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This is a long way past your post but...did you get the job??? This was good for me to read because I tend to get lax about keeping up with post interview follow ups. I forget how much people are awaiting a reply. Thanks for the reminder!

My ambulatory surgery center has a much smaller budget, and I sensed that the nurses were up to their eyeballs in tote bags and water bottles with company logos, so I asked around what they would like. Starbucks gift certificates won out and were a b...

do tell...what is your new job that you now love??

I have worked in E.R. for 15 yrs. Need a change bad! I've being courted by cath lab to come join them. I'm trying to research the good/ bad / and ugly of cath lab nursing. Of course the Call seems to be the huge issue. Some say I'll be too bored. B...

LTC facilities are in need of people just like you. And, a new grad has an opportunity to learn many things, and gain invaluable experience. Compromising your integrity and good nursing judgement is a CHOICE. You do not seem to be someone who will a...

Can someone please give me the job description for ltc DON ? I have been asked to interview and consider this position. While in a Hospital HR dept, applying for another , totally unrelated position. I have 23 yrs of rn experience. Varied alot for aw...

Thanks for the suggestion. How do I find these jobs? I don't see them in the spectrum or journals. Do I just check known ins. companies' websites? Where do they advertise typically?

I applied for a case mgmt position at my hospital. There are 7 or 8 new openings, so I figured they would be willing to train at least a couple of them! My dilemma is that I have mostly ER, out pt urgent care, and recent PACU experience. I have not ...

+I hear ya! It's not that we're just staying in it for the money- it's that we have built a life, and have responsibilities, and bills according to what we've made for the past several years. And to go back to close to minimum wage, or even half-- is...

Well, I sympathize completely! I too am a right brained person. working in a left brain world! I also have 22 yrs nursing experience, mostly ER, and tried other positions to mix it up a little. (oh, the stories we could tell) I am presently on a st...

My ex-hub quit his job in the middle of my second semester of nursing school. He said I would have to drop out and get a full time job to support us. I was devestated, and had children, and finals looming. I stuck it out, finished the semester- worke...

I have considered the Opah Show numerous times myself! I think if Oprah did a show on the nursing shortage, and what "Real Nurses" have to say about it--- We would finally get Someones attention! Maybe a lot of people-- maybe the entire nation! I sa...

I worked in Pacu -recovering an angiogram pt for about 6 hrs. Very sweet couple, kinda dirty, poor. We had a great day, they raise and Show dogs in competition. apparently they are well known in the dog show biz. When I discharge them to their car--...

TNTC...Rectally inserted vibrator , unable to retrieve - spent 4 hrs in ER, surgeon finally called in- tried for another 2 hrs. Pt was finally taken to OR to remove under sedation. Spent 5 hrs in pacu--- ON CHRISTMAS EVE!!! He was too tired to go hom...

I hear cardiac cath lab is a nice dept to work in. They're in big demand, and pay is good. There is call though-- but good $$$ when called in. Other times, procedures are pretty routine--- occas **** hits the fan--- just to keep it interesting! Anyon...

I am currently an E.R. nurse of > 15 yrs. Really need a change! I have interviewed at 2 ltc facilities for ADON positions. ( I have 23 yrs nrsg exp/ varied most ER, I'm 47) My paln is to do ADON about a year , then apply for DON position, then may...

I was hired into ICU fresh out of school. I graduated with honors so I thouhght that was sufficient reeason. I lasted 2 months. I hardly knew what was normal , let alone abnormal. If someone's abdomen was distended I was sure they were bleeding into ...

I have no answers for you, but am relieved to hear I am not the only one going through this! I thought I was going crazy at age 47! My MD put me on Zoloft last spring-- it was the worst summer iof my life_ I drifted along in as fog all summer - It's ...

I'm seriously worried about retirement; there's never enough left to put away for that, and pensions are a thing of the past and hardly adequate.Savings is barely do-able the cost of insurance , and the poor coverage offerred these days is atrocious....

I have sat in to observe the daily workings of cath lab- on 2 occasions, 2 different hospitals. I have asked my hosp C.L.to add me to the call-in list on my days off so I can observe how an acute intervention goes. So before I make my decision, I'll ...