toucheturtle replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing
My husband and I found that we really like having a 15 year mortgage. It increases your payment a bit, but greatly reduces the amount of interest you pay over the life of the mortgage. Your house gets paid off before you know it. We'll outright own ...
Wow FutureBSNurse, you won't need most of what you listed. I just finished my ADN and BSN, and I just want to caution you not to get too much before you actually start school. Here's what I used throughout my whole 3-year journey in school. Timbuk2 m...
toucheturtle replied to chillnurse's topic in Advanced
Just a little correction on this. An MD completes a 4 year undergrad degree and then 4 years of medical school. They then do a 3 year residency, and perhaps even a multi-year internship should they specialize within their specialty (ie - cardiac peds...
toucheturtle replied to Just_Kidney's topic in Washington
I graduated from NSCC last June and just finished the RN to BSN program at UW Bothell a week ago. I went straight into the UW two weeks after I finished at NSCC, and took my NCLEX during my first quarter at the UW. It was a great program that I'd rec...
toucheturtle replied to toucheturtle's topic in Washington
AnnieMathilda I recieved my offer letter today in email. Yay! I'm from Seattle - I live over near Children's Hospital. I actually graduated from nursing school (NSCC) last summer and have been working and finishing up my BSN at the UW (I graduate in ...
toucheturtle replied to toucheturtle's topic in Washington
AnnieMathilda - I haven't heard anything since I heard from the recruiter that I was being offered the job. No email, no snail mail. She said that I should be receiving a background check packet sometime in May or June. Do you remember if that was g...
toucheturtle replied to toucheturtle's topic in Washington
It was pretty much what I expected. The typical behavioral questions - working on a team, a conflict, a disagreement, why do you want to work in postpartum, etc. It was a panel interview with 4 people. They were very nice.
toucheturtle replied to toucheturtle's topic in Washington
I was offered a postpartum residency position last week. I interviewed with the department on 5/8 and was offered the position on 5/12. The HR person who extended the offer said they would be completing the hiring round for the entire Sept cohort wit...
toucheturtle replied to linds11's topic in Job Hunt
Hi! I also accepted a residency position in postpartum starting in September 2014 at Swedish First Hill. I think that others will be trickling in as they complete more hiring. The HR person I spoke to said that they will be doing hiring for the next ...
Mine was 77%. It wasn't often that students didn't make the bar on exams in my cohort. I don't think anyone failed out due to grades on exams. If they were asked to leave, it was because of performance in clinicals.
toucheturtle replied to toucheturtle's topic in Washington
I interviewed for the Sept 2014 Swedish Hospital residency program on May 7th. I'm waiting to hear back whether I will receive an offer. Anyone else out there playing the waiting game?
toucheturtle replied to rednotebook's topic in Disabilities
I'd love it if you could share any info that you find regarding custom gloves. I have very short fingers and even XS gloves are too long by about 0.5 - 1cm per finger. The thumbs fit fine. I don't have any problems doing most things, but once in awhi...