anita_li17

Latest Activity

1. How Long for Oregon RN License Endorsement

   anita_li17 replied to anita_li17's topic in Oregon

   HEY! just got my license TODAY! the Oregon BON received my application on march 10.. so it took a little less than a month! I did make sure everything got sent in ASAP.. and checked in with my school and everyone to make sure i knew where things were...

2. How Long for Oregon RN License Endorsement

   anita_li17 posted a topic in Oregon

   Hi! I currently have a Texas RN license, but I'm moving to Oregon and need my license ASAP!! I'm getting fingerprinted next week, and everything else is being mailed in before then... does anyone know how long it takes to issue a license once the Ore...

3. International Nurse Looking to Work in the US OR!!

   anita_li17 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi! I'm a nurse from mexico (i'm also an american citizen) and i just graduated in december (last year). Here, we are required to do a year of "social service" at a public clinic or hospital. I'm doing my year at a General Hospital. My first 6 months...

4. New Grad OR Nurse Here

   anita_li17 replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

   @billyrec ... i was wondering how you got hired straight out of school, and in the OR!? I'm interested in working there as soon as I graduate, and if you had any tips on what their looking for in students, that would be a great help!!! (anything from...

5. New Grad OR Nurse Here

   anita_li17 replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

   awesome!!! I hope to find a hospital like that once i graduate!!! Ive been getting pretty worried hearing about all these new grads that can't find any jobs! not even in areas they're not that interested in!

6. New Grad OR Nurse Here

   anita_li17 replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

   THATS AWESOME!! how did you get hired into the OR as a new grad??? where are you?? i would LOOOVE to be able to do that once i graduate!!! When we started our clinical rotations in the OR, we were told to read from books that are on the AORN suggest...

7. New Grad OR Nurse Here

   anita_li17 replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

   what do you mean a new grad OR nurse??? did you just graduate and get your license and will be working in the OR?? or did you get your certification as an OR nurse??? thanks for the clarification =)

8. Did I doublecross her?

   anita_li17 replied to RoyalNurse2010's topic in Career Support

   i agree, as long as you didn't bad talk your friend. At the end of the day, the decision was up to the employer, and you were a better fit! congrats!!!!!!

9. How do you handle the smells?

   anita_li17 replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

   i usually breathe through my nose, but a couple of times the smell is SOOOOO bad, you can almost taste it! i know i know! GROOOOOSS!! and you can even sense a sensation like a warmer temperature! LOL! its horrible!! but i just try thinking, "suck it ...

10. Finally Got A Job!!

    anita_li17 replied to carreont's topic in New Nurse

    sounds good!!! inmexico we have to do a year of social service, so that could probably count as clinical experience right??? i have to remember to keep a positive attitude!!! nursing in the states sounds like a tough thing to enter!! Especially if y...

11. Finally Got A Job!!

    anita_li17 replied to carreont's topic in New Nurse

    what do you do in the meantime?? while you're waiting to get a job???? im going to be a new grad pretty soon and i want to be as prepared as possible for reality!! LOL!

12. New nurse in PACU??

    anita_li17 replied to sungrl01's topic in PACU

    Im a student nurse, and ive been helping out in the PACU area. So far nurses are pretty nice. They're especially nice when they realize that if they teach me how to do some of their activities, their workload is a lot lighter!! The good thing about t...

13. PACU vs. Prep and Recovery

    anita_li17 replied to heyRN's topic in PACU

    The hospital where I'm at now (as a student) combined the PACU and Recovery area because of lack of resources!!