iPink BSN, RN

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    Safe Job vs. Dream Job

    iPink replied to itsacalling721's topic in General Students

    First congrats on landing a job before graduation! Are new grad jobs hard to come by in your area? Did you apply for that position or was it just offered to you? If you applied then I wouldn't turn it...
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    What is your degree in other than nursing?

    iPink replied to nija315's topic in General Students

    B.A. in Information Technology and Informatics Sent from iPink's phone via allnurses
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    Is this what its like for everyone?

    iPink replied to Hpy_Vly_RNBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was a new nurse, I started on a progressive care unit. Many of my patients where drug abusers who would fake cardiac issues by their own admission to get on my unit because they ran out of...
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    still no word

    iPink replied to yesterday's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It took a few days to get the rejection email but it also too a few days to get an offer. It doesn't hurt to contact HR regarding if the position has been filled or not. Sent from iPink's phone via...
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    still no word

    iPink replied to yesterday's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Waiting for a response is always the hardest. Maybe it's dealt with via HR. In the past, I had received rejection letters by email and when I was offered a position, it was HR who contacted me by...
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    L&D not for me?

    iPink replied to RNmom7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I definitely felt that way when I started on my critical care unit. Nursing is my second career and questioned myself plenty of times when I first started out. However, being a new nurse comes with...
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    Floor nursing making me question....

    iPink replied to Toad72's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a second career changer. I hated my first job as a nurse. It was rough and thought I made a mistake. Then, I realized second career or not, being on the floor is tough and is usually exacerbated...
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    One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    iPink replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    Sorry that happened to you. In nursing school I was a bit paranoid about missing exams or clinical that I would set my alarm on my end table as well as on my phone. Also, I didn't want to take the...
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    New grad on L&D--too much for me

    iPink replied to Elisgirl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am just like you OP, that is why I'm on Mother/Baby and pretty much know I will retire in that specialty. I started out on a critical care (ICU step down) floor and was on the verge of quitting...
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    How much floor experience should I have before applying to OB?

    iPink replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started on a progressive care unit for 1 year and transferred to the mother/baby unit within my hospital's system. Don't worry at all. Once you make it over to OB, you'll appreciate it more. I know...
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    New RN, nervous about 1st job

    iPink replied to rn2109's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had started almost a year after I graduated too and was excited and nervous to start. I was lucky to get into a New Grad Residency program with the hospital so the transition was much smoother than...
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    Quitting after 2 weeks

    iPink replied to randomly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you ARE seeing illegal practices, such as elderly abuse, get out of there. It's not worth it. But, if its due to being overwhelmed then try to hang in there to develop time management skills, etc....
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    Med passing question from a student

    iPink replied to MsPebbles's topic in Patient Medications

    We have med scanners at the bedside so I tell the patient what meds I will be scanning for them. I always stress the importance to my patients to know their meds. I find it surprising many of my...
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    Med-Surg RN Looking to Join Mother Baby

    iPink replied to Soliloquy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Have you look within your hospital system to see about transferring to the mother/baby unit? That is what I did. I stayed on my critical care unit for a year then transferred to the women's hospital....
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    Public health/outreach or med-surg/skills job?

    iPink replied to AshleyPCA's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If Public Health is where you want to be then I would pursue that path. I had such a great experience in my PH clinical, I thought that's where I wanted to be, but I'm happy where I am now. On the...
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    New Grad OR nursing??

    iPink replied to HAYB's topic in Operating Room

    Didn't say ALL hospitals. And with any type of surgery including the "routine" ones, things can go terribly wrong. The OR/PACU nurses I know had previous critical care experience. There are many GNs...
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    Help! Great resume but still unemployed

    iPink replied to ecsmith6's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Unfortunately what you're not doing is applying to the nursing homes/rehabs. Absolutely keep trying for the hospital jobs but you can't narrow your search to hospitals. To me, it didn't make sense to...
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    OB/GYN Nursing

    iPink replied to madwife2002's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I finally got into OB and LOVE it. I now couldn't image doing anything
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    Advice on staying in postpartum ?

    iPink replied to Registered.nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I transferred to my Postpartum unit and Love Love Love it! A bad day there has yet to even come close to a good day on my previous critical care floor. You were lucky to start out on those units...
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    Career help!

    iPink replied to princessbeulah's topic in Nursing Career

    Reading your long term goals, I would chose the hospital because once your in the system you can easily transfer to those units. I transferred to OB after year on a critical care floor. Many of the...
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    Death at Clinical

    iPink replied to NICUnurse21's topic in General Students

    I had a patient die in my arms during my first year as a new grad nurse. It was a total shock to me. There I was comforting her because she was upset her estranged father had visited her in the...
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    Nursing Student reading the hard to find a job after grad posts

    iPink replied to amberbay_19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated with my BSN from NJ. Make sure that the hospital you work as a CNA there actually hires ADN RNs. Many hospitals in NJ are Magnet or are in the process and will not hire
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    Parents who decide to pursue the difficult task of nursing school (Rant)

    iPink replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Students

    I went through an accelerated BSN program and I was in awe of the parents in my class who held down the family life at home and held down an excellent GPA in the program. I was just happy to survive...
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    What a difference a year makes!!

    iPink replied to 16mm's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats! Time does fly by. I started on allnurses when I was a pre-nursing student to a nursing student to a new RN and now with that all important 1 year of RN experience behind me. I would...
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    A little help?

    iPink replied to AllyF's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would advise you to call the Admissions office in the morning and ask them that same question. Some programs would say yes and some no. The best answer will have to come from them. Good