NotSoNewNurse

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1. Experienced RN help finding work

   NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

   Hoozdo, I went with CHW...have you committed?

2. Experienced RN help finding work

   NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

   So, did you make a decision? Who is the lucky employer!!!?

3. Experienced RN help finding work

   NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

4. Ratios?

   NotSoNewNurse replied to FazRN's topic in Arizona

   I think hospitals are different throughout the valley regarding their staffing ratio policies. I know that facilities I have worked at have maintained a 1:1 or 1:2 in the ICU's. However, this ratio can change if the pt population is lighter. Staff...

5. Experienced RN help finding work

   NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

   YeeHaw!!! Let us know how things go. I got an offer from CHW but I am holding out for a few more days. I have interviews with Banner & County still coming up. So, hopefully by this time next week we will both have good news to report! Finger...

6. Experienced RN help finding work

   NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

   I recently spoke with a nurse mgr @ St. Joe's & someone form HR @ Banner Health. Both told me that they have intentionally slowed down setting up interviews the past few weeks because the hospitals were busy ramping up for super bowl. I hadn't ...

7. Tucson Medical Center - New Grad Pay?

   NotSoNewNurse replied to dancingdoula's topic in Arizona

   I suggest you check out some of the cost of living calculators you can find on the internet. This will help you to appriciate the differences you will find between a place like SF & Tucson. Just a quick google & I found this site...hope it h...

8. Experienced RN help finding work

   NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

   Thanks for the info & ideas. I did have interview at JCL (north) no word back from them yet. I really hadn't considered Scottsdale healthcare...mainly because their facilities are all so far from my home. I do have some interesting interviews ...

9. Experienced RN help finding work

   NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

10. Experienced RN help finding work

    NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

    That is a good point. I am looking for a position away from the bedside though. The positions I have applied to usually do require experience and are not entry level. However, you are right...why pay for the experience when you have the young you ...

11. Experienced RN help finding work

    NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

    I agree, there has been an increase in the # of new grads hitting the work force. However, we have seen new hospitals open over the past few years in additon to expansions within existing hospitals. With the opening of new facilities outside the Px...

12. Experienced RN help finding work

    NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

    Good Luck, I hope you get "THE CALL"! But, don't hold your breath wating for the calls to come in too quickly. I sent in apps to Banner (Good Sam & Thunderbird), JCL North & St. Joes for various positions over the past six weeks. I just go...

13. Experienced RN help finding work

    NotSoNewNurse replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

    I agree with you...I think the recession is having its effect. Hospitals don't seem to be in such a hurry as they were a few years back to hire the nurses. Like you, most of my background is in critical care (CV). I am trying to avoid going back ...

14. Experienced RN help finding work

    NotSoNewNurse posted a topic in Arizona

    I have been an RN for over 20 years here in the valley. I recently left a job due to ethical conflicts with office mgr. Now, I am pounding pavement without much success. I have vast experience in the in pt & out pt setting. I have found sever...