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1. Meet Miss Colorado 2015 (Kelley Johnson) - The Nurse Behind the Stethoscope

   cubs fan replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   I, myself, have often told others not to use the word "just" when describing their role, whatever it was. Everyone who works in health care, from the nurses to housekeeping to dietary to transport--each has an important role. I am so proud of what Ke...

2. What is the standard orientation time for HD?

   cubs fan replied to kdunurse's topic in Urology

   6 weeks is unrealistic. I started in dialysis after working in a CVICU for years, and it took me 12 weeks to feel comfortable at all. As I found out later, other nurses took even longer. If you have never worked directly with dialysis machines, it t...

3. How to Answer "What's Your Greatest Weakness?"

   cubs fan replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Support

   I've been a nurse for 40 years and am amazed that this question still gets asked in the format presented. It's really lame and is one of my marks of a lazy or inexperienced interviewer. Better ways of asking this are in the format of the suggestions ...