I'm feeling very depressed. I was able to get a job on a general medicine floor at a large teaching hospital and I was very grateful to have a job since I've heard it can be tough for new grads right now. But it's been very rough. My new grad orienta...
pullingallnighter replied to JesRN331's topic in New Nurse
I'm in the same boat. I just started on a medsurg floor and during the second day of orientation I wanted to curl in a ball in the medroom and cry. I only get get five shifts of orientation in my hospital and between med passes, drawing labs, getting...
pullingallnighter replied to pullingallnighter's topic in Job Hunt
Ya my mentor will have his or her own patient load. The mentor is the same person who I'm shadowing during orientation and they want want that teaching relationship to continue. But I'm wondering when my mentor actually have time to help orient me wh...
So I just accepted a job at what I thought was a great teaching hospital. I haven't taken the NCLEX yet and they have a spot waiting for me once I get my license. So that's pretty exciting. However, the orientation period where I'm paired with a nurs...
pullingallnighter replied to Cherry29's topic in Illinois
They do hire new grads in ICU, at least in the medical ICU. The phone interview is usually just a screening interview. I had two phone interviews and then had an in person interview with the nursing managers. For the second phone interview, just be p...
pullingallnighter replied to rowen1991's topic in Illinois
I attend North Park University (graduating this December! Finally!) and my adjusted individual total score was 87.1% with my percentile rank at 90. If I remember correctly, the TEAS cut off for my year was 73%, but I just heard that they lowered the ...
pullingallnighter replied to pullingallnighter's topic in Washington
thanks for the info corazondeoro! really helps out a lot. it sucks that they require us to fly out there for an interview... it's like $400-$500 to fly out there from chicago. :/ i was looking at wages too and it says that for experienced nurses the ...
I graduate from a nursing school in Chicago, IL this December. I've known for a while that I wanted to live in a different state after graduation, and after a few months of research and thought I'm pretty sure Seattle is a best place for me. I know ...
pullingallnighter replied to greatpyr_mom's topic in Pre-Nursing
Hey @spectacular17! I took the TEAS a few months ago and did really well (ranked 95th percentile in the nation and 90th in my BSN program). Here are a few of my recommendations: Buy "Study Manual for the Test of Essential Academic Skills" which is th...