[Calypso123]

Hi!
I'm graduating from nursing school soon, and moving to Atlanta, GA. Can anyone help me with these questions....

1. Do you know which hospitals offer Loan Repayment? Also, I noticed CHOA offers Stafford Loan Repayment- does anyone know anything about this? Is a contract required?

2. Will hospitals in Atlanta hire you as a GN, or do you have to be a RN? What do you work as until you pass your boards?

3. I'm interested in Peds. Are there alternative options to CHOA?

THANK YOU!

[NurseBunky]

Originally Posted by Calypso123

Hi!
I'm graduating from nursing school soon, and moving to Atlanta, GA. Can anyone help me with these questions....

1. Do you know which hospitals offer Loan Repayment? Also, I noticed CHOA offers Stafford Loan Repayment- does anyone know anything about this? Is a contract required?

2. Will hospitals in Atlanta hire you as a GN, or do you have to be a RN? What do you work as until you pass your boards?

3. I'm interested in Peds. Are there alternative options to CHOA?

THANK YOU!

I currently work at CHOA but I don't know anything about a loan repayment. You may want to talk to a recruiter in regards to that. CHOA will hire you as a GN but you will be considered a nurse-grad tech and will be oriented as a tech until you pass NCLEX. I think you still get nursing pay as a nurse-grad tech. There are 3 hospitals in the CHOA program. Crawford Long, Northside Hospital and Atlanta Metro all have NICU. There is another pediatric hospital that I know of located in Macon,Ga.