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1. Night shift and mandatory meetings

   aprilrazz replied to aprilrazz's topic in General Nursing

   Well I did not go to the meeting and was written up and I was told that a second write up will put me on probation. I wrote a rebuttal and included a copy of an article that was in the AJN about a nurse that was killed in a car accident due to simil...

2. Night shift and mandatory meetings

   aprilrazz posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work nights and my job requires me to attend mandatory meetings twice per month as well as any in-service training. The problem is that they are all scheduled during the day (meetings are at 1400) and I work 7p to 7a. I have worked elsewhere where ...

3. How long do you stay at work after your 12 hour shift is over?

   aprilrazz replied to Eeramsey's topic in General Nursing

   Depends. The last place I worked tolerated nurses constantly coming in late, like 7:20 every morning when shift starts at 7am. I show up around 15 minutes early every day and the nurses I relieved were out on time every day. Me on the other hand was ...

4. What skills are needed?

   aprilrazz replied to Msmedic68w's topic in Correctional

   Push both experiences. Former mil seems to do well in this specialty.

5. Hired at a correctional....any advise?

   aprilrazz replied to Xxlala02's topic in Correctional

   I am 2 months in at a city jail and I love it. I have similar experience as well as time in military medicine. I do anything from sick call, med passes and booking right now and it is never a dull time. You get to use all kinds of skills that you may...

6. Nausea on the job?? Please help!

   aprilrazz replied to NikkiJo's topic in General Students

   Don't feel bad we all have our crosses to bear. I came in to nursing school having worked as a Corpsman and an EMT. I can see brains lying all over the street or horrific accident scenes and it doesn't bother me. But... Poo is my kryptonite. I have n...

7. I caught a cheating classmate

   aprilrazz replied to eclinicgal's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I was in a similar situation a while ago. But in this case several people noticed and took it to the instructor. The instructor walked towards the back of the classroom and saw her do it (she had a notebook sitting on her lap). I'm not sure whatever ...

8. Join as BSN or as MSN?

   aprilrazz replied to Delilah11's topic in Government

   With a BSN you will enter as an O-1. With a MSN you go in one rank higher(O-2, I.E. more pay). Now this is for the navy and may not be the same for other branches.

9. navy nurse 1st duty station

   aprilrazz replied to timothypp's topic in Government

   You are probably looking at San Diego, CA, Bethesda, MD or Portsmouth, VA. Those are the big 3 navy hospitals and where most new nurses go. There is a lesser chance of you going to a smaller hospital in CONUS. As a prior AD Corpsman (now nursing stud...

10. Fortis College-Norfolk

    aprilrazz replied to sorry's topic in Virginia

    Don't do it!! If you are not one already you have to go through their LPN program first and that is 15 months alone. Then another 15 months for the RN. While there are a couple of really good instructors the program is horrible. They are so disorga...