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  1. I have experience in other areas and have been trying to get into L&D, PP, or NICU for many years. Similar boat, decided this after I had my own children. I have found all of these really hard to break into. I know for a fact these hospitals h...
  2. School nurse salary non-negotiable?

    I would like to also add that they pay the school bus drivers better than the nurses. I actually have seen it advertised. I'm sure the bus drivers deserve their pay. But how can they pay their school nurses less? Very backwards.
  3. School nurse salary non-negotiable?

    Wow, congrats on being able to negotiate. I worked as a school nurse for about 33% of what I made in my hospital job. And was not able to negotiate. I left that position, and then a few years later was interested in another one that paid even less...
  4. 1 wk into School Nursing ready to quit!! Is this normal?

    I just wanted to chime in that I also left a school nursing job because it was not safe. I was in a float position and put in schools alone that usually had 2 nurses. That made me totally unfamiliar with the chronic kids, special needs kids, everyo...
  5. Just those times when thrown into a large school as a sub, alone, when everything that could go wrong, did.
  6. Salary?

    It does vary a lot. In PA, yes the Certified Nurses make a decent amount/teacher pay. But the other RNs who either aren't certified or are, but are not hired into that rare CSN position, they make less than the bus drivers.
  7. Cardiac RN wants to become a ob/gyn RN.

    Good luck! I have over 10 years of critical care experience and have been trying to get a job in maternal/child for the past 7. I can not get a position, they only want unit-specific experience.
  8. Is it true that it is hard to find work--with experience?

    I never actually undervalued myself and told anyone I would work for free. One second you are telling me I am too expensive to hire, and now are telling me that no, I should not take a pay cut. Which is it? I want to change specialties and can not...
  9. Thanks for your reply. I guess that's true. Although I would not in any way be "enjoying my summer" unless you count caring for a bunch of wild children and driving them to various activities and making sure they don't drown. It's honestly a matte...
  10. Is it true that it is hard to find work--with experience?

    I would work for free if it's in a specialty I want, just to gain experience! No one has asked me how much money I want. I guess they assume I want to be paid $50 per hour in a new specialty? How about they give me an interview and an offer and se...
  11. Is it true that it is hard to find work--with experience?

    @obesity33 - YES it is true. I am one of the nurses on here that can not get a job outside of her specialty. I refuse to get another job in something I have already done. I just keep applying and interviewing. I find a lot of places are totally a...
  12. Would "trendy" hair make hiring managers reconsider hiring you?

    I have to agree with most. Get a job first and then get the haircut. Yes, I think it will be hard for you to get hired with that haircut... there will be other applicants who look more clean cut. Once you shave any part of your head, it's hard to ...
  13. I had a really great interview on Friday. I'm not sure but think I may have an offer. However, I am looking at my calendar and my kids' schedule for the summer, and I am cringing by the amount a sitter would have to handle with the new hours this j...
  14. Np pay related to years as an RN

    BostonFNP - thanks for the info, and I agree. I know I could make a decent amount of $ as a bedside RN, but what's the trade for the same or hopefully more? More respect and satisfaction in a job. I'm done putting up with crap and being tossed asi...
  15. Which job? Need advice.

    Yeah, I would probably take the FT job too and get the benefits etc. Maybe move closer in a few months? Could you ask your current job if you could stay on per diem? That way you could fall back on it if the commute is too much.