whewWeWon1

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1. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

   whewWeWon1 replied to lperkrn's topic in Career Support

   Maybe I am not being clear - I am way past ALL of your suggestions! I have done ALL of it! I have looked all over the state I live in and NOTHING - I have looked out of the state where I live, still no jobs for NEW GRAD RN'S - LTC facilities used t...

2. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

   whewWeWon1 replied to lperkrn's topic in Career Support

   @I'mThatGuy: Please tell me what city your talking about where there is not a problem for NEW GRAD RN's getting a job. City and State.. Thanks a MILLION.. I need a job and cannot find one AT ALL!!! NO New Grad jobs and if there is one they get betw...

3. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

   whewWeWon1 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   Anyone who says they got the "good pop up" and they Failed, is lying. If you get the "good pop up" you passed and you are a RN, period end of story. I know of 2 people on FB that LIED cuz they failed but they tried to say they got the good pop up. ...

4. Can the CNA do anything about nurse guest workers?

   whewWeWon1 replied to whewWeWon1's topic in Union

   One more point.. the title of this thread, Can the CNA do anything about..... I believe this is referring to a nurses union, lol... not the certified nurse assistant...

5. Can the CNA do anything about nurse guest workers?

   whewWeWon1 replied to whewWeWon1's topic in Union

   by the way I was a CNA and to this day I LOVE that job.. it taught me everything, how to care for the patient, and what the nurse wants to know about the patient. I love being a CNA!!! But I never did any of that stuff.. it is not legal here.

6. Can the CNA do anything about nurse guest workers?

   whewWeWon1 replied to whewWeWon1's topic in Union

   In California, none of that is legal.. CNA's cannot do any of that... OMG!!! I think that rule is standard cuz the NCLEX is against that to!! I have heard of Med techs.. yes they are uap's and give meds.. I thought that was done in home care and as...

7. Can the CNA do anything about nurse guest workers?

   whewWeWon1 replied to whewWeWon1's topic in Union

   The H1B visa are used primarily for engineers and things like that, and approx. 500 total are said to be issued per year. I located the visa numbers for foreign nurses there was the E3 that was very popular but complicated. In the last 5 years there...

8. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2

   whewWeWon1 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   B. Procedures. In cases where no qualified citizens are available to fill a competitive service position, DHS may request from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approval to remove the position from the competitive service and fill it with an e...

9. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

   whewWeWon1 replied to lperkrn's topic in Career Support

   WHY aren't the UNIONS helping with this??? Something has to be done! I worked as a LVN for 5 years and just got my RN license, too. I have high GPA, commendations up the ying yang, years of volunteer work in the community, etc.. I cannot get a job...

10. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

    whewWeWon1 replied to lperkrn's topic in Career Support

    *** it doesn't matter where the foreign nurse is educated the us federal department of labor states it clearly the a citizen cannot be refused employment and a non-citizen be given the job, or continue to fill the position. check this on your comput...

11. Can the CNA do anything about nurse guest workers?

    whewWeWon1 posted a topic in Union

    why isn't the cna doing something about this??? why??? the federal department of labor clearly states that; united states citizens take precedance and a non-citizen cannot be employed if a united states citizen is available for the job. but this is ...

12. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2

    whewWeWon1 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    You can "feel" and "believe" anything you want - never the less a permanent resident, green card, visa nurse are all included in the language of the Federal Labor Law regarding this matter. If a USA citizen can fill the job, a non-citizen cannot hav...

13. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2

    whewWeWon1 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    What are you talking about DISCRIMINATE??? Are you for real??? This is the CODE from the FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR!! I find it interesting how defensive some people are about this. Do you really think that a Non-citizen of the USA should be able...

14. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2

    whewWeWon1 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    the federal department of labor clearly states that; united states citizens take precedance and a non-citizen cannot be employed if a united states citizen is available for the job. but this is not the case! rn's that are united states citizens are...

15. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    whewWeWon1 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

    When I took my NCLEX RN on Monday 6-21-2010, my RN License was posted on the Cali BON by Friday 6-25-2010. Now that the Govenor tried to reduce 200,000 state workers pay to $7.75 per hour (you are seeing the numbers correctly) because they "Budget" ...