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I've been on too many interviews, and I'm sure that some of you are looking to interview so here's what you may have in store. Also... most interviews have behavioral based questions, e.g, tell me about a time when.. Feel free to add! Common: -Tell ...

Yep!!! I'm tired for various reasons -- sleep deprivation and medical reasons being the top picks. I was working three 12s on night shift, couldn't work my days in a row because I need more sleep. All I did on my days off was catch up on sleep, which...

I would say the biggest challenge of being a burn nurse on nights is that we are generally less experienced, and have less resources available to us (i.e., the experienced burn nurses, more staff). I took a burn admission with brand new techs and can...

At the hospital I work at, a Pharmacy tech comes to do a med rec. list from the patient (or family or from pills brought in) upon arrival to the floor. The MD/PA goes over it with the patient later. Can't even tell you how much I love this system.

Sorry... you should never be yelling at or "after" a patient, ever.

Some stuff is just NOT appropriate to be said at the bedside. Like, x patient has been hallucinating all night; other patient overdosed and we don't know on what, it's a guess, his pain is uncontrolled and the doctors won't do anything. Patient z is ...

Ugh, you aren't alone. I've been on my own for a little over a month and it is scary. I haven't had patients with every type of disease or med that I come across, thus looking it up and having pharmacy on speed dial. I second guess my assessments. Or...

Hospital wide we are expected to do bedside report. Many floors, it is enforced heavily, even requiring nurses to write their managers notes when bedside report didn't happen. On my floor? yes, it's expected, and usually happens. As an oncoming nurse...

There are states that do not require disclosure of mental illness. I do know that there are several of us that are very good nurses. I would hate to see a diagnoses hault your pursuit of nursing!

Not sure what else to add... but that I'm so sorry that happened to you. It's such a tough decision to make, especially since it is usually so time sensitive. I hope that you can take some time off to clear your head after that happened and find a ne...

A lot has been said on this thread... most of which I agree with. Anne, these posters are giving you great advice, and from one novice nurse to another..... LISTEN. I will add that I, as a nursing assistant and nursing student, had a very negative v...

I work in a large teaching hospital - so we thankfully we have a rapid response team. We do have many critical care RN rounders, and there job is dedicated to rounding on acute patients, responding to chest pain, responding to acute changes, and are ...

Three responses I get are usually this... or a combination of these - 1. So proud of you!! (recent grad) 2. Nurse = Ca$h omg 3. Face of disgust when I tell them my specialty (burn)

I am so sorry you were fired. I was "there" a few months ago and almost quit nursing for good. You questioned that solumedrol order continuously and still didn't administer it perfectly. Honestly? I think that is a mistake that every nurse can/could ...

Best of luck!!

"How can you be a nurse" ........... A. Attend an accredited school of nursing B. Pass the NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-PN C. Hold current licensure Just throwing that out there.

When I was asked to plan to work off the clock every day I worked. When I was called negligent for not finishing ALL of my charting two hours into the shift (how is that possible? Why document ahead and guess what is going to happen in the next 10 ho...

Such a long post for something that should be so much simpler. Treat your orientee as you want to be treated. They are your colleague, not your dinner, or infant. Granted, I'm a bit cynical after having two horrid preceptors. One just frustrated wit...

I was always weirded out when this question was on an application. I usually stated "negotiable." However.... when I was phone interviewed by HR (before the nurse mgr interview), I stated what I made at my last job, and stated that I would like to ma...

#1 thing employers look at is - is this a good FIT for us/you. Personality, attitude, teamwork, etc.

So sorry for your experience. I too, am an "old grad" - graduated last December. I had a first job that was just a horrible environment (working, learning, etc). I was forced to move on, I resigned from my hospital. It wasn't a good fit. Now, I moved...

If you do choose to interview, I would ask questions related to chemotherapy handling and how much exposure you have. At my hospital, the pt's RN (me) doesn't hang chemo at all - we have a chemo nurse who does that. However, there are occasionally ch...

My CNA experience was at a nursing home, before I started nursing school. It didn't matter to the hospital jobs at all. In fact when anyone asks about my previous experience they make a point to say that it doesn't count. However, if you are a nursi...

I don't think that specialties get paid more than other specialties... although Critical care sometimes has differentials. Since you are already a nurse at this hospital, I would assume that they'd pay you at your same rate? Your manager or HR may ha...

Biology (Cells and MOlecules). I seriously hated it , it was all greek to me. I still don't understand a lot of it. Biochemistry. I took it twice, the first time was horrible (basically teach yourself) and the second time was much better. Hard stuff ...