newRNAllie

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1. Is it possible that the shortened RN training causes more anxiety for new grads

   newRNAllie replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I feel exactly the same way. I have a BA in an unrelated field and went to a community college with a high NCLEX pass rate (that was the only standard I knew to inquire about). We had short "virtual" skills labs, and crowded clinicals only two days...

2. How To Survive (and Thrive) In Nursing School

   newRNAllie replied to 86toronado's topic in General Students

   Thank you so much for writing that..and I agree with the comments as well. I would only add a couple of things. They're based on my experience: I graduated in 2009 - when many of the local hospitals weren't hiring new grads for $$ reasons - and jus...

3. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

   and tetanus...

4. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

   No but if you find out, post it please!

5. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

   My start date was changed from 2/14 to 3/14 so I must be in the second batch of new hires....good luck everyone who is starting earlier!

6. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

   Isn't it funny how emphatic all of us are (who live here) about that commute? We're all screaming "Nooooooo!" I used to commute from Santa Monica to East LA - maybe 15 miles - and it could easily take me 90 minutes... sitting there...trapped on free...

7. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

   OMG don't commute from Orange Co to UCLA on the 405!!!!!

8. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

   I am very excited...but also kind of terrified!

9. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

   I don't have a start date yet, but the HR person told me my orientation was 2/14...I guess for me there will be a gap between that week and when I start work. But I haven't heard from the unit director yet (since she gave me the job).

10. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

    FYI - at my physical they said the orientation classes would be the week of 2/14...one day of general orientation, two days of nursing orientation and one day of computer classes...

11. Cedars-Sinai New Grad Program Summer 2010

    newRNAllie replied to SparkleRN's topic in New Nurse

    Several of my friends from nursing school got hired there last year. They all had GPAs over 3.5 had done clinicals there and three of them had second languages (two Spanish, one Russian) which probably also helped. Cedars is also Magnet, so wants B...

12. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

    sdnewgradnurse, i'm so sorry that you didn't get a position at ucla. please keep us posted about where you do wind up working, because we all feel like friends at this point, having gone through this process together! i wish you the very best, and ...

13. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

    sdnewgradnurse, did you call them to check on your status? This whole process made me realize how big the UCLA bureaucracy is and how you have to check and double check. My physical is tomorrow...I will try to get more info on start dates for the c...

14. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for posting that...I received a job offer last week but haven't heard anything, even in reply to repeated emails, so was wondering what was going on. I guess I'll just keep waiting. This has been an interesting hiring process. Maybe it's bec...

15. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

    Congratulations NewGradRN001! So exciting! Best of luck with your new job!