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I have an interview coming up with a nationwide laser hair removal company. I applied because I have worked in this industry before (not with the lasers), so I have an idea of what to expect. I'm also a new grad and have been rejected from my "drea...

Summer hopefuls talk here.... good luck to us all!!! :redbeathe

I would like these same prayers, please! :bby: :heartbeat :redbeathe Sounds like your preceptor is working well with you! I agree that 6 weeks seems short. Don't be afraid to ask for an extended orientation if you feel like you need it. :)

Well, I am a NICU nurse now.... after 3 different hospital NICU interviews! I guess sometimes the third time really is a charm. I should also say showing passion and enthusiasm is very important in NICU interviews, too. Check out the NICU forum ...

Are you a new grad? I ask because of your username, but maybe you completed a bridge program and have been working in tele. Either way, NICU is very specialized, and if you haven't worked in NICU before, you won't be expected to answer any clinical...

I have a math test coming up and I have some questions on the study guide we were given. I have been looking in my Math for Meds book for more help but can't find what I'm specifically looking for. I hope someone can help me out with these, there's...

i know! how do they hand out a study guide with just these formulas?? no examples for some of them, no practice problems...

I know it's confusing! It's straight out of our study guide. I almost wonder if I'm missing a page somewhere. I've been trying to contact the education department because I'm totally stumped with the insulin equation. Thanks anyway.

A trick I use sometimes is putting a second tourniquet 2 inches above the first tourniquet. It can really make the veins pop. The other day I saw another nurse do a different variation of this, and she put one tourniquet above the AC (like usual), ...

Congratulations on getting your first interview!! In my experience, a new grad interviewing for NICU would not get NICU scenario questions because like you said, NICU is very specialized. They know you don't have working NICU experience and you woul...

Wow, never heard that one! What a good question. I've been sitting here for 5 minutes trying to think of my answer to that one LOL Good luck, OP! You sound well-prepared! Keep us updated. :)

Congratulations on your first job. You might be more excited about it if it had taken you twice as long to get hired. Take it, learn from it, do your best, and keep looking for the dream job.

About 45 of those blue rubber stoppers on bags of NS! And I never notice until they show up in the dryer LOL

I work downtown, and downtown areas always charge for parking. There is no employee parking at my job, AND I have to walk 1/2 mile to get from the parking garage to the front door. Kind of a pain in the butt, but we do get reimbursed $5/day for par...

Good luck! Keep us updated! :)

I am a new grad, with a whopping 2 months of RN experience under my belt (no acute care). On a whim, I decided to ask a nurse manager I have been in touch with for a meeting and tour of the unit. To my surprise, she agreed! Currently, this hospita...

Thank you for all your input! I am also planning on presenting a portfolio. Like I said, we have been in touch, so she does have some old information of mine, but I wanted to leave her with updated resume and things like that. I know in an "inform...

I took a job at one of the jails in town (I do not live in California), specifically because I'm totally honed in on CA Prison Healthcare now. My next chance to retake my assessment for the prisons will be in December, and I'll definitely score high...

I feel like in this economy, as a new grad (or old grad!), you can't sit and wait around for an acute care hospital job. The new grad spots in acute care are so few and far between, there just aren't enough to go around. Take any nursing job you ca...

No, they haven't contacted me for an actual interview yet. I'm still excited about it though! I hope your first day went well!! :)

I do a lot of PICC dressing changes at my job. I am doing these dressing changes by myself and have no trouble except for the Biopatch! The blue sticker on the Biopatch sticks to the tegaderm and then I have been trying to rip the tegaderm to get t...

My questions is: Is there a way to get the dressing off more easily without compromising the catheter? I do not have another set of sterile hands to help me.

Sorry, maybe I was unclear. I know that the slit on the Biopatch should line up with the catheter to make it easier to remove. I am by myself changing these dressings, and TOO MANY are coming in with the slit somewhere else, making it really diffi...

WOW! I got a letter of interest today for one of the prisons I selected during my assessment! My rank/sequence is 4/131, but now I'm confused because of the whole Rule of 3 Ranks thing... why did they send me the inquiry if I'm not at 3 yet? I'm a...

This is what I'm hoping, too! After becoming increasingly desperate, I accepted my first job at an infusion clinic in a medical office that is connected to a hospital. Literally connected by a long hallway, and I'll even be wearing the hospital's b...