Moo_21

You don't need to have your cert to d/c. I did it all the time at the surgical practice I used to work at. You turn the IV off/clamp it. Pull it out, throw tubing and needle in sharps. Bandaide pt, bend their arm! Easy peasy. Although I am in PA. But I really don't believe you need to have a cert to d/c, that just sounds so silly to me!

I see you are from Lancaster. Is this uro office in York? I see that office is in the paper almost every 3 months. I was going to apply there about 6 months ago before I was offered the jobs I have now, I was just skeptical as to why they were always in need of an LPN/RN so often. Good luck to you though!

18.75 almost one year exp Full time 8:30-5 Monday-Friday no weekends or holidays working for a DME company writing care plans, etc full benefits.

I also work for a DME company, it is not a national chain like lincare, but a local DME company. I love it. I work in a small office setting and have 1 assistant. I do all the CPAP/BiPAP pts s/u, care plans, f/u calls, and 02 orders. It is not nearly as clinical as working in a hospital or LTC or dr. office...but low stress, great hours, and awsome pay. I am also a new grad, only about a year into being an LPN, and I could not be any happier. Alot of my classmates are working LTC 2nd shift with less pay than me and hate it. I would rec working for a DME company to anyone who is interested!

I hated LTC with a passion when I was a student. I had clinical rotations at nursing homes for the uber rich, and rotations at homes for the people who didn't have much and had a hard life. They were both the same (horrible!!!), the pts got treated the same (AWFUL!!), I came home every day from school crying. Once I graduated I interviewed at 6 places (5 nursing homes,1 doctor office) I recieved 4 offers. 3 nursing home positions ranging from 18/hr-20/hr 2nd shift full time, and the doctors office position 15/hr part time. It wasn't a tough decision...I'd be poor but happy. My job was still stressful being a new nurse, and I continued to look for months after....eventually I found a job I love. So unless the money is reallllllly what you are weighing your decision on, you should pick where you would be the happiest. You may love LTC, everyone is different. I hope whatever path you choose, your enjoy it. Good luck, and of course CONGRATS!

I make 20/hr. 8 months of experience. I work for a DME company, so I've got great 8-4:30 hours w/ no weekends. located in N. Maryland After months and months of searching for a job ( my old LPN job was at a hospital and the other nurses caused me too much stress, and I REFUSE to work LTC!) I feel like I lucked out. I want to stay here forever!!!!

I sent out resume's to job sites, I applied to online applications, I faxed my resume into companies, and some I just walked in an handed them in. My first job I got by an ad in the paper, the one now I just took I found on Indeed.com. I would say you have only have the experience from school since you have never worked. Have you tried pool positions, or PRN somewhere? Its too late to get a flu shot position, but check out VAXCARE around July next year. Apply to PSA homehealth, and take one of their new grad cases, they offered me a job after NCLEX, but I had just accepted the old job I had. Good luck, and just keep trying!

I know how hard it is for a new grad to find a job. I experienced it all first hand. I graduated LPN school in early May. Before graduation I had put of tons of resumes. I had sent to LTC, Dr. Offices, and Rehabs. I heard nothing. I figured they would want someone with a license, I mean it is a bit risky to hire a GPN in case I were to fail my NCLEX. Lucky for me, one day after passing my NCLEX I was offered a job. Not my dream job, not even a job I liked. Part time with no benefits, and a bi-polar boss with of course some moody nurses. But hey no one else was offering me anything, and it was a MON-FRI gig. The job itself was hard with alot to learn. I was working in a surgical/endoscopy practice where we did GA pts most of the day. I felt so over-whelmed, as a new nurse I felt like I was drowning in all of it. Not to mention the nurses I worked with had no patience for me. I lived every day in fear I'd be fired! I applied to one company after the next for months! I made phone calls, I wrote emails, I showed up at HR....nothing. Than something magical happened once I hit 6months of working. It was as if my "new nurse" cloak was taken back, I had experience! ( Hey, I still consider myself a new nurse with alot to learn, trust me!) I had phone calls and interviews set up. I went on 1st and 2nd interviews with 4 different companies within the last two weeks! This morning I was just offered a FULL TIME 0830-1700 at a local specialist office with great pay. I understand how hard it is for us new grads, and its so great to see stories on here that are positive! I just wanted to share mine. Any way you can get your foot in the door to get experience do it. Even if you have to work a job you hate with stress, try and tough it out. Things won't always be this bad, and when they improve, and you have offers based on your experience you will be glad you stayed so strong! Good Luck to all!