Starting RN school in Waterloo

U.S.A. Iowa

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Seeking part time work in the waterloo area. Have searched online, but no luck really. Anyone out there who could suggest a decent place to work while in nursing school in the waterloo area?

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Are you an LPN or CNA?

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Specializes in ICU, School Nurse, Med/Surg, Psych.

Go to the hospitals and look into tech or assistant jobs. Even working in the dietary department will help you later on when you want a good nursing job.

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Specializes in LTC.

LTC or Hospital?

The Western Home (downtown Cedar Falls) is an excellent facility. I have been there for 5 years and love it.

Also, The Luthren Home and Friendship Village are supposed to be a good ones.

I would stay away from Ravenwood, Parkview, Country View (county home), etc. They are traps for crappy care.

Both hospitals are good though! :nuke:

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Thanks for the suggestions. I am an LPN working towards my RN

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I recommend the hospital on on the north side of town, just get on their website and look for tech jobs there are a lot open right now.

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Specializes in ICU, School Nurse, Med/Surg, Psych.

Do you know that Hawkeye uses a grading scale that does not have +/-? That means that if you get a little lower than a B your GPA will reflect a C not a B- or C+?????

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That is right, 80% is considerred not passing.

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Specializes in ICU, School Nurse, Med/Surg, Psych.

it is more than just having an 80% pass rate. You would be hard pressed to find a nursing school that does not have an 80% required passing rate. The difference is that instead of your transcript having a B- with a 2.66 GPA you get a C and a GPA of 2.0!! Big difference when you try to get a higher degree- GPA counts!. Big difference if you need to go to another school to attempt to finish the nursing degree- 2.0 may keep you out and 2.66 could have gotten you in.

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