I'm a new nurse, looked for a hospital job for almost a year, and then found work at an LTC in the sub-acute unit. I love my patients, and while I'm still planning to move into Med-Surg in a hospital, I'm grateful for this job. I'm learning a lot, an...
Anyone have any experience with Beverly Hospital in Montebello? I had an interview there for telemetry this week, looking for context. The HR and unit managers were all really nice, very warm and receptive. Anyone know what a new grad RN might expec...
ro'smom replied to Coriander's topic in California
Hey there. Just spoke to Nurse Recruitment. He said that some units are still making calls for interviews. He said that due to the high number of applicants (over 700) they are sticking to folks who had a senior preceptorship in the kind of units tha...
ro'smom replied to Coriander's topic in California
I just called the Nurse Recruitment office, and the woman on the phone said that they've finished screening the applicants and that they're working with the units to see which ones will take new grads. She said they haven't started making calls to sc...
ro'smom replied to youknowho's topic in California
jl11, as far as I know there are not really any student discounts for BART or the trans-bay bus. Sometimes it's possible to buy large-value BART tickets for a slight discount, and I think they do have them for sale in the Student Center, but it's not...
ro'smom replied to youknowho's topic in California
Hi all, I'm in my second semester at SFSU. Lots of my classmates commute in from all over the East Bay, some from much further away than Berkeley. If you can take public transit (BART), it's a bit less stressful than driving. Some people carpool tog...
ro'smom replied to torasamu's topic in Pre-Nursing
Afro81, I think the bigger question you need to consider is where you want to be living while in school--Chico is very laid back and much more inexpensive. It's also kind of out in the middle of farm country, so if it's important to you to be in or n...
ro'smom replied to markuskristian's topic in Pre-Nursing
I'm currently volunteering at a mid-sized urban hospital, with two weekly shifts, one in emergency (which includes a small urgent care) and one in outpatient surgery. It's FANTASTIC. I've been there about six weeks now, and it's really giving me a cl...