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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 turned out this way. Here's what happened: Back in Oc...

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 drug crime, etc? If it's closer to the latter I th...

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 with me taking three weeks consecutively but has issu...

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. The DID approve the vacation when I put in the req...

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 up!

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 but it will allow you to be a functional human on...

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 report to want to know EVERY MINUTE DETAIL about ...

A sense of humor is definitely a requirement in this field!

hawaiicarl, This is fantastic! Thanks for making me laugh :)

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 errors

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

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 hospitals, home care facilities or any health care set...

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

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 a smart move? The home care company said that I w...

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

This was just what I needed to hear, thank you!!

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 area

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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 be, you are on the path to success and whether yo...

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 school, meet new people and make professional connec...

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

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 each other, have different priorities, etc. I mostl...

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 grandparent to Alzheimer's, met a few guys, thought they ...

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 through it. I plan on living at home with my parent...

Thank you that was very helpful and congratulations on completing your marathon!