contramanda

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1. How did you get your RN Residency?

   contramanda replied to Aloysia's topic in Job Hunt

   Just a tip I found helpful, keep a little document for yourself that reminds you of situations that occurred during clinical. That way, when it's time to interview, you'll be able to remember clinical situations and will be better able to answer thos...

2. Medical City Intern 2017

   contramanda replied to Dancingnurse8's topic in Job Hunt

   I didn't get the scrubs info until I went into HR for my new employee health screen and to turn in my paperwork.

3. Depression and Nursing school

   contramanda replied to Pnutlife's topic in General Students

   I'm sorry you are dealing with this. If you have a professor you are particularly close with, like a clinical instructor, I would consider being open with them. I don't know about Chamberlain, but the school I went to had counselors specific to nursi...

4. Job outlook for ADN's

   contramanda replied to Nickc58's topic in Career Support

   Where I live, the ADN program has an excellent reputation for teaching great clinical skills. No one in my class has had trouble getting a job. People are getting hired into ICUs, ERs, L&D, Med-Surg, etc. I think it just depends on where you live...

5. New Grad ICU Residency w/o ICU capstone?

   contramanda replied to baleen's topic in New Nurse

   I've had people in my ADN program get hired into ICUs at Level I and Level II trauma centers...no capstone.

6. Question About Hiring in ED

   contramanda replied to KrCmommy522's topic in Emergency

   Look for a new grad residency that is for ED specifically. Where I live, they start posting positions up to 6 months before the start date, so most people have jobs before we even graduate. It's a lot of competition to get a job in the ED as a new gr...

7. Moving to Austin w/ ER experience, advice on hospitals

   contramanda replied to totoroll's topic in Texas

   I'm not sure, I'm only doing my clinicals there so I don't really have insight into their hiring process. One of the nurses I was with on the trauma side had been a M/S nurse for a couple of years but has only been working ER for about 6 months.

8. Moving to Austin w/ ER experience, advice on hospitals

   contramanda replied to totoroll's topic in Texas

   St. David's South Austin Medical Center just became a Level II trauma last year and is the busiest St. David's ER. I believe they have around 70-ish beds. One side is a regular ER side and the other is a cardiac/trauma side.

9. TriStar Nurse Residency Program

   contramanda replied to Shanneliz SRNA's topic in New Nurse

   I spoke with the recruiter and she said it depended on the hospital, but base pay is about $22.20-$22.70. Differentials depend on the hospital as well. In other news, I recently accepted another offer so have withdrawn my application from TriStar, bu...

10. New Grad Job Search Anxiety

    contramanda replied to YankeeRose11's topic in Career Support

    I really think it's a lot of luck. ER jobs are hard to get. I am also graduating with my ADN. I interviewed for ER positions at a couple of hospitals and they all said they had literally hundreds of people apply and they were only hiring a max of 3 n...

11. New Grad ED Interview: Situational

    contramanda replied to newnurse866's topic in Emergency

    I had a worksheet where I was given 7 scenarios and had to prioritize them and list the actions/interventions I would need to implement or expect to implement.

12. TriStar Nurse Residency Program

    contramanda replied to Shanneliz SRNA's topic in New Nurse

    You're right! But I haven't spoken to an HR recruiter through this whole process, so I'm unsure of who my contact would be. Pay was not brought up during the interviews and it comes off as a taboo subject to bring up. So, I guess my next to-do item i...

13. TriStar Nurse Residency Program

    contramanda replied to Shanneliz SRNA's topic in New Nurse

    Do y'all have any idea of what the base pay is like? I've seen some numbers but they are from posts a few years back.

14. TriStar Nurse Residency Program

    contramanda replied to Shanneliz SRNA's topic in New Nurse

    I applied ED first and ICU was my second option. Fingers crossed for all of us!

15. Seton/Dell Children's Nurse Residency July 2017

    contramanda replied to futurepedirn's topic in Career Support

    I had a phone interview with the recruiter last week that was supposedly for the PICU, but he asked my questions related to location and unit preferences, so it seemed like more of a general screening. A little disappointing...