LoveMyBugs BSN, CNA, RN

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    Teenage Pregnancy/Nursing

    LoveMyBugs replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    I too was a teen mom, I had my oldest son at 19, got pregnant right after I graduated high school, my best friend also was a teen mom had her daughter at 17. After I had him, there were programs out...
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    Teenage Pregnancy/Nursing

    LoveMyBugs replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    As nurses do you feel we could make an impact on teen girls trying to get pregnant, more than providing sex ed. As a society is it something we need to look at to make a change? Would it be more...
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    On the positive side . . .

    LoveMyBugs replied to KimICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a farily new nurse only a years experience, but about 5 months ago I was working the long term side of my facility. I it is a large 100 bed building and I get floated all over the place. So I was...
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    How many of you have to pay for parking for your work?

    LoveMyBugs replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at a smaller community hospital and staff had their own lot monitored by security which was free. Amother much larger hospital in my area it is free parking, but parking can be hard to...
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    Interview question: Tell us about a mistake you have made...

    LoveMyBugs replied to PchezRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I went on a peer interview and the question that they asked me was "everyone has cut corners in some way, tell us about a time when you have cut a corner to get the job done" That was a hard one,...
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    Where to get good experience for acute care pediatrics?

    LoveMyBugs replied to NewlyANurse's topic in Pediatric

    I just got hired at a pedi LTC which is assoicated with my states largest hospital system and is located on one of the larger hospital campuses. I haven't started on the floor yet, just went through...
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    Please help need advice...Take the job offer??

    LoveMyBugs replied to AngRN6726's topic in General Nursing

    I would take it as expereince is experience, nobody says you have to stay commited to them. Could work part time and keep your per diem job right? Do they look at your LPN experience at all, I have...
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    Setting up a Mentorship Program for an ADN school

    LoveMyBugs replied to FCMike11's topic in General Nursing

    My NS had a mentorship program in place when I was there. An instructor helped with managing the program. A 2nd year students was selected each year to manage the program and match mentor and mentee....
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    Areas that are hiring RN's??

    LoveMyBugs replied to gaylarn4's topic in General Nursing

    Oregon State Mental health hospital was just hirring for nurses and so was the Oregon State Penn, both located in Salem
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    S/O of 'just not that into you' - want feedback from other nurses as to what happened

    LoveMyBugs replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Something like that happened to me. It was for an OB clinic, I had a great interview, great raport with the manager, I followed up with a Thank you card, she said that I would hear from her come...
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    Whats the most money you made in a year? Fun thread

    LoveMyBugs replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    In the last 7ish months I have made 25k, I didn't work in January as I was still looking for a job, then the job I got was partime, within the last month I transfered facilities within the same...
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    2 job offers, 2 completely different fields ?! what to do ?

    LoveMyBugs replied to sunshine!'s topic in General Nursing

    I would go with the OR in the hospital, as it would provide more opportunity to go somewhere else if you wanted to. I would look at what type of skills you would be doing in the comsmetic nursing...
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    No nursing shortage: roll call!

    LoveMyBugs replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    they hired 40, then 6 months later they had another round of hirring, only they increased the GPA requirments to apply still had 500 applicants and only hired 20-30 that time
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    can young,healthy,athletic men have heart attacks?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    This happened twice in my city last year. One the kid was a junior in high school just came off the football field. Another kids mom who happened to be nurse was on the field nearby when he colapsed....
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    New Grad First Job Question

    LoveMyBugs replied to SanDiegoCaliRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What you think may be your chosen specialty may change, your interest may change. I have read on here over and over from more expereinced nurses who have said " I thought XYZ specialty was my calling,...
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    HR interview

    LoveMyBugs replied to boot2's topic in General Nursing

    Wear a suit and be prepared for some generic questions of; Tell me about yourself Use 3 words to describe yourself What would your coworkers say about you Tell me about a time you had a...
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    Any new grads program soon?

    LoveMyBugs replied to SimplisticRnx's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Look at Legacy's Versant program and look at South West Washington they have a couple of internship
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    New Grad First Job Question

    LoveMyBugs replied to SanDiegoCaliRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am not an expereinced nurse yet, but I would take what you can get. I started out doing flu clinics, then pediatric home health, then a SNF. I am still working in the SNF, but now that I have...
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    Will CNA experience in LTC help get a nursing job after graduation?

    LoveMyBugs replied to kenyacka's topic in General Nursing

    Nope! It didn't help me get a job, but having hands on patient care will help you. I worked as a CNA in a LTC for a year before being hired into a hospital as a CNA2 into the ED worked there while I...
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    Who else love's their 12's?!

    LoveMyBugs replied to jnfRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a SNF and my 8hr would turn into 10hr and 12hr shifts with all the paperwork 5 days a week was too much, another facility within my company went to 12 hour shifts so I quickly transfered now...
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    Nurses/Moms-your advice, please! :)

    LoveMyBugs replied to NothingsImpossible4U's topic in Nursing Career

    I would go for the BSN route. I did an ASN program and while I loved my instructors and classmates and feel that I got a quality eduation the hospitals in my area will only hire BSNs. So now I am...
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    More nurses just laid off in my hometown

    LoveMyBugs replied to tater.jake's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I used to work at hired a bunch of phelebotimist and lab techs, after their orientation was over the gave out pink slips to the ones who had trained the new ones, with years of...
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    What exactly is the process of getting hired?

    LoveMyBugs replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    For the hospital system I have just been hired into, I had my 1st interview they called a week later for my second "peer" interview then the nurse manager called 3 hrs later, I was unavailable as I...
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    Family members that follow you

    LoveMyBugs replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    My sister did the same thing when she was in the hospital having her baby. I went to be with my sister and she told the nurse before I got there that I was a nurse. I don't know what else she told...
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    HELP with interviews

    LoveMyBugs replied to jhaf07's topic in General Nursing

    Those behavior type of questions are harder ones to answer. I recently had an interview where I had to answer all questions in SBAR format. They asked me about a time I had cut corners to get the job...