jamie.glaze

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  1. My pet peeves

    I need to add one too - people who call me and say "I have a cold. What do you think I should do for it?" then I respond. "Let it run it's course. Lots of clear fluids." They come back with " Well I...
  2. New Grad in the OB

    First, congrats on landing a L&D/OB job! That's quite a feat! I have been trying to land one for about 6 months now. I will tell you what I have done just to make myself a more "competitive...
  3. It's OFFICIAL!!! I'm a
  4. 75 question NCLEX today and "the good popup" still drooling over the next 48 hours until Quick Results, but ohmigosh am I ever honestly relieved!! Chatted with a nurse recruiter last week who told me...
  5. Is my stated interest ruining my chances??

    Actually, that is where you are wrong. I do have a huge chip on my shoulder, I can admit my shortcomings. I am apalled at the number of people who recommend that I volunteer like it costs me nothing...
  6. My pet peeves

    Love them all so far! As a GN I have some interesting ones... mainly centered around those who make the rest of us look bad - Other GNs who don't know what to do when they don't know - Those who...
  7. Is my stated interest ruining my chances??

    ColleenRN2B - there is nothing constructive about telling someone you don't know personally that they don't know anything and that you would never hire a new grad without experience (that last one is...
  8. Is my stated interest ruining my chances??

    Now if only I could get one of those residencies =) I missed out on all of the June cycle residencies for L&D - there won't be anymore until January.In the meantime, I need to feed my kids so it...
  9. Is my stated interest ruining my chances??

    Being a CNM would not preclude me from being first and foremost a RN. In fact, you cannot be a CNM without having first been a RN. it is an expansion upon the RN scope of practice, specified to...
  10. Is my stated interest ruining my chances??

    So what you are telling me is that all new nurses should just pack up and not even apply? We should close nursing schools across the country because new grads are worthless and obviously not prepared...
  11. Is my stated interest ruining my chances??

    True. But I wouldn't have to leave a L&D floor to practice Nurse-Midwifery, in fact I could benefit the hospital by just being on the floor in thatI would have a larger scope of practice than your...
  12. Personal low-point - broke down crying on the phone today when I finally got a call from the HR department of the only hospital in the area with internships left "unfilled" - telling me that they had...
  13. I got my ATT on Tuesday - I will be testing June
  14. I don't have the job yet - but this is the LAST GN position I have been able to find that starts before September in my area! I really want that
  15. Good news!!! I got my ATT finally and I wll be taking NCLEX-RN on June 19th!!! I also scraped together a little cash to take NRP and STABLE classes, when I signed up I leaked a small bit of info to...
  16. I am GN for RN - the board rule I stated includes GN - graduated candidates for LVN licensure in this state are
  17. Thank you for the explanation. I will look around to see what I can find. Right now I am very busy with NCLEX prep, NRP cert, STABLE cert, ACLS certs... etc. The biggest issue is that every red cent I...
  18. I have custody agreement that says I may not live outside Tarrant or Johnson County, TX and that if I do I lose custody of my children. I may still see them, but only every other weekend or even less...
  19. I agree on the text speak issue. I am young, and part of the tech generation, but I find text speak so belittling of professional
  20. Application Limit? What???

    You think 6 is crazy? Our local Peds hospital has a limit of 2.....:flamesonband you can only open a new application when one of the 2 you previously applied for has been
  21. I cannot move out of DFW area because of custody agreement with ex. I move out of the county I live in now - I lose my
  22. Thank you for the encouragement Cheryl =)
  23. I thought GNs were not allowed to work home health.... Board Rule 217.3 prohibits GVNs (as well as Graduate Nurses [GNs] who complete registered nurse training) from working in "independent practice...
  24. Starting Salary [new grad]?

    I'm a May 2012 grad - I applied for Parkland in Dallas, but didn't get in - Residency would have paid 24.52 hr plus evening, night, & weekend diff, Other smaller hospitals in the area seem to...