AndiSN

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1. 1 year out, no job. Throw in the towel?

   AndiSN replied to simply_viki's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I can definitely understand where you are coming from. I can tell you that it is taking several of my classmates quite awhile to get a job. I am freaked out because I am pretty sure that it will be...

2. Vent about psych admit of 12 yo boy

   AndiSN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow PetsToPeople, that was really nasty. You actually had some valid points but they kind of got lost in the hateful way you came across. That nurse came on here to vent from a situation that was...

3. What is with a second interview? What that all about?

   AndiSN replied to MsBlissful's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah multiple interviews are kind of the norm for a lot of jobs now. My nurse tech job required 2 interviews. Unless it was a mom and pop location, the jobs I interviewed for before nursing school...

4. 2 step TB skin testing every year?

   AndiSN replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

   When I started school we had to get the 2 step TB skin test done to start. I had to get it done at my doctors office and I kid you not I had to fight with the doc's asst (this one happened to be an...

5. Having trouble with a difficult situation

   AndiSN replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

   Talk about a cryfest there. I pretty much can hardly see now. I am still a student and I haven't been through all of these things so I can't give any words of wisdom. I can say that your posts and...

6. LPN or Medical Assistant

   AndiSN replied to peppapig123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I absolutely say LPN hands down. With MA you can only go so far and your education doesn't help you if you decide to further your education down the line. With the LPN you can do a bridge program...

7. Tips for first clinical?

   AndiSN replied to betsyMT2003's topic in General Students

   Wow, I certainly don't think it's the dumbest idea I have ever heard at all. Also, nursing homes/rehab facilities are excellent places for first semester students to start. While I did not spend my...

8. Tips for first clinical?

   AndiSN replied to betsyMT2003's topic in General Students

   You know I never thought about it. The city that our college is in has a state prison and we don't have the option of having students there. I hadn't thought about it before but now you have me...

9. Tips for first clinical?

   AndiSN replied to betsyMT2003's topic in General Students

   I have read all of these posts about nurses not liking students and I just thank my lucky stars that I have been blessed. The majority of the nurses I have come across have really been great...

10. Do you think they/employers are watching what we post?

    AndiSN replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely try to be very careful about what I post because online because it just doesn't go away. That being said it's not just because it may get me in "trouble" but because the words you choose...

11. apparently, peri care is optional

    AndiSN replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness!! That poor C.N.A. That had to rank right up there on the most embarrassing days of her

12. I'm a nut case and about to apply for licensure in Texas

    AndiSN replied to ffliper27's topic in Texas Nursing

    I really don't know enough to give advice but I love your title heading :) Love to see a nutcase with a sense of humor lol I haven't been hospitalized but I am quite sure that my husband would tell...

13. California Sympathy Strike

    AndiSN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    That's just fine Merlyn. I have been known to get mixed up once or twice

14. Salary for clinic position?

    AndiSN replied to TheOracle's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not. I would be thinking lets double that and maybe we can

15. California Sympathy Strike

    AndiSN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    My comment wasn't in reply to yours. Sorry if it appeared that way. I saw another post regarding "anti-union" and people thinking that nurses made too much money. I was just saying that the...