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We recently had a new policy on this. Call to give report, try again in 20 minutes and then contact the house supervisor to have her contact the floor. Sounded good, except we went for well over an hour before we could give report. We cannot use fax reports, must be verbal with opportunity for questions.

Hi - nice to hear a question about Cheyenne. I start in July at UMC - the $20.50 is for graduate nurses and goes to about $22.50 when you get your RN. Also they have options for relocation/recruitment bonus and education bonus for associate degree. The reimbursement for RN/BSN is very good and the training looks great. I am in the "Critical Care Pathway" which is ICU, Tele, PACU and ED, a great opportunity for a graduate nurse. Good luck and keep in touch.

I am debt free (but poor!) after ADN/RN at local community college. My new job pays 80-90% of BSN costs so I will be taking advantage of that benefit. For your information, Wyoming has a nurse scholarship/loan program which pays based on need. The loan is forgiven by working in Wyoming, $12K forgiven for each year worked. Lots of candidates for most nursing programs but you can get into some of them.

I am a graduate nurse starting an ER orientation. We have 2 months in critical care orientation (ER, PACU, telemetry and ICU.) Then 4 months preceptorship in ER. I still think this sounds like not any too much!

Thanks to everyone who answered. I see that both views have validity. I think I will probably choose the hospital with the most welcoming attitude.

Good luck with nursing school! I graduate in May. For overall: a calendar/organizer (I got the school year kind run from Aug to June.) Write down every class, clinical time, tests. Fill this out from your syllabus/class calendar. Then keep changing as things change. School supplies as mentioned-notebook, 3-hole punch, highlighters. For clinicals: a good drug reference, book or PDA. a little notebook for your pocket-to make assessment notes, patient info notes for care plans, med notes sharpies, black retractable pens, bandage scissors the best stethoscope you can afford (as a student it is hard to hear those lung and heart sounds!) books depend on your program but I like "Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual" really helped with care plans.

I am graduating in May. I have visited 3 hospitals and will have interviews with all 3. I am getting very different stories. My local hospital where I have done my clinicals starts all graduate nurses with at least one year in Med-Surg. They say this is the way it is always done. The other hospital, which is working for magnet hospital status and seems very progressive, starts their graduate nurses in "career pathways" linked to what they are interested in. I am applying for critical care pathway and will interview with telemetry. They say the the med-surg idea is outdated and a new nurse is better off in the area the nurse wants to work in. I haven't visited the third hospital yet, so don't know what they do. Any ideas which course is best? Is my local hospital out of date?