Heather_ICU

ICU/Step Down

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Heather_ICU specializes in ICU/Step Down.

Can't get a job in chicago

Heather_ICU replied to 2007graduate's topic in Illinois

Don't just expect to be called back. You have to be proactive and even a little pushy with HR to get results I've found. A lot of the hospitals have hiring freezes on right now from what I've been hearing, but there are still jobs out there. Agenc...
RN hourly salary in Illinois

Heather_ICU replied to Waitingformyresults's topic in Illinois

I work in Chicago and work ICU Registry for $40/hr + differential right now. I think full time base rate at my hospital is $26 or $27 for new grads and around $30 or so for most RNs.
chicago area

Heather_ICU replied to hondapink's topic in Illinois

I went to Truman College for most of my prereqs and got my ADN there. It's cheaper than other local options and their Nursing program is the best of the Chicago City Colleges. It's hard to get in and about 50% of our class failed out by graduation,...
any RN works at Kindred Hospital in chicago

Heather_ICU replied to chicarn's topic in General Nursing

To be fair, I've never been inside a Kindred Hospital, but I work in an ICU on the Northside and we get a ton of train wrecks courtesy of Kindred. (You would not believe the wounds they develop! (We had the head of a patients femor fall off and rol...