colesedwards

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1. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

   colesedwards replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland

   Where in Baltimore do you make $5 more an hour as a new grad?

2. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

   colesedwards replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland

   yep, still there but looking for new things. Not leaving just more of a challenge , a change, something new. Good luck with your interview. What floor are you looking at ?

3. The education requirement for nursing is changing

   colesedwards replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Nursing

   I read the article you linked but I think the education requirement many hospitals are imposing and the new rules for degree attainment (ex: you will need a doctorate to get NP after , um 2014?, I think) down play the importance of experience on the ...

4. Comparing A Nurses' Salary

   colesedwards replied to Joe V's topic in Rock

   You have to factor in cost of living in your area, cost of benefits and commuting costs. You can make a lot of money as a nurse-it depends on how much you want to work, climbing the clinical ladder and pursuit of continuing education. As more hospit...

5. Need a place to live in the baltimore area!!

   colesedwards replied to SNL00's topic in Maryland

   West. Please try to not live on the west side. It gets super sketchy really quickly. That area is a high crime area of city but it is really cute and close to downtown/harbor area and fed hill stuff. The cheaper you find something the more likely you...

6. Johns Hopkins Hospital UAP/RN offer

   colesedwards replied to sbrownRN's topic in Maryland

   what does UAP/RN mean?

7. do you wear those clogs?

   colesedwards replied to EDnursetobe's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have a pair of clogs, but they are from Dr. Scholls and are called the Dancer model. I love them. Light like crocs but with a heel and arch support. I never have a sore back or sore feet, never a blister and I can wipe them off clean with cavicide ...

8. Unionization for Maryland RN's

   colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Maryland

   I don't see unions only about pay scale. I can see that unions would help secure patient ratios, improve safety, decrease burnout, decrease mistakes, offer support. I really want to stay at my facility but we get a 1-2% increase each year and if I wa...

9. Johns Hopkins new grad 2011

   colesedwards replied to sbostonRN's topic in Maryland

   If you are interested in the job, you should contact a recruitter directly. Call the hospital, ask for Nurse Recruitment and they will transfer you. Each department has different recruiters so tell them the area that you applied. Sometimes, people le...

10. Unionization for Maryland RN's

    colesedwards posted a topic in Maryland

    I am curious, now that I will be coming up on my 3rd year as an RN in February and can take a breath and look around (man, they are not joking when they tell you in school you are considered a "novice" RN for two years because it really does take tha...

11. Ready to take the AMSN cert soon, any one take it recently and have any suggestions?

    colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Med-Surg

    I passed nclex feb 2 2009. I work ona surgical floor johns Hopkins bayview campus

12. Ready to take the AMSN cert soon, any one take it recently and have any suggestions?

    colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Med-Surg

    CMSRN baby!:):):):):) I passed. the one thing I did not know was how many out of 150 questions you have to get right to pass. Its not like NCLEX-much more complex questions as they are assuming that you are a nurse! It seemed like my 150 questions we...

13. Johns Hopkins new grad 2011

    colesedwards replied to sbostonRN's topic in Maryland

    They are not the same. At JHH Bayview, Medicine is two units Med A and Med B. The PCU is more intense medicine primary all cardiac on the 4th floor along with Tele. The Surgical floor is on 6th. Bridgeview is a medicine unit created for short stay/ob...

14. Ready to take the AMSN cert soon, any one take it recently and have any suggestions?

    colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Med-Surg

    I took a course of review and I know the percentages and such. I meant are the real questions similar to what I have reviewed in the books. I found the Kaplan review questions to be much more detailed than the short and vague questions on NCLEX. I h...

15. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    colesedwards replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland

    I worked out the hours and if I worked OT on my floor I would make more money because we get time and a half for holidays and OT. All Main Campus floors except for Maternal Newborn/OBGYN are rotating day/night-so much so that most nurses just go to s...