PCnurse88

PCnurse88

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  1. Yale-New Haven Unit Visit / Job Shadow

    PCnurse88 replied to cupcake_lake's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Congrats to both of you INN_777 and cupcake_lake... any advice on interviews and shadowing? I too have an interview and shadowing opportunity in the next couple of weeks

  2. Yale-New Haven Unit Visit / Job Shadow

    PCnurse88 replied to cupcake_lake's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Woo,

  3. Rant about toenails

    PCnurse88 replied to DBK99's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Had a patient with NO past medical history in for respiratory distress following pneumonia, young and totally alert/oriented/capable, whose significant other asked if I could clip the patient's...

  4. Yale-New Haven Unit Visit / Job Shadow

    PCnurse88 replied to cupcake_lake's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Let us know how it goes. YNHH is one of my goal work environments. Best of luck to you

  5. I think I'm going to quit during orientation

    PCnurse88 replied to withorwithoutyou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oops, missed that part. Sorry, BuckyBadger! This certainly teaches me to read a little more thoroughly before inserting my foot in my

  6. I think I'm going to quit during orientation

    PCnurse88 replied to withorwithoutyou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't think anyone here was implying it was a "nurses eat their young" situation. I think OP is just very overwhelmed, as many people are in their first hospital jobs, and doesn't click well with...

  7. I think I'm going to quit during orientation

    PCnurse88 replied to withorwithoutyou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Everyone else who's commented has been a nurse for several years, so I wanted to give you a new grad's perspective. I've been at my first RN job, a very busy med/surg floor, for just 9 months now....

  8. When to start applying?

    PCnurse88 replied to Denali_25's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some hospitals (like mine) have a policy dictating how long you have to wait before transferring departments. My hospital makes us wait a year before leaving and going to another unit, however I have...

  9. i dont know where to go forward

    PCnurse88 replied to withorwithoutyou's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Just curious- where was your preceptor through all of this? When I was an orientee, my patients were all also still my preceptor's responsibility, so at the end of the day if I missed something so did...

  10. How to not make patients nervous as an orientee

    PCnurse88 replied to JustAdmitToObs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sometimes there's nothing you can do, especially if you're still on orientation. Your preceptor is in the room with you, right? If the patient is with it enough to give you "the look" for asking...

  11. Yale New Haven Hospital Job

    PCnurse88 replied to Kissunshine's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I have never heard a bad word about YNHH. A friend's sister works for St. Raphael's and absolutely loves it there. I don't know how similar the main campus and the St. Raph's campus would be, but I...

  12. New-grad

    PCnurse88 replied to ximab's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    ximab - I'm sending you a PM about this topic, we're in the same

  13. When to leave Med-surg?

    PCnurse88 replied to WannaBNursey's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just my two cents, I think you should start applying. 1) There is no harm in applying. I applied to well over 200 jobs to land my first one, and it got me all of 3 interviews. Applying for a job...

  14. Seasoned Nurses Looking To Tattle?

    PCnurse88 posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    One of the nurses on my unit can be a bit overdramatic, so I've learned to take everything she says with a grain of salt. That being said, she once told me that several of the more seasoned nurses...

  15. License Endorsement

    PCnurse88 replied to Jazzyjazz's topic in Nursing Career

    You should post in that state's boards (RI) and see if anyone has any experience with endorsing their license to that state as well. I am from CT but endorsed my license to both MA and GA. The...

  16. When does it get better?

    PCnurse88 replied to RNBuggers's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in my 8th month at my current job and I've made my fair share of mistakes, including one with a heparin drip. Luckily I thought it seemed to be going way too fast almost immediately after I...

  17. Seasoned Nurses Looking To Tattle?

    PCnurse88 replied to PCnurse88's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm talking about the bigger picture - this nurse is apparently known on my unit for going through other nurse's charting, even on patients that are NOT hers. The part of my charting that she was...

  18. Seasoned Nurses Looking To Tattle?

    PCnurse88 replied to PCnurse88's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Being new, I wasn't sure what the deal was / if this was allowed. I know charge nurses, preceptors, other disciplines (RT, MDs, PT/OT, etc) look and managers, but I wasn't sure if another nurse who...

  19. Seasoned Nurses Looking To Tattle?

    PCnurse88 replied to PCnurse88's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thanks, everyone, for the reply. A little added information: she was the nurse who was receiving this patient for me. I admit I do go back and read other nurses' notes- but only for information, not...

  20. Moving to CT. Any new grad jobs?

    PCnurse88 replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    To echo CT Pixie, 32 hrs is considered full time at a lot of places. I am technically at 32 hours/wk and am full time with benefits, etc. Maybe it's also just my hospital but I also get offered a LOT...

  21. Moving to CT. Any new grad jobs?

    PCnurse88 replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    A lot of the hospitals in CT require a BSN, but through friends I've found that many are willing to hire ADNs who plan to get their BSN- and since you're already in a BSN program, I'd think that would...

  22. Applying out of state

    PCnurse88 replied to RNhere's topic in First Year After Licensure

    @CT Pixie- I was literally in the same position. Went straight from work to the airport, flew to GA and interviewed, flew back and went straight from Bradley back to work. I was offered a job in...

  23. I need to transfer my RN licence to Georgia

    PCnurse88 replied to adou's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I got my GA license through endorsement from a CT license and I just went to a local police station. I think it was

  24. Moving to CT. Any new grad jobs?

    PCnurse88 replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hmm that's weird!! Keep applying. Your best bets are probably teaching hospitals, so Stamford, Danbury, anything in the Hartford Healthcare Network, the Yale network... I'm sure there's more. Good...

  25. New grad just licensed - can'T get an interview for "NEW GRAD" jobs

    PCnurse88 replied to ette79's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm going to echo the two people above me- you only applied to 3 jobs? It took me 9 months to get a job after graduating. In that time I applied for well over 200 jobs and actually traveled to states...