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Anybody apply here recently and interviewed?

So I transport a lot of patients that are going for catheterization for NSTEMI. My question is, why are some patients sent on integrilin and heparin and some with nothing? Does it just depend on their history? It just seems that nearly identical patients get sent out with different meds.

I would recommend the bsn route for many of the reasons others have stated. Research the schools available. In my area you can go to the board of registered nurses and look up NCLEX pass rates of the schools in your area. As far as the GI BILL research that a little more too. If you qualify for the post 911 gi bill sometimes that's a good option and you can either swap over to that or exhaust your gi bill and get an extra year of the post 911 one. Just look at the numbers for the pay rates and BAH rates in your area and see which direction will get you the most money. I completed my BSN degree using the gi bill. Also, most BSN programs the actual nursing program is just two yrs the same as ADN programs. It's just the matter of how long it takes you complete the prerequisite courses. Good luck to you!

How do you guys know if your résumé has been forwarded? I've called twice and gotten the same answer that they haven't finished reviewing resumes so they can't say if mine has been forwarded.

I'm a new nurse at my first job and I had a stable pt that had a non stemi mi. They were getting transported for cardiac cath. The pt had integrilin and heparin infusing into rt arm through 2 iv's (no iv or BPs in lt arm). My question is, since the pts iv in the rt ac was bleeding a small amount around the insertion site, should I have discontinued the use of that IV? That iv was infusing heparin and another iv was infusing the integrilin. The med was still infusing ok. No pain, redness, warmth, or edema just about a couple of ml of blood loss around the IV.

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

Maybe it will be Monday when they call that is what happened last time. They said Friday but called Monday.

Not yet. That's good news because it is my understanding that for the second interview they narrowed it down to 5 people with 4 positions. So I'm assuming only one of us won't be going to the last interview

Hey, you got a second interview, congrats! So did I. I was wondering the same thing about interview questions. Good luck on your interview!

Mine is this Wednesday. I think all the departments do the interviews on their own schedule. Like for L&D they were all done with the first set of interviews last week.

I got a second interview! I've never gotten this far before. Does anyone know how many they plan on hiring in L&D? So the first interview is behavior questions to get to know you. What's the 2nd one like? Is it general clinical questions or ones specific to OB/L&D?

I haven't heard back yet. But hopefully soon!

I would guess it depends on what unit you apply too. I interviewed with L&D and it was with two people asking behavioral type questions. I think that is typically how the first one goes. Hopefully, I will get a second interview and be able to tell what that's like. Good luck in your interviewing.

Has anyone heard from L&D or know how many they plan to hire?

I'm just trying to get some opinions here, especially from those that are married mil to mil. I am about to graduate from nursing school and I'm trying to figure out my options in an economy that doesn't seem to want to hire new grad nurses. First off, my husband has 12 yrs in active duty on the enlisted side and plans to retire. I have thought about many times going back into the AF after getting my degree. My intent when I originally enlisted was to do an enlisted commissioning program for nursing. That didn't work out because I deployed too much and didn't get all my classes done in time for me to get out. I just figured I would just get out and go to nursing school on the GI bill and thats what I did. My question now is, is it a good idea to commission since my husband is still AD and plans to retire? I am not sure about how mil to mil works when one of the members is an officer. Plus, if I am just going in, I highly doubt I would be able to pick and guarantee being stationed with my husband even if he is at one of the bases with a big hospital. I am assuming this because that is how it was when I enlisted, you had no control over were your first base was. I wonder about both of us being active duty, especially once we start having kids. I don't really want to have to ship my kids across the country to the parents house if both of us happened to be deployed at the same time. I've thought about the reserves but as far as I know you have to have 6 months experience which may be hard to come by. If I don't go active and I end up finding a civilian job then I probably will join the reserves. I mean, I have 6 years active duty time towards retirement.

hope this all helps. i was enlisted but i would imagine that most of what i said is the same if you are an officer.

I spoke with a Reserves Healthcare recruiter recently and she said that reservists don't go through the NTP. They instead require 6 months experience before joining- non negotiable.

This may sound like a dumb question but I would like to know the worst case scenario if I graduate and can't find a job (graduating with a BSN- no experience). I expect the best but want to be prepared for the worst case scenario. Everyone knows how hard it is to get a job as a new grad right now. I'm 28 and planning to get pregnant as soon as I graduate in May which means that I will most likely be interviewing when I am showing and obviously pregnant. With the competition for jobs it is unlikely that a pregnant person will be hired. Basically, it could possibly be nine months before I get a job. Doesn't that make it even harder to get a job, having graduated so many months ago (9 months). What if I can't get a job then because of being out of school for so long? What is the worst case scenario in this situation? How long can a new grad be out of work before she is no longer hirable? I just want some answers to ease my mind and just to be clear, I really don't want to push back getting pregnant a year even if it will make things easier.