hi everyone! i'm holli. i took boards on june 13th and passed with 75 questions. i am starting work on july 18th at the only hospital i ever wanted to work for. it is a great pediatric facility! i will be on the (post-op) surgical floor, and we also have all of the endocrine kids. also, they just added an epilepsy monitoring unit, for overnight monitoring and for the brain mapping they are doing. i expressed an interest in that, so they will cross-train me in that unit as well. i can't wait to get started!
I'm Rosie and have a bit over a month before I finish my degree and become an RN. I live in Sydney, where I have been working as an Enrolled Nurse for 4 yrs (equiv to LPN). A bit of a different system here, we don't have to do a test to become registered.
Just found out a week ago that I have a new grad position in inner Sydney hosp rotating in cardiothoracics. A bit nervous about the fact that I'm going to be looking after patients with heart/lung transplants:eek:, but good experience.
Anyway, from a lot of posts on this site US is same as Oz, really hard to get a new grad position, everyone wants experienced RNs only.
Would love to work in US once get a couple of years experience for a working holiday kind of thing.
Good luck to all doing their final nursing exams:nurse:
I just went through a really tough year in an Accelerated BSN program but I made it through and passed the NCLEX a couple weeks ago! I was lucky enough to be offered a position on an ortho floor and am really excited/nervous about starting. Good luck to everyone. The market is tough but it seems to be getting better.
Rosie_one
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Hi all!
I'm Rosie and have a bit over a month before I finish my degree and become an RN. I live in Sydney, where I have been working as an Enrolled Nurse for 4 yrs (equiv to LPN). A bit of a different system here, we don't have to do a test to become registered.
Just found out a week ago that I have a new grad position in inner Sydney hosp rotating in cardiothoracics. A bit nervous about the fact that I'm going to be looking after patients with heart/lung transplants:eek:, but good experience.
Anyway, from a lot of posts on this site US is same as Oz, really hard to get a new grad position, everyone wants experienced RNs only.
Would love to work in US once get a couple of years experience for a working holiday kind of thing.
Good luck to all doing their final nursing exams:nurse: