JeanettePNP

JeanettePNP MSN, RN, NP

Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy

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  1. Can't find a job

    JeanettePNP replied to okiphats's topic in New York Nursing

    Did you apply to NYU's new grad residency? Some Brooklyn hospitals were hiring a couple months ago but that has slowed down

  2. BSN to NP: to wait or not wait

    JeanettePNP replied to Walker.Abb's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I graduated with my BSN in August 2010 and fully intended to work for several years before pursuing grad school. Well lo and behold, it's 6 months after graduation and I still haven't found work. I...

  3. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    JeanettePNP replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Very nice to say "work," but you need to get a job first. If I can't find a job, my choices are a) languish until the job market finally opens up again b) walk away from nursing (heck no!) or c) go...

  4. Offer retracted

    JeanettePNP replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks, guys. Your messages of encouragement and support mean a lot to me. I am proud to say that while I was shell-shocked the first day, by the next morning I was ready to at least face the world...

  5. Offer retracted

    JeanettePNP posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Last week I had what I thought was an offer for a place in a new grad program. I was on cloud 9. I should have known that nothing counts as an offer until the contract is signed. Today they called to...

  6. Offer retracted

    JeanettePNP replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you. I am already open to considering anything, hospital based or not. In fact the offer I thought I had was not hospital based. Right now I'm experiencing very strong doubt if there is indeed a...

  7. Notes for new grads, part II

    JeanettePNP posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    A few months ago, as a desperate new grad, I wrote this post as a way of keeping myself sane and positive through a grueling job search. Today I'm glad to say that I was offered a job in a fantastic...

  8. Notes for new grads, part II

    JeanettePNP replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Chillceb, my responses in

  9. Notes for new grads, part II

    JeanettePNP replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks, hiddencat. Yes, I think the hardest part of the job search was the emotional aspect... dealing with feelings of inadequacy, feelings of jealousy and resentment of others who got jobs faster...

  10. The Story of a New Graduate Nurse

    JeanettePNP replied to meg708's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations! I thought about the lottery analogy many times myself during the job search. The difference being that I put in a heck of a lot more effort than buying a lottery ticket, for a much...

  11. Notes for new graduates

    JeanettePNP posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here are some notes (to self) on the job search process and some thoughts and feelings as a new grad. Please share your own! 1. Get over your anger/frustration/disappointment that the "nursing...

  12. Notes for new graduates

    JeanettePNP replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I start the beginning of April. Just enough time to get family affairs in order before I

  13. Smelling Cancer?

    JeanettePNP replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    On one of my first clinicals there was a patient who gave off a distinct smell.. we thought it was because she hadn't been bathed, but the instructor said it was cancer. It was a very advanced case......

  14. Notes for new graduates

    JeanettePNP replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Update: I have a job offer! 6 months post graduation, hundreds of applications, 3 interviews, one job offer. One is enough for me! It's not in an area that I ever dreamed I'd work in but the...

  15. High school students get angry if you tell them the truth about nursing

    JeanettePNP replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    If you're discouraging HS students from considering nursing because of the new grad job shortage... well we're talking 4 years into the future at least (if they go the BSN route). I don't think that...

  16. No Separate Psych Nursing Course in Undergrad Programs!!!

    JeanettePNP replied to showbizrn's topic in Psychiatric

    I think psych is an important class even if you don't plan to be a psych nurse. Therapeutic communication is a skill that all nurses need to use. And psych patients are not exempt from physical...

  17. New grad looking for a job in a new state--HELP!

    JeanettePNP replied to SomeMadHope's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi, I'm a new grad myself. My experience in peds is limited to doing volunteer pediatric homecare and pediatric long term care. Unfortunately at this point it has not helped me get a paying job in...

  18. New grad looking for a job in a new state--HELP!

    JeanettePNP replied to SomeMadHope's topic in Nursing Career

    Your best bet is probably to apply for a WI license, and make a day trip (or however long you can manage) up to WI. Drive around the area you'd most like to live and work and deliver your resume in...

  19. Why are people encouraging me to become an M.D. rather than an RN?

    JeanettePNP replied to tnewman's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line is that you have to follow your heart, not what other people say. What do you feel? What attracts you about nursing, and what attracts you about medicine? Nurses aren't doctor's...

  20. How did you get through clinical rotations that you had no interest in?

    JeanettePNP replied to mell260's topic in General Students

    Sorry, I really can't relate. I loved every last one of my clinicals. There was not one rotation that I didn't enjoy or wished it would be over already. I loved all the new experiences, exposure to...

  21. Reverse Psychology for New Grads...

    JeanettePNP replied to RN7776's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's definitely good to think beyond hospital jobs. I'm looking into home health too. Shhhh don't let out the secret -- it really is the wave of the future. Right now I'm doing pediatric homecare as a...

  22. RN feeling discouraged, can't find niche

    JeanettePNP replied to babblingbrook's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't look very good on a resume to show a different job every year. I say make an effort to stick it out in your current position while moonlighting in another job if possible (maybe going to...

  23. 3 Interviews then no call?

    JeanettePNP replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's wrong and unprofessional not to get back to you after an interview and let you know that they gave the job to someone else... but apparently new grads are expendable and just have to suck...

  24. *UNEMPLOYED NURSES*

    JeanettePNP replied to bree*'s topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    As frustrating as it is not to be able to find work, I don't think the blame lies solely with those pushing the "nursing shortage" myth. Yes, I'm angry and frustrated too, but my choice to pursue...

  25. Certifications: HOW?

    JeanettePNP replied to StillSliding's topic in Nursing Career

    I took ACLS, PALS and IV certification privately. It may or may not boost your resume; you may end up working in a job that doesn't demand these certifications, or they will train you in it yourself....