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chuckc BSN, RN

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  1. letter of resignation advice

    chuckc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will be giving my two week notice asap. I have been out for a few months due to surgery. Any ideas how to write a letter of resignation that is polite and to the point without any details? I know...

  2. letter of resignation advice

    chuckc replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    great ideas guys! Thank you so much for your help.

  3. Will most hospitals hire a person with a bachelors dgree before a person with an ADN.

    chuckc replied to TrinaCNA's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    hope this is not too off topic but I work on a VERY busy post surgical unit. A male nurse with his MSN made a comment about the education and management RN's. He said it seems they keep creating...

  4. A New RN, Quit Job after 5 Months

    chuckc replied to I_Scream's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am sorry for all your pain, but coming up on two years on a post surgical unit, very intense, I think we have to go through much to get to where we want to be. Believe me, I am coming up on two...

  5. per diem nursing

    chuckc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am wondering about per diem shifts. It seems each hospital is a little different. I will be coming up 2 yrs in my med surg position, after this my new grad commitment is done! I am thinking I might...

  6. computer charting

    chuckc posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just started as a new grad. THey have computer charting. It looks like it would be wonderful after you get the hang of it. I feel pretty overwhelmed by it right now, I am sure it will fall into place....

  7. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    chuckc replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    No way,

  8. Advice on switching units

    chuckc posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all. I have been on the medsurg floor a little over a year now. THis is my first nursing job. I have found out there is going to be an opening in another unit that I have been waiting to get the...

  9. Advice on switching units

    chuckc replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the replies. I was advised to let my current manager know as soon as I appy because they will be notified right away, even before I get to interview for new position. I guess it will be...

  10. How much is your pay?

    chuckc replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    just remember, my house payment is 4000.00 a month with insurance and taxes. Hubby has a kick*&ss job in software, thank

  11. How much is your pay?

    chuckc replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    Just under 50 an hour, with evening shift differential, 1 year experience.:wink2: Bay area,

  12. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    chuckc replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am 3rd of three girls. Mother is a seemingly charming woman who has narcissistic/histrionic/sociopathic personality disorders. Father is cold/distant alcoholic. I have washed my hands of these two....

  13. L & D advice

    chuckc posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello all. I have been a nurse coming up 1 yr next month. I currently work in a VERY busy med surg post surgical unit. I am doing fine, have learned A TON, I now want to try to move into antepartum,...

  14. I learned something new this week!

    chuckc replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    our prefilled NS syringes state they are preservative

  15. Confused new grad

    chuckc replied to sunny3429's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I also was one to say "no way, I don't want to do med surg". Well, I did because the hospital I wanted would not let new grads in L&D. I am coming up to the 1 year mark, and boy I have learned...

  16. Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    chuckc replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    Nice backhand,

  17. Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    chuckc replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    This is from a "typical older and weathered battleaxe" that is new to nursing. If you can work a busy med surg unit 60 hours a week for 8 years, then my friend you must have some of the biggest...

  18. pre-employment exam from h*ll

    chuckc replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of such a thing! I think I would

  19. Fatigue and floor nursing

    chuckc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 8 months, work on a very busy post surgical med/surg unit. I just turned 49, am in pretty good health, not overweight really, maybe 10 pounds or so. I am working 4 8hr...

  20. first med error and feeling burned out

    chuckc replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    I want to thank you all for your kind replies. It was comforting to read them when I was feeling so down. Lesson learned, I am moving

  21. first med error and feeling burned out

    chuckc posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, I had my first med error last nite. I had a post op pt, she was going to have an H&H soon after she came to the floor, there was a concern about possible bleeding, in recovery they had ran...

  22. C'mon, let's play!! Real-World NCLEX Practice Questions

    chuckc replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2:I never would have understood this thread 8 months ago when I started, I sure do understand it

  23. Am I crazy? having 2nd thoughts....

    chuckc replied to lesrn2005's topic in Medical-Surgical

    :uhoh21: I am just finishing my orientation in M/S. It is a surgical floor at a trauma hospital, the bar is very high. I went to school to work in L&D, I worked as an apprentice midwife in a birth...

  24. The Magic of Touch: What's Happened to the PM Care Backrub?

    chuckc replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am just at the tail end of orientation, did 3 months on days, now on evenings. Oh boy, evenings is sooo busy. I would love to have the time for things like back rubs. There is not even time for...

  25. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    chuckc replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new RN, been on orientation for almost 4 months on a surgical floor. I am in California so we have a max of 5 patients. Tell me how in the he%# do you take care of 10 patients? Do you have team...