lilianavolk

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1. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

   lilianavolk replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I had the same problem coming out of nursing school. You should try a nurse residency, that's what I ended up doing. Everyone will be new grads so they don't expect you to have experience. For my residency, it was basically a couple weeks of classes ...

2. Memorial Health University Medical Center Residency Savannah, GA

   lilianavolk replied to lilianavolk's topic in Career Support

   A lot of people actually prefer nights. On my unit the waiting list for nights is much longer than days

3. Memorial Health University Medical Center Residency Savannah, GA

   lilianavolk replied to lilianavolk's topic in Career Support

   It depends. For me, I have to rotate days/nights for a full year.

4. Memorial Health University Medical Center Residency Savannah, GA

   lilianavolk replied to lilianavolk's topic in Career Support

   The program itself is a year, but you have to sign a 4 year contract. The first 2-3 weeks you have a bunch of classes/hospital orientation. Then you have orientation on your unit which is typically 12 weeks and then you're taking patients on your own...

5. Memorial Health University Medical Center Residency Savannah, GA

   lilianavolk replied to lilianavolk's topic in Career Support

   I'm sorry, I really don't know much about other parts of the hospital, especially the adult floors. But congrats!

6. Memorial Health University Medical Center Residency Savannah, GA

   lilianavolk replied to lilianavolk's topic in Career Support

   I did accept the position in the pediatric specialty unit and so far it was a great decision. I got offered my dream job which doesn't always happen for new grads. I love the people I work with and haven't had any problems so far. I know there are so...

7. Memorial Health University Medical Center Residency Savannah, GA

   lilianavolk replied to lilianavolk's topic in Career Support

   Wow, thanks for the advice!

8. Memorial Health University Medical Center Residency Savannah, GA

   lilianavolk posted a topic in Career Support

   I'm about to graduate with my BSN in a few weeks and was contacted for an interview for Memorial Hospital's nurse residency program. I wasn't planning on doing a residency program, so I know very little about residencies in general and how they work....