RN1Each

RN1Each has 3 years experience and specializes in Corrections.

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1. if you suck at nursing interviews, clap your hands!

   RN1Each replied to WakeYourMindUp's topic in General Nursing

   I think the worst part is not hearing anything AFTER you interview. It makes my mind reel: "what did I say to turn them off?" "did I come off as too standoffish?" "did the beard make them second guess...

2. No provider for orders

   RN1Each replied to DawnJ's topic in Correctional

   If it were me, I'd do whatever I needed to in order to ensure the patient was stabilized, up to and including sending someone out to the ER, and then worry about squaring up paperwork with the Doctor...

3. How many job interviews before you get your first nursing job?

   RN1Each replied to celtickimba's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   6 months, about 10 resumes, and 1

4. Studying Anatomy and Physiology

   RN1Each replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I ended up taking A&P 1 twice due to my misplaced conviction that I was an academic superhero, but doing so helped me to understand that spending ALOT of time in the lab can pay big dividends....

5. Name one of your favorite things about being a male nurse.

   RN1Each replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

   My killer Spartan

6. Nursing Pay Question?

   RN1Each replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in General Nursing

   I work in upstate NY. I passed my boards in late 2011, and an instructor landed me a job at a Home Care office where she also worked. I was offered $20...and before I even opened my mouth to accept,...

7. Shadow People/ghosts at work

   RN1Each replied to name goes here's topic in General Nursing

   Growing up, my best friend's Dad worked in LTC. He told us about a blind resident who would occasionally become agitated and then say "there goes that little guy" from out of nowhere. Every time he...

8. Is becoming a nurse really that bad?

   RN1Each replied to luvmykids0810's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated in 2011 and now work in a Telemetry unit at a local hospital. I tell everyone that asks that for me becoming a Registered Nurse really changed my life, for better and for worse. Better:...

9. Could really use some calming down right now

   RN1Each replied to proud nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   You were ME last November! I had my first job on a Tele unit at the Hospital; did an excellent job all around...was doing everything right and impressing my preceptor. I began to (incorrectly) link my...

10. Panic Attacks...now due to go back to work(yikes!)

    RN1Each replied to RN1Each's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I don't currently work for the VA. I just set up an appointment with HR to speak with them next week about my options; my hope is that they have something

11. Panic Attacks...now due to go back to work(yikes!)

    RN1Each replied to RN1Each's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Propanolol counters the adrenergic response; my B/P is thankfully pretty rock solid. I'm going to really push my Psych for some more time to complete this course of treatment, as well as a note that...

12. Help a guy coordinate his scrubs

    RN1Each replied to ProudNeWRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Mix and match, as I do. It's all

13. Panic Attacks...now due to go back to work(yikes!)

    RN1Each posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I just need to vent, so here goes: I am a former Infantryman with long-standing and well-treated bipolar disorder incurred during my military service. Thanks to Vocational Rehabilitation I graduated...

14. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    RN1Each replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Upstate NY Tele unit. Overnights I usually have 5 or 6 patients. One night I had 7. One aide for the entire 42-patient floor (if we're lucky...), no LPNs (they work the day shift.) I do ALL vitals,...

15. Comparing A Nurses' Salary

    RN1Each replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    After graduating as an RN I was hired on a Telemetry floor at a base rate of $22.18/hr. I chose to work overnights (for the huge shift diff), and all told I average about $25.50 an hour exclusive of...