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  1. Nurse with anxiety/depression

    nursepenelope replied to nursepenelope's topic in Home Health

    I have been on 20 mg prozac for a month. And buspar for a cpl weeks. I am still crying every day, am anxious and having a very difficult time getting up to do anything. The thought of going back to my...

  2. taking a refresher course

    nursepenelope replied to nursepenelope's topic in Nursing Career

    I do have my BSN. I live in northern cali. Moving out of state has been a thought but my kids are older and I would miss them so much. Do you think my age is hurting me? I am

  3. taking a refresher course

    nursepenelope posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi, I have been working in the nursing field since passing the boards...about five years. I want to work in the hospital though and can't seem to get a job there. Has snyone taken a refresher course...

  4. taking a refresher course

    nursepenelope replied to nursepenelope's topic in Nursing Career

    I do...hasn't helped and I want to work in l&d so bad....ive tried everything I can think

  5. taking a refresher course

    nursepenelope replied to nursepenelope's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes...

  6. Nurse with anxiety/depression

    nursepenelope replied to nursepenelope's topic in Home Health

    Thsnks for sll the adice....I still fer l likevi sm going crazy with the almost constant anxiety and crying everyday I feel likevim going crazy. I hate this...I can barely eat. My pcp is...

  7. Burnt Out but still hanging in there! HELP!

    nursepenelope replied to NissaNurse's topic in Home Health

    I live in Northern Cali. Is there any hospital jobs out there yet. I graduated in 2008 and have not gotten an acute care job yet, Had interviews. Could it be my age? I am now 44, But I am a good,...

  8. refresher classes

    nursepenelope replied to serenity05's topic in Retired Nurses

    I would like to know where you went and if it got you a job in acute care? I have been a nurse since 2008, but like l a lot of others, have not been able to get a job in the hospital. So frustrating,...

  9. New L&D nurse resources

    nursepenelope replied to OBNewbie2013's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Man, I am so happy for all of you, but jealous too!!! Where do you all live. I am in Northern Cali, graduated in 08, and can't get a job in acute care much less L&D, which is what I desperately...

  10. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

    nursepenelope replied to lperkrn's topic in Nursing Career

    I graduated May '08. Worked about three years in SNF/LTC. Am looking for a job and no one will hire me. I am so so discouraged. I am 42 and wondering if that's why I can't get hired??? I can't give...

  11. Question for new RN's or those of us who have gotten a late start getting a hospital

    nursepenelope posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am an RN, graduated May 08. I have worked skilled nursing and some assisted living. Over all it has not been the best experience, mostly my attitude and frustration with not working the jobs I...

  12. Northern CA - New Grad RN Programs???

    nursepenelope replied to Rees's topic in California Nursing

    Dear Rizzles, are you an RN? U working?

  13. California's 2009 New Grad RN Program- Who's hiring right now?

    nursepenelope replied to piscesmama's topic in California Nursing

    Did anyone out there get an interview with Alta Bates Labor and Delivery Unit for their March training program? Just wanted some feed back. I interviewed, but it was impossible to read how I did in...

  14. California's 2009 New Grad RN Program- Who's hiring right now?

    nursepenelope replied to piscesmama's topic in California Nursing

    Gwafah, Is Kindred hiring rite now and do you like it? I have applied to them but did not get a response back. Sounds like it would be a step in the right direction if you want to eventually land a...

  15. Northern CA - New Grad RN Programs???

    nursepenelope replied to Rees's topic in California Nursing

    Has anyone applied for and had an interview for the training program at Alta Bates Labor and Delivery unit starting March 2011? How did it go? Just

  16. Starting to get depressed... (Vent)

    nursepenelope replied to LearningRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    What about home health where you are working with one person at a time? When you send your resumes, call the hiring manager to let them know you are interested in the position and that you applied...

  17. Labor and Delivery Interview Questions

    nursepenelope posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have an interview on the 31st of January for a large hospital in my area in their L&D Unit. This is why I went into nursing and I want the job so bad, BUT I have a huge problem getting...

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    nursepenelope replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OK...so I am posting this here because I have no idea how to start a blog. Computer challenged I guess. Anyway...I hate my job. This is why: management sucks (i feel), not alot of support, always...

  19. Labor and delivery nurse, Am i headed the right way.

    nursepenelope replied to Bridget1's topic in General Nursing

    Can't she become an MA then get a job on a L&D Unit as a unit secretary? That would be an option to still make noney while in school, and get her foot in the

  20. Overwhelmed new grad having difficulty concentrating

    nursepenelope replied to LordHaveMercy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah>>>I've been at LTC for 2 years now and hospitals still won't hire me. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I recently heard that 2 of my classmates were hired onto L&D units with no...

  21. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

    nursepenelope replied to lperkrn's topic in Nursing Career

    Congratulations!!! That sounds like great experience. Have

  22. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

    nursepenelope replied to lperkrn's topic in Nursing Career

    PREEZ, you can apply in peds as an lpn/lvn. units are still hiring them. At least i see job positions for them. I looked on Oakland Childrens Hospital last night and they had several openings for LVN...

  23. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

    nursepenelope replied to lperkrn's topic in Nursing Career

    Dear "bekindtokittens" Where did you land a job where you will have trachs at the sn level? I work in LTC but the best I get is IV therapy. I feel so cheated not having an acute care

  24. Overwhelmed new grad having difficulty concentrating

    nursepenelope replied to LordHaveMercy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where do you all work? I would love to know what hospitals are hiring new grads???? Or hospitals which hire RN's with no acute

  25. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

    nursepenelope replied to lperkrn's topic in Nursing Career

    After 2 years in LTC I thought for sure i would be hireable in acute care, but I am still considered a new grad with no experience and don't qualify for ng programs bc i'm not a new grad and have...