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  1. should I accept this interview?

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

    Thanks for the reply! I've been playing phone tag with them all week, they always seem to call when I'm I'm the shower or can't answer because I'm at work. I did finally get a hold of them late last...

  2. How long is your commute?

    blah_blah_blah replied to the nurse who lived's topic in General Nursing

    25-30 minutes in normal weather. I predict it being 45 to MAYBE an hour in snow/blizzard

  3. Depressed self-referral to ED

    blah_blah_blah replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    I also cannot tell you how many patients I saw in my short 7 weeks of working in a psych ER where we've had VERY drunk people (like BAL over 300) saying they wanted to kill themselves then once they...

  4. Depressed self-referral to ED

    blah_blah_blah replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a psych ER (and I'm new, only 7 weeks in and this is my first nursing job, so take my input with a grain of salt) but when someone comes in voicing suicidal ideation, they get brought back...

  5. new grad working as school nurse..

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in School

    Hello all! I'm a new grad with a BSN. I have been working at a hospital per diem in a psych ER for 7 weeks (I just got off orientation) and I just had an interview today with a school district in my...

  6. updating resume for new job.. does this sound okay?

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I got my first nursing job in a psych ED. I've been there for about a month. While I still have a lot to learn, i feel that I know my role well enough as a nurse to be able to describe by...

  7. updating resume for new job.. does this sound okay?

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

    I'm young too and I dont want to completely remove my non nursing job because I don't want them to think "this lazy bum has never had a job until she was 22?" when I've actually been working since 15,...

  8. new grad working as school nurse..

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in School

    I am ultimately looking for peds in a hospital setting. Unfortunately, the hospital I'm at does not have a peds unit =[ . I'm hoping that a L&D position will open up at the hospital and that I can...

  9. updating resume for new job.. does this sound okay?

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

    thanks for the advice! I'm hoping I'll be getting a third job as a sub school nurse that I can add to my resume as well, so I may be quitting my non hospital job soon. I would still like to keep it...

  10. Hand Hygiene

    blah_blah_blah replied to Dikid's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What I don't get is why a nurse would not only put their patients at risk but themselves too? I'm sorry but I don't want c -diff. You best believe I'm going to wash my

  11. updating resume for new job.. does this sound okay?

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

    I actually did that! I cut down my non-nursing job to 3 bullet points and reduced the font size to 11. thanks

  12. Who Do I address the cover letter to?

    blah_blah_blah replied to Sandra2015's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If you can find the name of the recruiter, I'd use that. If you can't I'd use what RN403

  13. updating resume for new job.. does this sound okay?

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

    Thanks for the feedback guys! I'll incorporate the bullet points. Problem is, I also hold a second job that is also listed on my resume, and I fear that if I do bullets for both, it will extend my...

  14. Decreased pay during orientation?

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just accepted my first nursing job as a per diem nurse in a psych ER. During my orientation process (6 weeks) I am going to be paid a dollar less an hour and that dollar goes to the nurse precepting...

  15. Decreased pay during orientation?

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't bother me that they get paid extra and I totally get the incentive thing. I know precepting is hard work and no, I haven't ever done it before. I was just wondering if it's the norm for...

  16. when to list a new job on a resume

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Okay so I officially start my first nursing job in a psych ER on Monday. It's a per diem position so I am still looking for either PT or FT employment. I have been submitting applications and resumes...

  17. Preceptorship is coming up

    blah_blah_blah replied to aeris99's topic in General Students

    My program didn't offer a preceptorship, but if I were you, I'd pick the hospital you want to work at. The state university's nursing program in my area does preceptorships and when I interviewed at...

  18. when you give a patient a pill..

    blah_blah_blah replied to schilm15's topic in Nursing Humor

    mine

  19. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    blah_blah_blah replied to ixchel's topic in Nursing Humor

    Notice how they spent time justifying their words, making excuses and saying things like, "I'm used to seeing them in gowns and bathing suits." Joy came CLOSE to an apology when she said that her...

  20. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    blah_blah_blah replied to ixchel's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think they should spend ONE WEEK in nursing school (or working as a bedside nurse for that matter) and then maybe they'll get an accurate depiction of what nurses actually do. Maybe then they'll be...

  21. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    blah_blah_blah replied to ixchel's topic in Nursing Humor

    You gotta hand it to them though, being able to make quite a comfortable living by mocking and belittling someone else's career choice would have probably won them a Miss America

  22. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    blah_blah_blah replied to ixchel's topic in Nursing Humor

    Have the women on The View ever encountered a nurse in the healthcare setting? Have they never been to a doctor's office or hospital and seen what nurses do? She has a kid for crying out loud. I'm...

  23. Denied the job of an ER nurse?

    blah_blah_blah replied to Zoe t's topic in General Nursing

    When I had my pre employment physical, I kept all my clothes on, removed my shoes and socks, and pulled my pant legs up to my knees. My exam took less than 10 minutes, maybe even less than 5.They...

  24. Cops and Nurses

    blah_blah_blah replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never been pulled over, but I know of one nurse who has gotten pulled over a few times and let off with a warning. Funny that I came across this thread today though, to get to my work I have to...

  25. Head lice...costly treatment

    blah_blah_blah replied to littleINlpn's topic in School

    I did a short rotation in an elementary school in a bad area while in nursing school. One of the 3 days I was there we had to send 8 kids home due to lice. The school nurse said that you can coat the...