bellatrixrn

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1. Anybody here works for a nurse agency in Hawaii?

   bellatrixrn replied to Ecstatic2014's topic in Hawaii

   If you have at least 1 year experience you have a lot more opportunities available through temp agencies. Otherwise you might have to take LPN pay for an RN job.

2. Another RN moving to Hawaii needing advice

   bellatrixrn replied to Alaskanhills's topic in Hawaii

   Hilo Medical Center just downsized I believe so it's going to be tough.

3. "old" new grad

   bellatrixrn replied to bellatrixrn's topic in New Nurse

   I checked Wikipedia after I asked the question and I definitely don't think I could live there (I'm from Hawaii). I spent 6 months in California and I froze my butt off there! That's with lows in the 40s. I don't think my body could handle subzero...

4. "old" new grad

   bellatrixrn replied to bellatrixrn's topic in New Nurse

   Why is North Dakota not a good place to live? What are the hospital ratios like? How's the pay? It's definitely not someplace I have on my list of places I'd want to live but I'm keeping my options open.

5. "old" new grad

   bellatrixrn replied to bellatrixrn's topic in New Nurse

   I can't believe she gave up such a great opportunity! What I wouldn't give for that opportunity myself...

6. "old" new grad

   bellatrixrn replied to bellatrixrn's topic in New Nurse

   Was that the one that gave up the new grad job to have elective surgery? I'm hoping the critical care tech experience helps a little (I'm great at interpreting EKGs), but I'm not sure.

7. "old" new grad

   bellatrixrn replied to bellatrixrn's topic in New Nurse

   I actually prefer rural areas, so this works in my favor, thanks!

8. "old" new grad

   bellatrixrn replied to bellatrixrn's topic in New Nurse

   Yeah, I heard it's pretty terrible in California (and I actually prefer not to live there anyway, but it is the closest to Hawaii). However, I really don't think it can be worse than Hawaii, which basically has no "new" grad programs. I mean, we ca...

9. "old" new grad

   bellatrixrn posted a topic in New Nurse

   I've been out of school for two years now, and for a number of reasons didn't take my NCLEX until about a month ago. Amazingly enough, I passed! I was so excited to finally get that out of the way. The thing is, I've been reading posts on this sit...

10. New Graduate Programs on Oahu

    bellatrixrn replied to Tamurasy's topic in Hawaii

    I believe Straub, Pali Momi, and Kapiolani (HPH) all have new grad programs. They also only hire in-house. Castle and Kaiser don't have new grad programs, but will sometimes train in-house new grads.

11. going pay rate in hawaii?

    bellatrixrn replied to surfnurse311's topic in Hawaii

    Did you try Queens? They just had a job fair. They also have online job postings.

12. going pay rate in hawaii?

    bellatrixrn replied to surfnurse311's topic in Hawaii

    No, sorry. Although the nurse I spoke to that made that much was an ICU nurse, that might make a difference.

13. Queen's Job Fair

    bellatrixrn replied to bellatrixrn's topic in Hawaii

    I've been a nurse aide for one year and a critical care tech for one year as well. I'm still deciding if I even want to apply at Queen's (to double my chances at a new grad program). I probably will go anyway just to check it out. I was thinking m...

14. Queen's Job Fair

    bellatrixrn replied to bellatrixrn's topic in Hawaii

    I already have a tech/aide position at another hospital, so I wanted to avoid working 2 jobs, although I probably will apply anyway. I thought maybe there would be more than what was online, since the newspaper article said the job fair was for "hun...

15. Queen's Job Fair

    bellatrixrn posted a topic in Hawaii

    Does anybody know if the upcoming job fair for Queen's Medical Center will include any new grad programs? I checked online but didn't see any applications for new grads.