DBev93

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1. Contract/Bonus repayment

   DBev93 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi- I'm a RN of 8 months who took a sign-on bonus for a 2 yr committment with a hospital. I was paid the $$ during my last semester, and only did so because i would not have been able to finish school w/o it .....literally that money saved my butt b...

2. working in physician office

   DBev93 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi - I am an RN of nearly a year, been working on a ICU/post ICU unit as a new grad. I am considering accepting a position in a physician family practice office because 12.5 hour nights are not working out for me as a single parent of 3, 2 of whom h...

3. Being a mommy of a child with special needs and a student

   DBev93 replied to Eirene's topic in General Students

   Hi Dani - I DO understand your situation. I am mom/FT nursing student mom of 9 yr twins who both have Spastic Quad CP. They also have a sister who is 8 yo and I went through a divorce 3 yrs ago as well, after 11 yrs of marriage. My girl twin had bi...

4. How long did you take to accept job offer?

   DBev93 replied to DBev93's topic in New Nurse

   ChloeinAtl - Thanks for your thoughts. You are correct, this is an early offer. However, this is the hospital that I want to work at and their are 5 excellent colleges of nursing (3 of which have Dec. grads) within a 60 mile radius that will be chom...

5. How long did you take to accept job offer?

   DBev93 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi All - I am a Dec 2007 grad and just received my first job offer. I am very interested in this position, however because I am a divorced mom of 3, I was hoping to not have to start on nights. (This job is 3 x 12's with 16 week orientation). T...

6. What to wear on interview

   DBev93 replied to DBev93's topic in New Nurse

   Okay...now I see a bunch of old threads with this same question. :doh: DBev93

7. What to wear on interview

   DBev93 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Question for NS grads - What did you wear on your interview?? I have my first interview with a hospital next week and I can't decide on what to wear. My previous job experience was corporate/insurance environment. so I have a nice navy blue busine...

8. Graduate in December. Apply for jobs now?

   DBev93 replied to PICUFL's topic in New Nurse

   Yes, start applying now. I am a December graduate and I submitted online apps to two hospitals less than 2 weeks ago. I have been contacted by the nurse recruiter at one and I have an interview with a nursing manager next week! Yikes!! I was also...

9. Pharmacology

   DBev93 replied to Future_Nurse_Natalie's topic in General Students

   I'm taking Pharm this semester and was pleased to learn last week that our instructor will allow us to have a one page "cheat sheet" for our exams. We can write whatever on them to help us answer questions.....keeping in mind that the questions are ...

10. My orientation today1

    DBev93 posted a topic in General Students

    It went great! After being super excited all week, I found that I had major butterflies in my tummy while in line to get handbooks, parking pass, freebie bags, iteinerary,etc. We covered everything from personal safety, substance abuse which som...

11. Can we get a roll call for Jan 06 beginning nursing students?

    DBev93 replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in General Students

    Well I have lurked here for awhile and decided to "talk" since I officially start BSN program tomorrow, Jan. 5! I simply cannot believe it is here....finally. I have orietation all day from 7:30am-3pm. Then on Monday I start classes. I will have ...

12. Spring Starter and NERVOUS!!!!

    DBev93 replied to Nathalie's topic in General Students

    Hi, I am going to start BSN clinicals in January 2006. This semester I am taking Chemistry and Eng Comp II (both of which I avoided like the plague in my undergrad yrs). Actually they are not too bad SO far. I too am feeling excited, I can't wait ...

13. ? on wearing uniforms

    DBev93 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, I am fairly new to this board and I have been accepted to a BSN program for Spring 2006 so I don't have a "lot" of info yet. I'm wondering if the uniforms are required ONLY during clinicals/practing w/ patients OR does your school require tha...

14. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    DBev93 replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois

    MrsStock10: I would definitely talk to a different advisor if your assigned one is not very helpful. My assigned advisor was "okay", however there were times over the past 1.5 yrs that I had a question, so I would just do a walk in appt and speak wi...

15. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    DBev93 replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois

    Hi MrsStock10: I hadn't looked into the LPN at Heartland so I am not 100% sure, but I believe that you may apply even though you are still in progress with your prereq's. I say this because when I looked into the HCC ADN program, I understood that ...