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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. new grad/rehab unit HEELLLPPP!!

    southlandrn posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    So... I graduated in Dec 08 and accepted a job in the brain injury rehab unit. This is my very first nursing gig...and I can't stand it! The work is entirely too physical and it's killing my back...

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. 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

  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. 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...

  11. 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

  12. 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...

  13. 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....

  14. 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

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. New Grad Jobs

    southlandrn replied to jgonzales1430's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I would apply online at all the hospitals...Ochsner, University, Touro, Children's, West Jefferson, East Jefferson, River Parishes; then follow up your application with a phone call a few days later....

  18. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    southlandrn replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    oh, and most hospitals will give you credit for working as lpn; for example, for every 3 yrs as lpn, they will give you one year experience as rn...for salary purposes.

  19. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    southlandrn replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    In NOLA, starting salary is anywhere from $22-25/hr; plus loan payment of $300/mo; eve diff is 4, night is 5, weekend is 5;

  20. taken the NCLEX

    southlandrn replied to scarlettelilly's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't your temp license expire when your NCLEX results are reported? So then you either have a perm license, or no license, and you have to drop down to unlicensed personnel. I think the info is...

  21. Congratulations to the Dec. 08 class of Charity School of Nursing!!

    southlandrn posted a topic in Louisiana Nursing

    :dancgrp: hats off to all of us who did the work, made the grade, and will now reap the rewards of all our hard work! it was not easy, that's for sure, but that chapter is now in our pasts, and we...

  22. Sign-on bonus?

    southlandrn posted a topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Anyone know if Ochsner has a sign-on bonus for new grads? I know Touro has

  23. Crescentcitygrrl

    southlandrn replied to katb687's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I guess it would depend on when you are due. We had a girl in Nac1 who was pregnant and due in late November. She induced over the Thanksgiving break so as not to interfere with classes. You won't...

  24. Charity and early acceptance

    southlandrn replied to kwest210's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    yeah, i've never heard of jumping ahead...how would that work? each semester has clinicals and you need instructors to do your clinicals with...can't take multiple classes on top of each other...in...

  25. Weekend work, yuk.

    southlandrn posted a topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Ok, so here I am, a new grad, interviewing for my first job as an RN. This question is for all those who are already working. Is it just a given fact that all RNs work every other weekend? I don't...