chellevrn

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1. RWJ nurses union gives 10-day strike notice

   chellevrn replied to lee1's topic in New Jersey

   now what?

2. Any Seton Hall or William Paterson nursing students out there?

   chellevrn replied to fnimat1's topic in New Jersey

   my sister goes to william paterson...the only thing she complains about is that there is no social life there (which is good if you're in nursing school).

3. ccrn or rnc

   chellevrn replied to tinygeezers's topic in NICU

   do you have to be a nicu nurse for 2 years to test for rnc? or does it only have to be a certain number of hours that you've worked in nicu?

4. Help!

   chellevrn replied to chellevrn's topic in New Jersey

   thank you for all the advice!

5. waiting list for Trinitas Hospital School of Nursing / Newark area nursing schools?

   chellevrn replied to rhp123's topic in New Jersey

   Two of my friends were also trying to get into 130. They actually camped out around 12:30 until the school opened and they still didn't get in. I couldn't believe it. When I started at Trinitas a few years ago (it was still Elizabeth General), we ...

6. Help!

   chellevrn posted a topic in New Jersey

   So...I just graduated from nursing school in January. I started working at a hospital on March 1. General orientation lasted about 2 weeks, then I was on the floor with a preceptor. I was originally hired for the night shift, but I was told that ...

7. waiting list for Trinitas Hospital School of Nursing / Newark area nursing schools?

   chellevrn replied to rhp123's topic in New Jersey

   damode: I bought Saunder's NCLEX Review book when I was in 132. It was pretty helpful. I did a lot of the practice questions and that helped. I also liked the Lippincott Review Series. I pretty much studied from those books and my text books.

8. Externs programme in hospital

   chellevrn replied to healinghand's topic in New Jersey

   oh ok...i must have misunderstood her. that makes more sense. so how long have you worked at robert wood? do you like it there? i just started orientation and i'm a little nervous about working in such a big place. i've already gotten lost a few...

9. Externs programme in hospital

   chellevrn replied to healinghand's topic in New Jersey

   I graduated from Trinitas this past January. I did an extern program at Rahway Hospital last summer. It's a nice small hospital. I know St. Barnabas, Christ Hospital, Hackensack offer extern programs. You should try calling around to different ho...

10. HELP!!! (me as RN?)

    chellevrn replied to Future-Male-RN?'s topic in New Jersey

    Hi...I just graduated from nursing school last January. Nursing school is hard and you have to do a LOT of studying, but it's a good career that's really in demand right now. I think the best way for you to see what it's really like is to volunteer...

11. waiting list for Trinitas Hospital School of Nursing / Newark area nursing schools?

    chellevrn replied to rhp123's topic in New Jersey

    I just graduated from Trinitas this past January. Trinitas is a great school...it's a really hard program and we complained a lot while we were going through school, but in the end, while I was taking the NCLEX I was sitting there thinking "Wow, the...

12. NCLEX March 17th, wish me luck!

    chellevrn replied to rpbear's topic in New Nurse

    Good luck!!!

13. New Nurse Salary

    chellevrn replied to murnahan5's topic in New Nurse

    $26.47/hour at Robert Wood Johnson Univ. Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. The places I looked into were offering around $23-26/hr. Congratulations on graduating!!