toERortonot replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing
this can be true... however; when you give your entire assignment to a veteran nurse, she goes straight to the charge and has a hissy-fit about her patient load. demands an exchange. and i know...
nothing works... the closest success was the bed alarm... even then,when a bed alarm goes off, nobody answers it if UNLESS THEIR own pt has a bed alarm. teamwork (sarcasm). 1:1 is the only way to...
southern california checking in. you will almost have no problems finding a job as an EXPERIENCED RN... i emphasize experience 1+ year(s). your experience will triumph almost any...
OP... you'll learn. try 2 sticks and then tell your charge. i put in 4 successful lines in the past 3 days. i need to find an adequately staffed hospital. IV team...? i don't even have a
8 weeks is enough for you to manage low to mild acuity patient load. also, keep in mind you WILL NOT learn everything during orientation. it's not possible. there are parameters in place to keep...
prioritize patient CARE/SAFETY and you'll be ok. although they say "if you didn't chart it, you didn't do it." i wouldn't worry about that UNLESS the organization is out to can you. there are nurses...
hospital i work at just hired 3 new graduates without any experience. seems to me there are just as many if not more nursing jobs than there are any other type
We just hired (3) brand NEW graduates with NO experience. FYi... I was on the floor the other day with 75% of my staff being non-experienced (less than 1 year) Registered Nurses. My location is...
before you move, i would try to make a direct connection with facilities (not just hospitals) you are interested in. i got a job in So. Cal with no experience (ASN new graduate) within a week after...
toERortonot replied to pre-nurseshan's topic in Ohio Nursing
i was offered an 8k relocation package to Louisiana (IIRC)... but i decided to work at this understaffed/underpaid (in comparison to other facilities in the region) hospital in southern california,...
that sucks... i got a job in 1 (if not the most) saturated job markets in the US because i volunteered. somebody at another hospital made a phone call for me and 1 week after the NCLEX, i was...
just know basic/high level stuff, emphasizing life/death here... i didn't have a pharmacology class or even practiced questions, period. i had a couple of drugs on my exam and i had no idea what they...