sweetcaroline

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1. RN wages: California vs Washington State

   sweetcaroline replied to nurse1717's topic in Washington

   Thanks for all your input, I had no idea what the situation was. I've looked into travel nursing but I don't think I'm really ready for that. I didn't realize there was so much variation for salaries. :)

2. RN wages: California vs Washington State

   sweetcaroline replied to nurse1717's topic in Washington

   I am moving to Washington (seattle area) for my husband's job and I had a job interview at UW today. I was totally shocked to hear that with my 1 year experience in the OR, I'll be making almost $3 less per hour than in Chicago (I was making $27). Th...

3. Salary in Seattle for RNs---low, or is it just me??

   sweetcaroline posted a topic in Washington

   I got licensed in Chicago, IL and I'm moving to Seattle in August 07. Today I had an interview at U of W's OR. I was shocked to see the starting salary for me, with 1 year experience, to be $24.73/hr. I started at $24 in Chicago and now make $27/hr a...

4. Need help w/ Illinois license reciprocity

   sweetcaroline replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in Illinois

   I may move to Seattle Washington next year and I need some info on how to change my Illinois License there...any suggestions??? Thanks!

5. How long does it take to get ATT for NCLEX

   sweetcaroline replied to manurse06's topic in NCLEX

   You are all lucky--my school didn't submit ANYTHING for us--we had to do it all ourselves. Many of us weren't aware that we could offer our application online (this is Illinois, Chicago), and now we've been waiting three weeks since sending the appli...

6. How many don't make it out?

   sweetcaroline replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in General Students

   I don't want to discourage you, but our school has the highest pass rate of the City Colleges of Chicago. It also has the most number of students. Of the 110 or so of us that started at the same time, only 81 made it to take our exit exam (the HESI) ...

7. Can someone explain ON-CALL??

   sweetcaroline replied to sweetcaroline's topic in Operating Room

   More questions: when you're at home on-call, are you paid for those hours? How many times do you do it a month? You wear a pager, or do they call your cell phone? You can probably volunteer to be on-call more often if you want overtime, right? The ma...

8. Can someone explain ON-CALL??

   sweetcaroline posted a topic in Operating Room

   I'm a new grad and just got a dream position in the OR. I'm trying to understand what the nurse manager explained about on-call procedures, but I AM SO CONFUSED! Can anyone help? I'll be working in a Level 1 trauma center in Chicago... Caroline

9. In need of truman college info

   sweetcaroline replied to M397's topic in Illinois

   Hi there, What is it you'd like to know about Truman? I just finished their 2 year program (yea, I graduated!). The pre-reqs took me about 1 year to complete. I took biology (general), Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology there. I still had some pre...

10. U of Chicago or IL Masonic?

    sweetcaroline replied to chi town girl's topic in Illinois

    Hi there, I got offered a position at Illinois Masonic's OR and to participate in their RN Residency program, which for me starts July 10. The next one begins sometime in October I believe. I've been to Masonic 3x for clinicals and like how professio...

11. As a new RN, should I stay at the hospital I currently work at?

    sweetcaroline posted a topic in Career Support

    Hi, Right now I work as a student nurse tech in a certain Chicago hospital. I'm preparing to apply for jobs next month (I'm graduating May) and wonder if I should stay at the current hospital (everyone there has been friendly) or move to a new hospit...

12. In need of truman college info

    sweetcaroline replied to M397's topic in Illinois

    Hi there. I'm currently a second year nursing student at Truman college. What do you need to know about the program? I'd be happy to answer some questions. I took all my pre-requisites there. I already came in with a Bachelor's degree, but I took my ...

13. Does anyone know of any hosptals in Chicago that accept graduate nurses?

    sweetcaroline replied to Brookie's topic in Illinois

    Brooke-- I am also on my last semester of nursing school, but here in Chicago. I do many of my clinicals in the various city hospitals. I also work as a Student Nurse Tech at St. Joseph's. FYI, St. Joe's is located on the lakeside, in Lincoln Park. I...