ShelbyMaser

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  1. CA finger print cards??!!

    Hi everyone! I've been reading at several places that it can take weeks to obtain a fingerprint card from CA BON. My husband and I are on a pretty tight deadline, so I went ahead and got fingerprinting done locally yesterday and was able to submit ev...
  2. San Francisco- best hospitals for oncology nurses

    Thanks for the input! My husband ended up accepting the job offer (yay!!) and the same day I started my PA to CA license application. Just waiting for the fingerprint card. Any idea how soon I can get the temporary license? I plan on staying at my cu...
  3. Hello! My husband has a job offer in San Francisco, so I am currently researching what nursing is like in the SF area. Currently, I'm a Pitt BSN graduate (with Nursing Assistant+Internship experience) working on an Oncology unit for 3.5 years. I abso...
  4. Equivalent to Grey's Anatomy XXS?

    Hi! I've had the same issue! Im 5'2", 103lbs. It's extremely difficult for me to find scrubs that don't look too baggy and unprofessional. I found a brand of scrubs, inspiration by letap that make XXS pants that fit great. They are pretty much a ripo...
  5. 2nd Degree Accelerated BSN at Pittsburgh or Drexel?

    I completely forgot about this thread... I decided to go to pitt beacuse I like Pittsburgh more than Philly, and I actually start this fall... This past year I got bountiful patient care experience working on a step down icu as a nursing assistant, t...
  6. Complete list of NNP graduate programs

    thanks babyRN, I forgot to attach the link!
  7. My 1st NICU interview!!!!

    Being relatively close to Cincinatti, Im wondering if you're hospital's NICU will hire new GNs in terms of the downfall economy?
  8. Complete list of NNP graduate programs

    University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing also has a very well know Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program :-D
  9. My 1st NICU interview!!!!

    I know this thread is a good 2 years old, but I just hope the job market has not been hit too harshly as I am also a second degree student wanting to work in the nicu, and the nicu alone!!! I hope the nurse managers will be as open of new nurse gradu...
  10. Are UPMC freezes increasing?

    yay 12S (I'm a current pct there, VERY exciting)
  11. "Hidden" UPMC jobs???

    Yea, I've definitely seen this happen too. Depends on the type of work you're looking for. I've opted to contact the Nurse recruiter for nursing assistant/pct/rn positions, and its worked out well in that sense. they will tell you the job id number t...
  12. I GOT A JOB!!!

    Congrats!! I currently work on 12S so one floor above as a PCT :-) good luck on orientation and don't stress out too much, take it one day at a time. I see lots of new nurses here and they feel so overloaded with work. The whole point is to learn, so...
  13. Oh wait, i see that it is already there, thank you!
  14. Any Pitt Nursing students?

    Thank you for all your input!!!!!!!!!! Its so nice to hear from a person that's actually been through the program... Its a huuuge bummer that I won't be getting much experience in OB or Peds :-( I am pretty set on it, and I can't see myself working w...
  15. Volunteering at a Children's Hospital

    pedirn1--I would have loved to have volunteered at your children's hospital! they allow volunteers to do so much more... I guess thats the disadvantage of a smaller hospital in a no name town.