jsnj2009

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1. Just got hired!!

   jsnj2009 replied to jsnj2009's topic in Operating Room

   congrats and good luck!

2. Just got hired!!

   jsnj2009 replied to jsnj2009's topic in Operating Room

   I did an externhsip over the summer in the PACU. If you can do an externship, do it!! It has defintitely given me an advantage!

3. Just got hired!!

   jsnj2009 replied to jsnj2009's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you! and best of luck to you as well!!

4. Just got hired!!

   jsnj2009 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi all fellow OR nurses!! I just got hired as an OR nurse!! I am graduating nursing school in May, and have always wanted to work in the OR. I start my OR internship in July. I am super excited. Any advice from the seasoned OR nurses?? Thank yo...

5. New Grad in the PACU?

   jsnj2009 replied to jsnj2009's topic in PACU

   Thanks!! u too!! I have heard the same about critical care xperience. I have also heard that teaching hospitals are more likely to take you, esp if u have done an internship. I feel like teaching hospitals are great places for new grads, tho.

6. Paying for school!

   jsnj2009 replied to Princess_M83's topic in Pre-Nursing

   hi...........u can defer your private loans until you graduate. I dont start repaying my private loans until 6 months after i graduate. The private loan is approved depending on ur credit score, but gets dispersed to the school and then gets sent t...

7. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

   jsnj2009 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

   you just made my day!! we must go to the same school!

8. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

   jsnj2009 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

   I just finished my OB rotation...........please people........for the love of god i do not need to know every detail of your pregnancy and labor experience!! its not helping me pass my OB exam, so shut your pie hole!

9. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

   jsnj2009 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

   When i ask the professor a question........its not necessary that 15 people jump in with their opinion........if i wanted your opinion, i would have asked you!!

10. Day One in the Life of a Nursing Student

    jsnj2009 replied to MachoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    wow.......you really captured how alot of new students feel. Like a deer in headlights!! Getting over that hump is the hardest part. Now, when you are a nurse and see that poor nursing student........hopefully you will be an angel to him or her!

11. Paying for school!

    jsnj2009 replied to Princess_M83's topic in Pre-Nursing

    hi guys.......i am just finishing up nursing school. I had to pay for everything(rent, tuition, etc)all by myself. I would immediately go to your school's financial aid department. They will guide you thru the process of obtaining financial aid, a...

12. New Grad in the PACU?

    jsnj2009 posted a topic in PACU

    Hello all! I will be graduating nursing school in May 2009!! Whoopie! I did a summer externship in the PACU and loved it! I was wondering what my chances of being hired as a new grad in the PACU were? Does anybody know of any hospitals that hire...

13. will a PACU externship help me get hired in the OR?

    jsnj2009 replied to jsnj2009's topic in Operating Room

    alot of hospitals in nj are too........hopefully by the time i graduate they will pick up........i will keep your hospital in mind. Do they have an application process for new grads?? I would love to be in manhattan. What is the starting pay rate ...

14. will a PACU externship help me get hired in the OR?

    jsnj2009 replied to jsnj2009's topic in Operating Room

    thanks!! may i ask what hospital you are working at?? i have applied to valley, hackensack and barnabas......any other suggestions

15. will a PACU externship help me get hired in the OR?

    jsnj2009 posted a topic in Operating Room

    hi all!! I am in my final semester of nursing school!! graduating in may of 2009!! yay!! I am really interested in getting into the OR upon graduation. My first question is: will a summer externship in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit help me get m...