mookyjoe

mookyjoe BSN, MSN, APRN, NP

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  1. Nurse Educator without nursing experience.. (?)

    mookyjoe replied to bsnwnab's topic in Nursing Career

    Get experience before completing CNE degree. Know how? Go to a community college and see if they need instructors to teach things like first-aid, nutrition, etc. Nurses are qualified to teach those...

  2. Nurse Educator vs. Labor and Delivery Nurse

    mookyjoe replied to YFCjustice's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Well....I may not provide the enlightening words you're looking for, but anyhow, why are you being so hard on yourself for not being happy? You got that "guilty for trying something different" and...

  3. TEAS Results

    mookyjoe replied to rowen1991's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I can tell you that the only thing that matters is if the school you choose picks you up or not. It all depends on your overall competition and how many applicants the school has. In retrospect, by...

  4. Graduate Nursing Programs in Kansas

    mookyjoe replied to ScrubCap's topic in General Nursing

    Ran into the same problem with no grad schools offering classes via distance learning so I went looking out of state at UND, UNMC, and others. Still waiting to see if I am going to be accepted this...

  5. New grad in rural ER?

    mookyjoe replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    I just started at a rural ER with one year of experience, and it's so completely wonderful, IMO! 2 trauma beds and 5 non-urgent rooms. One RN, one mid level provider, and one CNA. The hardest part...

  6. school nurse, biggest challenge/reward

    mookyjoe replied to salmon7's topic in School

    I feel the pain. I got a kid at the health dept spilling leukocytes on dipstick so I explained the only clinic with same day appts was across town, but they said it was fine because their insurance...

  7. Can my nurses license be disciplined?

    mookyjoe replied to rn-chi's topic in General Nursing

    In the court of law, God forbid it goes there, the answer is, "Under those unsafe conditions, which I refused to take part in, I never took report on the other patients meaning I never accepted the...

  8. new nurse woes

    mookyjoe replied to KaksRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've a got a few months in now and my super is so awkward that my blood pressure goes up when she just approaches me. Everything is you, you, you. There's nothing about did you know about this, it's...

  9. New RN having hard time finding job!

    mookyjoe replied to ilove's topic in Nursing Career

    Hello, sorry it's taking you some time to find work. I was licensed June 9 and had applied to over 42 jobs, had three interviews, one wanted to hire on the spot (RED FLAG). I stuck it out passing on...

  10. online nurse practitioner

    mookyjoe replied to almostarn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just applied to both UCin and SLU's online programs. The apps are complete so I'm just sitting around working and waiting to see what the response will be. It's okay if I don't get picked up...

  11. Can new grads start out as public health nurses?

    mookyjoe replied to andpeggy's topic in Public, Community Health

    Just started today with my local health dept as the Mother and Infant Nurse. The problem is the person training me is the STD and FP nurse so she just filled in on my job and really has no idea what...

  12. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    mookyjoe replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Glad and very excited to report that this cold fishing was well worth it! I was hired the very next day two hours after my interview. The duties from the job description are positively enticing for...

  13. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    mookyjoe replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Curiously, I got an interview by fishing blind with the local health dept. I have an interview this morning and I am excited again because this job would put a mile from home. I don't suppose anyone...

  14. County Health Department Interview***

    mookyjoe replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Public, Community Health

    Just wondering what state you're in and what salary new grads start at? I'm in the Mid-West, and interviewing today so I guess I'll find out soon enough! I too LOVE PH in general. The health dept...

  15. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    mookyjoe replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had interview part II yesterday, but still have to wait to see if I get a job since one of their HR people is on vacation. So now I have to wait it out until the end of the week or possibly next...

  16. Pierce College FALL 2011

    mookyjoe replied to starry01's topic in California Nursing

    Wow..Good job guys! I heard that Pierce required a 3.6 to be competetive so I skipped over to PLU and they took me, but then I moved around the country being military and actually attended a Maryland...

  17. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    mookyjoe replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It would have been nice to have had a job lined up at my home hospital where I did my clinicals for school except I couldn't wait to graduate so I didn't have to drive 100 miles a day anymore!...

  18. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    mookyjoe replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I finally went on a second interview after having my resume out one month exactly. LTC again, but I was invited back for the second interview to meet and be intervieed by the post-acute wing...

  19. New Grad RN: Home Health or Wait it Out??

    mookyjoe replied to MBrickle's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm a new RN and looking for a job, but the only jobs I have had interviews for have been LTC. The first one I had to decline b/c I felt with that with only one CNA and 10 sub-acute pts I could not...

  20. Bruise or ecchymosis?

    mookyjoe replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    From my learning experience I was told a contusion refers to a bone that is suspected of being broken, whereas ecchymosis is more of a bruising where petichiae are pinpoint types of bruising say from...

  21. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    mookyjoe replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Geez NurseLeila...that stinks! My boats floating the same way in mid Kansas

  22. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    mookyjoe replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I finally resigned into applying at my home hospital where I did clinicals at. I would have been thrilled if the hospital one mile from my house would have called for an interview, but they did not,...

  23. New RN's...do you have a job ?

    mookyjoe replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    *****

  24. Had 2 interviews at Hospital, need advice

    mookyjoe replied to RN0001's topic in New York Nursing

    My interviewed at a LTC facility with the DON, Nurse Manager, and facility administrator. They asked questions like tell me about a time when you were required to be flexible and how you responded,...

  25. Had 2 interviews at Hospital, need advice

    mookyjoe replied to RN0001's topic in New York Nursing

    The one interview I had as a new grad was at a LTC facility and I interviewed with the hospital administrator, DON, and Nurse Manager. The DON said I interviewed, but I'm not naive or an idiot so I...