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  1. Forced Resignation

    scooterscamp123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, As some of you may know I work in inpatient oncology and a few weeks ago I put in three weeks notice for my job. Although I had been seeking opportunities elsewhere I'm sad that things...

  2. Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    scooterscamp123 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Can you tell us more about the area you're in? Do you mean rural as in a mountain or beach town with some recreation and available work to offer or rural as in food desert, poverty stricken, a lot of...

  3. Forced Resignation

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    Request was approved during the bidding time period. I had to buy out until I hit the 36 hour mark and at our rate of accrual I knew I couldn't get back to the 106 hours I needed. My manager is ok...

  4. Forced Resignation

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! We have a lot of nurses on our unit who take consecutive weeks off to visit family in other countries, volunteer abroad, etc. Coverage is already there to cover chemo nurses, charge nurses, etc....

  5. Forced Resignation

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    I've definitely been doing a lot of that! I've applied for about 15 jobs so far and have had some interviews so hopefully something positive comes

  6. What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    scooterscamp123 replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    Stacking shifts is key, like working a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, having off Sunday night, then a Monday, Tuesday and either Wednesday or Thursday (if you can tolerate working 3 in a row). It's tough...

  7. Giving report/day shift probs

    scooterscamp123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Night shift nurse here! I just wanted some advice and all of your opinions on this. I feel like giving report is a HUGE emotional hurdle sometimes when I'm coming off shift. Some of the nurses I give...

  8. Giving report/day shift probs

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    A sense of humor is definitely a requirement in this

  9. Giving report/day shift probs

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    hawaiicarl, This is fantastic! Thanks for making me laugh

  10. Giving report/day shift probs

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    making errors is the big concern. But the report is frustrating too. All in all just a lack of cohesiveness and teamwork in a stressful environment that snowballs into patient

  11. What do you do to relax

    scooterscamp123 replied to marsbar37's topic in General Nursing

    HIKING!!! Watch netflix, hang out with friends, run. Trying to get into yoga as

  12. Finding job on the West Coast

    scooterscamp123 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi all and happy new year! I will hopefully be moving out to Seattle in a few months and will be living with my cousin temporarily and I just wanted to ask two things: 1) Does anyone know of any...

  13. Finding job on the West Coast

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just an update, I am now working at Virginia Mason and I love

  14. New grad starting two jobs

    scooterscamp123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I am so excited.. I just accepted a nurse residency position in Seattle and I am picking up a per diem home care position in South Seattle! I just wanted to get people's opinions, is this...

  15. New grad starting two jobs

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! Currently working one job now and it's definitely provided a better work life

  16. Finding job on the West Coast

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This was just what I needed to hear, thank

  17. Finding job on the West Coast

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    BSN but yes I'm prepared. If I can't find anything I can stay with my brother for free in Michigan and hopefully find something in the Detroit or Ann Arbor

  18. Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    scooterscamp123 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    Lololololololol

  19. Embarrassed and depressed

    scooterscamp123 replied to beezwax404's topic in General Students

    She left you just out of the blue? That's crazy. It leads me to believe that something was going on with her own life and she felt like she couldn't be in a relationship anymore. Whatever the case may...

  20. Breakups during nursing school.

    scooterscamp123 replied to Linexox's topic in General Students

    I went through a break up in nursing school too! Mine happened back in February so it's been close to a year now. But honestly being single during nursing school makes it so much easier to focus on...

  21. UC Davis New Grad RN residency 2016

    scooterscamp123 replied to cami2424's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Ughh I really wanted to apply to this one for the April start date but I think I'm too late. Best of

  22. No friend in nursing school?

    scooterscamp123 replied to Student2017555's topic in General Students

    Ahh this rings so true with me too. I'm in an accelerated nursing program now and I'm not super close with any of the people in it. They're nice and all but very type A and we all live far away from...

  23. Any advice on surviving last two months of accel nursing??

    scooterscamp123 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all, I started an accelerated nursing program over a year ago at Delaware and I gotta say this year has been beyond stressful. I went in with a boyfriend (he later broke up with me), lost a...

  24. Surviving accelerated nursing

    scooterscamp123 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi there, I have officially been accepted into UD's accelerated nursing program and while I'm very excited to take the next step towards becoming a nurse I am terrified about how I will actually get...

  25. Surviving accelerated nursing

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thank you that was very helpful and congratulations on completing your