southlandrn

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1. Comparing salaries...

   southlandrn replied to melshane's topic in Research

   Well DON'T TELL, but I was started out at $51K, with one year RN experience and no research

2. New Grad recently offered a CRC position???????????

   southlandrn replied to cam_RN's topic in Research

   I took a job as a research nurse after working on the floor for one year...and have no regrets at all! I don't really know that my one year of hell helps me out in this job, other than making me...

3. Loan buyback/ starting pay

   southlandrn replied to snickersBRaccel's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   Touro recently dropped their loan payment from $300/mo to $175/mo until Feb '10; then, they are discontinuing the program and payments will be ZERO. So for all of us who signed on at Touro for the...

4. Research Coordinator Interview

   southlandrn replied to ThanksForAllTheFish!'s topic in Research

   Hi! I am curious about your interview...what kind of questions did they ask? Did you get the job, or even want it post-interview? I too am considering leaving the floor for something a bit less...

5. Help! Stuck between a rock and a hard place!

   southlandrn replied to BKCinNOLA's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   Honestly, you should take any job offered to you now.

6. What shoes do you wear at work?

   southlandrn replied to mappers's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   New Balance runners for me...I have to use a Dr. Scholls gel insert but after 6 mos so far so

7. 25K sign on bonus

   southlandrn replied to lamplight_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I remember a local hospital offering a NEW CAR as a sign on bonus, plus teacher hours (8 hr days, off for summers!) Yep, that was at least 12 years

8. What's the best way to resign?

   southlandrn replied to southlandrn's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much to all of you for your advice! I will try and hunt down the info online in the employee manual. My comment about "jeapordizing my license" has to do with patient abandonment. But I...

9. What's the best way to resign?

   southlandrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   Well, I lasted 8 mos. on the floor. Pure hell, hated almost every minute of it; I am lucky to escape with a mostly intact back; But I think I have a kidney infection...who has time to pee? :chuckle I...

10. CSN NAC II

    southlandrn replied to blueskeyes's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    oh, evidently sobbing throughout NACII is some sicko rite of passage that the instructors take extreme pleasure inflicting upon the lowly

11. CSN NAC II

    southlandrn replied to blueskeyes's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    i recommend getting ACLS certified prior to starting NACII; all that cardiac/code info will then be a review. once I took ACLS (after graduating) it all clicked into place and I wished someone had...

12. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    southlandrn replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    WOW is "weekend only worker" and must have 2 years experience, works q fri/sat/sunday 12 hr shifts. good for some i guess! so night WOW are earning $49/hr! and that's fulltime, with benefits, etc....

13. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    southlandrn replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    WOW nurses at Touro in NOLA make $44/hr base, plus $4 eve/$5 night diffs! (obviously no weekend diff since it's a weekend only full-time job...but weekend diff for other FT positions is

14. advice needed re: job opportunity

    southlandrn posted a topic in Research

    I have been working the floor of an acute neuro rehab unit since Feb. -first job since graduating! I already know this job isn't perfect for me---very physically demanding, very depressing...

15. new grad/rehab unit HEELLLPPP!!

    southlandrn replied to southlandrn's topic in Rehabilitation

    Thanks so very much to all of you who have responded---keep em coming! I sent an email last night to the nurse recruiter in HR with instructions to forward it to the unit manager; I explained my...