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loveishope

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  1. Credit checks and employment

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I accepted a position at memorial hermann and they are conducting a background check. My question is, if you have bad credit will they not hire me as a

  2. Speeding tickets and employment

    loveishope posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Uugghh!!!! I did not know speeding tickets are class c misdemeanors in Texas. I had to resubmit application with correction to question asking if I had a misdemeanor. I already had interview but they...

  3. Nursing jobs in west texas

    loveishope posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I am currently looking for employment in West Texas. I'm moving back to Colorado City, Texas. What are my options regarding nursing jobs. There is a small hospital in Synder and in Colorado City, but...

  4. Verifying medications

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work at a hospital where you enter all medication orders in the computer. After you enter the order in the computer, you have to verify the medication before it will appear on the emar. A nurse...

  5. Working as a nurse and pregnancy

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a dilemma. I am 13 weeks pregnant and am currently working full time. I need to move back home to be with my family. I found out that pregnancy is not considered a pre existing condition due to...

  6. RN Pre-Employment Tests =(

    loveishope replied to Sunf1owerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I took the same test for a hospital. Clinically, I did great on the test. However, I failed the personality exam. There was no right or wrong answer. I did not get to interview because I failed the...

  7. Home medications

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some guidance on how to handle something. When we have patients bring their home medications, we enter them in the computer. A patien brought their medication bottles in and I entered them in...

  8. Home medications

    loveishope replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    My manager told me I did not need to contact an attorney and I do not have malpractice

  9. The pitfalls of a small rural hospital

    loveishope posted a topic in Rural

    I am working at a small rural hospital as a charge nurse on a med surg floor. In fact, the hospital only has med surg and an ER. It is very different. There is no 24 hour pharmacy, no RT, and no...

  10. Verifying medications

    loveishope replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    That's correct. The nurse has nothing to check the order against. So our manager wrote her up for not verifying a med that the other shift took an order for. She told her she should have verified it....

  11. Verifying medications

    loveishope replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the nurse just enters the order from a verbal or telephone order. Nothing is written

  12. Magnet Status

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work at a small rural hospital. It is a critical care access hospital. We have 22 beds, ER, and an SCU. The hospital is not JCAHO accredited; it is run by the state. We do not follow core measures....

  13. Neck manipulations

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to a chiropractor tomorrow. I have a pinched nerve. I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of neck manipulations. Do I have a choice to refuse a neck manipulation? Or would it be completely...

  14. Anxiety....I hate it.

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    If it was not for Allnurses, I would lose my mind. It's funny how I will never see or know any of you, but yet I feel this is the only place of comfort I can come to. I'm having horrible anxiety...

  15. Back Pain.....Taking my life away

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit, I often thought of patients with back pain as being overdramatic, but now that I have experienced it, I wish I could take care of those people again and show more compassion. I have a...

  16. How will a bad transcript affect my future goals?

    loveishope posted a topic in General Students

    I am enrolled in a RN-BSN program, but I have failed some courses due to personal problems. Should I enroll in another RN-BSN program and if so, does the bad transcript follow me? Also, my goal is to...

  17. The pitfalls of a small rural hospital

    loveishope replied to loveishope's topic in Rural

    I was thinking the same thing. I even go to the pharmacy at mix meds like antibiotics, etc.. I also get to play respiratory tech. The only thing that concerns me is that I will not be able to work in...

  18. Need assistance handling a situation

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently moved and accepted a position at a small rural hospital as a charge nurse. I was hired to replace a charge nurse that was leaving. Now, the charge nurse has decided she might stay. I have...

  19. Need assistance handling a situation

    loveishope replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    No I didn't sign a job contract but I did sign a form which had my rate of pay, including the charge nurse pay which is only $1 more per hour. My concern is that I won't have a job now because I do...

  20. Children's Health Insurance

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am starting a new job and I have to wait 90 days for health insurance coverage. The hospital pays for the employee's coverage 100%, but for my child, I was informed that I have to pay and it is...

  21. How far would you drive to work?

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    How far would you drive to work? I am planning on moving to a small rural area which is an hour away from bigger cities. Hopefully, I can get hired on at the rural hospital in the town, but if I am...

  22. I wasn't hired because I failed the personality test???

    loveishope posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had to take a pre-assessment for a particular facility. I aced the clinical exams, but did not do well on the personality exams. So they declined to have me interview. I can't believe that they...

  23. How far would you drive to work?

    loveishope replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Where I work now, it takes me an hour to drive to work and it's only 25 miles away, but the traffic on the freeway is horrible, even at night. Where I am looking to relocate, I wouldn't be...

  24. I wasn't hired because I failed the personality test???

    loveishope replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you pumpkinseed..... I needed that laugh. And thank you Allnurses. You never fail. Free therapy with

  25. I wasn't hired because I failed the personality test???

    loveishope replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the issue is, I met someone in West Texas and he won't move so I have to and wherever I work is going to be a cut in pay. All the hospitals pay $20 an hour for