RetSGT

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1. Where's the tipping point???

   RetSGT replied to RetSGT's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for your input, Slinkyhead.

2. Where's the tipping point???

   RetSGT replied to RetSGT's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks Dirty Hippie, I should have been more clear, I applied to 30 hospitals. That's how many hospitals there are within a 60 mile radius from where I live. Some of those hospitals I applied to multiple times for various job postings that they adv...

3. Where's the tipping point???

   RetSGT replied to RetSGT's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for the advice sunshyne.

4. Where's the tipping point???

   RetSGT posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi, Another new nurse here who can't find a job. Sorry that I chose this path. Left one career for this one, knowing that "nurses are in short supply", "They're always looking for new nurses", "Nursing is a recession proof career"> Well I was ...

5. LTC employment possibilities for new RN?

   RetSGT posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hi all, I was hoping to get advice from some of you that work in LTC. After graduating from an ADN program in May 2013 and applying to at least 25 different hospitals in the area with no luck, I am trying to consider my options before seeking a job ...

6. Question about hospital hiring policies.

   RetSGT posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Has anybody ever been put on a "Hiring List" following a job interview. I recently interviewed for a position with a hospital and was told that I'm being put on a hiring list so that when a position opens up and they get to me, I'll be hired. I'm j...

7. New Male Nurse = No Problem Landing A Job ???

   RetSGT replied to RetSGT's topic in Men

   I would like to clarify something to those who challenged my contention that people frequently told me that, because I'm a male, a job would not be difficult to attain. Additionally, I was also frequently told that "men are highly desired in nursing...

8. New Male Nurse = No Problem Landing A Job ???

   RetSGT replied to RetSGT's topic in Men

   "Then again, nurses from around the country heard rumors that Texas was still supposedly booming with jobs during the economic downturn, so we have nurses from all over the US who have flocked here over the past few years without securing employme...

9. New Male Nurse = No Problem Landing A Job ???

   RetSGT replied to RetSGT's topic in Men

   Dallas/Fort Worth area, Wow! I'm surprised with the influx of new residents that you guys have had in the last few years, I was sure that your area would be one of the growing markets in nursing. Thanks for the info. P.S. Re: the "specialty they d...

10. New Male Nurse = No Problem Landing A Job ???

    RetSGT posted a topic in Men

    "Don't worry, you're a guy. You'll have no problem finding a job!" How many of you guys have heard this? The reason that I ask is this. Every time I spoke to anyone in nursing school about the job crisis, that was always (and I mean always) the re...

11. Hi South Oaks Hospital, LI

    RetSGT replied to RN315's topic in New York

    Hi guys, I don't know if you're still following this thread but I'm interested in Mental Health Nursing and would like to apply to South Oaks, but every time I click on the "Join our team page", it takes me to a nursing home website with an applicat...

12. Use Kaplan for NCLEX Prep? What'd ya think?

    RetSGT posted a topic in NCLEX

    I just graduated from an ADN program and started the Kaplan NCLEX prep program. Let me start by saying this, I did very well in the program and have done thousands of practice questions during the course. The only reason I am telling you this is be...

13. Question About Internships

    RetSGT posted a topic in New York

    Please forgive me for my lack of knowledge in the field but, I'm a new (soon to be) graduate and I'm looking into applying for an E.R. internship and hope that somebody can give me some information about them. First of all... How do they work??? ...

14. Brookhaven Memorial Hospital

    RetSGT replied to Sapphirestarr's topic in New York

    Everything is done on computer.

15. Brookhaven Memorial Hospital

    RetSGT replied to Sapphirestarr's topic in New York

    Hi SapphireStarr, I can only provide basic information about Brookhaven Hospital as I don't work there. I am presently a nursing student and I am also doing my clinicals there. As an outsider looking in, here's what I can tell you. In past years, Bro...