CosmicHymns

I'm strongly considering Portland as well and am curious about the children's hospital there as I'm a NICU nurse. Anyone have any insight?

I worked almost two years in psych before an opening in the NICU opened up. I was nervous but I took a jump and they hired me! Talk about a crazy learning curve haha I'm a month off my orientation and still feel its the best decision I've ever made =]

Rectal is fine but axillary is less than 97.7F. We take them all the time at my hospital but are very mindful about depth and vagal symptoms.

Oh, Kcv19, I'm almost literally in your same situation! I'm about a month off of orientation (I did it on days as well) and working on nights. Our hospital is very small and so our night shift is super close knit so there are definitely times where I felt like I didn't fit it or I was being overly annoying but asking so many questions. But trust me, ALWAYS ask questions, even if you've asked them before. I kept on telling myself that I would rather be considered annoying than risking the health of my baby. As hard as it was, I found a coworker who's personality and temperment sort of mirrored mine and stuck with her. Now sometimes I'll start off with, "I know this is a stupid question but..." and they don't seem to mind much anymore =] Some of the more seasoned nurses talk crap about the new grads and orientees right in front of us! But I've learned to ignore them, not gossip, and ask as many questions as I need to. If you want to, we can message and complain about our experiences ;] and bounce ideas/questions off each other? It would be nice to have someone going through what I am!

LisaBradshawRN, I'm in a similar boat! Psych for 2 years, decided I wanted more medical skills, and adore the NICU so I applied. I have an interview next Tuesday. I've been told they like hiring nurses with limited hard skills because they're able to mold you into the nurse they want you to be. Good luck!

I cannot tell you how many times patients have called 911 from my psych floor. Thankfully, they always call back to verify!

Trazodone, vistaril, seroquel, depakote, and Prozac.

I'm not one to smile and nod. I generally wear my emotions on my sleeve (except the "nurse face") and find it hard to deal with overtly rude, disrespectful, or plain whiney coworkers. As a fairly new grad I've looked to the more experienced nurses on my unit for guidance but they all flat out ignore it. Do you guys have any techniques or appropriate one-liners to give these coworkers without sounding rude or complaining myself?

The fact that you refer to the Affordable Care Act as "obamacare" is misconception enough.

Hey OP, how'd it go? I have an interview for a correctional nurse in a week and I'm super nervous too!

So how did everyone's interviews go?!

Floating the meds in water makes it considerably harder to cheek them.

melosa08, you left out your clinical experience and your resume was still that long? I condensed my two liner bullets to one line each but I'm just not sure what to say to get my resume to stand out. I'm attempting to transfer from psych to a more specialized area like peds or OB. Did you do a cover letter?

Hello all, I've been working 14 months at a job I'm not really enjoying and am going to apply to bigger hospitals in another area. First I have to beef myself up on paper. Should I still include things like clinical experience (graduated in Dec '12 but did many clinicals at this particular hospital) on this updated resume or just keep it to the standard one page with bullet points? I'm getting mixed answers from coworkers.

phillycpnp-pc, How in the world did you deal with the father who spit at you and the mother who wanted to fight you?! ps- I know this is an old post and I'm sorry for bumping it but that's too good of a possible story there!