~Shrek~

~Shrek~

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  1. Fellow nurses, do you like your job?

    ~Shrek~ replied to danniekim's topic in Psychiatric

    I have worked in psych and I enjoyed it. I want to go back. I quit my job because the hours and scheduling were bad, but I enjoyed the work. At my new non-psych I still get psych experience; but for...

  2. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    ~Shrek~ replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Smh I can't believe how offended some people are by OP's life

  3. Chances of getting into county public health?

    ~Shrek~ replied to ~Shrek~'s topic in Public, Community Health

    Thank you! I am going to pray about

  4. Chances of getting into county public health?

    ~Shrek~ posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    I am a new grad. Currently, I work at a clinic/ rehab setting for the homeless and undeserved. I work on my own mainly and I handle a lot of medical/ psychiatric emergencies and a lot of challenging...

  5. New grad RN

    ~Shrek~ replied to ticamix's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Also look into everything that is not acute

  6. Career-changer, floundering in the hospital

    ~Shrek~ replied to guest464345's topic in Nursing Career

    Success doesn't necessarily happen at the hospital. You have to build your own success gradually and patiently. We admire hospitals because it is where the money is at initially, but it is also a very...

  7. New Grads: how long did it take you to find a job, or how long have you been ...

    ~Shrek~ replied to kieran07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was working the day after I got licensed. It was an awful job and not in acute care. I quit with no job lined up and got hired again in 6 weeks at a less crazy job with a much better schedule where...

  8. How long did it take for you to get your job after license?

    ~Shrek~ replied to kimmy20's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was working the day after I got licensed. It was an awful job and not in acute care. I quit with no job lined up and got hired again in 6 weeks at a less crazy job with a much better schedule where...

  9. Hired at an employer I owe a medical bill to.

    ~Shrek~ replied to FinallyRNStatus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    if you pass out in the hospital during clinical, they're going to put you in the ER. She was unconscious. She couldn't just yell out "call my

  10. Hired at an employer I owe a medical bill to.

    ~Shrek~ replied to FinallyRNStatus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am not a financial advisor so I don't know what is the best thing to do. what I do know, though, is that you shouldn't let your emotions interfere with making major financial decisions. You are...

  11. Quitting 74K RN job for a 30K vet tech job? Advice please!

    ~Shrek~ replied to RNCDN's topic in Nursing Career

    Why don't you just go back to school to be a

  12. Help! I quit my first nursing job

    ~Shrek~ replied to Michellelove's topic in First Year After Licensure

    See, it's not impossible! You have a job interview! I think your manager behaved extremely EXTREMELY unethically. You did nothing to justify never having another job again. If you accidentally killed...

  13. New Graduate RN,BSN NO JOBS 10/15/14

    ~Shrek~ replied to BabyRN2222's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am from California. I had no problems finding jobs in the nice parts of CA near the coast. You don't just send in an online application and ignore it and hope someone calls you. I did not apply...

  14. Non Acute Care/ ICU jobs for new graduates

    ~Shrek~ replied to rae313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Pretty much everything outside the hospital is eager for nurses, even new ones. I got 4 job offers outside the hospital. One was with a psych hospital, one was in consulting, one was in a rural public...

  15. Help choosing the right 1st job

    ~Shrek~ replied to mike23's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If you anticipate failure and misery it will onlyslow you down. Work outside acute care is easy to get and does NOT make you a

  16. Help choosing the right 1st job

    ~Shrek~ replied to mike23's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE JOB MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY IN A "LUSH BIG CITY" I spent so much time reading about how I was going to be unemployed and poor that I took the worst job possible....

  17. Help choosing the right 1st job

    ~Shrek~ replied to mike23's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Good grief, to all the comments saying "take what you can get and don't even bother considering your work conditions"; this is awful advice. I took the first job I was offered because AllNurses and...

  18. If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent...

    ~Shrek~ replied to TU RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Literally no one says "I wish I waited a year to take my dream job because I felt bad about leaving my boss" nobody says this at all! also nobody ever says "I wish I waited 10 years instead of 1-3...

  19. If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent...

    ~Shrek~ replied to TU RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know this is an old thread. But here is my input; you wrote this in November 2012. Let's say you switched to the ICU and worked there Starting December 2012. In Fall of 2013 you start applying to...

  20. New Grad Nurse -LTC Blues

    ~Shrek~ replied to newgradnurse1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was in a bad job, 40 hours on nights, too. All you need to do is apply to a bunch of other jobs and leave ASAP. I did that and I had 3 job offers. I did the bad thing and quit my previous job. If...

  21. What should my first job be?

    ~Shrek~ replied to a2012's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Apply to public health positions after graduation. Get your PHN if your school covers the PHN requirements. I felt the same way as you and I took a job I hated since I listened too much to the...

  22. Can't decide which specialty or where to relocate

    ~Shrek~ replied to Juntra's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would not go into psych nursing unless you are truly passionate about psych nursing and want to build your career in psych and/or become a psych nurse practitioner. Coming into California with a...

  23. Returning to Nursing

    ~Shrek~ replied to SusanGB's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Can you work outside the hospital in a clinic or

  24. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

    ~Shrek~ replied to SoaringOwl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd rather work for 3 months outside the hospital for a fair salary and fair treatment than work as an "intern" for no money. That is

  25. All I want for Christmas is a job :(

    ~Shrek~ replied to HopelessinBHM's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took a job for half the pay of a normal RN in a clinic. I don't want to work nights, so for me it is worth it. I would rather get a year or two of experience in that setting while applying for day...