nursedolphin

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1. Anyone an ELEMENTARY TEACHER turned NURSE?

   nursedolphin replied to Cloudydayz's topic in Career Support

   I was an elementary school counselor and made the jump to nursing. Unlike a teacher, I would of been a counselor until I retired with 3 options: elementary, junior or high school vs a teacher can switched grades, subjects, etc. Nursing has opened so ...

2. contract

   nursedolphin replied to STL2008, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I went through this....just look for my previous post. I received some nice posts but overall, I had mean posts. I signed a contract and HATED the job after a few weeks. A lot of posts asked how I could hate a job after a few weeks. It was intuition,...

3. What should I have done differently?

   nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks everyone for your responses!! I think on Monday I will def march myself in and see what I can do. I hope my schedule will change in a few months. As for my internship, I get paid my hourly rate. Thank you for the link! The article was very int...

4. Full time vs. per diem

   nursedolphin replied to apey08's topic in General Nursing

   Is your inside person a hiring manager that makes the final decision? I cannot tell you the number of times I thought a job was going to work out.....please be careful and do not give up a FT job. Maybe you could start the FT job and work PRN in OB. ...

5. PLEASE i need help! I failed Nclex 5 times!!!

   nursedolphin replied to 7Laquisha's topic in NCLEX

   I really liked Hurst review. They have a great class, plus on line test banks. I found the Hurst questions VERY similar to the NCLEX questions. You can do it :) Good luck!!!

6. What should I have done differently?

   nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks luvmyhubbybunche and mojitos2go! I would love to run. This teaches me a great lesson. Money never exchanged hands :) I will not mention prorate when and if I resign but use it as a backup plan. Thank you all for your great advice :) It is so n...

7. What should I have done differently?

   nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

   Chin Up, your awesome! The one line basically just stated that the employee would have to remain in the position for one year after the completion of the internship, otherwise the employee would have to pay $10,000. There was not mention of understan...

8. What should I have done differently?

   nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

   FancypantsRN, ChinUp and Onaclear day - you are all awesome!! Thank you so much. I feel waaay better. There is not a critical care course, 12 lead EKG just education classes which I have yet to attend. ChinUp, lol about getting fired! It is an at-w...

9. What should I have done differently?

   nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

   Yup. After I finish the internship (3 months) I have to stay a year so I have to be employed there for 15 months. It is sooo frustrating. I got myself into a pickle. The money is not a signing bonus just the cost of the internship. I want to leave af...

10. What should I have done differently?

    nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Chinup. LOL about your post...I posted a question if I can break the contract and got eaten alive. You are correct-I do have 90 days probation. I am afraid to mention anything because 15 months is a long time to not get along with the boss. If...

11. What should I have done differently?

    nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could transfer...the policy is 1 year to transfer.

12. What should I have done differently?

    nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

    True, thank you!

13. What should I have done differently?

    nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

    The unit is so unprofessional. I was hired to work in a different area/population and was placed into this unit. I would rather be unemployed than work with awful co-workers, back stabbers, awful work schedule (was promised 3 12's and am stuck with 5...

14. Contract Issue

    nursedolphin replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. I reread the contract and it did not state the unit. So I guess I am stuck. That was a great suggestion to take the contract home and read it. I wish I would of done that.

15. What should I have done differently?

    nursedolphin posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I signed a 15 month contract as a new graduate nurse and a few weeks into the job, I hate it. I did not know about the commitment during the interview. My question is: has anyone NOT signed the contract and still worked? Or did you negotiate it d...