PCnurse88

PCnurse88

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  1. Applying out of state

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

    I had two out-of-state interviews, both in Georgia. One was originally supposed to be a phone interview and the other in-person, but they were also both scheduled during that huge snowstorm that they...

  2. Moving to CT. Any new grad jobs?

    PCnurse88 replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Ooh good luck! Let us know how the interview

  3. How do you feel about coworkers who refuse to work overtime?

    PCnurse88 replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't mind people who refuse to work overtime. You were hired for a certain amount of hours, and if there's a constant need for overtime (see: my place of employment) then the hospital needs to hire...

  4. Moving to CT. Any new grad jobs?

    PCnurse88 replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    There are a lot of new grad programs in CT (a lot for its size, anyway) but I believe most require a BSN. When you say you'll finish yours next year, do you mean like May 2015? St. Francis, Hartford...

  5. License Through Endorsement

    PCnurse88 posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Has anyone gotten their NY license via endorsement? My original license is Connecticut, but I've also endorsed to both Mass and Georgia. The Massachusetts license was as simple as paying a fee, my...

  6. volunteering won't help

    PCnurse88 replied to procrastinator911's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Volunteering won't count as nursing experience, but it may be GREAT towards networking. I have been at my current RN job (medsurg) for 7 months now, and volunteering at an outpatient infusion center...

  7. What does this mean?

    PCnurse88 replied to lkoch002's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Do you know if the position was needed to be filled immediately, or if it was for someone who is planning on leaving/retiring? I interviewed for my job in mid-January and found out towards the end of...

  8. 8 hours vs 12?

    PCnurse88 replied to Livingdeadnurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Do you self schedule or do they make the schedule for you? My entire unit only works 8s. I personally like working 5-6 8s in a row, and I usually make it either TFSSM or FSSMT, so that I'm working...

  9. Volunteer experience useless in job hunting?

    PCnurse88 replied to Summers3's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    In my experience, it's been the people you meet / places you volunteer rather than the work you did. For example, at my current job: my manager is originally from the same area where I went to college...

  10. New Grad Med/Surg venting/help

    PCnurse88 replied to desertstar6's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I was the same way, HATED med/surg clinicals and even during my classroom orientation thought to myself "this will be horrible for the next 1-2 years until I can get into my chosen field". Long story...

  11. New Grads: how long did it take you to find a job, or how long have you been ...

    PCnurse88 replied to kieran07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Graduated May 2013, passed NCLEX July 2013, got my interview January 2014 and accepted my first position Feb 19, 2014.... and like @ColorfulStethoscope I also know this because I was offered my job on...

  12. Getting into a groove

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

    I'm 5 months in too! I've only successfully started one IV. I've tried on 4-5 patient (most of our patients already have IVs from the ED or CT, or have PICCs) and only managed one. Plus another guy I...

  13. Work as a volunteer in a hospital

    PCnurse88 replied to marishka86m's topic in Nursing Career

    I volunteer at an outpatient infusion center at a hospital near me. I didn't start until after I had already gotten my first job, but the volunteering position is in a major healthcare netowrk much...

  14. First Job Landed - Need Financial Advice About It

    PCnurse88 replied to CRNAinthemaking.'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not sure if elkpark's comment was meant towards me or the OP or possibly both, but let me just end with this: I am in no way, shape, or form "sponging" off my Dad. You do not know my family...

  15. First Job Landed - Need Financial Advice About It

    PCnurse88 replied to CRNAinthemaking.'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wouldn't you already be getting a higher pay than the other new grads who DID take their insurance? If you get insurance through your job, you pay a monthly premium for that insurance. My hospital had...

  16. Help after injury

    PCnurse88 replied to MommaRN86's topic in Nursing Career

    Why not a type of nursing that is less physically demanding? School nurse, or nurse in a clinic / doctor's

  17. Take a part time job?

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

    My job is part-time. I was hired for 32 hours a week. The past 3 weeks I have worked between 48-56 hours due to understaffing. So, part-time does not always mean actually working part-time. Plus if...

  18. Advice needed!! New Grad...bad to job hunt knowing I have trip planned for xmas week?

    PCnurse88 replied to BeccaB2014's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree with rnBSN223. I got hired at the same time as another new grad, and she ended up taking maternity leave a week after orientation ended. Our manager knew all about it before we were hired and...

  19. Bladder Scanner

    PCnurse88 replied to Whoatemyburger's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I had a doctor ask me the other day why I bladder scanned a patient. We took their foley out at 3pm (start of my shift) and by 11:00 (end of my shift) the patient hadn't voided. Uhhh are you really...

  20. Too many questions

    PCnurse88 replied to danceyrun's topic in Nursing Career

    I think a HUGE part of the reason why people say you'll feel more comfortable after a year is because a year from now, you'll have hopefully asked most of your questions. You won't need to ask what to...

  21. Truthful advice for new grads "hunting" for their first job

    PCnurse88 replied to orsrt05's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm going to respectfully disagree with you, OP. This is something I’ve encountered a lot on AN, and it irks me every time. Critical thinking is NOT a skill exclusive to nursing, so saying new...

  22. Calling All First Year Med-Surg RN's!

    PCnurse88 replied to Catherinexi17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Like the above posters, I'm also 4 months in to my first job on a med/surg/tele/psych floor. I've only had one problem so far, with a night nurse who followed me, and I'm choosing to believe it was a...

  23. Just got hired, now what?!

    PCnurse88 replied to h.armitage89's topic in Nursing Career

    Awesome, congrats!! It was 8 months between passing the NCLEX and when I actually started my job, 10 months between graduation and starting, for me. I was TERRIFIED because I felt as though I didn't...

  24. New grad dilemma

    PCnurse88 replied to Newgrad1991's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    For the love of God, take the job already offered. I've seen so many posts on here of people in the same position who have decided to wait- and didn't end up getting the job! Being a new grad is the...

  25. "Just Don't Kill Anyone"

    PCnurse88 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, I did it! Tomorrow evening will be my last shift on orientation before venturing off into the big, bad world of nursing on my own this Sunday. My preceptor and I have been talking about our...