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I am pretty surprised how much they offered me too, but it is about $2/hr less than i expected.

Can you use the parking fee as a tax write off? I couldn't believe this hospital doesn't give employee discount on parking.

I got the offer from the floor manager, HR hasn't email me yet to let me know the exact amount of my pay. I will take it no matter what the pay is, because it is only hospital within 15 miles of where i live, has 30 hours PT day shift and nursing job is not like other profession there is much room for negotiation. I was just try to find out where that website went.

is there anyone works at U of M hospital in Ann Arbor. I recently moved from Chicago to MI, and just got an offer from U of M hospital. I have 2 years of med/surg experience and was paid $26.43/hr before i left Chicago. How is the pay in MI? I remember once I found the website that listed pay scale for nursing positions and couldn't find it anymore. Anyone knows where is that website? Is U of M a nice place to work at? employees have to pay parking and they don't reimburse student loans, that sucks. I will have a huge student loan after i finish my BSN program next year.

Sorry guys. let me clearify first. this is a topic of my BSN class. My opinion, right after we get out of school, I think we are all about the same. We studied the same material to prepare for the board exam, and learn the basic techniques prepare us for practice. But after we work as nurses for sometime, we tend to be expert in what we practice everyday, but become unfamiliar with the stuff we don't see everyday. Just like if a physch nurse is getting pulled to an OB unit who have not done that since school, then a nurse is a nurse is a nuse would be false statement. But there is something in common between all type nurses that make it possible for floating. I need opinions from you to help me answer the question. Thanks for the reply.

I know you have heard this phrase. What are the characteristics common to all types of nursing that make a nurse is a nurse is a nurse?

What are the pros and cons of ADN, BSN and MSN besides the difference in income? Does higher education make us more competent or better in nursing? Glad to hear your opinion.

Thanks for the reply. I am considering taking the Oral communication class in our local community college this summer, only 8 weeks long, i guess i can deal with it. The hospital I work for offers $4500/year tuition reimbursement, and i choose University of Wyoming online RN/BSN prgoram, so tuition part shouldn't be a big problem. I just want to take everything online, so i don't have to sit in the class anymore. The local community college I graduated from, their online classes still require take exams in the classroom, so no "cheating" can be done Thanks again

Thanks for the reply, i will check our local CC too, that would be great that only have to do speeches in front of the teacher instead of lot of other students. Hopefully they have it online too here.

I know this question sounds silly, but i really hate sitting back in the classroom again, and i need Speech class for the prerequisites of UofW. If anybody knows any school offer this class online, really appreciate.

I applied at U of M last month. Due to some personal reason, I cannot go to Michigan and start working right now, and i told the recruiter, she was very nice and told me when time come closer just give her a call and she will arrange interview for me then. From the few conversation with them, I like there very much. I can be wrong, but i think they are very organized and keep me informed all the time. When i move there, U of M will be on the top of my list where i want to work at.

I understood what your meant. I am not pushing my responsibilities to other people. I was saying that they didn't allow me to learn from my mistakes, they expect me to be able to take the full responsibility too soon without giving me more time. And i do understand for small hospitals with the pressure of competition with the neighbor hospitals, MONEY is very important to them. But for them to get more from a new grad, they need to invest more too without rushing.

Thanks a lot for the support and suggestions. My preceptor said teaching hospital can be even busier. Is that true? I asked one of my classmate who works at the teaching hospital that i wanted to work for, she said with the presence of residents, it seems better than the small hospital that i am with right now. Anybody can put some input here and tell me more about the teaching hospital vs. non-teaching hospital?

The miscommunication about the BS was for BS that high, they usually do a blood culture. my care partner told me the BS and then said about the blood culture. She then said she was going to tell my preceptor. She came back later on told me i dont have to do it. But this time she skip the words blood culture. so i misunderstood the meaning and i made sure she told my preceptor, i thought my preceptor is going to take care of it. i have been start taking all the patients most times 5-6 of them since my third week of orientation. When i first took it, my preceptor said they are not heavy, and i agree, that day i finished all the assignment without much problem. but since them, they just let me take them all no matter what the patients' condition are. I do feel i don't get enough time to learn everything and i worry when i am in a rush i may make mistakes that is huge that i can lose my license that i work so hard for. Thanks for all the support.

I graduated in May, pass the board on June 1st. started my unit orientation after 7/04. I am on surgical step down unit. It has been 4 weeks like hell. During the these 4 weeks, I had 2 meetings with my manager and preceptors. the first time just manager and preceptor. My preceptor said that i didn't pay attention to the report, which is i wasn't familiar with the stuff they are talking about and they went too fast, everytime they gave report, i would try to find things they talked about on the shift report. Also there was one time, we went to help with another nurse who is relatively new too to put a NG tube in, i asked a stupid questions" what is the NG tube for?" I meant why is this patient need a NG tube since i didn't know about patient's condition. This stupid questions made her think that i didn't know my basic stuff. BTW, i am a foreigner came to US 5 years ago and finished nursing program in US. Later on, I found i wasn't give clear instruction on what to do. After about 2 weeks with my first preceptor, I talked to my manager and changed my preceptor to a tough but a good one. She would watch over my shoulder and really teach me how to do things the right way. I wish i started my orientation with her at the begining instead of waste so much time with the first one. Even with the good preceptor, i still make mistakes almost every day. Such as when i had all 6 patients last Wed, and so much went on at the same time, new admit, discharge, pt went down for surgery. My head went crazy that day. I could catch up with doc's orders, and had miscommunication with my care partner that made me didn't give insulin to one of the patients whose BS level was 377. After that, i had my second meeting with the manager. This time, they brought the HR person there. They were saying that I wasn't safe enough to practice, i should be able to read doc's order without any problem without keep double checking with my preceptor about the orders, also they were hinting maybe i shouldn't con't practice there. When i look back, i did see i have ups and downs, but i did try my best. i would always double check to make sure everything i did were correct. The biggest problem is sometimes i get into something, doc ordered some stat meds, i didn't notice, and gave them like 2 hours later. I asked manager to give me some more time, she goes, "before you get in, we say orientation is going to be 6-8 weeks. In reality after 4 weeks, we do extend orientation 1 or more weeks to certain nurses if we feel they gonna be successful here." They were expecting me to start on my own on this busy floor after 4 weeks of orientation and make money for them. I am thinking about resign and restart somewhere else. Reason is i believe i can become a good nurse, but they don't give me the opportunity to grow in my own pace. They are not happy i am there, and i am not happy to be there. Sorry that i typed a lot. Any suggestion would really be appreciated.