arockingroupie

arockingroupie has 2 years experience.

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1. Johns Hopkins nurses a question?

   arockingroupie replied to embradsmom's topic in Maryland

   I worked there and loved it. So salary can be broken down to hourly rates (they tell you what your hourly equivalent is) but salary means you work 40 hours a week. You can work 32 or 36 hours and still get benefits but of course you wont get paid the...

2. Please somebody help me

   arockingroupie replied to mgonzalez4's topic in Maryland

   My friend had a lot of problems with Bowie's nursing program. I went to Stevenson, graduated in 14 months from my ASN to BSN. It is the most expensive undergrad nursing program in the state but fast application process (mine was 1 week). Classes are ...

3. Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD

   arockingroupie replied to nursegirl991's topic in Maryland

   They are building a new ICU tower there that will open in 2015. The units look outdated and they dont even have a pyxis system for materials. My friend likes the Peds ER there but any critical care peds are taken to Childrens National. They have a de...

4. Information on tackling the job market in Washington D.C.

   arockingroupie replied to Fitnessgal123's topic in Washington DC

   I started as a nurse in Maryland which takes a few weeks the MBON is really slow, so much you have to sit in their office and wait and wait because emails and messages wont be answered. DC took me less then 2 weeks to be endorsed. You get paid more ...

5. Howard county general fellowship program

   arockingroupie replied to tehjulz's topic in Maryland

   They just implemented a new computer system so they aren't hiring very many nurses right now.

6. new to Maryland help!

   arockingroupie replied to ohrandomtimes23's topic in Maryland

   Go to the MBON and sit in their lobby and demand answers. They will not answer phone calls or respond timely by mail. It is very aggravating but you aren't the only ones. The job market for CNA's here is slowly diminishing. If all else fails try to a...

7. Jobs for New ADN Grad RN? Bleak outlook or glimmer of hope?

   arockingroupie replied to whitescrubs2012's topic in Maryland

   It took me over a year to get my first RN job in the Baltimore area, I applied to every hospital in the state. There is a huge influx of nurses here due to all of the nursing schools (universities and community colleges). Most got their foot in the d...

8. Clinical Psychologist or Psychiatric Nursing?

   arockingroupie replied to eroo's topic in Psychiatric

   Psych nursing is a lot of hands-on nursing care (giving medications, etc). At minimum you can have an associates degree to practice nursing (still almost 3+ years of schooling) and a bachelor's is the way to go (4 years) for optimal jobs. You can wor...

9. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

   arockingroupie replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland

   I would guess 4-6 weeks - most nursing boards take that long.

10. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    arockingroupie replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland

    They don't have listings for "new grad nurses" nor do they have many internships. They are listed as "nurse clinician." Some list entry level (usually medicine floors). If you see a specialty you are dying to work in don't hesitate to apply if it it ...

11. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    arockingroupie replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland

    Contact the Maryland Board of Nursing for details. It doesn't look like you would have to take the NCLEX again - MBON would just need to verify your NCLEX scores and application. http://www.mbon.org/main.php?v=norm&p=0&c=licensure/endorsement...

12. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    arockingroupie replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland

    They are always hiring - they have between 5 to 50 new nurses every 2 months. I have only known 1 person to get the specialty floor they wanted. Most of the ICU/peds floors want 1 year of experience (student nursing doesn't count). They always have o...

13. Does anyone know how to find a Cruise Ship Nursing Job?

    arockingroupie replied to micahd's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going through the hiring stages with Carnival Cruise. They just want certifications from what I can tell and emergency experience (mine being a paramedic). They quoted me $48K a year and they are making contracts for next year now. Go directly to...

14. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    arockingroupie replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland

    Wow I can't believe no one puts up salaries on here. My friend was a travel RT working at Hopkins. When she asked (this time last year) they said starting RN's make $23.75 an hour. They have decent benefits (medically is superb) but it's the name on ...