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  1. Blacklisted by your Nursing School?

    sunmaidliz replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just look for work and move on. It is possible to get work with out a teacher singing your praises. You might have to work were you dont want to get some experience. There are a lot of new grad nurses...

  2. Can not make it out of orientation???

    sunmaidliz replied to 2bAngilRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This comment seems like it's describing me. I've been fire from three jobs in my new grad year after orientation at each one of them. I'm definitely the first type of nurse and in all honesty, I have...

  3. Forced to Resign at the end of a Versant Residency Program

    sunmaidliz replied to sanaalam's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Counseling can never hurt. But I'm recognizing more and more that most new grad problems is a lack of confidence in themselves. Yeah, floor nursing is hard because is it such an involved job that...

  4. Other Rewarding Careers Beside Nursing

    sunmaidliz replied to aquarius89's topic in Nursing Career

    I just landed a job as an RN supervisor at a blood bank. I LOVE it. I get to interact with a very well population, working for a company that provides a service and a product that will NEVER not be...

  5. Why can't you get a job?

    sunmaidliz posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I feel like this is the question that has been asked of me, accompanied by looks of amazement. I graduated in March 2011 and in the two years I have been licensed I have only worked a total of 6...

  6. Out of practice new rn starting first job - advice?

    sunmaidliz replied to Oswin's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LTC is different than acute care because you don't monitor your patients as closely. No head to toe assessment for each patient. I worked the day shift when I did LTC and my day went like this. Get on...

  7. Torn on what is best...

    sunmaidliz replied to Sburtt's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd take the job. You are doing your BSN anyway, which means that once you finish, you will be a new grad all over again. But a new grad with experience. Some hospitals don't care for LTC work (which...

  8. New career... New nurse... Terrified...

    sunmaidliz replied to Leobear73's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's probably not OK for me to point this out but... You are a man. You are going to get a lot more leeway than if you were a 22 year old blondie girl with those exact same attitudes. In fact, if you...

  9. You know you're a nurse when...

    sunmaidliz replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    You never go to the doctor unless you need a prescription for something the medical residents on your unit can't

  10. You want us to do what?!?

    sunmaidliz replied to SilenceintheLibrary's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How on earth can you make a living on 11.66 an hour?? The LVNs in my part of California get paid $15 and I thought they were grossly underpaid. You should start at $25 an hour. That would be fair for...

  11. A Nurse with POTS Disability: A Great Success Story!

    sunmaidliz replied to CrazyCoconut's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Congrats! My mom has POTS and I know how debilitating it can be. You did a GOOD thing getting through nursin school with that on your back. Congrats on beating the

  12. Suggestions please, New grad asking for help

    sunmaidliz replied to Just and R.N's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    When you mentioned being a productive member of society, that rang so true for me. I felt that like for soooo long, even in the food stamp line. Being unemployed is really hard on one's self esteem....

  13. Forced to Resign at the end of a Versant Residency Program

    sunmaidliz replied to sanaalam's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In LTC, no one double checks insulin, particularly when you are checking blood sugars and are giving insulin to 20 pts. No one has time for it and giving insulin a unit off won't create havoc. But I...

  14. Forced to Resign at the end of a Versant Residency Program

    sunmaidliz replied to sanaalam's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was given the option to resign at the end of a really lousy new grad orientation. I took the termination because it made me eligible for unemployment. Nursing sucks, darling. You got caught up in...

  15. New Grad Interviewing for Fast Food

    sunmaidliz replied to Neurotic Student's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    OMG! You can be a Navy Nurse with a BSN. I would LOVE to be a nurse in the navy but I don't have a BSN and my BA doesn't count. You know, I had A LOT of confidence problems, too when I started out....

  16. Is nursing really that bad of a career choice?

    sunmaidliz replied to alyssajeanette's topic in Nursing Career

    To the OP, I hope you are still checking your thread... I will probably be the only nurse who advises you to NOT be a CNA first. Being a CNA is NOT nursing because you aren't required to think like a...

  17. I hate being a nurse

    sunmaidliz replied to SJE RN's topic in Nursing Career

    BURNOUT! That's what you have experienced. And hospital floor nursing is structured in such a way that there is a lot of burn out. In all honesty, nursing doesn't have a high job satisfactory rate and...

  18. Experienced RN and Too Many Opportunities are Making Me a Job Hopper!

    sunmaidliz replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Career

    I think you need to sit down with a cup of pumpkin coffee and a fabric covered journal and do some soul searching to figure out what it is you REALLY want. As a new grad who would KILL to have your...

  19. Suggestions please, New grad asking for help

    sunmaidliz replied to Just and R.N's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Oh, Honey... Just know you are not alone. You can scour this site and get a very similar post. In fact, I wrote one about 3 months ago complaining of the same thing. Eventually, I found a job. First...

  20. The importance of an address

    sunmaidliz replied to anashenwrath's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    A nurse recruiter at a local hospital is the wife of my former high school science teacher. She was very clear in that the applicants location was a big factor in who they choose to interview. My most...

  21. When is too soon to quit?

    sunmaidliz replied to fifiroo's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It's interesting what other people like and dislike on the job. I would LOVE to work in a NICU with the feeder-growers, mostly because my son was in the NICU as a feeder-grower because he and I both...

  22. Why can't you get a job?

    sunmaidliz replied to sunmaidliz's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This story does have a happy ending. I got a job as an RN supervisor for a non profit blood bank. I hope for a long and happy

  23. Misread resumes looks like I have more experience than I do

    sunmaidliz posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm having a bit of a problem... Well, I don't know if it's my problem or not but something is going on and I don't know what to do about it. I worked med/surg for a little bit under three months for...

  24. Misread resumes looks like I have more experience than I do

    sunmaidliz replied to sunmaidliz's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Sounds good. Maybe that's throwing people off on my experience

  25. Misread resumes looks like I have more experience than I do

    sunmaidliz replied to sunmaidliz's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Man, that came out bad... but I do put the