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    Do you have to be an adrenaline junkie to work in the ER?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Nola009's topic in Emergency

    To work in the ER you have to be a glutton for punishment. And in ICU you will see as much geriatrics as you see in the NH. Sometimes the only diff between a NH and the ICU is that the ICU is a NH...
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    CRNA School

    KeepItRealRN replied to kmsberg's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Depending where you are applying I might take a few classes and get good grades. My hospital has a CRNA school and they didn't even look at applications with less than a 3.7 this
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    Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    KeepItRealRN replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing you are working at one of the "for profits". I'm going to cut your manager just a wee bit of slack when I say this. I knew a nurse who was a happy go lucky person who became a manager at...
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    Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    KeepItRealRN replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    If there is no OT and this is the reason, then I would definately be getting a new job and time it so that I was between jobs during my vacation. If you indeed have a manager that is this immature...
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    Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    KeepItRealRN replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    The manager in the OP is a complet @$$hat. Why would anyone put up with that. Again, Is it the only place to work? Do they pay huge $$ and that is the reason people stay? Vacation time is an earned...
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    Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    KeepItRealRN replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't just call off, I'd be looking for a new job and have one lined up for when I got back from vacation. Then I would put in my notice effective before vacation starts and have a good time....
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    Critical care nurse who misses Med/Surg

    KeepItRealRN replied to ontheway2crna's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail right on the head. If you ask me Med/Surg nurses deserve extra combat
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    Likelihood of a new grad getting an ER job?

    KeepItRealRN replied to bigdreams01's topic in General Nursing

    Not true. CRNA requires ICU. And the best strategy is to work in a Surgical ICU where they have Anesthesiologists and or Intensivists. One of them will have to write a letter recommendation. ER...
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    Likelihood of a new grad getting an ER job?

    KeepItRealRN replied to bigdreams01's topic in General Nursing

    This
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    Critical care nurse who misses Med/Surg

    KeepItRealRN replied to ontheway2crna's topic in General Nursing

    It's a good thing there are people who like Med/Surg, because someone's gotta do it. I've been an ICU nurse for a very long time, and neuro is my least favorite area. I agree with the others that...
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    What is it with nurses showing up late!

    KeepItRealRN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    For you people who work at facilities with chronically late replacements, doesn't your facility have an attendance policy? And hell I would be charging for all of those minutes I am leaving late...
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    Advice from RN's who've moved appreciated!

    KeepItRealRN replied to ceejRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just got my GA license. Filed the application with all the supporting documents a little less than a month ago. My current job requires me to have licenses in multiple states. You only need a...
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    Advice from RN's who've moved appreciated!

    KeepItRealRN replied to ceejRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I am in the process of getting a GA license right now. I work in an eICU and we have to posess licenses in every state we provide service to and my program is picking up a hospital in GA. The...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    KeepItRealRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    The "t" has been dead in the word "often" for quiet some time. In fact so long that the pronunciation off - fen and off - ten are both in Websters dictionary as acceptable
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    Advice from RN's who've moved appreciated!

    KeepItRealRN replied to ceejRN's topic in General Nursing

    Get your GA license right away. If you plan to never live or work in KY ever again, it is OK to let it expire assuming you have an active license from another
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    KeepItRealRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That is probably the correct way to say it but we are used to hearing it pronounced as Mature = Mu Churr (lazy) Mature = Ma TOUR (probably correct) It is like the word water. I was speaking to nurse...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    KeepItRealRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I got mah own C-pak
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    KeepItRealRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    K+ = putashum Ca++ = kalshum
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    Traveling alone to California

    KeepItRealRN replied to JADE3315's topic in Travel

    Congrats on doing something that will be fun and rewarding. Don't worry, once you get to your assignment you will meet other traveling RN's especially if the hospital you are going to uses many....
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    Coworker tried converting me on my break

    KeepItRealRN replied to CountryMomma's topic in General Nursing

    No, someone probing your religious preference is only knocking. It is up to you whether or not to open the door. You have the choice on whether or not to discuss it or
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    Coworker tried converting me on my break

    KeepItRealRN replied to CountryMomma's topic in General Nursing

    I had this happen to me too but I also understand where the nurse who was witnessing to me is coming from as I was subjected to those teachings as a kid until I was a teenager. Sounds like this nurse...
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    Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    You took the words right out of my mouth. I've been saying this for years. It may not be right, but it is what it
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    has anyone moved across country?

    KeepItRealRN replied to melcolbstorm's topic in General Nursing

    1989 Moved from Minnesota to San Diego. I visited the area first, went on 7 job interviews, was offered 6 jobs before I left for home, and the 7th offered after I got home. The hospital I chose...
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    New Grad Internships

    KeepItRealRN replied to n1wgmp's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Another option if you want to work in ICU bad enough is to relocate to an area that has what you are looking
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    Want experience to get hired into ICU

    KeepItRealRN replied to Lee12394's topic in Nursing Career

    What ever you do, don't be "one of