sameyjaney

1. Drama? Depends on who is hired onto your unit. Quite honestly, there is not a lot/any drama on my unit. We are too busy!! 2. I am an RN. I cannot pro/con with LPNs because I have not been one. 3. Never done home health or a nursing home. Again ca...

I literally just woke up, worked last night, and had the same thing happen! My patient did not speak English so her daughter told me, "My Mom is concerned because she thinks you are too thin...do you have a man to take care of you?" Haha! I can't rem...

Pointers... 1. Apply even if you seem unqualified. I don't mean that you are a new grad and they are only looking for two years experience...that is a little too unqualified. However, some posts will say something like, "only apply if you have don...

Fellow night shifter here...ggrrr to education days that are not on a night shifters schedule. I wish I could say that I am capable of switching back and fourth between days and nights, but I can't, or rather I prefer not to try. Most days I do not l...

Send it ASAP! An e-mail is great. It is not so much about how it gets there, but more about what it says. I sent mine right when I got home from an interview and instead of going in for another interview a couple days later the NM called me that even...

I sympathize with you. I am half-way through my orientation on a busy med-surg floor. I have came close to making similar mistakes. Mostly because I always feel like I am behind and I need to "hurry" through my tasks like med passes. I think making t...

If you have the funds I say go for it! It will make you more marketable when you come back (in my opinion). I know people who have wanted to this, skipped it, taken a job and ended up leaving w/ in 4 months or so to go abroad anyway. I think if your ...

UGH...so frustrating. When I was jobless and applying to every single job I found I often had non-nursing friends that were like what do you do all day? If you only knew...

I agree with nursedeb1967. Some people may take advantage of a friend's willingness to help. You need to say something to her directly. I would bring it up discretely though. Something like, "I've noticed that you haven't been able to complete your a...

Hhhhmm....I usually look for their intentions. If they speak of a "calling" or say something like, "that is all I have ever wanted to do" I would say go for it. However, they should be prepared to get out of school and work another job for the 1-2 ye...

I can hear heart and bowel sounds fine, just not the lungs! I have read through all of your suggestions/questions/stories and find them all very helpful. Thank you again for your responses!!

Wow you are ambitious! You have tons of time. Do not fret about not getting into a medical professions high school. I have never even heard of such a thing. I do not know one person who has done this prior to getting into nursing school. Just make su...

Thank you all for your replies. I have a nice littman cardiac II stethoscope that was $190, so I am not blaming my stethoscope at this point. I have rotated/swiveled the bell to make sure that it is lined up. Only because I have made that mistake be...

I think it is more for the patients. There are only so many ways we can make the hospital environment more comfortable for them. Sometimes cheesy little things (like a burst of color on your uniform for St. Patty's Day) are comforting in an environme...

Are you open to a plastic surgery/dermatology type position? Some of those places have RNs on staff. You would just have to figure out where those facilities are in your area and go to their website to see if they have RNs on staff. Also any clinics ...

Call them! Sometimes they are just slow at posting. I know with mine it took 2 days to come up, but with others it took 1-2 weeks. Goodness...if they only knew the stress they caused by taking their sweet time posting the results. Good luck! I did th...

I would put together a little booklet of easy recipes that he can make. And when I say booklet I mean just staple together some pieces of paper and keep it in the kitchen. Then he can come home and just pick one out of your little pile (obviously you...

After job searching for a while I also had many rejections in the process. I must say though, the way they reject you says a lot about the facility. I took a flight to a different state to interview, flew home, then flew back out to interview again t...

So the other day I am driving along and come upon an old women laying in the street as she has just been hit by a car while walking across a cross walk. I pull over to see if there is anything I can do. There is an old man kneeling next to her. I tel...

Thank you all so much for your responses. The input you have all provided was exactly what I was looking for. I will also give you a little more information. A young girl was the one who hit the woman with her car. After the physician took over care ...

*tell me about yourself. *why did you select a nursing career? *why are you interested in our organization? what contribution will you make in our organization? *why do you want this job? ...

It is frustrating. I understand. If you are looking for advice there have been some posts on here from new grads who have found jobs explaining the lengths they went to in order to get those jobs. If a hospital has a nurse recruiter contact them. Pho...

It depends on the hospital. For example, the large hospitals in my area (there are three I can think of) it would probably not be helpful as they get so many applicants that walking into HR is pretty much frowned upon. As a frustrated new grad I hopp...

You are not alone. Everyone feels this way. Except many of your classmates may not feel as overwhelmed because they choose not to even touch the readings. At the beginning nursing is like a foreign language if you have not had any experience in healt...

It is very very difficult. Most are *lucky* to find employment within 6 months.