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...

  16. California Sympathy Strike

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

    That is the sentiment toward unions in general lately. My husband works in aircraft in the middle of the country and anytime contract negotiations come up and a union considers a strike there is tons...

  17. Difficulties Defining Scope of Practice

    AndiSN replied to DanidelionRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know that the OP's intention was to say that LPN's aren't capable of all these things. I understand the frustration in not understanding the legalities of it all. I have had the same...

  18. Job Predicament- Need Advice!

    AndiSN replied to ernbot's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree that you should stay put for now. If they are interested in you now they will likely have interest in you again in the future. It would say a lot to them for you to honor the...

  19. Health insurance ahhh...

    AndiSN replied to Valery0725's topic in General Students

    Most schools do have some sort of minimal policy to get you by. Ask administration or your college health

  20. Treating pain/anxiety in patients with drug history

    AndiSN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I have personal experience in this area. My mom had problems with addiction and alcoholism. It took me many many many years to get her to admit she had a problem. Even when I was able to get her to...

  21. Do Chiropractors Hires Nurses?

    AndiSN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that chiropractors can do good but it is difficult to find one that doesn't have it in their head that they can cure all. Honest to goodness I can only think of 1 in my area that just does...

  22. Things that nobody tells you - what was your first

    AndiSN replied to starsgirl78's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am interested in hospice nursing myself. I first became interested during my first semester of nursing school. My father-in-law was under hospice care and I saw how much the nurses really loved...

  23. wonder how rumors work in a nursing facility

    AndiSN replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    The part I forgot to add is that it is certainly not just women. My husband works in a primarily male workplace (manufacturing) and the rumor mill is just as rampant there if not worse. I hear all...

  24. wonder how rumors work in a nursing facility

    AndiSN replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    I really think the biggest reason for it is boredom. When you think of it, most of the people who are involved in the gossip aren't bad people. They just talk for something to do. It's a way to...

  25. New grad job woes - question (long)

    AndiSN replied to Kringe38's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am not a nurse yet but when I went searching for my student nurse tech jobs the thing that I found that helped me the most was making a connection with the interviewer, smiling (genuinely), and...