misha22

Just wanted to update if anyone was curious. I got a part time 24 hr position at a hospital and my orientation starts mid January!! Don't have any money left from the summer anyhow after paying the first couple months of student loans and for my gas, so I'm glad that I didn't book a trip, it wouldn't have been feasible at all money wise or time wise! So happy I will be able to start my career without worrying.

Check out Arbour health Systems they have walk in interviews every week/just call to schedule. I'm a new grad too and they offered me a position (turned it down because I got an offer from my senior year preceptorship unit!). Good luck!!

I wouldn't ever hold Lantus! It is a long acting insulin so if you withheld it it could lead to high BGs and possibly ketones depending if they are producing any insulin on their own or not. if the patient doesn't produce any insulin on their own, withholding their basal insulin dose (Lantus) could lead to ketoacidosis!

Okay. I guess I'll have to cancel the trip since I want to look for a serious position right now.... Thanks for the advice. I just don't want to regret not getting something I would really want because of the trip....I've just always wanted to go to Thailand and a friend of mine is going so I'm pretty upset about it. I wish someone would just give me an offer so I could know for sure what the right decision would be!

Thanks for the replies. I'm also wondering if it is a per diem position... are you supposed to just take whatever schedule the manager wants you to take or is it up to you?

Hi all, thanks for taking some time to read this and help me out. I graduated this past May with my BSN. I got my RN, and worked for a couple of months at a camp over the summer as an RN, and am now back in job search mode. I am looking to take a vacation abroad for a week or two in January....I don't know if in this job market (I'm in MA) that I would be considered for hire if I requested time off so soon. Is it likely when you're negotiating a salary that a week or two of unpaid time off would be acceptable? I'm hoping to book a flight soon, but I don't know if I would even be able to get a job if they knew I needed that time off. Any good way of working with this or should I just cancel the trip? Is this even a huge problem?