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    I'm ready to resign!

    NTPinky replied to NTPinky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey Jam, I wonder if we work for the same organization? My hospital is a Sutter hospital, and it seems they're all pretty stingy with orientation, at least for the med-surg units. I turned in my...
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    Desperately need time management tips!

    NTPinky posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I orinally posted this in the "First Year in Nursing" forum but I think it belongs here since I need advice from experienced RNs. Anyway, I'm a new grad on a busy med-surg floor, day shift...
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    Desperately need time management tips!

    NTPinky replied to NTPinky's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for the suggestions. DudeNurse, I'm going to try out your schedule tomorrow and over the weekend. I should have added in my original post that we don't get relief nurses for...
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    Teaching students?

    NTPinky replied to sleepyjane's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We have students coming in all the time at my hospital, and it's not even a teaching hospital. I'm very new as well (I just finished 5 weeks of a very bad orientation), and while I appreciate that the...
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    Feeling incompetent

    NTPinky replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I haven't read this book myself but I'm passing on a link to it here:
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    Dealing with sub-standard new grad orientation

    NTPinky replied to NTPinky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    At the interview I asked them to tell me about the orientation process. The woman who interviewed me told me there would be classes and a 6-week orientation. However, the first week was just a very...
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    Dealing with sub-standard new grad orientation

    NTPinky posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I've been in orientation for my first floor position in med-surg (at a hospital in San Francisco), and I only have 3 days of orientation left before they turn me loose on the patients. My...
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    I think I might have plantar fascitis! :(

    NTPinky posted a topic in General Nursing

    My right heel has been hurting for about a month, and I suspect I might have plantar fascitis What really sucks is that I'm a new grad and will be starting my new job in a matter of days! I'm going...
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    Diabetic Educator?

    NTPinky replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a per diem job working with gestational diabetic patients at a County clinic. I LOVE the job, my patients, and my co-workers. I have also created written patient educational materials (in...
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    I think I might have plantar fascitis! :(

    NTPinky replied to NTPinky's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, thanks so much for the advice and links everyone! For those that have plantar fasicitis, do you still have heel pain even when you sit down? Because I do! Also, when I'm sitting, there are brief...
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    I think I might have plantar fascitis! :(

    NTPinky replied to NTPinky's topic in General Nursing

    I've been wearing some orthotics for the past couple days. Are they supposed to hurt though? After about an hour I can't bear them
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    I think I might have plantar fascitis! :(

    NTPinky replied to NTPinky's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks DeLana. I was worried about the doctor telling me I'd have to stay off my feet. Hopefully I won't have to wait too long to see the
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    4th day as an RN on my own

    NTPinky replied to november17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One would hope that would always be the case, but I have a couple of friends who work at a peds hospital (on the same unit) and they constantly complain about their "mean" mgr. Another friend at a...
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    Suzanne plan

    NTPinky replied to Matilda50's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Here's the link to the first part of her plan, which she wants you to complete before you PM her: https://allnurses.com/forums/f197/new-revised-first-tip-suzannes-plan-195774.html And you can count me...
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    ATI Live Review...is it helpful?

    NTPinky replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I never had an ATI live review, but our school made us pay $425 for some stupid ATI book/DVD bundle that was supposedly going to help us pass the NCLEX. We all hated it and most of us didn't even read...
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    75 questions on first try, second try 75 again!

    NTPinky replied to lal61006's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think I only had one (maybe even none) of those 'select all that apply' ones, and I passed the first time with 265 questions. I learned that the # of questions you get is meaningless. All you can...
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    Took Nclex For The Second Time

    NTPinky replied to phillymalenurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the link to Suzanne's thread:
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    Took Nclex For The Second Time

    NTPinky replied to phillymalenurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Phillynurse, So sorry you didn't pass! I STRONGLY suggest that you contact Suzanne, who is a moderator on this board and has several posts on the NCLEX discussion forum on this site. Suzanne has...
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    Six months into first RN job, ready to bolt!

    NTPinky replied to Pbelle's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the poster who suggested to research the job market in your area. Here in the SF Bay Area I've seen many many jobs for people that require 6 mos. experience, and I several of my friends...
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    Job searching process for a new grad

    NTPinky replied to 12breakfree's topic in General Nursing

    I think the #1 advice I can give you is to start your job hunt about 6 months before you graduate. If I had to do over, I would've applied for an Interim Permit (IP) too so that I could work before...
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    Looking for my 1st RN job - question

    NTPinky replied to Clarise's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been applying since April and I'm still without a job I've even started applying in other parts of the state (I'm in San Francisco). It's been extremely frustrating. It would be nice to get a...
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    did you ever think it would be like this?

    NTPinky replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey Omni, I had several classmates in nursing school like that. And you know, they always scared me the most, but only because I thought they were the most likely to make a mistake that would endanger...
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    HOW BAD is Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno?

    NTPinky replied to m_chatelaine's topic in California Nursing

    I know this thread is a bit dated but I have an interview there on Thursday! Is anyone working there now? How much is the starting pay for a new
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    UCSF has a bad rep?

    NTPinky replied to jensfbay's topic in California Nursing

    My friends who worked at UCSF hated it. Top reasons were mean nurses, low pay, and rotating shifts. I have to add that they have a high number of travel nurses, which is suppoed to be a bad
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    Pay Rates at VA vs. Others in San Fran

    NTPinky replied to ella1972's topic in California Nursing

    I'm not sure if this is still true, but the VA also pays more the higher your level of education. So people with BSNs get more than people with ADNs, etc. As for SF General, my friend just started a...