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Hi all! long time no post! I am currently working in an Occupational Health Clinic as a Nurse at a major Hospital and have been there nearly 1 year. I work Mon-Friday 8am-4pm, weekends & holidays off. I am pool perdiem status which means higher ...

What will you gain from this position? On one hand experience but on the other you may be required to work 4 shifts per week or month depending in the facility. Find out what the facilities per diem policy is and map it out for yourself. I myself lef...

Don't give up. Take that experience as a lesson and know you are worth more than that. Dust your shoulders off and look forward. You are technically still a new grad. You can choose to share in your next interview you had some training or not share. ...

I took the refresher course November - December 2010. I got my first job offer in March at a Nursing home and right after that i got called by a hospital and offered a Per diem nursing position on a Telemetry floor. I took both positions for the exp...

Hi everyone, I finally got a job offer asan RN after seaching for almost 2 years. It will be with a nursing home near my home on the 3-11pm shift whihc is great. One of my classmates at the college i did the nurse refresher course referred me to the ...

Hi all, I am an RN and will be interviewing with the director of Nursing at a LTC facility this afternoon and I have never worked as a nurse. I was just wondering what type of questions should I anticipate? She made mention that LTC is totally differ...

I want to say "hang in there" it will get better. but i have been in the same situation since November 2009. Granted I was pregnant when I got my license an was not in any condition to start a new position but for sure i thought once i was ready to g...

I completed a nurse refresher course this December and the instructor was nice enough to write me a recommendation letter. I was licensed in 2009 and never worked as a nurse. The problem is he is a contract instructor at the college and also a firefi...

I think it would be a great idea. I would love to learn more about what clinic nursing is all about.

Congratulations X 3!!!!!!!!:yeah:Just my opinion but I would not say anything just yet. If you are only 6 weeks along, you can manage and start your trainging without stressing out about losing your job.

When you find out, will you please let me know :uhoh3:cause jobs are surely not in Miami Florida. I got my license in NOV 2009 (while 7 mths pregnant) and still looking for a job. Unfortunately, no fortunately, I have a family and it is not feasible ...

I am in the process of finishing up a nurse refresher course and wanted some input of how to incorporate that in my resume. Where would that type of information be placed on the resume? Would it be education or experience? I would love to hear from a...

Hello all. I recently got my RN license (nrsg school 2001-long story)but worked as a PCT on a Telemetry floor about 8 years ago. I am currently doing nurse refresher to update some skills. The problem is I do not remember all I used to do for these ...

Thanks to you all for your input. All that was mentioned has given me a chance to look back and think abotu what I used to do and what I will have to do as an RN. Thank YOu!!!

did you mean you graduated in May 2010? If you like computers and want to keep nursing options open, how about looking into Nursing Informatics. i have been hearing a lot more about this and it seems pretty interesting especially if you like technol...

hey miami76 sorry it took so long for me to reply. I used helen feuer CDS and Saunders. Once I was done with teh Saunders 5000+ questions I looked for other questions to do. I have to say the questions helped tremendously as I did not understand the ...

I am currently participating in a nurse refresher at MDCC in Florida. I was just wondering What happens next? I am a newly licensed nurse since Nov 2009, graduated in 2001. Have not worked as a nurse-ever. I have been having a hard time getting a nu...

We are all hoping it gets better soon. I too am actively looking and I believ I have put in at least 100 applications with only 2 interviews. (1 of which was at a assisted living facility where I would be the only medical person there and that's not ...

I feel your pain!!! I went to Mount Sinai's open house twice and the 1st time the recruiter asked the same questions. The 2nd time she did not look enthused that they would be hiring anybody. She looked at my resume and before even asking any questio...

miami76, if that lil voice inside says to you"what a bout nursing?" You should look into it(just my opinion). It took me eight years after graduating to pass the NCLEX. I have to say some days I felt that maybe nursing was not for me, I did other thi...

I agree Flordagirl! Where is this experience supposed to come from? We can't go back to school and get it. What is considered as working experience? And a recruiter said that if you start working at a nursing home, try not to stay there too long beca...

Hi cpmom I was in the same boat with you last year. I graduated in 2001 took the test many times and failed. I gave up, started doing other things but I kept thinking about nursing school and what a waste. I finally decided after much prayer to try a...

I actually did a remedial course already since I am in Florida. The Board of nursing would not have issued a license as you put it if I did not. But that is still not enough. It is apparently clear that things have changed since I graduated but I gue...

I was just told by a recruiter at Mount Siani to take a nurse RN refresher course. She took one look at when I got my license(2009) and when I graduated (2001)and that was the first thing she told me. Anyone else with the same issue. This sucks!!! I ...

I came to this post for some reason this morning but didin't know why. I noticed this thread about testing after 8 yrs. PLEASE KNOW YOU CAN DO IT AND U WILL IF YOU HAVE FAITH. I recently passed boards after graduating nursing school in 2001. I failed...