohort

    pdxmomazon posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hello! I was doing some googling this evening and came across a thread from last year that was mainly Linfield summer cohort talk. I was inspired to try and start a similar thread and possibly a...

  14. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    pdxmomazon replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Take a shower before you come to class. Greasy hair is

  15. No papers

    pdxmomazon replied to bloodlikefire's topic in General Students

    Wait..no papers? At all? Are you getting a

  16. What procedure/situation are you most nervous about encountering?

    pdxmomazon replied to studentsara's topic in General Students

    Ah yes.. the smells. I have my first clinical day for my accelerated BSN program on Thursday and of course I wandered into a room and ended up helping a CNA change a patient's very smelly briefs. I...

  17. How often do you get sick? More or less often than

    pdxmomazon replied to MammaNurse2Be's topic in General Students

    Lack of sleep is what gets me sick. I'm trying to strike a balance between school work, family time, and SLEEP! I've done two IV vitamin pushes this summer (Meyer's cocktails) to boost my immune...

  18. I'm a....

    pdxmomazon replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Students

    Congratulations Nurse Crunchy

  19. What are good shoes, socks, and a watch for a nursing student?

    pdxmomazon replied to J-Swish's topic in General Students

    Sooo irritating! NO working nurses in our area wear white shoes! Luckily for in my program we can wear white shoes with logos, swooshes, piping etc in whatever colors they happen to be, but it seems...

  20. I took NCLEX today HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    pdxmomazon replied to Cindy 17's topic in General Students

    Here's a trick that you may or may not have heard of. I'm still in my first term of nursing school, so of course I haven't tried this yet, but I've heard it never fails! HERE ARE THE EXACT STEPS TO...

  21. What's up with the proposal for req. for Bachelor for RN?

    pdxmomazon replied to uRabbit's topic in General Students

    I'm in my first term of an accelerated BSN program and according to my profs it's also because there is a push in nursing to get more nurses with masters and doctorates. Having more nurses with...

  22. What would you do for five weeks

    pdxmomazon replied to my4helpers's topic in General Students

    I got 10 days off between my pre-requs (been going straight through) and my accelerated BSN program which starts (gulp!) on Monday. We took a vacation. I tried to read a little. I've been attempting...

  23. May I speak to Dr. so&so?

    pdxmomazon replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the internal pair she had served her just fine! What a great story. I strive to be that confident and

  24. Kaiser Permenante Northwest Laying off 700 RN's

    pdxmomazon replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I randomly met a Kaiser employee yesterday at a coffee shop. She's not a nurse. She said the layoffs were mostly going to be CNAs, based on what she had heard and e-mails she had seen. Not that ANY...

  25. Applicants to Portland area schools 2011

    pdxmomazon replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Oregon Nursing

    That's funny. I didn't apply to OHSU in part because of this very reason! I had an ex who worked up at OHSU in pre-tram days and it was a mess trying to get her to/from work sometimes, especially when...