catlovingRN BSN, RN

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   Interview with Nurse Educator & Staff RN

   catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for your responses! For whatever reason the second interview never got scheduled, but this morning (almost 2 months later) I got offered the job!!!!! Looking forward to stepping away from medsurg and into the very different world of L&D! [...
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   Interview with Nurse Educator & Staff RN

   catlovingRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi everyone! So after being an Ortho/Stroke nurse for a year I finally got an interview for a full-time L&D position! I interviewed with the nurse manager last Thursday and it went really well. She emailed me last night saying the next step would...
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   Potential Job Switch- What to do?

   catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for all the responses!! I am still waiting to hear about the MB position and just emailed HR today to follow up! I'm still on my parents insurance for about the next 2 plus years so I will compare the two and take that into consideration. If i...
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   Potential Job Switch- What to do?

   catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I really appreciate your response and I will definitely look into that! I also just learned that the L&D manager at the same hospital system I am currently employed at is not someone you want to work for, so that will probably sway my opinion if ...
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   Potential Job Switch- What to do?

   catlovingRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi everyone, I interviewed two days ago for a maternity position that will include orientation in mother baby, newborn nursery, and eventually antepartum and L&D. I'm going on 8 months as an ortho/stroke nurse and it is not an easy job. The patie...
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   New Grads: how long did it take you to find a job, or how long have you been ...

   catlovingRN replied to kieran07's topic in New Nurse

   I guess I should update this. The internship ended up falling through and after many many more applications and about a 4 month interviewing process I got a job on an ortho/stroke floor in south Jersey. I start tomorrow! :)
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   Good sign?

   catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Job Hunt

   So this has been quite a long process, but if anyone is interested in hearing how things went: I just got an email from the first hospital offering me the ortho/stroke position!!!!!!!!! I am super excited about this! The NR will be calling me tomorro...
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   Major and a Minor..is it worth it?

   catlovingRN replied to kmv2497's topic in General Students

   I'm going to disagree with the above posters because I graduated this past May with my BSN and a minor in Spanish. Of course it was not easy, but I managed to complete my major and minor, have a part-time job and a life, all while graduating on time....
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   Still cannot find a job

   catlovingRN replied to Mel42174's topic in Post Graduate

   Well first, I would probably take your GPA off your resume. I've heard directly from someone in HR that they really don't need to see it unless you have something very impressive (aka 3.5 or preferably higher). Second, I would practice your interview...
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    Can you have piercings in the nursing program?

    catlovingRN replied to choomtop's topic in General Students

    Personally I feel like if you can't see it when it's flipped up no one should even know you have it so I can't really see any issue. I have 4 piercings in each ear and they're a pain to take out with jewelry like that so I understand where you're com...
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    Does everyone feel like they bomb nclex after taking it?

    catlovingRN replied to ALORN's topic in NCLEX

    I was in the same boat. I called my dad directly after and he's like how was it and I said I don't know and he's like aw come on you definitely passed and I said I don't know and started bawling hahaha. It definitely is the most mentally and emotiona...
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    Good sign?

    catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Job Hunt

    Oh yes!!! Very much so. I forgot that this thread had 0 background information about me, but L&D is what I'm most interested in. As a new grad, however, I knew it would be unlikely to get a position in this specialty right away so I put it on the...
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    Good sign?

    catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Job Hunt

    Updating you guys again in case you're interested! Still waiting for a call about the peer interview from the first hospital, but I also managed to snag an interview at another hospital!!! ...on a labor and delivery unit (whaaaaat?!!!!!!). I'm in sho...
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    I Got the Job!

    catlovingRN replied to MDMBSNRN's topic in Critical

    @mdmrn23 Sorry my mindset has been strictly new grad job searching lately so I just assumed! I'm sure your experience as a float nurse will be invaluable to this new position you're about to start. :) I'm interviewing for a position on a med/surg flo...
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    I Got the Job!

    catlovingRN replied to MDMBSNRN's topic in Critical

    Congrats!!!!! That is so exciting and, wow, what a unit to start on. I'm sure it will be a steep learning curve, but you seem to be already ahead of the game preparation wise (which is great). I'm still in the process of interviewing for my *hopefull...