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Just wondering if anyone works here or has worked here recently, and would possibly recommend working there. I have an interview for a new grad rn posting which says csg admin. Not really sure what the csg admin part means? Anyways, any input would b...

Meh. This girl has bills to pay.

I went to the interview and was offered the position but passed. Personally, I can't afford to not have benefits or guaranteed hours. My commute would also be more than an hour, not worth it for me. But I have an interview at Spaulding so that's wher...

I'm planning on taking a unit nurse manager position tomorrow after trialing it for the past two weeks. I have the general idea of what the position is all about, i.e. audits, chart checks, care plans. Just curious if any seasoned nurses have tips on...

Hi all, Ive posted here before and I've always received great feedback when I've had questions in the past. I've only been working as a nurse since July on a SNF and I've really tried to stick it out to get my experience to get a hospital job. Recent...

I applied for a med surg position at a hospital, but instead my resumé was forwarded to the nurse manager of an inpatient geri psych unit who is interested in interviewing me. I've been on a SNF floor for almost a year, but previously worked as an ai...

I have been checking the website obsessively since Friday, haha. It's possible that maybe the position was posted for internal candidates, or maybe she posted the position for a PCA and not an RN. I'm going to shoot her an email tomorrow or possibly ...

So, I had a great interview with a DON of an intermediate med floor on Friday for a general position on her floor. By the end of the interview, she had told me that there would be a per diem position posted and and was kind of offering me the positio...

I'm a new grad who has been working as an RN at a SNF for 8 months now. Is it appropriate to include clinical experience from school or just my work history now that I'm a practicing RN? Any recommendations?

Everyday I'm Hustlin' - Rick Ross

I love my coworkers! I work on a really busy and chaotic skilled floor, and we're all usually very stressed out but it kind of brings us together. I'd say there's a lot of sarcasm and even singing to try and get through the day. It may be a good thin...

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Hi everyone, I had an incident happen with one of my patients, and looking back on her stay on my floor - I feel like I could have done more... but not sure how. I had been taking care of a little old lady who was receiving Lovenox 50mg injections 2...

Yes, there are many issues at my facility and im really just there to ge my experience because the job market is so poor and i am a new grad... The rationale was that she was nonambulatory and had a hx of blood clots.

I'm aware that the INR has nothing to do with Lovenox. At my facility, we don't hold off on a discharge because of a high INR. I'm not sure if this is because of the fact she was at the facility under Medicare or what. The doctor and NP were aware of...

We do not have an interpreter at our facility, we never do... I had a meeting with the DON (along with another nurse and our unit manager) and this patient is in the ICU bleeding out. There were 6 nurses who gave the lovenox when they shouldn't have....

Thanks for your response. What I meant was that she was receiving lovenox and coumadin but the lovenox was supposed to be dc'd after the inr reaches 2-3 range. I guess the patient being non-english speaking was kind of irrelevant, but at the time mad...

Hi all, I've posted in this forum before about random things and I've always gotten some good advice. Just for some background info, I'm a new nurse and have been working on a skilled floor since August. I am finally settling into a routine and getti...

I just graduated with my BSN but for my junior and senior year I was going to school fulltime, doing clinicals/externship, and then working as an aid full time at night. My days and weeks were extremely structured and I studied at every free moment a...

I'm a new grad RN and 3-5 days doesn't sound that great to me either. I've had almost a month of orientation at a SNF on a subacute foor. I just got signed off on treatments and medications last week and I've been on a med cart with a staff nurse sha...

I've only oriented to my floor for about two days now, but I am scared to death. It is a subacute floor with a max of 22 pts per nurse, but Ive shadowed my nurse who has had about 13 pts both days and it already seems chaotic. She doesn't really have...

I couldn't even tell you where they're located on the floor. I've checked patient's rooms and the supplies room and the nurse I'm working with hasn't put any of her needles (insulin, and to check blood sugars) in a sharps bin. They're the retractable...

I graduated in May, got licensed at the beginning of the month, and then got a job at a SNF. I would like to say that I got the job because of my 3 years of CNA experience, GPA, blah blah blah... but the reality is that the DON there is the sister of...

Hi everyone, Tomorrow, I have an interview at a SNF for a new grad position. After submitting countless resumes to hospitals and acute rehab hospitals without any luck, I am excited for a real live interview! The issue is that I'm nervous about work...

They sent me a link for the competency exams yesterday.