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    Oncology/Neurology

    SE_BSN_RN posted a topic in Oncology

    Anyone work in this specialty? I will be working on a neuro/oncology floor and have no idea what to expect. Is this a normal combination of specialties? It seems a little strange to
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    Oncology/Neurology

    SE_BSN_RN replied to SE_BSN_RN's topic in Oncology

    Thanks! Your info helps. I do know they'll be getting chemo and I'll need to be chemo certified after a year. Other than that, I don't know much yet about the unit. I have to take some hospital...
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    if you graduated in the last 5 years

    SE_BSN_RN replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    I was an LPN for 8 years before completing an LPN-BSN program. I just kept the same job as an RN. That's not one of your options!
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    Thinking about quitting

    SE_BSN_RN replied to snider1970's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am right there with ya, but I hate to tell you.....you won't get very far as a new grad BSN, either. I have had my BSN since 2013 and still can't get into a hospital....always passed over for...
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    Thinking about quitting

    SE_BSN_RN replied to snider1970's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ah....good luck educating HR. They already have a job, so they don't care! I've run into this many, many times! I have gone to bypassing HR and going directly to the hiring manager. Poor HR is so...
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    Frustrated New Grad - Update

    SE_BSN_RN replied to blueyes27's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Why were you told not to approach NM? Also keep an eye out for job
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    Frustrated New Grad FOUND A JOB!!!!!

    SE_BSN_RN replied to blueyes27's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Not many at all, unless you have a year of direct care RN
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    Frustrated New Grad FOUND A JOB!!!!!

    SE_BSN_RN replied to blueyes27's topic in Colorado Nursing

    These days THIS is what you need to do! I signed up for a job fair, and HR emailed me back saying I didn't have the one year they required in order to be "invited" to the job fair. I called them back...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    SE_BSN_RN replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The pre req's are not all the same. I never took inorganic chem. I did take chem 1 and 2, micro, A&P,
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    Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    SE_BSN_RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Very well written, as always,
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    Nurse Neglect/Abuse?

    SE_BSN_RN replied to InsideWindow's topic in General Nursing

    Chances are, she was a MA, not a nurse, unless you saw her title. My MD's office only has MA's and they are called "nurses" by the staff, my PCP included. I don't consider this abuse or...
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    RN-BSN SCAM

    SE_BSN_RN replied to elpnla's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Should they give you a degree for free? I went to UoP and did their LPN-BSN program, and I have a counselor helping me find jobs before I landed this one I am starting. Of COURSE they want your...
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    Pvt lives on!!!! Passed the nclex the third time!!!!

    SE_BSN_RN replied to whoknowswhen's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wooohooo!! Also, keep in mind, even though you know CONTENT you have to be able to figure out what the question is asking. It's not like the questions in school where the answers are all cut and...
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    A concerned LPN!

    SE_BSN_RN replied to gil3's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hang in there. It does get better. Try to give it at least a year. I spent 6 in LTC as an LPN and was charge on the medicare unit with 15-20 patients because the RN in house didn't want to do it. The...
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    A nurse who might have found god..

    SE_BSN_RN replied to Mysteriousdarkness's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I assure you....you are not the first person to feel this way, believer or not.
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    New Nurse

    SE_BSN_RN replied to chamuda08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This. Absolutely. Congrats, and good luck! What area are you working
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    Oh oh, the patient is a nurse

    SE_BSN_RN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I did not. All my time as a patient was spent in L&D, and PP. Never bothered me. I enjoyed the pampering and attention. And the warm blankets. I can't tell you how nice a warm blanket is! I was a...
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    Is it possible to work full-time and be a full-time nursing student?

    SE_BSN_RN replied to futureRN_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked f/t through my LPN-BSN program, with 4 kids and a hubby who also worked, and we hired a babysitter. For the first year, I worked doubles on the weekend in a nursing home....that allowed me to...
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    Overworked, Tired, and Sleepy

    SE_BSN_RN replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I work 10p-6a 3 nights a week, and 8p-6a one night a week. After my shift, I go home, sleep 4-6 hours, get up for 2-3 hours, eat, then go back to sleep until an hour before I need to go to work. In...
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    Night Shift PDNs....

    SE_BSN_RN replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    I am currently at work now, PDN adult case, not pediatric. I have Verizon, and a hotspot added to my plan for $20 a month. It is a total life saver! Get a bigger thermos. I don't have access to a...
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    10 Reasons They Haven't Contacted You After a Job Interview

    SE_BSN_RN replied to Meriwhen's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well, I know HR's are busy....but so are we. They also get an hour for lunch and work 8-5 M-F. If you can't take 2 seconds to return a phone call/email saying the positions been filled (after I...
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    Pearson Vue Trick 2014

    SE_BSN_RN replied to Soontobern3's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That is the good pop up.
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    IM A GN

    SE_BSN_RN replied to momtojosh's topic in General Students

    Congrats! And....good
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    Is Your Nurses' Week Gift Not Exactly What You Wanted?

    SE_BSN_RN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    What do I want for nurses week? A job in L&D.....a chance to get the experience to do what I went to school
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    Who does that?!

    SE_BSN_RN replied to exp626's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks, twoyearnurse. I am a girl. :) I think another reason my dad stays clean is because he manages a lot of sobriety houses....he's a great role model for those just beginning to stay drug