MeldogRN

MeldogRN

Pediatric, Neonatal

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About MeldogRN

MeldogRN has 10 years experience and specializes in Pediatric, Neonatal.


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  1. Culture Shock!!!!

    LOL! Thanks! This is why I sometimes need to vent to random internet strangers, beacuse at least one (or in my case four) people will know the perfect thing to say! You made me laugh :) You are spot on...working at a med center. My very first n...
  2. Culture Shock!!!!

    Thanks guys! Yes I could use a hug today. I feel like I am totally getting off on the wrong foot :/ I'll get over it. I'm going to try to looking on the bright side, at least I won't have to put too much thought into what I am going to wear every ...
  3. Culture Shock!!!!

    I'm from Connectucut, worked at the same hospital for the past 9 years and a small hospital in Boston for one year before that. We just moved to TX. It took me several months to find a job, but I finally found a job that I thought I would love. I hav...
  4. Has anyone transferred their license to Texas?

    I just transferred my license this past summer and had the same experience as TheCommuter, temp. license within 10 days that was good for 120 days. Once I completed the nursing Jurisprudence exam, I received my permanent license within 10 days. I w...
  5. Area of hospital with minimal vomit...

    I don't have any sage advice, but this thread reminded me of a story a dear friend told me. It was early in her nursng career and she just started working as a heme/onc nurse. In the middle of the night she answered a call bell, walking in her patien...
  6. I know there is going to besome eye rolling here, but I do need some advice! I relocated in late September due to my (then) fiance's job. I began seriously job hunting in July, but had little luck. Our lives have been extremely busy since we moved...
  7. My how I wish you had written about your insecurities over a year ago! I felt the exact same way! I was TERRIFIED to give a bed bath when I graduated, never mind anything else! On top of that, by the time I took my NCLEX exam, 17 out of 32 of my c...
  8. Ready to throw in the towel

    Thanks for all of your support guys! After an application blitz last week (sent out over 20 applications over 4 days), I finally got a job offer! The offer was from the same hospital that told me they "definately wanted to interview" me in November...
  9. LOL! I was the med nurse in a mock code...I slowed things down because I was looking for a trash bin to toss the wrappers from the various syringes and medications...after a few seconds I was laughing uncontrolably...obviously not a concern during a...
  10. Ready to throw in the towel

    Thanks for the responses guys, I really appreciate them. I realize it's a tough market out there...but this experience is insane! Getting my first nursing job was difficult. I was looking in Boston as a new grad and there were no jobs to be had, b...
  11. Ready to throw in the towel

    I am a nurse who has just moved to Houston late September with my (now) husband. I have 10 years of nursing experience, 9 in my specialty (neonatal intensive care) AND a master's degree in neonatal nursing as well as my permanent TX RN license and e...
  12. My fiancee and I are relocating to Houston (I know, moving to TX is pretty much the theme of these boards!) I am looking for a position as a Neonatal Nurse. I have 10 years of nursing experience wich includes 9 years of NICU experience. In additio...