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Hey Everybody! I'm also in that waiting game for Class 146! 😬 I also emailed about the change of date and also asked if we would find out 6-8 weeks from the changed date. They replied and said we should find out within a couple of weeks and I rece...
Finally got hired a year after initially applying then reapplying 6 months later but this may be different based on the unit you apply for and their need. Also recommend finding out who the manager is of that unit and sending an email to them as well...
Since my first new grad job in the NICU I had four interviews before obtaining my current job which is my first after my new grad job and they all asked the same things: Tell me about yourself? Tell me about the type of unit(s) you came from? Tell me...
Be persistent! It takes a big hospital system awhile before they get around to you but also know that there are probably 80 other applicants that have applied for that same position. I would recommend calling the nurse recruiter. Or possibly even fin...
This post is very vague. First, I would not recommend moving to an area without finding a position there first. Second, what field of nursing are you looking to get into?
Has any experienced nurses applied to VCU in the last month or so? Have you received any call backs for interviews or have been hired? There are several positions posted that have been up for months.I have applied and received a call from the nurse r...
For the NICU you had to have completed an externship or preceptorship to get hired as a new grad. I also was in contact with the nurse recruiter throughout my application process until I was hired (her information was listed on the website). Are you ...
So I started a new job and I'm currently in orientation. Today we were introduced to the hospital's computer system for charting and medication administration. The instructor which was also a nurse began talking to us about documenting in the compute...
Greetings fellow NICU nurses! I currently work in a busy Level 3 "does everything except ECMO" NICU and have recently acquired a position in a Special Care Nursery due to my husband's job relocation. Unfortunately no high acuity NICU's were hiring a...
on our phillips monitors you can use the blood pressure cuff as a tourniquet... just press the tourniquet button says the Phillips inservice guys... but no one has used it since the inservice... everyone has stuck to the good old fashion rubber bands...
The NICU is a busy unit here. There are nurses that have left other units to come to the NICU. It depends on what you like first. But from what I hear most do not like working on the floors at CHKD. I heard the PICU is a cutthroat unit but not too ba...
hello! i work there.. but in the NICU. i'm sorry that i cant give you info about the ED but i can give you some tidbits about the hospital. it is the only pediatric hospital in the area and services hampton roads to the eastern shore to parts of nort...
I wouldn't worry about the pregnancy and finding employment. I was in your shoes a year ago. Found out I was pregnant after graduating. I didnt tell my employer until the time was right. I was able to take off for 6 weeks, they call it short term med...