afterseason ASN, RN

afterseason has 1 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Peds PACU & Peds Psych.

Latest Activity

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   Help with interview at residential treatment

   afterseason replied to melc0305's topic in Psychiatric

   Hard to say what type of questions they will ask -- every facility is different. I was not asked psych-specific questions during my interview. Even with my PACU position, while I was asked clinical...
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   I Love Night Shift

   afterseason replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

   Couldn't agree more! We just had the state AND corporate come at the same time. They were in every day for almost a week interviewing/quizzing staff, reviewing charts, rummaging through med carts,...
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   Chattahoochee Tech ASN Fall 2015

   afterseason replied to Biscuits&Cheese's topic in Georgia Nursing

   Good luck, future nurses! CTC offers a great
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   Can you become a PACU nurse w/o experience

   afterseason replied to Samt9's topic in PACU

   I started in pediatric PACU (still in it, too). Just depends on the
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   Dating a former patient

   afterseason replied to thepsychtech's topic in Psychiatric

   At my facility, there is a 2 year period that must pass before an outside relationship is considered legally okay. However, even then, HR has made it VERY clear that no matter the time-frame, dating a...
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   HELP! Introvert nurse looking into PACU

   afterseason replied to RNVIXEN's topic in PACU

   I do think PACU is good for introverts. I spend most of my day isolated with just the patient I'm recovering. The only interaction I have as far as families is that I do pre-anesthesia education and...
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   How to explain reasons for leaving?

   afterseason replied to afterseason's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks for everyone's advice. I managed to figure out a few ways to positively explain the situation, and have since replaced it with a better place of employment.
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   Going from Cardiac ICU to PACU

   afterseason replied to bsnLex's topic in PACU

   Sorry, that should have said "what TYPE of surgery." The woes of posting from a
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   Going from Cardiac ICU to PACU

   afterseason replied to bsnLex's topic in PACU

   I started in an outpatient peds PACU straight out of nursing school. No prior ICU experience, or any nursing experience for that matter. I've been trucking along just fine. What time of surgeries are...
10. 

    Mantra?... Whats yours??...

    afterseason replied to PrayingToPass's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    "Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you've been trained not to want. Do what scares you the most." This helps me a lot when I'm in a situation that feels uncomfortable, stressful,...
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    What to do about a low ball job offer

    afterseason replied to MostlysunnyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Like others have said, I would take it just for the sake of having it while continuing to look elsewhere. As you said, it requires minimal hours, so you'll have plenty of time to dedicate to...
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    I can't believe this just happened!!!

    afterseason replied to stunurse2015's topic in General Students

    While it can't hurt to reach out to him for purposes of networking, I agree with others that something about this sounds a bit
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    Feeling Lonely

    afterseason replied to juneybug's topic in General Students

    It kind of bums me out seeing all these posts saying "I'm not here to make friends." I gotta say -- it's so much better when you do! My cohort was extremely close. It truly felt like family. We...
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    Cut my losses or see it through?

    afterseason replied to snakes251's topic in General Students

    If you have your heart set on being a nurse but find the pacing too much for you, I would try a program that is not accelerated. This allows for more time to absorb the material. If you're...
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    How to get a foot in the door in Peds

    afterseason replied to rsfred118's topic in Pediatric

    I agree with others who have said to look for alternate routes outside of directly applying to a children's hospital. I currently work for an anesthesia company doing pediatric peri-anesthesia and...