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[naydi]

I was just wondering where Vurtgirl is too! And I still haven't heard from Vincent/Kathryn Fan. Hello girls!!! Are you there?

NO?!!?! That's odd... She had been a fixture almost everyday then just sort of disappeared; it was during a relatively 'quiet' period, too.

What up, V/K??

[naydi]

Well, folks: I'VE GOT A NURSING JOB!!! Yippee kiiiiiiiii!! Sad part is, it involves leaving the organization that I've been with for the last five years. Lies, ineffectual HR support and egos: All have added up to me heading out the door. Pretty quickly, too...

The day I found out that I passed the boards, I found out that a position that I'd applied for here didn't actually exist. HR had screwed up and not taken it down. The posting date was July, the position was filled in August. It was that Friday, two weeks from when I'd sent my application in that I called them, receiving a quick response because the CNO had called them to say that he'd asked me to call them after he'd been told that I passed the boards. That's right. Nary a call nor email from HR in the two week's that my application sat languishing, DESPITE the fact that I had sent notification to HR's supposed "Workforce Development Specialist" -she who's charged with working with us internal nursing student employees- pointing out that I'd applied, which position it was and even the page it was on in the online job postings. This is the same person to whom I was supposed to, and did, send notification six months before my graduation of my grad date, and kept updated throughout the board process and all that so she could set up meetings for me with nursing managers and HR recruiters. She'd done none of that. She did, however, forward the news of my application to the recruiter. The recruiter, in turn, did nothing, apparently, involved with looking at my application nor the job posting.

Now, why was I applying for a job when I was told point-blank upon being asked if I was going to a certain campus, by the Nursing Director of that campus that "..oh no, there WILL BE a position for you!!"? Well, that's because, two weeks earlier, when I had my NCLEX date set and called the Nursing Director to find out how to set the whole transition process in motion, I was told 'Oh no, we can't hold positions for people...I'm sorry if that's what you thought?? I don't think any organization would do that!!'.<---a blatant, out of touch un-truth, actually.. I hadn't applied anywhere else. The CNO was made aware of this double-back by my "mentor" the night of the awards dinner. The CNO who has been trying to keep me here since he met me after his joining the organization last year. As a side note, mentor doesn't know that he already knew me.

Cut back to the Friday that I passed the boards. Upon finding out that, on top of having had the above smoke blown up my a**, that the position I had applied for didn't even exist and that there were no full time day positions across the whole Alliance; paged my mentor. The jist of that conversation "you need to just do what you're told" ('xact words, mind you) and, basically, that I need to accept that I need to start begging the organization for a job, any job, that SHE (being the woman who works for The Man, as she's fond of saying) was going to get me. "Yeah, she told you you had a job, then she said you didn't - so? I told you I was gonna help you get a job"?? (mind you, no word on just how "she" was going to get me a job was spoken) "You're a new nurse; you need to just take whatever they're gonna give you". She also announced how she was going to 'teach (me) how to write an email' about these sorts of things when she came back to the office the next Wednesday. Uh, huh...

SO, hanging up with her, that's when I applied to a slew of other org's including one offering a $10,000 sign on bonus. Got a call from them last Monday (you know - the next business day), met with the Director of Nursing on Wednesday after which I left knowing I had a tentative job offer, pending all standard checks and drug testing. Well, if you recall, Wednesday was the day that I was going to be taught 'how to write an email'. This outside meeting was at the end of the day.

Came into work Thursday morning, feeling good _and re-validated_ by the previous day's meeting but still shaky about which way to go. Well, that's when I opened my email. I had a second of two emails from my forever-fired mentor carrying over the same rude, joy-sucking tone from Friday; but this one had a new added combative touch of 'well it seems that you're prepared to serve as your best advocate', just for good measure. Well, the CNO now has that whole chain of emails; along with a description of Friday's telephone conversation, and a written history of all that I had tried to do in compliance with the internal Workforce Develpment program to try to become an RN within this organization (including all contact emails). My note ended with a disclosure of the 6-day interview and job offer process with the outside organization and my feeling that it "would not be in my best interest" to decline the offer. The email was rife with gratitude toward him and expressions of my, very honest, belief in his level of concern for all RNs with or trying to join the organization.

Well, since my sending that note and not replying at all to hers, the mentor has been writing to me and calling me asking which positions within the org I've applied for "in preparation for (her) meeting" with the CNO. Apparently, I guess we're still somehow serving as "my advocate". At least as far as that meeting goes, I suppose. None of these calls nor emails have been returned; the CNO was already made aware in my note that I had no plans of continuing conversations with her. She's called from offices that I know are right next door to hers. She went as far as having the CNO's assistant (her friend) call me the other day, "just to catch up". No information about my plans or actions was shared with her either - I was very busy.

Well, yesterday, the CNO's assistant contacted me again, this time it was in line with a directive from him to set up a one-hour meeting with me. It'll be taking place on Monday. There was an additional call from my mentor this morning - she didn't leave a voicemail...


SOOOOOOO, my first day with the new org will be Monday, 3/19. Three days a week, 12-hour days. Only thing, they're at night. Do I care, though, given it's a three day a week schedule? Not particularly!! I'm so excited - it's long term acute care. They get the sickest of the sick; I'll be learning my A** off with these people!! Also, they've an internal critical care training program after which I'll have earned enough hours to sit for certification AND there's IV insertion training, PICC line insertion if I so desire and an internal dialysis program is being considered. Like I said, learning my a** off... My boss let slip that the Monday meeting will include a job here that the CNO located, it's way too late for that, the only unfortunate part being that it's no fault of his at all - but now he knows where all of the problem recruiting areas are so he can fix them.


<humh? wonder if this is going to take up a whole page? >

[stefanl]

Well, folks: I'VE GOT A NURSING JOB!!! Yippee kiiiiiiiii!! <humh? wonder if this is going to take up a whole page? >

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You seriously rock.

[stefanl]

Thank you Linda! I was hoping you'd jump in here. I've gone cross-eyed trying to locate the big meow, and am now seeing permanent "dots" before my eyes with the effort.

This link might help folks, but I think Linda is correct: part of Leo is obscured by the moon.

http://www.allthesky.com/constellations/leo/
Peachy

The seriously sucky thing about this is that Leo wasn't even in the sky when the eclipse happened. WHAT were they thinking?!!!

The explanation given with the image says the stars would be extremely dim but Leo is still one of the easiest constellations to recognize because of the heart star Regulus and the tail. Both are blue and both are really obvious.

I am officially calling uncle!

[Mari Welsh]

Well, folks: I'VE GOT A NURSING JOB!!! Yippee kiiiiiiiii!! Sad part is, it involves leaving the organization that I've been with for the last five years. Lies, ineffectual HR support and egos: All have added up to me heading out the door. Pretty quickly, too...
SOOOOOOO[/i], my first day with the new org will be Monday, 3/19. Three days a week, 12-hour days. Only thing, they're at night. Do I care, though, given it's a three day a week schedule? Not particularly!! I'm so excited - it's long term acute care. They get the sickest of the sick; I'll be learning my A** off with these people!! Also, they've an internal critical care training program after which I'll have earned enough hours to sit for certification AND there's IV insertion training, PICC line insertion if I so desire and an internal dialysis program is being considered.

Congratulations! Bon Chance! and You go girl! International Women's Day marked with a bang by Nurse Nadi, Super RN and *** Kicker!
Go get 'em, and enjoy the new challenges, you'll welcome them, and it's a chance to do right by yourself, and for others!
Very Great News!
Beulah

[naydi]

Congratulations! Bon Chance! and You go girl! International Women's Day marked with a bang by Nurse Nadi, Super RN and *** Kicker!
Go get 'em, and enjoy the new challenges, you'll welcome them, and it's a chance to do right by yourself, and for others!
Very Great News!
Beulah

Hey- I heard a comment about that after a Fiona Apple song this morning. When did that happen? And where was I?? Was there a meeting I didn't know about?


<danke stef and Beu!>


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EDIT Ask the compooter and you shall receive:

http://www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2007/background.shtml

[peachybc]

Congrats, Nurse Naydi!! Be careful of your humor, woman! Don't be spouting off those wicked retorts to folks who have stitches in their bods! Oooops! Clean up on Ward 9, exploding patient syndrome strikes again!
Peachy

[soright]

This is definitely off topic (and may even veer into blasphomy territory)... but did anyone watch House on Tuesday night? I decided against watching Blind Spot for the third time and switched it to FOX. Guests were Dave Matthews (from the band of the same name! ) and Red from That 70's show (Kurtwood Smith) playing a sick musical savant and his father. They were amazing.

[naydi]

Congrats, Nurse Naydi!! Be careful of your humor, woman! Don't be spouting off those wicked retorts to folks who have stitches in their bods! Oooops! Clean up on Ward 9, exploding patient syndrome strikes again!
Peachy

Well, There goes the plan to become the Queen of Dehiscence... You know, that's the ONLY time in nursing school that I basically twisted up in a pretzel in shock and disgust.

Aaaaah great.... Just grossed myself out now thinking back to that slide. After the 'wrath of khan' line, was just thinking this morning back to my old co-worker bestowed title of Master of Putrid Imagery. Yep. One of those gifts that keeps on giving, it is. Just like gastric reflux....

[Tina70]

Well, folks: I'VE GOT A NURSING JOB!!! Yippee kiiiiiiiii!! Sad part is, it involves leaving the organization that I've been with for the last five years. Lies, ineffectual HR support and egos: All have added up to me heading out the door. Pretty quickly, too...

<humh? wonder if this is going to take up a whole page? >

For news like that, worth taking up more than one page!

Congratulations and all the best of luck to you in the new job. Sounds like a lot of hard work (not to mention dealing with bureaucracy) led up to it!

Kristina

[stefanl]

Dehiscence...

Not THAT's a term rarely heard at the dinner table.

[peachybc]

Not THAT's a term rarely heard at the dinner table.

LMHO!! We could teach CI a thing or two!
Peachy

[pinkpjs]

Not THAT's a term rarely heard at the dinner table.

Unless there is a nurse in the family. Or in my family's case...two. My poor father drops his fork at least six times during Christmas dinner. My brother works for a cardiologist and I'm in obstetrics, so we've got the whole thing covered. *G*

So Naydi, have you found your "kryptonite" yet? (the one thing you just cannot tolerate to see/touch/deal with?) I've delivered babies (when the doctor didn't make it) bare handed and never blinked an eye, but dear Lord...don't let a baby spit up breast milk on me. *G* I go nuts!

My best advice is to find an ally. Find someone who can tolerate YOUR kryptonite but has a kryptonite of their own that YOU can tolerate. You can help each other out.

Congratulations, BTW...

Oh and I work 12 hour shifts at night. I love it. I'm not a morning person, so I'd be fired if I worked the day shift. *G*

[Keiko12]

I imagine that this picture is Baby Bobby Goren who loves to read books since youth. Thanks CIlover for this picture!

[whyaskwhy]

Well, folks: I'VE GOT A NURSING JOB!!! Yippee kiiiiiiiii!!

Congratulations, Naydi! I wish you all the best with your new job.

How tempting, now, to write that one person a right, proper email!

[Keiko12]

Well, folks: I'VE GOT A NURSING JOB!!! Yippee kiiiiiiiii!! Sad part is, it involves leaving the organization that I've been with for the last five years. Lies, ineffectual HR support and egos: All have added up to me heading out the door. Pretty quickly, too...

Hi, Naydi! Click this Congrats Card link! Hope you like it!

[easterlily07]

Hi, Naydi! Click this Congrats Card link! Hope you like it!

Cute card Keiko!

[easterlily07]

Well, folks: I'VE GOT A NURSING JOB!!! Yippee kiiiiiiiii!! Sad part is, it involves leaving the organization that I've been with for the last five years. Lies, ineffectual HR support and egos: All have added up to me heading out the door. Pretty quickly, too...
<humh? wonder if this is going to take up a whole page? >

Awesome Naydi!

[bwalter]

All right! You are on your way, Sister Naydi! (please slow down with all these achievements, though - I'm running through the Lawson cards at a ferocious pace, and at this rate I'll be forced to send you a Hallowe'en card when you take over Johns Hopkins).

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1170326201814

[Tina70]

All right! You are on your way, Sister Naydi! (please slow down with all these achievements, though - I'm running through the Lawson cards at a ferocious pace, and at this rate I'll be forced to send you a Hallowe'en card when you take over Johns Hopkins).

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1170326201814

The Lawson cards are great! I can't shop online due to no credit card. However, my mother subscribes and so I receive my fair share... ! Is there one for "newly minted nurse", by any chance?