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1. Graduate Nurse aspiring to be an OB (Labor & Delivery) Nurse

   mcchampe replied to mcchampe's topic in New Nurse

   I received my State of MI license in August and obtained my WI endorsement a few weeks ago. Back in April a home health agency contacted me and I had three interviews. They liked me and encouraged me to contact them when I got my WI RN License Endors...

2. NRP Certification = Experience?

   mcchampe replied to mcchampe's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for all the feedback. I suppose I'll keep applying and hope that something comes my way.

3. NRP Certification = Experience?

   mcchampe posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello. I am a newly Registered Nurse with no affiliations to a hospital. I have zero paid experience, just my clinical semesters in nursing school. My senior II semester in nursing school was outstanding, as I was placed at a birth center. I focused ...

4. Frustrated with job search

   mcchampe replied to shlay51's topic in General Nursing

   Missed that. Looks like you gotta travel for the 1st interview. It'll be worth it!

5. Frustrated with job search

   mcchampe replied to shlay51's topic in General Nursing

   I am in the same boat as you, I believe. I graduated in May 2010 and just obtained my RN Licensure. My problem is that I am from a town on the MI/WI border, so I am currently trying to find a job in the UP or in Wisconsin (preferably in the Milwaukee...

6. Best NCLEX review guides, figured I would ask folks who have passed!

   mcchampe replied to StudentAmie's topic in New Nurse

   I agree with the above posts; Kaplan 2010-2011 edition was extremely helpful! Go through the book content first (NOT the test), use the disc & read each rationale on WHY you got questions wrong and/or correct, and then take the book test & (a...

7. Graduate Nurse aspiring to be an OB (Labor & Delivery) Nurse

   mcchampe replied to mcchampe's topic in New Nurse

   jxRN, I applied there. There's a New Grad Position on the LDR floor! Thanks! =)

8. Graduate Nurse aspiring to be an OB (Labor & Delivery) Nurse

   mcchampe replied to mcchampe's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you all for your responses. To mseisback, in the future I would love to do midwifery. I have considered going into studying it right away, but feel like it would be more beneficial to practice as an OB nurse while going into that field. I am on...

9. Graduate Nurse aspiring to be an OB (Labor & Delivery) Nurse

   mcchampe posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am a recent BSN graduate from Michigan (May 2010). I am aspiring to be a Labor & Delivery nurse. I have applied to many positions within MI, WI, TX, DE, & CA with zero luck. My main focus is finding an OB job in WI. This is my absolute drea...