My husband and I just got to Oahu last Friday (his new duty station is MCBH in Kaneohe) and I've been applying to hospitals all over the island in hopes of getting something in acute care like my old job on the mainland before we relocated. I've bee...
Over the weekend, he proposed! We are planning on getting married before we move so I'll be on his orders. I'm really hoping the preferential treatment will help out. By the time we move there, I'll take whatever job is available. I'm hoping to get s...
It's been 3 weeks since I sent off my paperwork for a HI RN license now and still nothing yet. I also emailed the department of licensing to ask how much longer I can expect to wait and if my paperwork's been received. Here's to playing the waiting g...
gazeyball replied to darkwavesurfer's topic in Washington
Have you tried at St. Clare or St. Joe's? I know St. Clare is very open to hiring new nurses and putting them through residency. If you've already checked all the hospitals in your area then unfortunately you might have to just expand your search to ...
I'm an RN in WA and I just applied for a HI RN license last week since I'll be moving there. One of my friends I went to nursing school with who now works in FL said it took her about 3-4 weeks to get her FL RN license so hopefully it should take abo...
Thanks, CC-RN-EMTP! I'm not too concerned with what level trauma center I work at. Not to be too picky, I would just rather much prefer working at a hospital rather than long term care. Do you know how lucky I'd get if I were to start applying now? I...
Thanks for your advice, jpeters84! Our moving date is set for April, would you recommend applying now? Also since you brought up nursing agencies, how are they doing on the islands? Here in Washington state, they're starting to fall out of favor here...
gazeyball replied to keilene's topic in Washington
Def check out the Franciscan Health System in the south end. I live in the Seattle area and had such a hard time finding a hospital job in the Seattle area as a new grad when I passed my NCLEX. I'm now working at St. Clare and I love it, granted the ...
I'm a 23 year old RN-BSN working med-surg in WA with about 8 months of acute care experience right now. I was an LPN and worked in long term care as well as ambulatory care while getting my ADN and then my BSN before landing a med-surg position. My...