schnookimz

schnookimz

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  1. impossible resident

    schnookimz replied to nurse4lyfe37's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Are you sure she doesn't have a

  2. Ad on Craiglist for ghostwriter for nursing student

    schnookimz replied to tsm007's topic in General Students

    I flagged the post for removal on

  3. Recent grads: How long did it take you to land a job?

    schnookimz replied to Cynnie24's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It took me 8 months. 3 before graduation and 5 after. ADN with previous bachelors. 3 years as a CNA and 1 year as an LPN Submitted over 300 applications, 4 interviews and 2 offers. Although one...

  4. Hospital CNAs/PCTs: What's your workload like?

    schnookimz replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    How do you stay busy for 8 hours when you only have two patients? Vitals on 2 patients only takes 5

  5. BSN vs ASN

    schnookimz replied to SimonTan's topic in General Students

  6. How do you stay encouraged?

    schnookimz replied to Nonetheless's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

  7. How do you stay encouraged?

    schnookimz replied to Nonetheless's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

  8. How do you stay encouraged?

    schnookimz replied to Nonetheless's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I applied to all of these hospitals as a new grad. I had 1 year of lpn experience and 3 years of CNA experience and didn't get a call back from a single one of them. So I don't know if it's really all...

  9. Interviewing for dialysis with no dialysis experience???

    schnookimz replied to bajj78's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

  10. New Grad, no Job

    schnookimz replied to jprn2013's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    16 to 18 for an RN!!?! No way!!! Is your cost of living dirt cheap?? I started at 28 as a new

  11. Kaplan Predictor 64.7%

    schnookimz replied to krisiepoo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you got one of the highest scores and didn't make it, does that mean practically your entire class isn't ready to test

  12. Alert but confused

    schnookimz replied to mytoon38's topic in General Nursing

    Where is this woman from that she was a slave? We got rid of that quite a long time ago

  13. Advice needed from nursing student or any DePaul nursing student or alum

    schnookimz replied to sweetie23's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I would never take on that much debt to be a nurse. You'll be paying it off

  14. Sweating in my scrubs... yuck

    schnookimz replied to RunninNurse's topic in General Students

    In about 20 days aren't we all required to have health insurance in 2014 or pay a hefty

  15. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

    schnookimz replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hmmm I'm getting 3 dollars an hour more than typical floor nurses around here plus time and a half after 12 hours and if you do call on a day you work then that's time and a half too. Time for some...

  16. Swabcaps

    schnookimz replied to student_nurse101's topic in General Nursing

    What was your teacher's rationale? Perhaps she wants you to get a new cap and clean it again when the patient returns instead of using something that has been sitting open? That's my best

  17. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

    schnookimz replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

  18. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

    schnookimz replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

  19. Alternatives to Floor Nursing for New Grads

    schnookimz replied to amhtmh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dialysis

  20. First time having a patient with diabetes

    schnookimz replied to Tammy90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have no idea what those blood sugar measurements are so I don't know when you would hold it according to parameters like that. Typically the doctor writes an order to say when to hold the...

  21. Hospital Unit Secretaries

    schnookimz replied to TheCommuter's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It seems that it's literally the only job in the hospital where work is being taken away from them due to the use of computers and doctors entering their own orders, while everyone else constantly has...

  22. Hospital Unit Secretaries

    schnookimz replied to TheCommuter's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Our unit secretary's were paid 5-6 dollars an hour more than the nurses aides. They were even paid more than the LPNs. If the nurses aides cross trained to work as a unit secretary they only got an...

  23. 10 Things You Should Know About the First Semester of Nursing School

    schnookimz replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    Part of getting through school is keeping your sanity!!! That means taking some time for YOU. I worked full time and did nursing school full time and had more than enough time to eat meals and get my...

  24. What Are Your Thoughts On This? Guards Sleeping.

    schnookimz replied to havehope's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would call their supervisors

  25. Somewhat of a job-related predictament

    schnookimz replied to jas0419's topic in General Students

    This is ridiculous. First I would look up the bereavement policy for the hospjtal. Most large businesses have one and you should be entitled to miss a certain number of days for the funeral based on...