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I'm currently doing online training for Meditech and was wondering if people felt the way I did. I almost shed a tear! Different modules to open up and view things in different places and clicking on arrows to go back and whatnot. OMG! All of this text in black and white! It definitely took me back to the 80s on IBM computers with floppy disks! LOL! I guess it's not the MS DOS version though b/c you are able to mouse click on things. I asked someone how it compared to what I currently use (Sunrise, as someone else stated, AWESOME!) and they said it was horrible. I didn't think it was this bad...but I suppose if it's all you know, then whatever works. Hopefully, once I actually work with the system, it will be easier to navigate. I think that if I were in the ED, it would be easier than on the regular units. I can only imagine the nightmare it'd be in ICU charting every hour! Hats off to those in ICU using this!

I'm sorry to hear! I hope you find someone more professional to meet your needs.

Hi Gatornurse23 I'm interested in their program. If you don't mind sharing, what was your GPA? How is the program going so far? I hear you only attend class once/wk and the rest can be done online. Is this true? KD, were you accepted? If so, how has your experience been? Thank you both for your input.

With a little help from google...I found a site for her. Nurse Practitioner Career Coach Renee Dahring Try contacting her there. Best of luck and congrats!!!

I think that myth of only 1 page is an old saying. It's OK from my understanding to have more as long as it's relevant. I try not to exceed 1.5 pages. I agree with what others have said. WAYYY too much fluff. Keep it relevant to the medical field. I'd remove the clinical rotations and skills as a student nurse. Incorporate some of the things you have under patient care in your technical skills with your experience and get rid of everything but the Epic charting. I'd remove everything after A&P tutor under additional skills as I think that is relevant being a new nurse. I also think that abbreviations should be limited. I write them out and end with the abbreviation. For example, Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certified. See below. Best wishes. Education Bachelor of Science in Nursing Expected August 2016 University– New York, NY Associate of Applied Science in Nursing June 2015 XYZ Community College – Long Island City, NY Licensure & Certifications New York State Registered Professional Nurse License BLS, ACLS[J1] [J2] Volunteer Experience Hospital Medical Center, Medical-Surgical Unit –New York, NY June 2015-August 2015 Unit Aide Provided basic comfort care to over ten patients a day on a medical surgical floor. Assisted nurses in turning patients every two hours using proper body mechanics. Refilled supplies such as gloves, N95 respiratory masks, and gowns as needed in accordance with OSHA standards. Supported psychosocial wellbeing of patients by offering companionship and using therapeutic communication techniques. Technical Skills Patient Care: Manual cuff blood pressure/sphygmomanometer, digital blood pressure, assisting patients with elimination needs, colostomy care, tube feeding via NG/PEG, TPN, suctioned & provided trach care, and maintained patent airways.[J3] Electronic Medical Records: Epic EMR Additional Skills · Fluent in spoken Bengali, conversational in spoken Hindi, basic conversational Spanish Academic Projects, and Awards Delivered comprehensive health screenings in community health fairs for underserved populations teaching and increasing awareness of diabetes management, prostate cancer, breast cancer, hypertension, and adhering to medication regimen. Coordinated bone marrow donor registry drive resulting in over 100 newly registered candidates in national bone marrow database. Dean's List, PTK Honor Society, Vice-President of Nursing Club Additional Experience Anatomy & Physiology Tutor October 2014- Present Community College, New York, NY [J4] Utilize study and testing strategies to on average improve students' performance by one letter grade. Tutor 5-10 students per shift individually or in groups. Track student performance throughout semester via computer database. Mentor pre-professional RN, LPN, OTA, PTA, and radiologic technology students. [J1]Watch abbreviations. [J2]Write them out [J3]Incorporate into experience above [J4]Move this up with your volunteer experience. Could just list them both under experience

I'm not too sure of what pediatric private duty entails. Is it basically home health? What tasks do you perform? You have to make your experience work for you in your resume. When applying to jobs, I hear that a lot of companies screen applications with a tool using key words. Try to tailor your resume with each job. Do some research online about what key words to use for certain positions along with the key words used in the job description. With your experience, why not look into local agencies that staff home health nurses? With your LTC experience, you could try to look into SNF and other LTC facilities but you need to get the experience of being the nurse taking care of the patient. I've never worked in a SNF or LTC facility so don't know what charge nurses do so correct me if you are more hands on and help pass meds, etc. I'm still trying to understand how LTC facilities hire charge nurses with no experience. With your pediatric experience, you could see if there are pediatric positions open for someone with little experience to no experience. I don't know about where you live but sometimes it's all about timing. You may have to consider relocating if jobs are scarce with no experience in a regular hospital setting. I relocated when I didn't find a job soon as a new grad. Best wishes.

I know this is an old post but I see it's still open for comments. I've been per diem with a hospital for a little over a year now and was only cancelled once in that time frame until this month. Seems a slow period and also seems that they've hired a TON of prn staff this year. I've been getting cancelled every week so I've spoken with a local agency for per diem work. My question is do you think I will fare better with the agency (they staff for HCA hospitals) as far as cancellations or with a different hospital per diem? Someone said they recommend working 2 prn jobs. Are you doing it with an agency or hospital directly? I see a competitor of ours has a per diem shift open. You would be floated to up to 3 locations as I often do now at current facility. Also (I'm in FL), do you all know what the slow periods are usually here or perhaps (generally) in other locations? I'm licensed in GA and FL and I'm considering traveling during slow periods.

I'm in FL. I recently applied with Parallon and did everything on the site everyone has mentioned. I have a coworker who works with them and likes it so they are definitely legit and they pay well. He's per diem. I applied for PRN as well so can't speak for travel assignments. However, I can say that in the paperwork, asking about a medical history made me raise a brow. Is that legal? I don't have any pre-existing's but just asking about what seemed like 50+ conditions was weird and seemed like they'd use it to weed people out who had something like back injury or psych. Never in my life have I seen this... As for the rate not being on the per diem offer letter. I noticed that too. I'd applied back in 2013 before and it was included. I think that perhaps switching recruiters may benefit you. I addressed it with my recruiter and he emailed me the rates we'd discussed for my reference. No attitude about it. Although I do get an impression that he is pretty uncaring and just cares about the "all mighty dollar", he always answers my calls quickly. I can say that all of this talk about HCA hospitals being bad is making me apprehensive. It's per diem so I guess if I don't like it, I never have to return to the hospital. What are the nurse to patient ratios in HCA hospitals for PCU in FL? Is that the main issue people have with working for HCA? Has anyone worked for Supplemental Health in FL? What hospitals do they typically staff?

Could you tell me about your experience if you went through things with the HCA hospitals in Orlando please?

Working per diem in Central FL, I figured I'd chime in. At my facility, I provide them with a schedule of days I want to work. On those days, I am required to call in 2 hrs prior to my shift to see if I am needed. They are able to flex me for 4 hrs, in which I have to call again to see if I am needed. If there is a last minute change, they are required to call me...it seems a bit fuzzy on the amount of time they have to give but I'd imagine an hour. If I show up and am not needed, the unit is required to pay me for 2 hrs. I think that's fair. Perhaps things are different because it's not per diem with an agency? To chime in with everyone else, per diem is per diem. You aren't guaranteed hours. To expect the hospital to know what the census will be like a month in advance is just not possible. Can't expect guaranteed pay for the unknown. Patients get discharged daily. I've been fortunate to only recently be cancelled a lot and I've been doing it for a little over a year. In the OP defense, however, don't judge someone's situation. It may not be easy or there may not be FT or PT positions available. I am per diem for the flexibility. I use to be full-time but after starting a family, one can imagine the need with a little one. With per diem, I make my own schedule, have no weekend requirement, and am only required to work 1 holiday. I am paid more b/c I have no benefits with the facility. If I elect to get benefits, I would get paid less. With the new portion of the ACA that went into effect this year, they are required to offer benefits now (I'm guessing it's based on amount of employees employed and it's a large facility).

I understand the frustration. Perhaps it would have been beneficial if you'd looked into positions and getting licensed in GA prior to moving. I'm not sure if this is correct, but I think you could have specified GA when taking the NCLEX if that's where you planned to practice b/c the NCLEX can be taken anywhere. That could've saved you from having to get endorsed. I know from experience it is rough trying to get a job as a new grad in Atlanta. It is all about timing. There are a bunch of schools and these days hospitals are wanting to hire mostly BSN. Sometimes you have to go where the job is. For me, that was FL. I have my BSN but one girl I know who is an LPN does well with home health. Try that...and as someone else said, SNFs. Since you already made the plan to move to GA, perhaps looking on the outskirts of Atlanta and commuting would help. Also look in rural areas of GA. You may not be able to find something in the heart of Atlanta. As for license number, I'd suggest checking the Georgia Board of Nursing's website for a license number if one wasn't provided over the phone. Back when I received mine, everything was sent via email. If you did everything online, then you should be able to login and see. If not, do a license search and you can get your license number. Nursing - Georgia Board of Nursing Try clicking the license search or application status link if not successful. Best wishes.

I have coworkers who work at FL Hospital who hate it compared to Orlando Health but I think it's a matter of what you are use to. As a new grad, you don't have anything to compare to so either could work. Why, you may ask...? From what I've heard, there are very few techs at FL Hospital so it's more of a primary care thing with nurses. You do the vitals and perhaps something else I don't recall that typically a tech would do. However, keep in mind that if you work on a more critical step-down unit (trauma, neuro, ICC), you will be doing vitals yourself as well at OH. The difference may be that things are more accessible to do them at OH with the new tower. Perhaps someone else can tell you if you have to walk around with a dynamap (sp?) or not at FL Hospital. I also hear that FL Hospital is more strict. At OH, if you're working on Step-down units, the ratio varies depending on which one, of course. If it's a regular PCU, ratio is usually 4:1. If it's more critical like Trauma SD, Neuro SD, and ICC, the ratio is 3:1. The morale is improving at OH and my management team is great. Can't speak for FL Hospital but they are always offering sign-on bonuses so I imagine OT is available. Not much if any OT available currently at OH. Seems currently a slow season. Self-scheduling is easy and done online at OH but depending on mgmt and needs of the unit, your schedule could be flipped some. So no, it's not complete self-scheduling as the needs of the unit come first. I mostly got the days I wanted working full-time. You are also usually required to work every other weekend or schedule a certain amount of weekend days. Each unit makes it's own rules. Hope that was helpful.

Well, as a new mom myself, my question to you is how old are your kids? IMO, it'd be much easier if they weren't school-age as you have other factors to consider (changing schools frequently). I am also a pool RN. My base is $34.50 and with shift-diff I can avg 38-4/hr depending on if I'm working any weekends. Perhaps look into FMLA so that your job is secure. That way, you can take a short assignment and test the waters. My manager has discussed this with us as an option if we wanted to travel. I've always wanted to do travel nursing but with a toddler, I just don't think it's feasible as I think more in terms of stability. How stable would you be traveling? Would you be able to line up jobs so that there aren't any gaps to provide for your family? I'm sure everyone else in the forum could talk to you more about the states that are in higher demand for ED nurses so that you can be stable but that is what I feel is more important than focusing on if the wage is going to be higher. As someone said previously, I would expect to break even...or be making less with a family to support if you would be the only one working. Good luck!

I agree with what others have said. You can just pick up an extra shift for OT for so little a bonus. ORMC offers a better bonus and you also have more than one option. You can do one extra shift every week or every other week. I think you also have different length contracts.

I couldn't agree more about the nurses who come in LATE and think they are entitled to look up their info. I've had my fair share of dealing with this and it just makes no sense. When I am running late, I come in and print my papers to start so that I am not wasting the other RN's time. It's about being courteous. I had an older nurse call me "disrespectful" because after 10 MINUTES OF WAITING on her to look up information on our patients, I told her I was going to start report. Some nerve! Being older does not mean that you get to do whatever you want and "respect" your elders does not apply to someone who is late and has been given time to look! Am I suppose to give you 15-20 minutes?! Ugh! Oh, and another one is the nurse who seems to become deaf during report bc they constantly ask questions that were already answered. Can we not multitask? I consider myself to give a great report. All you have to do is listen! All right, all right, rant over! :)