July 19 - July 25 Hottest New Topics Job Searching can be exhausting! Using the allnurses.com job site is a great way to ease your burden. We provide you with targeted niche jobs for professionals, without all those unrelated jobs. You'll find jobs directly related to your career field and interests! Niche recruiting sites are the best source for targeted jobs that fit your career profile. More and more employers are using these sites in their recruiting campaigns, meaning there are more jobs posted here every week! Staff Blog Without revealing too many personal details, let us just say that this gentleman is one of my favorite residents, EVER. He's been on the ICF unit of our facility for a couple of years, but in the relatively short time I've known him, I've discovered that underneath his gruff demeanor and crude manners lives a mischievous lad with a sense of humor that won't quit.........and even a little sweetness. Read More Article I was into my fourth month as a labor and delivery nurse when I received report on a patient who was diagnosed with a term intrauterine fetal demise. She had only stopped feeling the baby move earlier in the morning before she came in that night. A feeling of dread consumed me as I walked to room 418. Read More Topic I am a BSN student who is interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the future, probably a year after I graduate. I have read some posts and found that many here believe that an RN with that little experience has no place in Advanced Practice programs. This is where I disagree. Read More I got a denial letter 2 weeks ago but noticed that the job is still posted (supposedly, "another candidate was hired"). So I called the nurse recruiter today and asked if I could reapply for the job. He told me, "Yes, it's still open, but the manager was not interested in interviewing you." I was too stunned to ask why.... What's up with this? Read More Student Discussions One thing you are going to want to have down pat, is your contact precautions! Not only the PPE you should have on for each type of disease, but also what order to PPE off, what the patient should have on when being transported to another unit, what those transporting the patient should have on, the order in which you remove each piece of equipment, how often to perform hand hygeine and which diseases require which type of precaution. Read More What is the expected dress code for nursing classes? I realize that it's uniforms for clinicals and such, but what about other times? Professional, regular street clothes? TIA! Read More Regional Discussion - Pennsylvania I am new to this site, and just wanted to say hello to everyone! I graduated this past spring with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing and passed my boards a little over a month ago! I wanted to see if anyone out there is going to be working at the new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. I start in the PICU there next month. Is anyone else out there going to be working in their PICU? I haven't even been inside the new hospital yet, but I hear it's absolutely amazing! I hear the PICU is VERY, very nice as well! Read More
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