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  1. davita hiring process

    beeker replied to perfectnurse11's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    There is a dialysis forum, under specialties. You might have more luck

  2. New Nurse New Mom - How do I get back to work?

    beeker replied to illininurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my area you need peds experience to work as a school

  3. New Grad RN, 17 weeks pregnant with upcoming interview

    beeker replied to skschultzRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just did a search about this topic and found this thread. I am in the same boat. Prior to my nursing career we tried to start a family for almost a decade, and we practically bankrupt ourselves on...

  4. Pregnancy Discrimination - Interview

    beeker replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am in this situation right now. I am currently working full time nights on a med surg floor and newly pregnant. Now, I tried for years to have children prior to my nursing career and spent a fortune...

  5. Facility Holiday Meals: Inquiring minds want to know...

    beeker replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

    We have a holiday banquet, in another building, and it ends at 5 . Too bad so sad for the night shift. Oh and too bad for the day shift, they rarely have time to stuff foods our face never mind a 15...

  6. Davita. - bad idea to work for them now?

    beeker posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Before becoming a nurse, I worked as a dialysis pct, but not for Davita. I have been looking at some job postings, but I am concerned about working for a company that is on the brink of the big fraud...

  7. Curious about what your job offers

    beeker replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital, we get no paid leave but can take FMLA unpaid for 12 weeks, we have no childcare. I also find this to be sad. We can use short term disability but I am not sure how that works...

  8. Resigning...again.

    beeker replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. You don't owe your employer anything. If they had to cut you within 2 years they would do it without one iota of guilt. They just took away weekend incentive pay, so a pay decrease is a...

  9. Speaking of... Getting to work early

    beeker replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I arrive early to review my assignment, and get my info together so if you happen to get a crappy report I am not clueless. There are some people on my floor who seem to know nothing about their...

  10. Don't know whether to become RN or Surgical Tech

    beeker replied to D2Bpeds's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You will have a very difficult time landing a non bedside rn role, or a school nurse role, without any experience. The less demanding rn jobs get scooped up by those with

  11. New to night shift

    beeker replied to Emilynn09's topic in General Nursing

    Dark room, Benadryl, melatonin when you can't sleep. I like to have a fan running the noise helps block out the neighborhood noise. I can't tolerate earplugs. I like the nice soft sleep masks. In the...

  12. Don't know whether to become RN or Surgical Tech

    beeker replied to D2Bpeds's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What kind of work experience do you

  13. Don't know whether to become RN or Surgical Tech

    beeker replied to D2Bpeds's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How is the new grad rn market in your area? I mention this because in my class the older graduates had a much harder time getting their first job in an already difficult market. Do you have any...

  14. Advice on prn

    beeker posted a topic in General Nursing

    Prn employees at my facility make more per hour since they do not have benefits. I am thinking of asking to go prn on my floor. In the past, some people have managed to get the prn rates while others...

  15. called in sick, nurse manager calling back (inappropriate tactics?)

    beeker replied to jbaggins's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you have caller Id ? Your husband just reinforced this bad behavior by caving in. Next time ignore the messages and texts, turn your phone off. Now that nm knows they can guilt your fam into...

  16. To all who took or going to take NCLEX - Rn ..

    beeker replied to fitnryt's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used Exam Cram for content, but did not like their q&as cd. I preferred the Saunders cd and the Davis question book. I also read LaCharity. I found tat the Davis questions were hardest for me,...

  17. From experience, has anyone had a relatively low stress nursing job ?

    beeker replied to studentnurse9806's topic in General Nursing

    Are you hiring? Count me in! How do I get this kind of

  18. 12 hour shifts and small (younger than school aged) children

    beeker posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you do it? How do you handle daycare? I work nights, three 12 hour shifts a week and we are expecting our first child. I am hoping to drop down to just 2 shifts a week after the baby comes, but...

  19. Night shift and daylight savings....

    beeker replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a tech I worked at a place that DID NOT pay us for the extra hour. I contacted the state dept. of labor about it and got the runaround. A lot of hemming and hawing and "Gray area" and go...

  20. Pregnancy, nausea, and nursing.

    beeker posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone have any advice on getting through this? I work on a surgical floor, with a lot of heavy lifting. The nausea is awful. I am tired all the time but can't sleep for more than an hour or two...

  21. Two and a half week orientation?

    beeker replied to Berkley, RN BSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Call her and ask her about it. 2.5 weeks is in NO WAY enough

  22. Advice, please

    beeker replied to monkeybug's topic in General Nursing

    I would call HR and tell them about how you left the note. For future reference, for something this important, I would not slide it under the door. But you probably know that

  23. What if I'm just not meant to be a nurse?

    beeker replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I feel the same way! We need a support group. lol. I am about 10 months into my first job and I think I just don't like being a nurse. I get paid crap, my benefits are terrible, and I literally...

  24. are there nurses who ACTUALLY care ?

    beeker replied to seriouslyserious's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In what way does "caring about the patients" relate to you not getting a longer time to speak in a

  25. are there nurses who ACTUALLY care ?

    beeker replied to seriouslyserious's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your post screams of righteous indignation and "holier than thou". Perhaps your section just needed to be shorter. Don't sweat the small stuff. If your ego gets in the way now, you are going to have a...