TristanT

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  1. advice for a future nurse

    Start networking on day one and work at a hospital at any cost--even though you will surely burn out putting the 500-lbers on the commode... . Otherwise you are at the mercy of your clinical preceptors to get your foot in the door. I was not lucky--h...
  2. Anyone applying to 2008 UW MEPN Program?

    The GEPN program will cost well over $100K when you factor in living expenses--you will not be able to work at least the first year and a half, certainly not full time. You can get loans for all of it plus living expenses. I doubt you will receive an...
  3. Anyone applying to 2008 UW MEPN Program?

    I am not a happy UW MEPN alum, and I can't think of anyone in my cohort who is particularly happy with the program... I do know quite a few unemployed MEPN grads (or MEPN grads who went back to their former occupations because the job market for nurs...
  4. Wanting to live in WA sooo bad

    I just moved out of WA state (for a job) because there are no jobs in the Pacific Northwest for RNs without connections. And I mean even RNs who are flexible in terms of unit and shifts. It's all about who you know and the HR folks and recruiters are...
  5. What is it REALLY like for new grads right now?

    Less. It can be a little more, counting in shift differentials=more for working nights, weekends, holidays. My classmates and I have made between $17.50-26.00/hour as new grads, but the high end was always accompanied by no benefits nor any guarantee...
  6. What is it REALLY like for new grads right now?

    I recently moved to CO for a new grad job in a hospital. (And I am not making $25/hour...) But coming from the West coast, where there are ZERO hospital opportunities, I am eternally grateful for my job. Seriously, Denver is a veritable Boom Town in ...
  7. Seattle NICU RN jobs

    I did not know that. Interesting. Maybe WA state also has good preventive health + maternal health programs--although it sounds like that's all going to get the axe in the next state budget :-(
  8. Seattle NICU RN jobs

    Just a warning: Many of the Seattle NICUs have low patient censuses, e.g., UW and Evergreen. Nurses who have worked at these facilities for many years are having trouble getting hours. I've heard there will be some NICU openings in Portland, OR this ...
  9. Washington Externships and Internships

    The only hospitals in the Seattle/Tacoma area that offer residencies are Providence-Everett; Northwest (they offered 4 places in the past year--just to give you an idea about numbers); Tacoma General; and Overlake. Despite what the Web site says, Ev...
  10. Working in Washington

    Starting wage is $21-28/hour. But the job market in this state for new grads is very tight, especially if you have no hospital experience (and/or did not do clinical rotations out here, a.k.a. you have to know somebody). If you do have hospital exper...
  11. UW... why NOT to go

    No, GEPN at UW is not worth $20K more than SU. (I say that as a UW alum.) Either way you will be laughed out of HR if you have an advanced nursing degree but you never worked as an RN. And unfortunately there are no jobs for new grad RNs. We are star...
  12. Looking for LPN school in Colorado

    Does anyone have experience with the residency program at UCH? (Admission for the February cohort ended last week.) They seem to have a variety of openings, but I am wondering if they only accept new grads from the Denver area or is it a national can...
  13. Question for nurses, nursing students, and CNA's.

    I can't speak for the person who started this thread, but the CNA horror stories I heard had less to do with dreading bodily fluids and everything to do with burning out from a low-paying job where you are treated like a servant--you'll get plenty of...
  14. Any new grad RN jobs in Washington

    Evergreen is a great hospital, but yah, their HR department is very firm about not hiring new grads. Not even new grads who did clinical rotations there. Providence is a different story. I think the general consensus is that the Providence recruiter...
  15. Question for nurses, nursing students, and CNA's.

    I graduated months ago from UW. And I started looking for a job last spring, before I graduated. I had pre-nursing school med office experience, and I will say that this is the ONLY thing that has gotten me the interviews I have been offered. It's j...