Chin up

Chin up

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  1. Wow, thanks for the info!
  2. Help nurses!!

    Have a lot of pride, don't you...Only...come
  3. Getting called off too much!

    Get an agency job and continue until your contact is up. You need the experience and the bonus. Besides, census may bounce back up and your hours reinstated. If agency won't hire you, a LTC per diem...
  4. Once offered a position, I bring up important dates I may need off. They realize you may have prior commitments and it is better to let them know then, than once you begin working. They usually are...
  5. Interview attire

    Please don't mention it. Stick with the position you are applying for. You don't want them to think you will be leaving any time soon. Never show your hand, unless it is in their best interest! Good...
  6. No, you don't lose your right to renew. Otherwise, many new grads who haven't yet secured employment, would be screwed. As long as you keep you CEU's up to date and license current, you are all set....
  7. Need help to convince parents!

    Listen to your parents, for once, they are right.
  8. A new grad is simply not qualified to be a supervisor. The staff will be calling you about policy, clinical help, paperwork, theft, codes, disputes between staff and patient complaints. Families will...
  9. At 46, I would go for it. You know what you want and don't want. Don't let an institution, hold you back. You are a grown woman with her own mind. Maybe a new gig across the country is what the...
  10. Am I selfish for going back to school?

    Excellent, excellent, great
  11. I am so confused and need some advice!

    I agree with you, time goes by so fast and your boys need you right now. A divorce, separation is hard on children and to not have the custodial parent available when needed is too much for them....
  12. What a good feeling!

    Congratulation!
  13. Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

    Why do men make more, do any of you care, not one word, come on
  14. ANNOYED! HELP!

    Excellent
  15. You know when you are a good nurse when...

    i am so happy to hear this, you were breaking my heart. i should have known you had a plan. glad you responded. go kick some non bedside ass! i did!
  16. Full time vs. per diem

    Look at above quote: what CAN you bring to help this floor out? Would you know what to do or would you need ext training, therefore negating' "the help of a per diem nurse?" Per diem is an "as...
  17. Full time vs. per diem

    This is a no brainer. Your family needs the money, you need stability and experience? In this economy, take the sure thing. You are young and can change paths later...besides the per diem job is...
  18. Oh, you nasty
  19. I too have a pen addiction. The problem with getting them in an Easter basket is then I won't want them. I buy boxes and boxes of pens, but still want someone else's, "perfect one". I think I have...
  20. Yes, I have handled a horrific case back in the late eighties, that wanted me to kill. I was 28 or 29 at the time. I was a hot headed time bomb, that took no crap from anyone. I remember taking care...
  21. ANNOYED! HELP!

    If they work there full time, and have been there a long time, believe me, they know what to do and how to do it. Anything you do for a period of time, you become proficient in. Especially long tem...
  22. What should I have done differently?

    If the contract was one linen it is not a true contract. Really, just learned this in school a few months ago. Does that one line, saying anything about you understanding what you are getting into and...
  23. What should I have done differently?

    You have been there a few weeks? They can not enforce this 10k rule. It is extortion. Get a lawyer, ASAP. Or have someone you know who reads contracts, find your out for you. It is there, you just...
  24. What should I have done differently?

    Okay, in that case, let's get you fired. That way, you are free and won't have to pay them back. 10k is a lot of money and it changes the whole picture. If they are not a huge, national chain, let...
  25. Offered MDS Position

    I would take it. It is a specialty that is in demand all over the country. Learn it now, MDS 3.0 is brand new. You will not regret it.