13grad71

13grad71

Emergency, Tele, Med Surg, DOU, ICU

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  1. New Grad

    13grad71 replied to Pednurse21's topic in California Nursing

    St John's Hospital both Oxnard and Camarillo have current new grad and less than 1 year experience openings in all departments including ER ICU OR Tele/Medsurg Also CMHS in Ventura will be...

  2. Forced To Change Shifts

    13grad71 replied to anj's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If your employment contract or offer states days then you are days. Doesn’t matter if the other new grad is more senior than you. if you were hired for nights but are doing days then they can...

  3. Old Foreign Grad (2013), No RN Experience. Want ICU residency

    13grad71 replied to MuddyOkinawa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Keep us updated on your career progress. And welcome back to the nursing

  4. New Grad Moving to Los Angeles

    13grad71 replied to Evan622's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don’t think you will have a problem finding a job. Nurses are in short supply and in high demand. Even in the ER I work, we are hiring Tele and med surg nurses whom we will train. Before the...

  5. Old Foreign Grad (2013), No RN Experience. Want ICU residency

    13grad71 replied to MuddyOkinawa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To be blunt, you are correct, the chances of landing an ICU residency is pretty nil due to you being an old new grad. Why don’t you try telemetry or med surg. Nothing wrong in both specialties....

  6. Preceptor placement

    13grad71 replied to Sam Last's topic in Emergency

    Unfortunately none of those will really prepare you for an ED position. ED is a completely different animal. The focus is so different in the ED vs Tele or medsurg. we are currently training...

  7. Advice for a New Grad

    13grad71 replied to Iwinchester45's topic in General Nursing

    Those are not mistakes that warrants termination. They are mistakes a new grad is expected to make or at least they are mistakes that happen and serve as learning

  8. Really good ADN program in SoCal?

    13grad71 replied to Guest1144191's topic in California Nursing

    There is no guarantee you will get a job if you successfully complete an ADN program. There is also no guarantee you will get into an ADN program. Admission into any California ADN program is very...

  9. starting pay rate for new grad with no experience for nursing homes

    13grad71 replied to nvang93's topic in California Nursing

    That’s too low. That’s what our ED tech /EMT makes per hour. Try to find something else. 5 years ago the starting pay for RN new grads was near the $40s per hour. oops sorry I didn’t see it was...

  10. New Grad Los Angeles, CA

    13grad71 replied to joe567's topic in California Nursing

    When I was a new grad I worked at our local county jail. I would have been fine except for a couple of jerk correctional officers. I lasted only a few months. I did get a hospital job working med surg...

  11. starting IV on same arm as a mastectomy

    13grad71 replied to coletanner123's topic in General Nursing

    20 years = should be ok with that arm. Did anyone try starting on both lower extremities. 2 days no abx is not

  12. Urgent: Need IV Certification for RN in Bay Area

    13grad71 replied to LizzerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the poster said Home care or Home health. If so, there isn't much opportunity for her to

  13. Advice for Interview with ED as a New Grad?

    13grad71 replied to kbear121's topic in Nursing Career

    New grad in ED in my opinion is not a good fit. You need some floor experience before getting into the fast paced environment. Codes, intubation, procedural sedation etc, will be the norm in the ED....

  14. Fired from first hospital job

    13grad71 replied to nurseblondie26's topic in General Nursing

    Reporting the charge nurse to the manager ensures that you will have enemies. Your new to the unit, not a good idea to piss people

  15. Second Degree nurse getting zero call backs or interviews

    13grad71 replied to busby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Based from what I learned from friends in the HR, your masters degree is probably what's causing the zero response. Masters degree plus no experience means you are probably not going to stay a long...

  16. 6 patients on days on a med/surge floor too much

    13grad71 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Typical hospital horse manure. That's why I moved to the ER 4 to 1, DOU 3 to 1 and ICU 2 to 1. Life is easier in these

  17. MA

    13grad71 replied to Jtraines5253's topic in General Nursing

    Every time I go to my MD or children's MD, MA are always referred to as nurses, even by the MDs themselves. I just ignore it. It probably makes them feel better. However I do notice once they find out...

  18. How fast do you run blood?

    13grad71 replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    Like what others said in the ER in critical situations, we squeeze them, run em thru a rapid infuser anything to get it in quickly. On the floor I normally run them for 3

  19. New Grad ER HELPPP!!!

    13grad71 replied to MYNAMEISIDKRN's topic in General Nursing

    ER is different from ICU. You get a mix of patients ranging from actively dying patients to one who came in for superficial lacerations. If you can bounce from critical to non urgent without any...

  20. Old New Grad w/ 4 weeks orientation

    13grad71 replied to shakeela1027's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Go for it. The nursing skills will come back or can be relearned. Hospital jobs aren't easy to come by. The transition period will be hard but that is

  21. New RN looking to quit floor nursing?!

    13grad71 replied to NewGradStruggles's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you intend to work in a hospital environment such as in the ED where you said is your ultimate goal, there you ought to suck it up until you are marketable for a different department. Quitting now...

  22. Help!! New Grad in SoCal

    13grad71 replied to nkesely's topic in Nursing Career

    CMH at Ventura County starts their new grad app in November. I used to live in VC and I know for a fact CMH hires new grads even if you don't go thru their new grad program. Tip -> Submit your...

  23. New Grad RN, Orange County

    13grad71 replied to fku3's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You haven't even graduated, applying would be a waste of your time. There are so many applicants for a new grad position by newly licensed RNs that your application would be simply ignored especially...

  24. No job offer post internship

    13grad71 replied to Male2017RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Going to a specialty/critical care unit as a new grad is always fraught with risk. The learning curve is simply too steep. Before I started working in the ER I was a floor RN doing Med Surg, Telemetry...

  25. Most ridiculous ED c/c

    13grad71 replied to Elly Em's topic in Emergency

    Lower lip swelling coz boyfriend "kind of bit my lips when we were kissing ". Nevertheless she was disappointed because she wanted to be