My laptop died, and my life has been chaotic, preventing me from doing much in the way of updating for the past stretch of time, but I'm back. Today has been a good day for the most part. It's my 2nd day off in a row, then I just have a couple of floor shifts then the weekend off, which makes me happy. My shifts haven't been too bad lately, which ( Read more... )

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So I've been working now for about 3 weeks. Got my first full paycheck today! I've been orienting all over the place, I have 4 more days of orientation before I am on my own. I have been working in the detox unit and it is challenging, but I like it so far. I had 5 patients today, and was running around like a chicken with my head cut off! The ( Read more... )

After a month of wrangling, I got a job offer! I go in tomorrow for drug screening and orientation. :) It's sub acute care, addiction nursing, so it's a departure from my previously stated goals, but I am at the point now where I really just need a job and I can't really afford to be picky. I've been stressing out about work for a long time now ( Read more... )

So I had a 3rd ER interview and crashed and burned at it also. Ok, Universe, I give. So much so, that when I was asked to come in for a 4th ER interview at yet another hospital, I didn't. I had a really negative feeling that hadn't been present with the others, and just REALLY didn't want to do it, so I didn't. Perhaps that was an opportunity I ( Read more... )

2 interviews, 2 rejections. This time I got to reference checks at least. I'm both sad and angry because what cost me this job was a slow reference. They wanted 2 employment references and my best one (the clinic where I worked for 10 years) never got the survey in. I was texting her frequently, to see if she got it, she said her e mail was ( Read more... )

Why the FUCK would you say repeatedly that you would happily supply a reference for me, tell me that I'm doing fine and "am where I should be" throughout our working relationship, and on evals, but then when the time comes to put up and do what you said you'd do, you send me an e mail asking if I'm dead set on an ER career or wouldn't you maybe ( Read more... )

I got an e mail today from another hospital I applied to for an ER residency, they want to do an interview on March 27. I guess so many of us applied, there will be mulitiple phases to the interview.... the first is a meet n greet group interview with all selected applicants. Not sure what happens after ( Read more... )

Friday I have an interview for an ER residency at a hospital that's within a decent commuting distance, and their trauma designation is a step up from the hospital I precepted at (a 3 from a 4). I am praaaaaying/hoping/wishing that I get this job. I've been out of school for 3 months now and still unemployed. Never thought I'd want to work so ( Read more... )

After 12 years of faithful service, it is time to retire my cute little Saturn Coupe. We went out yesterday and got a 2013 Acura ILX. I've never had a brand new car before. It's so nice and there's so many buttons and controls! Ahhhh shiny! I've wanted an Acura for a while now. It's kind of been my "dream" car. It's kind of crazy how things ( Read more... )