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  1. New Disaster Nurse for health department

    christinacub posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    Just got a job offer and needed some advice. I have been a nurse off and on for 10+ years with experience in the hospital(old experience) school nursing, ambulatory care, pediatrics, dermatology,...

  2. New Disaster Nurse for health department

    christinacub replied to christinacub's topic in Public, Community Health

    Hi Rizz, Thanks so much for your reply. I really appreciated your input. It was helpful. I talked them into a 4 day a week job as I truly just wanted part time. This should be interesting. It's good...

  3. Patient First

    christinacub replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Okay I wrote a bunch of stuff then lost it...errrr Questions: Your nursing philosophy, what is your strengths, weaknesses? Did you have a conflict with another employee and how did you resolve it?"...

  4. Patient First

    christinacub replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Hi Kinder, Funny you should ask. I went for the 2nd interview yesterday. She spent an hour asking me similar interview questions. This PF just opened so its all very fresh and new. Then she took me...

  5. Jail Nurse needs info

    christinacub posted a topic in Correctional

    Hi, I just started Friday with Orientation to Light Security Corrections Nurse for a holding Jail- up to 18 months. Some of these are work-release inmates and other are more max security. I was...

  6. Patient First

    christinacub replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    okay I will let you know what

  7. Patient First

    christinacub replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Hey KinderRN, They haven't gotten back to me yet. I know they called my old bosses for references the day of the interview. I didn't expect I would hear back from them until this coming week anyhow....

  8. What is it like to work at Patient First?

    christinacub posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I know there is a PF thread already but it's old and I thought I'd start a new one here. I just interviewed yesterday and all looks promising. I just wondered what others' experience have been...

  9. What is it like to work at Patient First?

    christinacub replied to christinacub's topic in General Nursing

    Interviewer said they would ACLS certify me. Have never been certified as that. What is that training like as well? Anything I can do to prep for

  10. Patient First

    christinacub replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Mollymae- How very odd that you posted this today as I literally just walked in from my interview with Patient First. I knew they would provide a test because of the posts here which were helpful....

  11. What do you like about being a research nurse?

    christinacub replied to AwayWeGo's topic in Research

    Thanks so much to all the research nurses who posted on this thread. It was incredibly helpful! I just applied to a research position and wondered what to expect. I am not sure I will be called since...

  12. Patient First

    christinacub replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Hi, I see this post is old but I typed in Patient First and this came up. I would LOVE to know more specific questions on the test so that I can review. I have been a school nurse so I may be weak on...

  13. Jail Nurse needs info

    christinacub replied to christinacub's topic in Correctional

    Thanks so much to all the replies. Today is day #4 for training for me. Since I am PT and work 2 days a week(3days while training), my training may take longer than normal. My supervisor spent alot...

  14. Corrections Nurse vs Clincial Nurse

    christinacub replied to Nurse This!'s topic in Correctional

    Hi there, I just started corrections last week! Have been orienting and omg...I hope I remember what to fill out and where it goes and what to sign lol. I have some anxiety myself about dealing with...

  15. feel like an idiot

    christinacub replied to katygw's topic in General Nursing

    I love the story a nurse educator likes to share. She put on a blood pressure cuff backwards and pumped and pumped and it exploded off the patient. She said something like "oops, that one's not...

  16. Desk job or Prison job? Help!

    christinacub posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I interviewed with a correctional place...light sentencing...not hard core inmates. I was told that a quirk needed to be ironed out so I wasnt offered the job. Another company called me and...

  17. Help! Need advice- prison job or desk job?

    christinacub posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi, I interviewed with a correctional place...light sentencing...not hard core inmates. I was told that a quirk needed to be ironed out so I wasnt offered the job. Another company called me and...

  18. Telemetry RN interview! need some tips!

    christinacub replied to choksantos's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Telemetry nurse...Did you get this job? How was the interview? I have an interview tomorrow therefore I stumbled on all of this..Great interview ideas...I feel ready. I was to interview last...

  19. What is wound care like? what skills needed?

    christinacub posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I just talked to a nurse recruiter who is Fwding my resume to a would care position. I have not been in a hospital in a very long time. School nurse here...no IV's, bloodwork, nothing...Is this too...

  20. What is wound care like? what skills needed?

    christinacub replied to christinacub's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Thankyou sugarcoma(love that name), Nccity,rosa, ashley, Xauphcamia,cary, commuter...great responses and actually has me Wanting this wound care job. It has encouraged my interest and is a great...

  21. What is wound care like? what skills needed?

    christinacub replied to christinacub's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Wow...these are all great answers and i do appreciate my fellow nurses taking the time to write about this so quickly. I am more and more excited about the prospect. I worked in dermatology and...

  22. Which one is more stressful: med-surg or LTC

    christinacub replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    Okay that sounds like a night mare! Honestly, 30 patients??? I was thinking about LTC but this talked my right out of it. I can't believe no one came to help and you hit your head and could have...

  23. 42 getting back into the nursing game

    christinacub replied to christinacub's topic in General Nursing

    Wow Carol- It looks like you have had alot of experience! I did not have alot of confidence in my 20s and my 30s were for raising babies. Now I have alot more confidence and hungry for some...

  24. 42 getting back into the nursing game

    christinacub posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I just discovered this discussion site when looking up what it's like to be a prison nurse? Interview Tues. I stopped work as a school nurse for various reasons and want to get more...

  25. 42 getting back into the nursing game

    christinacub replied to christinacub's topic in General Nursing

    Hey CanCan, Interesting info you gave me. It's a jail actually(Im learning differences between jail and prison) and I think about 700 inmates altogether. I worked as a school nurse and that had...