dtrmnd2sccd

dtrmnd2sccd

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About dtrmnd2sccd

dtrmnd2sccd specializes in ICU.


Second degree BSN grad

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  1. How's your staffing ratio?

    The Massachusetts Hospital Association publishes stats on ratios on their web site: http://www.patientcarelink.org/ The reporting is voluntary, but should give you a good sense of what things are like at different hospitals on different units.
  2. Boston New Grads Who Got Hired...What Helped??

    No, I hadn't worked as a CNA before school, but after two clinical rotations, you can apply without having CNA certification.
  3. Boston New Grads Who Got Hired...What Helped??

    I have had three job offers since graduating in May 2010, and THE most important thing was to work per diem as a CNA at a major Boston hospital while I was in school. I also had a 3.9 GPA, Sigma Theta Tau, excellent references, 2nd degree program, e...
  4. new RN - income questions

    I asked at both places and this was not an option at either (or with my husband's company) unfortunately!
  5. new RN - income questions

    Boston area new grads, if lucky enough to find a job, are making between $25-29/hr. Shift differentials vary greatly--I just left a position where I got $27 base, plus $1.75 for nights, $1.25 for weekends. My new employer offers $29.28 per hour bas...
  6. Opportunities for newer nurse relocating to MA?

    MA grads are moving out of state to find jobs--this is one of the worst places in the country to come. Nationwide the vacancy rate is 4%, but here in MA it is only 1%. Try and get hospital experience anywhere but here in MA first, then you might ha...
  7. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    April, RN, could you elaborate on how the two programs differ? I am starting the new program on Monday. I am familiar with the previous program (there was a great story in the Globe about an RN going thru the program back in 2005--try and Google "M...
  8. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    At the interviews, I asked how the RNs who went through the program in the past transitioned into their role as ICU nurses, and the two interviewers chuckled and said, "The ones who have stayed have done really well." They have had a number of peopl...
  9. Verbal Offer??

    hi all, Thanks--that's what I suspected. I have a packet of information with benefits, salary, hours and a start date that I got when I interviewed, along with a verbal offer over the phone from HR. I was emailed a link to a reference check web sit...
  10. Verbal Offer??

    I am a newish grad and have a verbal offer for a hospital RN position, contingent on references, educational background check and the CORI. I got everything in to them, and right now they're just waiting for the CORI results. At what point is the ...
  11. New Grad- Stay in Memphis or move?

    The job market here for new grads is horrible... even for ones who have connections, even for ones who have worked as CNAs ... Many from my class who graduated in May 2010 still don't have jobs, and a whole new crop are due to graduate in just a few ...
  12. Organize your day: Paper Brain

    I'm having the same problem--can you help me figure out how to open the links? Seems like they were working before...
  13. Night shift: Tired all the time ?????

    OMG, I thought I was reading one of my own posts when I read yours! I'm also a new grad, two little ones in school, working 4 eights a week, every other weekend! I had a really hard time sleeping during the day initially--I would sleep for about 2 ...
  14. New grads, once of orientation....

    I'm still feeling this way a month and a half off orientation, but already things are starting to get a little more routine. I'm getting better at remembering to bring everything I need into the room with me, prioritizing, planning what I need to ge...
  15. Vango Notes anyone?

    i love them! i use them on the treadmill for pharmacology review as I'll need to take the NLN test to go back to school for my BSN. I plan on using them for other classes too