Labmom1118

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1. Wages

   Labmom1118 replied to awall04's topic in Career Support

   At mine and my husband's jobs, if you don't take benefits when you're first hired, you can't apply until the next open enrollment period which, for both of us, is June/July. So you could potentially be uninsured for several months. My hospital used ...

2. Wages

   Labmom1118 replied to awall04's topic in Career Support

   That's crazy! What kind of hospital doesn't offer benefits? I would definitely think long and hard about it as I was applying for other jobs.

3. Wages

   Labmom1118 replied to awall04's topic in Career Support

   That does seem low but, if that's what they're paying in the area, you can't expect much more as a new nurse. I went to nursing school in Florida where the starting pay was around $17 an hour but moved to Louisiana right after graduation and started ...

4. Peer interview

   Labmom1118 replied to sanmaru2001's topic in Job Hunt

   I would look at this as an opportunity to really learn what the job is like. From somebody on the front lines. And to see how you mesh with the people you would actually be working with.

5. New RN Grad Interview

   Labmom1118 replied to nurse4211's topic in Job Hunt

   Could you have put your available start date for after you returned from vacation? It's in poor taste to start making demands before you're even offered the job. The employer wants to know that you put your career first. And what good is orienting so...

6. CNA attire during interview?

   Labmom1118 replied to Shanty3710's topic in Job Hunt

   Congratulations. I purchased a pants suit for my pinning ceremony with the intention to wear it for interviews and it worked out well.

7. PROBATION with RESTRICTED RN LICENSE - NOW RN REINSTATEMENT : FORMAL HEARING

   Labmom1118 replied to JC4me's topic in General Nursing

   Innumbreated?

8. PROBATION with RESTRICTED RN LICENSE - NOW RN REINSTATEMENT : FORMAL HEARING

   Labmom1118 replied to JC4me's topic in General Nursing

   Why would an employer want to take on an inexperienced nurse with a restricted license when they undoubtedly have many qualified applicants without that baggage? And, like everybody has said, firing and reporting to the BON over late meds seems very ...

9. Possible adult admit with minor child in tow

   Labmom1118 replied to Monkey Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   We have had this situation with admitting OB patients who are dropped off with their kids. We also have older children staying with their mother after delivery without another parent or support person there. We have no policy that I know of to addres...

10. Second guessing myself need advice

    Labmom1118 replied to Moenine9's topic in Career Support

    You might look for a CNA job in OB. We love our CNAs and, while the job is completely different from being an RN, you can learn a lot and get your foot in the door if that's what you really want to do after graduation.

11. Was your first job out of school your dream job?

    Labmom1118 replied to team_nurse's topic in Career Support

    Things worked out for me and I got my dream job at the time. I knew when I graduated nursing school that I hated med surg and really didn't want to do adults period. I really liked newborn nursery. I graduated in May 2008, moved to another state and ...

12. Can I exceeding safe speed ticket stop me from getting a hospice job

    Labmom1118 replied to kimlpn2013's topic in Career Support

    A speeding ticket is nothing. As long as you were not arrested, it should not show up as anything detrimental on a background check. I would be unemployed many times over if they worried about speeding tickets.

13. Can I reset my gpa if I never went to a community college before?

    Labmom1118 replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in New York

    Maybe for acceptance. But your previous GPA is not averaged with the classes you take at your new school.

14. Leaving nursing. Has anyone else done it? How?

    Labmom1118 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    8 years in. If I can get my stuff together and take the Praxis (find my ACT scores from 15 years ago to not have to take the Core Praxis) then I hope to start school to get my post-baccalaureate certificate and become a high school science teacher. I...

15. I'm joining the club!

    Labmom1118 replied to FloridaBeagle's topic in School

    Movie reference - Mean Girls. "On Wednesdays, we wear pink."