zephryn

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1. La county sheriff dept /my license on probation

   zephryn replied to shamanursecal's topic in Career Support

   I find it interesting that this seems to be an ongoing process. I wonder how many they're hiring... I'm a new grad and applied in December and have just recently received my exam date.

2. New nurse grad. programs

   zephryn replied to OBplease's topic in General Nursing

   As a new-grad myself, I've been looking into hospitals that have RN residency training programs. From what I found, they usually last from 18-22 weeks depending on the unit and involves both in-class and on-floor training. They're also very limited a...

3. Need advice, please

   zephryn replied to healthcarestudent's topic in NCLEX

   I used ExamCram as my primary review book for about a month and studied it extensively, then I switched over to the Kaplan Course book (not the strategy book) two weeks before my exam and found that ExamCram didn't help as much as I thought it had, b...

4. Northridge Hospital Medical Center

   zephryn replied to ittybittynurse's topic in California

   Thanks, but I'm still waiting to see how my interview went (crosses fingers). I'm supposed to get call sometime this week to see if they're going to hire me. That being said I don't know for sure that they're only hiring BSN graduates.

5. Northridge Hospital Medical Center

   zephryn replied to ittybittynurse's topic in California

   Yes. RN-BSN... no prior work experience in healthcare though. Northridge is working on getting a Magnet designation so they're looking to hire mostly those with a BSN.

6. Northridge Hospital Medical Center

   zephryn replied to ittybittynurse's topic in California

   Cardiovascular Unit (CVU, Telemetry, I think). There were only 2 people there to interview me - the Versant Program director and a Unit Manager. They take turns asking questions and are very pleasant. You might want to ask how many people they're go...

7. Northridge Hospital Medical Center

   zephryn replied to ittybittynurse's topic in California

   I was told 19 people for their Versant program when I interviewed last week. (Keeping my fingers crossed that I didn't totally fail my interview).