miss_smartie

miss_smartie has 5 years experience and specializes in CVICU.

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1. Nurse Clinician pay at Emory?

   miss_smartie replied to miss_smartie's topic in Georgia

   Thanks for your feedback! I'm still waiting for the GA BON to process my application... so it might be awhile before I can get an official offer...

2. Nurse Clinician pay at Emory?

   miss_smartie posted a topic in Georgia

   Hi all, I recently interviewed at Emory Midtown for a 'Nurse Clinician' night shift position... just curious if anyone can give me the 'scoop' on the hospital and compensation/shift differential? I have been an RN for two years and have my BSN. At t...

3. Sentara Norfolk General 5th floor

   miss_smartie replied to felineRN's topic in Virginia

   ^5RP is better than 5A from what my friends at Norfolk tell me.

4. Nurse Educator Chronicles: Male Student Nurse on the OB Floor

   miss_smartie replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   I'm a female and I remember strongly disliking my OB rotation in nursing school. Not exactly the same experience as a male student, but I just felt so uncomfortable and out of my element. My clinical instructor was pretty self-absorbed and didn't pay...

5. Sentara RN program graduate

   miss_smartie replied to miss_smartie's topic in Virginia

   Yes, they are moving to only the BSN option come next August, however, I felt there might be students who have just started the program now in August, as well as students who have been accepted or wait-listed for the January semester that still have ...

6. Sentara RN program graduate

   miss_smartie posted a topic in Virginia

   Greetings! I recently graduated from Sentara's RN diploma program this past May, and I see that many of you are considering the new BSN program as well as the RN diploma program. Just thought I would put up a post and offer to help out by answering q...

7. About the CPR certification

   miss_smartie replied to paxpax79's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with the above posters First, I would check with the nursing programs you are applying too and see exactly which certification is required. There are several different CPR certifications available. Many nursing programs require you to take t...

8. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

   miss_smartie replied to ashfost's topic in New Nurse

   Hi EmilyLucille, I wouldn't recommend coming back here if you don't have a job lined up already. I was pretty lucky and found a position by networking with my nurse manager from the unit where I performed my internship/role transition hours at. Unfor...

9. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

   miss_smartie replied to ashfost's topic in New Nurse

   I'm in Virginia Beach, Virginia and they start new grads in the hospital @ $20/hour. $8 shift diff. for nights, so guess what--I'm working nights! Good thing I do well with late hours

10. VA BEACH, VA

    miss_smartie replied to JDotHamp's topic in New Nurse

    Hi Jennifer, I hate to tell you, but there are very few to almost no openings for new graduates in Hampton Roads right now (Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk)... nearly half of my graduating class from Ma...

11. What is the passing test grade at your school?

    miss_smartie replied to Wsmith16's topic in General Students

    Seems like a similar trend going on here... the grading scale at my school is: A- 92.51-100 B- 84.51-92.50 C- 76.51-84.50 F- 0-76.50 Plus a math/dosage calculations test each semester, on which you must get a 90 to pass that semester, otherwise y...

12. Class Elections?

    miss_smartie replied to miss_smartie's topic in General Students

    Thanks I emailed one of the officers from a class about to graduate, so hopefully I'll get an idea of what is expected in our school. I could definitely do 1x/month meetings, plus maybe an hour or two a week organizing and setting up for said meeting...

13. What equipment did your school require you to purchase?

    miss_smartie replied to karen230's topic in General Students

    Required: Palm TX (was added to Fall tuition bill) 2 pairs plain white scrub pants, 2 plain white polo shirts White lab coat with school patch Navy blue school cobbler with school patch White nursing shoes/sneakers Stethoscope Penlight Bandage scisso...

14. Class Elections?

    miss_smartie posted a topic in General Students

    Hi All, I searched, but couldn't really find any pertinent information, so hopefully one of you can help me out :) To begin: I'm a first-year nursing student, no husband, no kids, work p/t weekends, so I have Sun-Fri free for just school. We have cl...

15. First Test Results!

    miss_smartie replied to miss_smartie's topic in General Students

    No XC actually, our school has a neat way of testing in which you take the test once by yourself for your grade, and then you take the same test over again with a group and if your group gets a 95 or better (an A), you get 2 points added to your test...