nurstang

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1. No new grad jobs now what?

   nurstang replied to LOVEJRT's topic in California

   I appilied at St B over a month ago and had a phone interview, but that was it. I also graduated in june from CSUSB. I didn't think it wasn't going to be this difficult to find a job, and all my friends and family don't believe me. Anyways, not to br...

2. JOBS??

   nurstang replied to SleeplessNCA's topic in California

   I am having the same problem finding a job. It seem that everyone that has an open position has 30+ applications. I get better leads from my friends that are already working.

3. unsafe staffing

   nurstang replied to sockov's topic in General Nursing

   I know that in California, you have the right to refuse a patient, but it must be done before taking report. Once you take report on a patient, you cannot refuse them.

4. unsafe staffing

   nurstang replied to sockov's topic in General Nursing

   Incident reports are not part of a patient's chart, and almost all hospitals will do all that they can to prevent the courts from learning about them. It only states simple facts and can be very dangerours to a hospital in a court.

5. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

   nurstang replied to ashfost's topic in New Nurse

   I live in southern California, LA area. I was offered from $23 to $32 for day shift. Nightshifts pays an additional $2.50 to $7.50 per hour. However, don't look only at the pay, but look at the whole picture and ask questions regarding their New Grad...

6. 4th semester student with concerns on where to start RN career

   nurstang replied to nola04's topic in New Nurse

   Working as a new grad is not the same as school or a student extern. Just becasue you get A's in clinical dosen't mean much becasue when you start working, there is a expectation that you know your stuff and know what to do all the time. As for exper...