NewlyANurse

NewlyANurse specializes in pediatrics (student nurse preceptorship).

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1. 2 interviews, 1 job offer... How long can I "wait and see" for?

   NewlyANurse posted a topic in Job Hunt

   After almost 8 months since graduation, my job hunt has gone from 0 to 60 in just about two weeks! Last week I interviewed for two positions-- one, a new grad internship in the NICU and the other, a per diem position on a med/surg/pedi/oncology (&...

2. I have a NICU internship interview!!

   NewlyANurse replied to Contrail's topic in NICU

   Haha! I came across your original post just a few hours before I went in for an interview as well, for the same internship. Good luck to you guys, maybe we can be coworkers soon! :)

3. Prankster patients

   NewlyANurse replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Emergency

   These are too funny! My first "prankster patient" got me on my second day of clinicals, as a brand-new and still-terrified nursing student. She was by far the youngest patient on the unit, only in her mid-40's or so, being treated for burns. All was...

4. New Grad in a Clinical Safety/Research Job?

   NewlyANurse posted a topic in Career Support

   So a few weeks ago I posted my resume on Monster.com. I'm a new graduate and I'm getting more and more desperate by the day... I'm subbing at a daycare but no nursing job on the horizon, and money's dwindling with student loans looming. Since postin...

5. nursing or speech pathology

   NewlyANurse replied to hmzabka's topic in Career Support

   Like you said, this comes down to your own decision on the matter. If after a lot of consideration you don't think that nursing is what you want to do, then I would say follow your heart and go with speech pathology. My thought, though, would be that...

6. Email the nurse recruiter, or nurse manager?

   NewlyANurse replied to NewlyANurse's topic in Career Support

   Thanks for your input! I am leaning toward emailing the manager just because I don't know what else I can ask the recruiter to do, if he has in fact already forwarded my resume. I just don't want to offend and/or annoy anyone!

7. Email the nurse recruiter, or nurse manager?

   NewlyANurse posted a topic in Career Support

   So about a month ago now, I emailed a nurse recruiter at a hospital nearby that I would love to work for. He forwarded my email to another recruiter, who emailed me back to say that he had sent my resume on to the hiring manager, and that someone wou...

8. Where to get good experience for acute care pediatrics?

   NewlyANurse replied to NewlyANurse's topic in Pediatric

   @ smurfynursey, Wow, thanks so much for the reply! That's a great point I hadn't thought of, that LTC is how the kids live versus a temporary interruption like an inpatient admission might be. I really like that idea. The floor I did my preceptorshi...

9. Where to get good experience for acute care pediatrics?

   NewlyANurse replied to NewlyANurse's topic in Pediatric

   Thanks for your input! I'm following up on both, because at this point any job would be a welcome opportunity. But my heart is really leaning toward the LTC place. The more I look into, the more excited I get about it.

10. Where to get good experience for acute care pediatrics?

    NewlyANurse posted a topic in Pediatric

    Hey guys, So my ultimate nursing goal for years has been to work at a children's hospital on an inpatient pediatric floor. The hospital I'd love to work with is unfortunately not hiring new grads right now, but the recruiter seemed actively interest...

11. Letting my desperation shine through? :)

    NewlyANurse replied to NewlyANurse's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks everyone! I definitely plan on sending a thank you note, to everyone I spoke with about this (apparently non-existent!) position. As for why she even agreed to speak with me knowing there wasn't an available opening.... I had made it pretty cl...

12. Letting my desperation shine through? :)

    NewlyANurse replied to NewlyANurse's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for the input! I had the interview earlier today, but I did along the same lines as what you had said. I think I may have been borderline gushing at some points, but I held myself back. I did make it clear though that it was a goal of mine to...

13. Letting my desperation shine through? :)

    NewlyANurse posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hey guys! So I have a phone interview tomorrow. At my dream hospital. I've wanted to work at this hospital since I was 15. I've been searching for a job since even before I graduated in May, and this is my first interview. It's really the first time ...

14. New RN having hard time finding job!

    NewlyANurse replied to ilove's topic in Career Support

    I personalize the cover letter to whatever position I'm applying for. I make sure to specifically reference some of the hospital's values, and to speak toward my skills in whatever specialty the job opening is in. I would be sure to include why you a...

15. Nurse locator devices...

    NewlyANurse replied to JRP1120, RN's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I did my preceptorship at, the nurses were each assigned a phone at the beginning of a shift. The other nurses could use that to contact you, and you could also use it to text/page doctors. I thought it was pretty convenient! The pati...