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  1. New grad. How to land my first job? Please help

    Is your childrens hospital really named "Sick Kids Hospital"??? That's, well, kind of weird!
  2. New grad. How to land my first job? Please help

    I believe I already mentioned in my above posts multiple times that I found success in obtaining an RN position by actually going to hospitals, dressed professionally and with multiple copies of my resume, and introducing myself to nurse managers on ...
  3. New grad. How to land my first job? Please help

    In school, you didnt rotate to different areas in the hospital like med/surg, labor and delivery, psych, etc? If you didnt have at least a pediatric rotation, it may be difficult to reason to a nurse manager why you want to work in pediatrics and why...
  4. New grad. How to land my first job? Please help

    During your pediatric clinical rotation, did you establish a relationship with the nurse managers on your floor? I am a recent graduate in the US and was able to obtain a position in the field I wanted within 2 months. I think the key to my success w...
  5. I am a recent graduate, just got my license a month ago today. I have an interview with my top choice hospital in the Pediatric Oncology and Hematology unit. I am very nervous! I adore kids, I'm very confident interacting with them and oncology is my...
  6. New grad RN job with no connections?

    I am currently in nursing school and have not faced the struggle of finding a new grad position yet. I say YET, because I'm sure I will be there with you guys soon. However, I do have experience recruiting and placing nurses, NPs, allied HC workers a...
  7. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    Have you spent any practice time in the lab? All the instructors do is walk around and assist in demonstrating and practicing skills. And that's in addition to the live demos we get the second time when we break into small groups with our clinical in...
  8. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    The older gentleman that works the Central campus bookstore showed me what's in the lab kit. It's just a TON of gauze, bandages, etc. Basically, it looks like an assortment of all the disposable stuff we'll need to treat patients. It's $120 and it mi...
  9. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    I got the 4th edition.
  10. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    Quest will send the drug test results to BC, all we need to turn in is the original of the white copy that Quest gave back to us. Also, just an FYI, I was able to get all the required textbooks, as well as one or two that are not required for about ...
  11. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    I have already started reading the Test Success book. It seems like it will be very helpful. It's full of practice tests and analysis of all the questions and answers...why some answers are wrong, why other choices are the best choice, and I imagine ...
  12. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    I've heard that Professor K is one of the best teachers at Broward, he's supposed to be awesome. I wanted to have Thursdays off from class but took his Thursday class anyway because I heard so many good things about him.
  13. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    Professor K teaches pharmacology at Central.
  14. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    On the first page of this thread, it says we do not need the book for Pharm if taking Prof. K, he just uses his Powerpoint slides. I heard the same goes for math. I have all my textbooks in hand already. Kind of an intimidating pile, but the texts ar...
  15. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    I was told by someone in the program currently, who has the same teacher for Proc 1 and 2 lecture that we will have, that we need to have all white, leather shoes with no colored markings at all. And, if they have laces, they must be washed and kept ...