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  1. Starting First Job..a few Qs?

    stuRN6 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all! I just got hired for my first RN job on a med-surg floor. I am so nervous and excited! I have been out of school for over a year due to personal reasons. Now I am so scared that I have...

  2. Starting First Job..a few Qs?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well my orientation is mostly on the floor. I am just going to hit the floor on my first day and then have a class once a week as far as I know. I am the only new grad orienting. It's a small...

  3. Hospitals that drug-test employees

    stuRN6 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I am doing some research for a paper on drug-screening in New Hampshire hospitals in the seacoast area of NH and southern ME. I was wondering if anyone has any info on which hospitals do...

  4. Pay in Maine

    stuRN6 replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    I actually moved to Maine after graduation. I went to school in Vermont. I love it here though. And thanks! I am pretty much completely freaking out right

  5. Hospitals that drug-test employees

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I am the original poster. This post is old! I do know that the hospital where I did clinical's in school did not test for 2 reasons that I know of. Firstly, they believed it was an invasion...

  6. Pay in Maine

    stuRN6 replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I am wondering what the starting pay is for new grad RNs at York

  7. Took a year off

    stuRN6 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi! A little background on me...I graduated with my RN last May. Right before graduation, my mother committed suicide. A month later my father had an MI and I somehow finished school. A few months...

  8. Southern ME Medical Center

    stuRN6 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I am finally graduating this Saturday. I applied all over the seacost area and most hospitals' new grad programs were already filled by April. Seems like there aren't that many...

  9. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hello. I am an RN student. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if it's absolutely necessary for people who are inpatient for suicidal ideation/attempt and depression to be put on long term meds(such...

  10. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you everybody. I will definitely check out those websites. I just had an appt. with a counselor. She stood me up. I had my appt. card (that she filled out) with me but noone could find her after...

  11. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    Despite the fact that my mother was seeking help for the first time in years, and in contact with a crisis team, and had an appt. with a psychiatrist, she did end up committing suicide 2 weeks ago. I...

  12. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the advice! I will try to get on the ball this week. I have a job search workshop at school Friday afternoon, where I will get feedback on my resume and then I will start applying. Anyway,...

  13. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    stuRN6 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all! I am new to allnurses.com. I am a RN student who holds a LPN license but went right into a one-year LPN-Associate Degree RN program. I am graduating this May and moving to the seacoast...

  14. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I am moving from Brattleboro, VT. I was planning on applying to W-D, Portsmouth Regional, Exeter and York. Where is Frisbie? I had my resume almost done and all that stuff, but my mom just passed...

  15. Moving to southern ME, Portsmouth area

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I think I will be living more south closer to Portsmouth,NH or Southern ME. My father and brother live in York and I would like to be really close to them. Do you know anything about any hospitlas...

  16. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    My mother has been seeing a counselor and also has an appointment with a psychiatrist. For her, this is a huge step. She is getting help. She also has been calling the crisis hotline herself...

  17. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for all your info and suggestions. Now I have to try and mentally prepare for clinical tomorrow! I will find someone to talk to about all this tomorrow. I just talked to my mom and she says...

  18. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you. I basically just told her that she could refuse meds so she might consider being a voluntary admit. She has now told me that she is dead set against being admitted. She threatened that if...

  19. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    What about insurance payments? I know the facility would have to justify the reason the person needs inpatient services. Do meds need to be part of the tx as far as those companies are concerned?...

  20. Meds necessary for inpatient care?

    stuRN6 replied to stuRN6's topic in Psychiatric

    \The crisis hotline has been called. They talked to her and she has an appointment with a psychologist tomorrow. I live in a different state and so cannot be there with her right now. Fortunately, she...