CP2013

CP2013

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  1. Traveling- Florida Hospitals

  2. Whats other places can you work??

    Case management (in the hospital but I am sure there are other ways) Mental health facilities Outpatient stand alone surgical centers Dialysis centers
  3. Whats other places can you work??

    Nursing homes Long-term care assisted living doctor's offices public/community health (health department, planned parenthood, etc) Public schools Home health care Insurance companies Urgent care...
  4. job situation for RN grads in my part of FL

    I have recently discovered that a good number of the nurses I meet in Orlando are commuting from Cocoa, Daytona, Melbourne, etc. So that can clog up the market as well. Remember central Florida has...
  5. facial edema and difficulty breathing

    I would think that facial edema and allergic reaction could potentially impair her airway, right? Look along the lines of how you would go about protecting her airway - interventions may be the...
  6. Non-nursing medical career help

    Healthcare Administration.....I know people who basically sell health and life insurance with that degree. There really isn't much more to do with it on its own unfortunately. Perhaps surgical tech or...
  7. Bad resumes/good resumes *rant*

    I will look got your thread Boston! I could certainly use the help! Thanks.
  8. Bad resumes/good resumes *rant*

    Unfortunately....I am not even getting calls for an interview. My references are fine. So there must be something I am doing wrong with my resume/cover letter. I am becoming increasingly disheartened...
  9. Brain Sheet

    Maybe "report sheet" is a term you are more familiar
  10. Brain Sheet

    It is an organizational tool for keeping information on your patient together. It may include any variety of things depending on the unit and what is needed. It can include data from report,...
  11. New RN Job Outlook for South Florida

    Just FYI - there is a CNN story in the works in an attempt to showcase how bad the new grad market really is for nurse's
  12. New RN Job Outlook for South Florida

    And unfortunately, many ADN grads in Florida are finding they have only acquired debt, and no job. I have a friend who graduated from an ADN program, she spent the last 9 months volunteering for an...
  13. Choosing a speciality for my senior practicum

    For anyone else interested.... The link is: Pathway Evaluation
  14. Choosing a speciality for my senior practicum

    That quiz was neat! It placed me in Emergency Medicine/Critical Care/Interventional Radiology...pretty much what I
  15. New RN Job Outlook for South Florida

    The shortages are in rural areas typically. I live in central Florida, and we graduate roughly 400 new grads or more each year - with about 75% of those being BSN graduates. I have seen nurses moving...
  16. Bad resumes/good resumes *rant*

    Would someone be wiling to look at my resume??? Please PM me! I will be a new graduate nurse in a few months and have had NO luck securing any hospital job at this point. I must be doing something...
  17. New RN Job Outlook for South Florida

    In Florida it seems you need to know someone AND work at the hospital while you are in school and make connections. Also. I am not familiar with the South Florida schools, but be aware, that some are...
  18. Nursing Salary in Tampa, Florida

    Unfortunately in this economy, the hospitals are taking advantage of new grads (some private duty nursing agencies paying $18/hr for RN and $15/hr for LPN) and are sitting on their hands instead of...
  19. Nursing Salary in Tampa, Florida

  20. Trache suctioning

    I learned once that smiling can help to suppress the gag reflex. It doesn't stop it completely but can help. I try it every time I empty an ostomy and it usually helps. But ileostomies really push...
  21. Nursing Salary in Tampa, Florida

    Florida....where you get paid in sunshine!
  22. Need career advice

    Have you looked into how many new graduate nurses ate struggling to find a job?? There are numerous threads on here regarding that. Unfortunately, you may run into not being able to get a job, much...
  23. Is using quizlet to study NCLEX questions cheating?

    Were you searching for specific topics from your tests or just "nursing" or "NCLEX" or something like that? I think if we were searching for items specific to your topics or like searching for...
  24. I will be a graduate nurse this May, and have a quesiton

    Call the hospitals and ask. Even though your state says you have a certain amount f time, most GN programs won't accept you without a date of NCLEX testing. Also....who want to hire someone from May...