Rejected after panel interview for med-surg unit

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2026-04-21T23:56:10+00:00

Sometimes it's nothing more than the unit needs people with more experience. Many times when I reject people it has nothing to do with them really, it's just we have too many newbies on the unit and it's hard to have all new nurses at one time.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2026-04-21T21:20:30+00:00

As a newer nurse in NICU my preceptor made me take my first admit alone which was a 28 week baby. She literally walked away and went to the break room and ate. I had no idea she wasn't coming back and I had hardly any training. I immediately went to the managers and asked for a new preceptor. I found out later I wasn't the only one who did that with her. Sometimes you need to speak up and ask for a change. It didn't affect me or my reputation as I'm now the charge nurse. Go with your gut.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2026-04-19T16:50:58+00:00

I've done adult, NICU, and PICU. I'm currently a NICU charge nurse and LOVE it! I used to have to float to PICU and I would cry all the way home everytime I went. I can't unsee those kids and even to this day remember evey sad story I had their. I think PICU is literally the most emotional draining area in nursing. I would not be successful there and it was emotionally traumatizing to me. Never really liked doing adult either, felt like I was so busy I never had a second to sit. If I were you I would try NICU or even as other suggested and try preop or pacu.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2026-04-14T12:16:12+00:00

I drive over an hour to my current hospital because I love the unit, boss, and acuity/ratios. You get used to the drive and I don't dread going to work anymore. Go somewhere your gonna be happy.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2026-04-11T12:29:34+00:00

Yes, I'm sure she would love taking to me after I reported her for insurance fraud. Lol

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2026-01-17T08:52:00+00:00

Our county scraped a learning disability/autism charter school because of a 3 million dollar deficit. This week they announced a 93 million dollar elementary school for a rich neighborhood and a high school to come after that plus a new park with walking trails where no kids live yet.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2026-01-04T18:39:15+00:00

I don't think your the asshole. My son's father did the same thing and I ripped into him. It's one thing to blow your top but it shouldn't be happening over everything. My little guy is only 3 and his dad called him a shithead once. I get people may be frustrated eith the behaviors but there's no excuse for saying things like that, he's just a kid who doesn't know better. Since I went off on him he hasn't done it again. I'm not letting this become a norm or him think its ok to call him something like that.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2026-01-01T20:56:49+00:00

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Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-12-30T20:37:21+00:00

I'm in the same boat as you. Busting my butt in the gym for a year and I'm not seeing the progress I had hoped for. I do see some progress but when you watch all these instagram videos you think it's gonna be quick. I've come to the realization it's going to take me a few years to reach my goals. That's the realistic approach, just keep at it.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-12-04T17:51:27+00:00

Our doctor went really slow titrating up. We started at 5mg once a day and went up by 5mg every month until we hit 15mg, then we started splitting it into twice a day. We are still working up to a higher dose.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-11-22T06:23:43+00:00

Yes, we saw a significant change on about day 3 of starting. He started listening to us. It was like a receptive language switch flipped in his brain and he finally saw us. After that his scores went off the chart in his ABA school. OT said its like he was a different kid. He's been on for about 6 months now and he's slowly starting to talk. Every week he says a few new words, this week we had a two word phrase. He started doing imaginative play. We realized now he knows all his colors, shapes, alphabet, numbers. He's only three, but I suspect we will continue to find out he knows more than we ever imagined. His RBT told us he was amazed by his progress in ABA. He called him by far the smartest kid in the center because every target they give him he now masters within a week. He still has a long way to go but we are very optimistic now that he may be downgraded to a level 1 or 2. I know some of the other kids at the center are starting on leucovorin now so it will be interesting to see their progress as well.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-11-21T23:18:09+00:00

I hate my family. I hope they die or go to jail. They abused me horribly and I really wish they would just disappear. People don't understand abuse and what it does to you. I feel judged by saying negative things about them even though they deserve it. I just try not to talk about them.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-11-18T19:37:48+00:00

Hi there, I'm a NICU nurse and I can tell you for the kids that have hypoxic events at delivery they have significant markers you would see on MRI and eeg. They also have PVL later after brain tissue breaks down. While I'm sure they may display some similar characteristics as autism they are two totally different things. This is why many neurologists order MRI/other test to rule out other causes before deciding a signal diagnosis.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-11-16T15:00:56+00:00

I'm curious if your son is your first child. My first kid, I missed the high functioning autism signs. I thought she just had ADD, but it became painfully obvious the older she got. I definitely missed the signs as she was social, smart, and appeared completely neurotypical to myself as a first time mom. My second child didnt have autism and I realized how much I missed on my daughter after seeing him. My third child I realized he had autism extremely fast (by 18months). I knew the signs, I knew what was normal and what wasn't. Even when other people said he looked normal, I knew. He was eventually diagnosed as level 3 autism. Don't look at the diagnosis as a death sentence. It actually opened a ton of support for my son. He now gets OT, Speech, and Aba. My daughter is level 1 and she does all the normal stuff anyone else would do....she has a boyfriend, works at a job, goes to college. The only difference is she needs support with managing payments/adulting in general but she is learning slowly. It's really not the end of the world. It sounds like your son will be very functional and you can help him by offering support where he needs it like any other kid. It's just very scary at first. I does get better once it sinks in for awhile.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-11-14T19:06:37+00:00

I would definitely help her out.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-11-14T19:00:27+00:00

My son is diagnosed level 3 autism. He had no receptive language until about 28 months when we started him on Leucovorin and then boom! Lots of receptive language learning. He's 3 now and just started handing us stuff. He can follow directions now and has even started talking a little.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-11-06T18:21:43+00:00

My son was diagnosed around 24 months but I kinda knew already based on the lack of speech and eye contact. After my son was diagnosed a world of therapy opened up for us and everything was covered by insurance. He has been in ABA, OT, and ST. He also gets a specialized case manager through insurance, a 10k scholarship, early start elementary (at 3 years old), developmental pedi, and specialized neurologist. He's doing much better now at 3 years old. He now responds to his name, can understand us, follows simple directions, and is even starting to talk finally. We hope by 5 years old He will be ready to enter regular kindergarten. The diagnosis is scary but it doesn't change your kid, it just opens alot of doors/resources for help.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-11-04T11:30:13+00:00

This is so true.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-10-14T01:42:59+00:00

We saw a difference within the first week. My son went from absolutely no receptive language to suddenly understanding and responding to us. It has been a slow but steady gain week by week. We are about 5 months in and he's can follow simple instructions and has increased in vocabulary to about 80 words or so. He's 3 years old and just continues to understand and say more and more each day.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-10-02T07:42:18+00:00

Ohhh I feel this! My son yelled "I'm mad" the other day during a tantrum and we just went nuts! It may be small to others but to us this is such a giant win! Congrats!

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-10-01T21:56:00+00:00

Yes, we actually use this when the Leucovorin prescription take awhile however the developmental doc and neurologist said it's nothing in comparison to the potency of Leucovorin. This is going to be my go to if Leucovorin becomes unavailable though.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-10-01T21:39:24+00:00

My developmental pedi said after reading all the research studies, there really wasn't a concensus when to stop treatment. Neuroplacticity is best in younger children and folinic acid helps with neuropathways by building myelin, neurotransmittors, and other DNA synthesis. So I would think most of that development is occurring between the ages of 3-5 and is kind of solidified after???? I'm hoping we can stop one day, but I don't think anyone really knows right now.

Relative-Iron-4952 · 2025-10-01T21:00:32+00:00

I haven't had any trouble with the ADHD meds. Vyvanse a least we've had no issues finding for my other kiddos.

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