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240zRN

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  1. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    240zRN replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to say that I am not sorry. This attitude of woe-is-me and the days of our lives addendum involving a fiancé who clearly finds you to be a conditional agreement is tired, and old. I...

  2. a new idea ?

    240zRN replied to pmccarthy287's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I'm curious as to what course of action you'd have in mind in the [inevitable] event you find potentially pathogenic profiles of whatever is being cultured. Also, I'm not sure how valuable this...

  3. Take the Offer as a New Grad?

    240zRN replied to Vitabella's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I really don't understand why people are so eager to share salary values, but don't share their location. So many replies on the judgement of the salary as being either good or bad, when there is an...

  4. Dermabond Scope Situation (CA)

    240zRN posted a topic in Emergency

    I am caught in a dilemma here. I work in a triage area within a prison facility that operates similarly to a rural ED. We receive a patient who was involved in an altercation and presents with...

  5. Limited Term 12 Months CDCR Ironwood/Chuckwalla

    240zRN posted a topic in Correctional

    I was offered a job as an RN. Corrections is definitely a specialty that peaks my interest. This thread is a folllow-up on a number of others I've made regarding corrections perceived as a profession...

  6. CDCR Realignment Layoffs

    240zRN posted a topic in Correctional

    Starting this thread as an information sharing archive for layoffs occuring in CDCR as part of the realignment strategy. In early october a memo was sent out by Kelso, the reciever, about possible...

  7. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    240zRN replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    You usually get 10 days of leave you may *use* before reporting to your new duty station. Keep in mind these are leave days you havn't earned yet, so if yoy don't feel like you need a break, just...

  8. Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

    240zRN replied to aketamax's topic in Government, Military

    I believe they will house us according to company, sex, and last name. I will join up when I get to my

  9. Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

    240zRN replied to aketamax's topic in Government, Military

    I hear the navy only takes a handful of flight nurses for their program yearly. The Air-force does more of flight nursing transport than a lot of other branches from what I hear. There's a great TV...

  10. Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

    240zRN replied to aketamax's topic in Government, Military

    I don't have Linkedin, but I have a facebook. If someone were to create a facebook group for the ODS May group so we could connect and share stuff I would totally

  11. Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

    240zRN replied to aketamax's topic in Government, Military

    It isnt much exprience. I did a 10 month residency in ICU and I landed a job in an ER inside a Prison--it operated much like a rural ED; we transfered most things out, but did abd/chest workups as...

  12. Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

    240zRN replied to aketamax's topic in Government, Military

    Hope to see you there. About myself: 27 yo from bay area california. Graduated 2011 but worked some icu and a small ed. Hopefully I can pass this prt. Been doin push ups every other day.

  13. Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

    240zRN replied to aketamax's topic in Government, Military

    Hi all. I was selected with my duty station being Camp Pendleton. I report to ODS in RI on May 12th, I was wondering if anyone else here had the same ODS date, maybe we can exchange some info and...

  14. Dermabond Scope Situation (CA)

    240zRN replied to 240zRN's topic in Emergency

    Yes, I didn't want to mention the politics behind it, but there are definitely personality issues behind this situation. I have asked the board more about clarification regarding the need for an...

  15. Dermabond Scope Situation (CA)

    240zRN replied to 240zRN's topic in Emergency

    I emailed the board and this was their response: Dear ****, the application of Dermabond is covered under b&P 2725 (b)(1), direct and indirect patient care services that ensure the safety,...

  16. 4'11 and weight 110 pound. Will they hire someone like me?

    240zRN replied to jtranptld's topic in Correctional

    I have a supervisor that is 4'11" and shes tough as nails. Doesn't matter what your stature is; as long as you can socially adapt to the unique environment of a prison. You will be hired based on your...

  17. CDCR Realignment Layoffs

    240zRN replied to 240zRN's topic in Correctional

    Same here, our over/underage report shows one vacancy as well as one at the prison next door. In a nutshell, if we can survive past March 31st it looks as though we are safe. Crossing fingers (still...

  18. Navy Nurse Corps Direct Accession FY 2013

    240zRN replied to SailorWifey's topic in Government, Military

    Has anyone else officially heard the word? I keep getting the response from my recruiter that "The board has not yet released the names of the selected members for the board of Nov 28th." Although I...

  19. Question for the Nurse Managers out there.

    240zRN posted a topic in Nurse Management

    When reviewing applicants for a position in an acute care setting, particularly on a medical surgical unit, or emergency unit, what is your professional and personal opinion of a candidate who's work...

  20. Correctional Nurse / Officer

    240zRN replied to TEMPNURSE's topic in Correctional

    In california, there used to be positions statewide called MTAs. Not sure what the acronym stood for exactly but I know that they were LVNs that dispensed medications and gave medical care to the...

  21. Navy Nurse Corps Direct Accession FY 2013

    240zRN replied to SailorWifey's topic in Government, Military

    I discovered today that I was not selected, mainly because my package for some reason never made it to the Nov 28th board. I called another NRD office to get details and they were kind enough to...

  22. CDCR Realignment Layoffs

    240zRN replied to 240zRN's topic in Correctional

    I heard, from a non-official source, that unlike the custody side where options for relocation are by county first, medical staff options will open throughout the state and bypass the inter-county...

  23. call backs

    240zRN replied to pm2rn's topic in Emergency

    I suppose there is a risk of someone picking up the phone and pretending to be the one the call was intended for, not that it would happen often as there isn't much one would gain from being deceitful...

  24. Navy Nurse Corps Direct Accession FY 2013

    240zRN replied to SailorWifey's topic in Government, Military

    I also got the same bad news. Nov 30th for me as well. Better occupy myself for another month. I was given wrong information and thought I would be on the first board just like many of you. Oh well....

  25. navy active duty/general RN boards

    240zRN replied to staugnurse's topic in Government, Military

    I was told by my recruiter at the begining of this month that my kit was up for review on the first board. I, however, believe that your kit was ready prior to mine (I had that credentialing hickup);...