CocoChanel

CocoChanel

Ortho-Neuro,labor and delivery, nursery

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About CocoChanel

CocoChanel has 9 years experience and specializes in Ortho-Neuro,labor and delivery, nursery.


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  1. On-call requirements

    On the unit I work on, we are required to take 40 hours of call per schedule (4 weeks) in 4 hour increments. We get $3/hr for being on call and time and a half if called in. Over the 4.5 years I've been on this unit, our call has increased from 24 h...
  2. New Grad RN needing job

    Hey there. I live on the coast and I know what you're going through. I was in the same boat when I graduated over 2 years ago. It took me over a year before I was finally able to find a job. Now that I have 1+ years of experience, I still find it dif...
  3. How do I go from med/surg ICU to NICU???

    I too want to transition from med/surg to NICU. Would you recommend taking an NRP class to look a little more appealing?
  4. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    I have been searching for a job for 9 months now and STILL nothing! I don't have any kids but I do have bills (especially from school). I have tried everywhere...hospitals both in and out of state, internships, nurse tech positions, doctors' offices...
  5. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    Thanks for the info. I talked to a hospitalist who works at Memorial recently and he told me that pt. count is down right now so the jobs are very few. I had no idea HR was that bad there. I've applied for several positions at Memorial since Janua...
  6. A Day In the Life of a New Grad

    well said e non imus,rn and so very true. i've been a nurse for 7 months now and still no permanent work. it gets very frustrating and depressing at times. i too get the "come and move to xx place because they're hiring" or "i don't understand why y...
  7. William Carey

    I have a friend that graduated from WC about 4 years ago, but she took her prereqs at JD though. She said she enjoyed it and they really made an effort to work with her when she had her daughter prematurely in the middle of the semester. From talki...
  8. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    The problem is not the amount of job openings available, because there are plenty of openings here on the coast but its a matter of are they willing to hire and train new grads. From my experience and several others the answer right now is NO. I'm ...
  9. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    Hopefully the job market will have picked up for new graduates by then. I started looking in Mobile for a job, but when I went over there they told me that they were slowly beginning to come off of their hiring freezes, so I just had to wait and see....
  10. i'm a (not so new) grad rn. i graduated back in december and have been looking for work ever since. i have applied everywhere...hospitals, clinics, dr.'s office, you name it.....and have still found nothing! i've put in about 60-70 applications so fa...
  11. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    Thanks for the info dRN1 and there's no need to be rude ct1989, she was just asking. I also sent you a PM dRN1
  12. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    I live on the MS Gulf Coast
  13. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    Can definitely relate. I just found out from a former classmate that one of our old instructors told her that none of the local hospitals will be hiring new grads for the next 6 months! Wow, I don't know exactly how true that is, but this particula...
  14. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    Glad to see that I am not alone! I just got my REJECTION letter from the RN internship last week, so I'm back on the grind again. I swear with all these applications I've put in someone should recognize my name by now:lol2:. Good luck with your se...
  15. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    No, I haven't been able to get on at Memorial. I've applied for several jobs there and did follow ups only to be told the positions had already been filled. I even signed up for the upcoming RN internship, but with so many people graduating in May,...