dreamingofbeing

dreamingofbeing

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  1. Anyone CHOOSE to work 2 different places?

    dreamingofbeing replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    For retirement you could always open your own type of account through Edward Jones. It may cost a little more since you have to pay a broker for their time but it is well worth it for their expertise....

  2. Anyone CHOOSE to work 2 different places?

    dreamingofbeing replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I work per diem at a Children's psych hospital and per diem in MRI at a children's hospital. I get the best of both worlds with no

  3. Why are we as Psych nurses seen as bottom of the barrel?

    dreamingofbeing posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm just wondering because every time I tell someone that I quit my IVR job to go to children's psych they act appalled. I know it's different but I'm still a nurse. Even my family acts

  4. is the grass greener?

    dreamingofbeing replied to roxie144's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like my old place of employment. I mean that seriously. I always say the grass isn't greener it's just a different shade of

  5. New grad job hunt... St. Johns Mercy Medical / Banes Jewish in St. Louisr

    dreamingofbeing replied to newexcitednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I did the med/surg Fellowship which was 1 month classroom type orientation and 3 months with a preceptor (the most awesome preceptor ever). The others were more detailed and intense Fellowships like...

  6. New grad job hunt... St. Johns Mercy Medical / Banes Jewish in St. Louisr

    dreamingofbeing replied to newexcitednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was a new grad at SJMMC. They are no longer a union hospital so you don't have to worry about that if that was the reason you were worried about working there. I was in a Fellowship program there...

  7. Start new job tomorrow

    dreamingofbeing posted a topic in Psychiatric

    After 6 stressful weeks of waiting and a lot of jumping through hoops this past week I accepted the position at a children's psychiatric hospital today and my first day is tomorrow. Technically I...

  8. Start new job tomorrow

    dreamingofbeing replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in Psychiatric

    The first 2 days were good It was alot of the basic usual orientation stuff but also had some interesting points. The best part was where 2 adults that had mental health issues came and told us their...

  9. Is this normal?

    dreamingofbeing replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in General Nursing

    When I had my son 8 years ago that's what I had. They left the pills at the bedside and I had to write down what I took and when. When I had my daughter 2 years ago I didn't have that and I was...

  10. Leaving Interventional Radiology for Children's Psych?

    dreamingofbeing posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am really torn right now. While I mostly enjoy what I do in radiology there are issues. The biggest one is that our hours are constantly being cut, all we hear about is how we are so far over budget...

  11. Which job???

    dreamingofbeing replied to luvapug's topic in General Nursing

    I would choose my family and pick #1. I wish I had that

  12. What is so hard

    dreamingofbeing posted a topic in General Nursing

    for workplaces to give references? I got a message today saying that my former workplaces wouldn't give references so now I have to give them names of former co-workers to get them from. I read the...

  13. What is so hard

    dreamingofbeing replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    I knew that employers were basically allowed to only say if they would rehire you, the position you held, and the dates you were employed. The questions really were that simple except they asked about...

  14. Frustrated about Illinois

    dreamingofbeing replied to CoeKohawk11's topic in Illinois Nursing

    If you call you will remain on hold for at least 2 hours, I think I stayed on for 3 hours one time. I did this many many times. It took me 2 months to get my license because they kept "losing" my...

  15. What exactly is the process of getting hired?

    dreamingofbeing replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    I'm awaiting word from a state job. I've already been interviewed and filled out all the paperwork with HR (tax forms and such). I went and peed in a cup and got fingerprinted. It's been 3 weeks and...

  16. fired... where can a bad nurse go to find a job?

    dreamingofbeing replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I want to start off by saying you are NOT stupid. You made some mistakes, so have I and just about everyone else. Luckily nursing is a career that can take you down many paths. I agree that bedside...

  17. what are these yellow gowns for?

    dreamingofbeing replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    I've worn blue plastic disposable gowns, yellow disposable gowns, and yellow cloth gowns that were laundered all for isolation

  18. PT/INR/PTT info?coumadin/heparin-

    dreamingofbeing replied to angell883RN's topic in Patient Medications

    In the department I work in the INR has to be less than 2 to do things like PICC lines, dialysis catheters, fistulograms, and a few other procedures. It has to be below 1.5 to do biopsies, any kind of...

  19. Leaving Interventional Radiology for Children's Psych?

    dreamingofbeing replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to say thank you for all the replies. I did a lot of heart and soul searching and have decided that I am going to go with the psych job when and if I get the final offer. I go in this...

  20. "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    dreamingofbeing replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Interventional Radiology and we clean patients all the time. What breaks my heart is the patients that come down and they are soaked in urine and covered in dried feces. We are always...

  21. contacting hospital pharmacy...

    dreamingofbeing replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    When I called the pharmacy one time about compatibility I told them that I had already looked it up on Micromedex and just wanted to confirm what I found out they told me that was how they checked...

  22. Most competitive fields to get into?

    dreamingofbeing replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    LTC, med/surg are the easiest around here. NICU, hospice, radiology (which I am), and L&D are the

  23. What to do for this patient simulation????

    dreamingofbeing replied to ilovetonurse's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked up the causes for what is abnormal? That's where you should start then do a plan of care from

  24. Worst Interview Ever!!

    dreamingofbeing replied to 312time's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Prove her wrong. Keep applying and you will find a

  25. How should I ask my manager...?

    dreamingofbeing replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    Where I used to work when a day shift opened up it was offered to the people on night shift first and went by seniority. If none of them were interested then it was posted for everyone. I'm not sure...