uRNmyway ASN, RN

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    8 hrs night shift, x5/week

    I worked 8hr night shifts for around 3 years, and was fine with it. Im a night owl anyways, so I did ok. Wintertime was kind of rough because you dont get to see much sunlight, so colleagues would...
  2. I never thought I would be complaining about this when my previous nursing job had so much mandatory overtime it seemed ALL I did was work and sleep. I would wake up to check on beeping IV pumps. But...
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    Starting new job, no overtime allowed?

    To clarify, my employer is a home care agency, so I dont know if its really a matter of filling holes. We have our regular patients, its 12-hour shifts with those patients in their home. The only time...
  4. I have finally gotten the information I was looking for regarding the Visa. Apparently the visascreen certificate is kind of dependant on which immigration agent I will get, and that having my GA RN...
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    Rant about licenses

    You think thats bad...Ive been trying to get my credentials transferred from Canada to Georgia for 2 YEARS now and Im still not done, just recently got
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    TN Visa Letter Format

    Is there any way you could pm me the template for what was sent to you by your employer? I am trying to get my letter written and am having quite a hard time figuring out exactly what needs to go on...
  7. Hi, Ive been working for years now on getting my work visa to go work in the US. I have written and passed the NCLEX, gotten my RN licence for the state of Georgia, and have a job offer. All I need...
  8. Wow, well you are lucky...I have been trying to get my Visascreen certificate for around 2 years. It took so long to get things done by them that it expired and I had to pay to get it reactivated. I...
  9. So heres the thing. Im a Canadian RN, have been working since 2007. Since Im looking into going to work in GA, I had to write the NCLEX, and think I was fairly well prepared for it. I studied and came...
  10. Woohoo I passed, just needed to say
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    why and how can people abuse the ER?

    Well instead of being people on Medicare/Medicaid who do this, or the scammers who wont pay, it will be every Tom, Dick and Harry because everyone will have free
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    why and how can people abuse the ER?

    I found out that some states, maybe all (not sure about which ones) have emergency treatment funds. Basically, hospitals cannot refuse to care for someone in an emergency situation, whether its a GSW...
  13. We have a different exam. In Quebec we take a written short answer exam and what we call OSCEs, which are live, practical exams with actors and teachers watching us. The rest of Canada has a different...
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    Only a nurse would say......

    My previous comment was in response to
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    Only a nurse would say......

    Wow, well thats kind of offensive. I dont know about where YOU work but nurses here do more than just
  16. The CPR thing gets me EVERY time...I dont think Ive ever seen a tv show or movie where they do it right. On a slight side note, you guys keep talking about side-rails being down and all, here in...
  17. So I called the Pearson Vue people and they gave me my ID and temp password...I did the PVT, and the happy window popped up...I was so relieved I got dizzy and had palpitations lol. However I wont be...
  18. I tried to do that but since I registered over the phone, I have no account made for online, and it made me enter my CC information before I even entered what exam I wanted to register for...is that a...