sunshine9

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1. unofficially officially

   sunshine9 replied to Gennaver's topic in Government

   Yeaaaaah. Congradulations. Hopefully you will be seeing this post from me one year from now. Now you can sit back and relax for a little while. Again CONGRADULATIONS. Takes a big burden off the shoulders.

2. Air Force Nursing: New Grad or 1+ yrs. Exp.

   sunshine9 posted a topic in Government

   Hi, Would love some information from new grads that entered into the air force or nurses who have entered into the air force with some experience and let me know the pros and cons. I know that some of this depends on the individual but I would like t...

3. Starting Salary

   sunshine9 replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts

   I live in Cape Cod and most of the hospitals make around the same (for the most part) as they have mentioned above for the Boston Hospitals. I am still a nursing student but many of the new grads that I work with said that they started off at 24 and ...

4. Im Moving

   sunshine9 replied to danigirl58's topic in Texas

   Congradulations on your upcoming move to Houston. I eventually would like to move there when I finish nursing school also. ???You have newbie down for years experience. Are you a new grad? If so, when you start your orientation? Would love to know an...

5. what nurse recruiters looked for

   sunshine9 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi hoping to hear from anybody. new grads, experienced nurses, and especially any nurse recruiters about what nursing recruiters look for when new grad students are applying for an intern position in a hospital. Ex. Do they look at grad scores, previ...

6. Trouble Finding a Job as New Graduate??

   sunshine9 replied to debsuztx's topic in New Nurse

   You may want to call and find out when their new grad orientations are. I believe that most of them are unfortunately in June and Janurary, which I think that you mentioned you may have unfortunately missed due to personal circumstances. I think that...

7. Moving to the area

   sunshine9 replied to MuddaMia's topic in Rhode Island

   You might want to look under the site for massachusetts if you are looking at ideas for Boston hospitals. There were some informative messages about good hospitals to work at. I'm just starting some of my clinicals in Boston starting this fall so I c...

8. new grad moving to Houston, flexibility with testing with new grad orientation

   sunshine9 replied to sunshine9's topic in Texas

   I'm just a little worried because then that means that I will test probably sometime in June and probably not be able to find a new grad orientation again until Janurary. Most places seem to only have new grad orientations in June and Janurary, with ...

9. new grad moving to Houston, flexibility with testing with new grad orientation

   sunshine9 posted a topic in Texas

   Thinking of moving to Houston in the future, I was hoping to hear from people that were new grads that moved to Houston (or Texas) right after their graduation before taking the NCLEX. Did they have an easy or hard time securing a job before they mov...

10. New grad moving to Baytown

    sunshine9 replied to bluekitty's topic in Texas

    I think that ST Luke's has a new grad program that starts in September, but I am not sure when the deadline is. May want to check out their website.

11. Lubbock, TX to Boston, MA

    sunshine9 replied to TTUNurseBSN's topic in Massachusetts

    I would say to make sure of the housing situation. Living in massachusetts (Boston) can be expensive. I am actually moving from Cape Cod, MA to Texas after I graduate because the cost of living is much better down there and the rate of pay is not tha...

12. Cape Cod Community LPN to RN program

    sunshine9 replied to NrseSeeker's topic in Massachusetts

    Although I don't think these are prereq. for entry into the program. They are prereq before the NUR130 course. Successful completion of all of the following courses is required prior to NUR 130: ENL 101 English Composition I PSY 101 General Psychol...

13. Cape Cod Community LPN to RN program

    sunshine9 replied to NrseSeeker's topic in Massachusetts

    I agree that you should definitely call and ask. They also have a list of prereq. that you have to have completed if you enter into the transition program. So I would at least start on those, because that could take you a year if you haven't already ...

14. moving to Texas?? new grad intern position??

    sunshine9 replied to sunshine9's topic in Texas

    Are the recruiters from within the hospital? I look on the hospital websites but I don't really see much information about recruiters? Do you know if they generally just ask for a resume or do you need to interview in person. I am really going to try...

15. moving to Texas?? new grad intern position??

    sunshine9 replied to sunshine9's topic in Texas

    Meghan, How do you like Houston? That is another one of the places that I am currently looking at. Does it seem pretty diverse, now that you have some type of info on the job perspectives, do they seem good? Would love to have any type of info on Hou...