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You are not hired until you have an offer in hand. Maybe she interviewed someone else and liked them better? Maybe budgets got cut and she was no longer able to create a new position? Maybe the sky fell down, who knows? Do not make the mistake of thi...

Best way to have it all - work and make your partner stay at home with the baby. (Hey, I'm a feminist and it is a possibility). Otherwise, I would either suck it up and work with a newborn at home, or yes, put off having the baby for a year or two.

A little background: I am Chinese American. I live in a university town in the Midwest that is fairly multicultural, but that is also surrounded by farming communities that are generally 100% white and very insulated. I work at a magnet teaching hos...

Do it! I graduate in may as well, started applying in February, and have already been hired! (Pending licensure, of course).

I hope I wasn't too harsh. Your cover letter isn't bad, it's just not a standout. I can tell you really want this job, and I hope you get it. Keep us updated!

it's only been TWO DAYS. Give it at least a week. Then follow up ONCE. If they want you, they will contact you. Put yourself in the hiring manager's shoes. Would you hire someone you didn't like just because they were annoyingly persistent? NO. If th...

To be blunt, I think you need to start over. A cover letter isn't about you or what you want, or your career goals. A cover letter is about your employer. This is what a good cover letter looks like: What does a good cover letter look like? â€" Ask...

Thanks for the replies. I don't take it as an insult. Like I said, I try to have a sense of humor about it. however, its frustrating when i politely correct them and they either say something like ,"oh come on, now where are you really from?" Or othe...

I'm sure there are those who would disagree with me but: I would leave off that you are currently pursuing your masters to become a FNP. From a hiring manager's perspective, why should I hire you and train you in a critical care unit, when you are j...

I didn't put any of my clinical rotations on my resume - I got an interview at my first choice hospital and was hired. I agree with Sun that your hiring manager is going to know generally what your clinicals are all about. Here are my ideas regar...

Hey Bayat, I appreciate the advice, but I'll probably not be using a resume for a while, as the one I posted has already landed me a residency at the first hospital I applied to before I've even graduated. I disagree with some of the extra stuff yo...

Don't mention it until you receive an offer. It is illegal for jury duty to be held against you in any way.

I will post my résumé. I will graduate in may and I've already been hired to a new graduate residency at a university affiliated magnet teaching hospital. Also, I didn't need to hand deliver my résumé to a manager or anything, just applied online. ...

I'm 5' 2" and around 105 pounds. I wear xxs petite Cherokee drawstring flare-leg pants. I cannot do xxs Cherokee tops as they are HUMONGOUS. Instead I do Grey's anatomy or Koi tops in xs (they dont seem to make xxs) with any sort of drawstring or sha...

The hospital I work at has a strict no-sleeping policy. If you are found sleeping, you will be fired. Immediately. I am in Central Illinois. So no. No naps. No special nap rooms. And I think the main obstacle to taking a nap on the job is the a...

"If it's in your textbook, you may be tested on it" - every single one of my nursing professors ever.

I realize you saw this on 60 minutes. HOWEVER It's not "studies" it's one study. Second of all, this one particular study is extremely controversial, and the American Psychiatric Association has basically slammed the study for being "irresponsible a...

Nope!

While I see where some of the comments about essentially stating that "popping a pill" is the easy way out, etc.. are coming from, I want to express to you how hurtful that comment can be to someone who really does need medication. To be a nurse, yo...

I disagree. If you're giving albuterol, your primary concern is your patient's airway and breathing, and education would be secondary (I'm assuming that's why you're disagreeing with my rewording). If your patient is sitting there wheezing, you're ...

I'm a second semester nursing student as well, but I took pharmacology first semester that said. Question 1. Another way of phrasing the question would be like this: Your patient is taking albuterol for bronchospasm. This means that you have to do...

Perhaps something related to disturbed body image? A colostomy or ileostomy really affects the way you look, and can affect the clothes you wear, etc... I know that if I were to receive a colostomy, that would definitely be among one of my top conc...

Wow, that's a great article, and I will definitely be thinking about it when I make my care plans.

I think this argument comes from two definitions of science. Nurses use science to guide their practice. I don't think anyone would disagree with that statement. But do nurses have mastery of science? I think that depends on your definition of sci...