diva rn

South FLorida where the pay is very low.....20 years of experience and a Master's Degree $30 dollars an hour (Utilization Review RN)

Hospital Corporation of America---a chain of corp owned health care facilities....we have many here in South Florida.

Dear radical, I was 40 when I started nursing school. My situation was different in that I was a recently divorced single mother of a 10 year old daughter and another in her first year of college. My first career was as a Registered Dental Hygientist--and most of the prereq's are the same...however, mine were also over 10 years old. In my first semester of NS--I retook A&P (Lecture and Lab), Micro, Human Growth and Development AND of course all of the nursing classes--and clinincals. It came to 19 credit hours!!!!! and, unfortunately, I had to work 2 days a week as a Hygienist (I took night classes for everything but nursing) But that first year FLEW by (the rest was normal) and it is now 20 years later. I have never looked back. GO FOR IT!!!! I have always worked from day 1 and never had a problem finding a position. the diva

Exactly, in fact, Nursing Boards have access to expunged records, so always make sure you divulge everything to the board. Better to be honest than caught in a lie.

Just so you know, the State Boards of Nursing have access to expunged records.

Just a note....the BON will still have access to all records that are expunged.... schools, hospitals and other employers do not but the Nursing Boards do, they fall under a higher standard and have access to the FBI background sites.

You can use resume builder (template) on line...it's free. It creates your resume and it will put it in around 7 different formats for you to choose the one you like the best. It does cost around $5 to download and print. But well worth it. Definitely keep it to ONE page. That web site has many great ideas, also on creating a cover letter. By the way, I would place the education at the end of the resume...it's not as importance as experience. I just redid my resume 3 weeks ago, using this template. I got 2 interviews last Wednesday (and 2 job offers)!!!!!!! I start my new position on August 13! Good luck

Just a note....it is not the Florida impared nurse program.....the actual name is the Florida "Intervention Project for Nurses"

I know this thread is old but I just found it....it's a subject near and dear to me....I have had bilateral hip replacements in 2001 and 2002 (not mini invasive either).....GREATEST thing I ever did....I had avascular necrosis....without the replacements I would be in a wheelchair right now.... I have continued my RN career....the whole key is a good rehab...really work at physical therapy...I have not had 1 minute of pain or discomfort since my rehab was finished and unless I think about it, I dont' even know I have hip replacements...... and by the way....in 2006 I had Bilateral knee replacements...and they are just a wonderful....and yes, I am still working.:loveya: diva

Good gosh, why is this even a question? Wash them each time they are worn...in HOT water and only with other scrubs...don't mix in with other clothes....(shudder)....I actually used to take mine off in the utility room and place them in a special hamper until I had enough for a load of laundry. My shoes stayed there, too, after being sprayed liberally with Lysol each time I took them off.

Yes! I was a PICU nurse for many years and of course we lost kids over that time span. Each one was heart wrenching. I cried many times with the families, with other nurses and by myself.

But did she loose her lisence????

I too, have seen this before....it was funny then and hilarious now...I would imagine those that left the "that's not funny" comments are either prenursing students, students, first year nurses.....or just have no freakin sense of humor (and I certainly wouldn't want to work with any of them) To do what we do every day and do it well, we have to have a sense of humor and laugh...especially in the high tension areas like trauma, ER and the ICU's! the d

Hi, first of all, in the hospital you don't generally ever recap a used needle. (or any open needle for that matter) There are sharps containers all over the place, you merely take the entire used needle to the container and drop it in. As one poster said before, it's not a good idea to bend the needle back...it seems like it would be safer but it really isn't. I have had only 1 needlestick in 19 years that really was nothing and it was with a clean needle. HOWEVER....before I became a RN I was a Registered Dental Hygienist who worked at an HIV clinic...this was back in the late 1980's....were were extremely vigilent and double gloved and draped, gowned, masked and visored and wrapped everything. One day I was reaching for another instrument and my assistant was reaching for the same one...and I accidently impaled the palm of my hand on one of my scalers............!!!!! I think my entire life flashed before my eyes....I ripped off both of my gloves and it did bleed. Scrubbed it like crazy and of course called the Medical Officer in charge of the Health dept (who I worked for)...obviously my pt was HIV+ we knew that already...so, I was tested and given anti-virals....and tested at I think 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year...and all was fine!!!! But that was scary! Far scarier than ever working as a nurse and I have since taken care of hundreds of HIV, AIDS and HepC and HepB patients....and other scary things..... Just be careful....you will be fine..and don't let the fear of a needlestick keep you from becoming a nurse if that's what you want to do.

The hydrocodone usually only stays in the body around 3 days. Anyway, with the script you will be fine. Don't worry.

Great poem...and Great Tatt.... Ok....WOW...Guy, that was some story...it made the hairs on my neck stand up! So glad you not only survived but thrived! Just speechless...as a PICU nurse in Florida, I first hand see drownings all too often..with very sad outcomes. There has to be something very special in store for your life because..... You, my friend, are a Miracle!

I have not been vented in the ICU but I have had 3 major surgical procedures that required intubation. The weirest thing I remember about the first procedure, a total hip, was the spinal...they gave me something first (probably diprivan)...and I was in the middle of a sentance...the next thing I knew I was finishing that sentance and asking the anestheologist when he was going to do the spinal...he said I just did...and I argued with him!!! Until I realized that I couldn't feel anything below my waist...and that was freaky. Waking in PACU, I do remember my throat being really sore and a raging thirst. The rest of the stays were uneventful, as long as the post op pain control was adequate...which in 2 of the cases it was and 1 it was NOT..and I literally called the head of the anesthesia department and had a PCA placed....mainly because the nurse I had thought SHE knew my pain level better than I did......um...it wasn't pretty.....(I had bilateral knee replacements-fresh post op) Moral of that story....Please listen to your patients about their pain levels....everyone is NOT drug seeking...!

You absolutely can do it...it's not easy but it can be done. I was a single mother of a 7 year old girl...newly divorced. I worked part time as a Dental Hygienist (my first profession) usually 2 to 3 days a week and carried 18 credit hours the first semester.....it was blurrrrrrrrr...............but I did it...I HAD to.. THe second semester my credit hours were fewer, I think around 14 or so, and it got better...school really flew by. The good and bad news was, I had already taken Anatomy and Phys and Microbio (lecture and labs) as prereq's for Hygiene school...the prereqs are identical to nursing....however...they were over ten years old..SO, I had to repeat them both of them...that's why I had to carry so many credit hours in addition to my Nursing classes...and they weren't any easier the second time around. Plus I had to take Human Growth and Developement, or something like that....I think I have blocked it out now.....but you do what you have to do! I was very organized and set aside time for my daughter first ...I did have friends who helped with her, and then studying...sleeping sort of came last... But I did it and you can too...just put your head down and don't look up until your done...it's just one class after another! by the way...that 7 year old little girl..is now 30 and finishing her second year of Vet school at the University of Florida...so it didn't seem to hurt her much either:) Good Luck to you in whatever you decide. diva

Palm Beach County?

Whoa....I had NO idea that any hospital in the US would give blood with only one check...I have practiced in Florida for the last 19 years...that makes my blood run cold! It figures it would be in Florida....btw...without naming the facility, on what coast is it? north or south? I am in South East Fl and I can't see any of our facilities incurring the possible liability. I would never be the RN hanging that blood....if I had to tackle another nurse I would get another check.

There are a number of posts from nurses who came over to the "people" side of medicine from the "pet" side. Use the search function and you should be able to find them. Personally, I would rather be in the pet side!!! I have been in nursing for 20years...and that's long enough. My daughter is in the end of her second year of Vet school....I will be begging her for a job in about 2 years:) Good luck with whatever you decide. (nursing is not for the faint of heart )

I agree, please talk to an attorney who specializes in BON issues. The thing that will go against you the most, is the perception of running and hiding in another state. and, yes, you did lie on the Texas application if you did not disclose. The BONs are very good about recognizing that addiction is a disease and in many states offer an alternative program. They are not good with deception, and of working in another state when ones license has sanctions against it (from the other state). I have sat through several Board hearings in two different states. This was an issue they did not take lightly. So, please retain an attorney, and then be HONEST in every aspect. But a question that begs to be answered is WHY didn't you attend the Texas hearing? or at least respond to it? Suspension is one thing, but Revocation is another. From what I have seen, it's forever. Good luck.

Actually, in honor of the upcoming Triple Crown in horse racing....I am in a betting mood. Anyone care to wager how long our "favorite" poster will keep his New Grad nursing postion in the LTAC? ........hmmmmmm, I imagine not long...of course, it will only be a short time until he is the manager, or the Chief Nursing Officer....or, oh, heck.....the CEO of the facility! after all, when everyone understands how IMPORTANT he is, the door will be kicked in with all of the offers!

Not acccording to him~he already knows it ALL!

Esme, once again you are brilliant! I fell over!