gizmojamz BSN, RN

gizmojamz has 5 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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   Can I break my contract if I'm homesick?

   gizmojamz replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I could have written this as I too have recently moved from home to another state for my first nursing job (well the first hospital one anyway) which also has me on a 2-year contract. However, the location I'm in is a neighboring state so the drive f...
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   Get your med surg experience early!

   gizmojamz replied to Just Dave's topic in Career Support

   Yes, things are very different now. I'm a new nurse and I've heard stories like yours from other seasoned nurses who have also been able to get into their specialties with little to no med surg experience. I hope to advance my career by transitioning...
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   Get your med surg experience early!

   gizmojamz replied to Just Dave's topic in Career Support

   I agree with this. I graduated from nursing school in fall 2018 and it took me 1 year to find the current hospital position I have now. Within that year, I do feel like my skills have collected dust, as I like to say. In between that time I worked a ...
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   Half the class expelled... help.

   gizmojamz replied to LoveGuineaPigs's topic in General Students

   Wow that is crazy. I'm sorry this happened to you. I have a friend who went to a for profit school and had a scenario like this happen to her as well. She was able to graduate 6 months later after she and a bunch of other nursing students who still w...
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   Tips on Video Interview with Cleveland Clinic?

   gizmojamz replied to gizmojamz's topic in Job Hunt

   Hello! This was from months ago and I actually took another RN position in my home state but this interview wasn't as stressful as I thought. It was pretty straightforward but the formatting was completely new to me at the time. They give you a few a...
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   October 2019 GN Residency: Texas Health Resources (THR)

   gizmojamz replied to sarah512's topic in Texas

   That's great news! Congrats! ?
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   October 2019 GN Residency: Texas Health Resources (THR)

   gizmojamz replied to sarah512's topic in Texas

   Wow, interesting what a small world. It's sad how it is right now. If you don't mind, I'd love to PM you some companies that have reached out to me previously (and still do occasionally).
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   October 2019 GN Residency: Texas Health Resources (THR)

   gizmojamz replied to sarah512's topic in Texas

   Exactly and that's why I've kind of accepted how picky they are being. It's like this with all of them as of late. I'm guessing you're a new grad from May 2019 correct? I'm an "old new grad" from December 2018 and have found a part-time RN job. Don't...
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   October 2019 GN Residency: Texas Health Resources (THR)

   gizmojamz replied to sarah512's topic in Texas

   It's been like crickets so far. I have 3 applications still saying "under review." No changes as of lately besides 1 rejection email from one of their facilities.
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    Graduate Nurse Looking for a Job

    gizmojamz replied to BSNRN2019's topic in Job Hunt

    You're welcome! Please update us on here if you find anything?
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    Graduate Nurse Looking for a Job

    gizmojamz replied to BSNRN2019's topic in Job Hunt

    Congratulations on graduating. I'm going to be honest with you, DFW has been extremely competitive lately for new grad nurses in particular. It's mostly because this area is saturated with nursing schools thus resulting in a lot of new grads in the a...
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    Denied every job so far as a new grad bsn

    gizmojamz replied to Tanny22's topic in Job Hunt

    @brightfutureRN Initially, in Fall when graduation was approaching I applied for most critical care positions as well as med surg. Since then I've had a total 4 interviews within that specialty (In CC) but no offer. I have had about 4 or 5 interviews...
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    Denied every job so far as a new grad bsn

    gizmojamz replied to Tanny22's topic in Job Hunt

    Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I'm so happy you were able to find a good position (and in the specialty you desire too!) Unfortunately, in my case, it's been almost 5 months now since receiving my license and almost 6 since getting...
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    October 2019 GN Residency: Texas Health Resources (THR)

    gizmojamz replied to sarah512's topic in Texas

    My applications still say under review. Good Luck!
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    Denied every job so far as a new grad bsn

    gizmojamz replied to Tanny22's topic in Job Hunt

    @brightfutureRN I know this post is at least a year old but did you manage to find a full time position? I'm currently dealing with something similar to this myself.