Pbelle

Still looking. I'm done with nursing.

I have taken the past two years off from nursing to nurture and help my two teenage daughters negotiate through high school. The oldest will graduate in June, and I've been looking to return to nursing here in the Twin Cities area, and despite numero...

As part of my final semester, I will be teaching neuro check skills to 1st and 2nd semester nursing students at a skills fair next month. Has anyone done something similar? I'm thinking of using a game format, something like Wheel of Fortune, but usi...

Yeah, it is a bit unnerving. I remember question 76 coming up, and feeling like I was going to throw up in my mouth - I could feel myself start to panic a bit. Took a few deep breaths, kept going. When the 2-hour "do you want to take a break" screen ...

Another alternative is MCTC - their 2 year nursing program is excellent, and I was told by some of the nurses I worked with that they preferred new grads from a 2-year school, since they had more hands-on experience in clinicals; apparently a lot of ...

Don't even bother with Allina's HR department - they rarely, if ever, get back to you, and they DON'T return phone calls (they state so on their recording). If you truly want to get into Allina, find out who the nurse manager of the department you'r...

I passed my MN RN boards with 120 questions. There were women in my orientation group that passed with more questions.

I only wish they had a psych unit - sadly they don't. I no longer work there, and don't miss this aspect of nursing at all!

What the above two posters said, plus morphine and other pain meds, especially for post-CABS. Don't forget Ativan and Haldol, especially if you have a confused pt that goes on the confusion/Haldol protocol. I worked on tele for 6 months, didn't reall...

I've noticed that the older a couple is, in many instances the wife answers for the husband, even if he's A&Ox3 and fully able to speak for himself! What is the deal with this behavior?

Press-Gainey is a joke.

I worked on a tele unit and had a patient who had two daughters that stayed w/mom the entire time she was on our unit. We figured out fairly quickly that this was a case of 'kid-guilt', since according to another sibling, these two had had nothing to...

I've been working on a tele unit for 6 months now, and am ready to look for a new position. My unit is extremely busy (not to mentioned understaffed), and I work a D/N 12hour rotation. I can't complain about working 3x/week, but the night shifts and ...

I left the tele unit last month, after having found a job outside the hospital setting. Fewer hours, no nights/weekends/holidays, plus the ability to do cognitive assessments which I enjoy very much. My former co-workers do keep in touch with me, and...

I left the tele unit in late August, and am now working from home doing health history and MCAS (Minnesota Cognitive Assessments) from home for Nation's CareLink, and am much happier and very much less stressed out. No nights/weekends/holidays, and t...

I graduated from MCTC's LPN-RN mobility program in December of last year. Great program, very rigorous. My only complaint was that the transition class that is required is a bit of a joke - I got more out of the clinical than I did from the actual cl...

Thanks for both your replies. I have spoken with my manager about this; if I could find someone to switch shifts w/me, it would work out, which is fine w/me. However, due to my spouse's work schedule, eow is not an option for us. I've already mulled ...

Good for you! You need to follow your heart, and go where you think you'll be happiest! I've been working in a hospital for 6 months now, and am looking for a job outside of that setting - I've found that I'm not a 'hospital nurse' - really miss bei...

I'm sure glad to find someone else who feels the same way about telemetry that I do - the funny thing is that I met another nurse this afternoon at a yarn store that had worked tele as well, and left it for the same reason! I have an interview tomorr...

Any info on the Twin Cities (Mpls/St Paul) Davita centers? I have an interview with them this week, and have heard a horror story from a friend of mine who was hired and worked 14 hours her first day - not for me, I'm trying to get away from 12 hour ...

I work D/N 12s and HATE working nights. The drive home is horrible - the last time I worked two night shifts in a row I nearly fell asleep behind the wheel on the way home (20 mile drive). Nights are so boring, I like the work during the day better....

I'm on a tele unit, and will have my 6 months in this week. I work 12s D/N rotation, and am already looking for something else that isn't so incredibly hard on my body and family. I love my coworkers, but I've come to the conclusion that hospital wor...

I passed first time, had 120 questions. One of my classmates failed with 76 questions, passed the second try with 75 questions.

I think you'll find that the pay at most of the hospitals in the area are about the same for new grads no matter where you are employed. I was offered a position at an Allina facility, which I declined for a variety of reasons, and landed at Methodi...

Instead of paying Pearson the $7.95, I just looked on the MN BON site. Yeah, Pearson must make a bunch to pay for that new building of theirs down in Bloomington, MN off that service. Congrats to you!