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  1. Poorly written letter of recommendation help!

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys! I have an interview this week and I asked my current boss to write me a letter of recommendation. My boss wrote a lot of nice things and it's a great letter. However, there are some...

  2. Poorly written letter of recommendation help!

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your words of encouragement! I actually have twice as many letters of recommendation than I actually need (I need 3 and I have 6.. I made another thread about that here in AN also) so maybe...

  3. Sending more letters of recommendation than asked for...

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay so I have an interview this week and HR asked for at least 2 letters of recommendation, but that 3 would be ideal. So as soon as I heard this, I got to work asking teachers and my boss for...

  4. Sending more letters of recommendation than asked for...

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I just realized I had a few typos in my OP and now I'm embarrassed so sorry! It's too late to

  5. Sending more letters of recommendation than asked for...

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortuantely 4 of them were submitted directly to HR via email so there's no takesies backsies on those. I'll turn in those 4 since she already has them, and the one from my employer so that'll be 5....

  6. Sending more letters of recommendation than asked for...

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I might leave out the personal recommendation, but my boss at my current job also made it out to "to whom it may concern" and he is the only person that can actually speak to my work ethic and...

  7. Peds interview question responses!

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in Pediatric

    I am a new grad I have an interview on friday with the only childrens hospital in my area. I have no heathcare experience outside of clinical and I work at a grocery store. It is a general interview...

  8. Peds interview question responses!

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in Pediatric

    How would something like I really enjoy working with families as well as the patients. I love seeing how an entire family comes together with one common goal at heart. It's always been interesting to...

  9. Peds interview question responses!

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in Pediatric

    Haha you're right I'll just stop at the fact that I'm an extremely patient person and maybe add on some other personality traits that make me good with kids. I guess I took being honest and candid a...

  10. You should know better

    blah_blah_blah replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Even though I love salt, I do love plain air popped popcorn. But my new favorite way to eat popcorn is off the stove. You use just a little oil and let them pop. Then sprinkle with copious amounts of...

  11. Poorly written letter of recommendation help!

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I could probably do that but I don't even think my employer has official

  12. Am I the only one that's done this?

    blah_blah_blah replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school we had to buy lab bags that had all the supplies we needed for the semester. If we were covering IV starts that semester, the supplies were included in the bag. Maybe...

  13. Peds interview question responses!

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in Pediatric

    BAHAHA! I legitimately laughed at this. I wanted to say how working with kids is a passion but that just sounded creepy so I scrapped it. Should I add some more to my "why peds?" Answer then? Thanks...

  14. You should know better

    blah_blah_blah replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2: Girl, me too. Salt on watermelon is delicious too by the

  15. Poorly written letter of recommendation help!

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input! I kind of knew I should have just left it but I definitely will now. I don't work at a hospital currently and it was given to me at work. I'll ask him to sign it tomorrow! It's...

  16. You should know better

    blah_blah_blah replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    CARBS. give me all the crusty bread and

  17. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    blah_blah_blah replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    One mistake that always bothered me was in one episode of Grey's Anatomy, Dr. Bailey opened up a pair of sterile gloves and picked them up to adjust them in the package and patted them with her bare...

  18. I got an interview! Why do you love peds?

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in Pediatric

    Good news everyone! I got the call for an interview at the local women and children's hospital; my dream facility! I spoke with HR today to organize an interview time and she asked if I preferred OB...

  19. I got an interview! Why do you love peds?

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in Pediatric

    anther thing I love about kids is their lack of tact. They just tell it how it is wether it's polite or

  20. I got an interview! Why do you love peds?

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in Pediatric

    ive heard of those! Not only does it help the environment it saves space for lack of a better term. Sooner or later we're going to run out of space to bury all the dead

  21. I got an interview! Why do you love peds?

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks! this is my first nursing interview and I REALLY want to work at this facility so I don't want to mess it up, haha. Thankfully I have time to prepare

  22. I got an interview! Why do you love peds?

    blah_blah_blah replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in Pediatric

    thanks for all your advice! So what tree did you say? I would pick an evergreen. I get to keep my needles year round

  23. x

    blah_blah_blah posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    xxxxx

  24. Clinical sites, you choose or you're assigned?

    blah_blah_blah replied to level1's topic in General Students

    We got to choose our sites. We registered for them like you register for a class online. However, you registered for a "set" of sites so to speak. If you registered for section 1, you went to...

  25. Unusual treatments

    blah_blah_blah replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    One of my instructors back in nursing school told us they used to do this. She also said something about it being crazy inaccurate too because by the time there was enough glucose in the urine to be...