merellis2009

From experience working in the Augusta area and interviewing/dealing with HR of most of those hospitals I can tell you that University Hospital is the BEST hospital in Augusta for its nurses. MCG will usually offer a little more in terms of pay, but working conditions at UH are MUCH better. My husband is military so we had to move away, but I miss my coworkers and manager from UH constantly. Put it this way: MCG's HR was the first to interview me and have a second interview, but it took around 4 weeks to get a decision out of them. With UH, I put an online application in on Friday, got called Monday, was interviewed Thursday, and hired on Friday. Good luck and let us know where you decide to go!!!

I use the daycare at Cape Fear and cannot say enough wonderful things about them. Yes there may be a waitlist but if you tell them you're an RN, you get priority placement. If you are in the process of getting hired, go by the center the day you get the "you're hired" call and start the pre-enrollment paperwork. While you're getting all that filled out, they'll get you on the list (if there is one right now) and you're more likely to get in faster. Good luck!

My hospital has the same stupid policy. I am in the process of trying to get added on for an extra day a week on another unit to make up for the "on call" time that I'm losing PTO days and money on....

Gamommy81, I PM'ed you.

As someone who had a license from Georgia before coming to NC, I can verify what the other 2 previous posters said. Go to the BON website and fill out the online application. Print the appropriate forms and mail off your check. You will automatically be issued a temporary license number for the meantime until things get cleared. The process is pretty easy but there's no way to really "get around the red tape." It's just something you have to do. Good luck!

Regardless of right to work state or not, the hospital/organization you work with must follow due process as per their policy ie: if their policy states that you committed a negative action then you get X amount of verbal warnings, X amount of written warnings, X suspensions without pay then termination. Legally they have to tell you why you were fired/let go also. *Hugs* I'm so sorry they did this to you. Just please don't let them walk all over you and get away with it! I wish you the best.

I have orientation on Monday

I'm going to be switching from cardiac stepdown/tele (what I was doing in Georgia) to peds.

Is the NACCRRA daycare subsidy the one that pays a portion of daycare while your spouse is deployed? If thats the same program, we used them while my husband was deployed. They base the amount paid on rank and income. Even as a captain, they paid $100 a month for daycare which was a wonderful help. We just got here from Fort Gordon GA and I already accepted a position at Cape Fear. I just hope I like it there as much as I loved my old hospital. I really miss my old coworker buddies.

I received a $5000 scholarship for my last semester of nursing school from the hospital where I now work. I had to sign a contract for at least one year. The scholarship was paid out to me by a check about a week after the scholarship review committee interview. I was offered a job at the hospital about 3 weeks before applying for the scholarship. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the hospital scholarship because it helped me to pay those last minute fees for graduation, NCLEX study courses, board of nursing fees, and NCLEX fees. Good luck!

I dont know but strangely enough, my doctor was featured in the original documentary :)

It took me exactly 48 hours from the moment I hit "submit" until I found out that I passed NCLEX. It took my job about 7 days to officially see my name on the GA BON website. A friend of mine who lives in SC took her boards in SC and then got a job in GA. It took around 4-6 weeks to get all the paperwork so that she could work in GA. I highly recommend getting your GA license first then paying for an additional SC license later after you've gotten all settled into work. Good luck!

I've also got a mild/moderate hearing loss and HIGHLY RECOMMEND getting an electronic stethoscope for hearing sounds. I've got a Littman 3M 4100 with ambient noise reduction. It's great-you can turn the sound up or down as needed. Tell your friend not to worry too much-there's no reason on God's green Earth why she can't be a nurse with a little hearing loss.

I grew up in NC, graduated college and moved to Washington DC and then ended up back in NC a few years later. I can tell you that although it sounds like you're taking a drastic paycut, if you run the numbers I bet you'll be just fine. Expenses are MUCH cheaper in NC-believe me. Have you started looking for a house? apartment? Where you live around Durham will have a lot to do with housing costs too so keep that in mind. (Some places in Durham arent so great, but there are communities all around if you're willing to drive a little bit further.) Speaking of driving, take into account what kind of car you've got and how it does on gas. All in all, you really just need to run the numbers as a previous poster said. I'm betting that you will be pleasantly surprised.

You said the nurse can check the photo from anywhere in the facility. Now what if she cant get there right that second (as it often happens that we are elbow deep in .... stuff)? We use bed alarms and chair alarms at our facility which sound a loud bell both at the bedside and at the nursing station. Additionally a light comes on above the patients doorway. That way, whoever is closest to the room can assess the situation and check. The beds themselves have the technology capable if the person is 1) just rolling around a little too much 2) sitting up or 3) actually preparing to stand, depending on how the nurse enters the sensitivity settings. Although very high tech, cameras I feel would be invading a patients right to privacy. Although it is a hospital and we nurses are free to enter when we need to, that patient has a right to his/her own space, just as if they were at their own home. Images that others could inadvertantly see would also violate that privacy right. Yes I understand that the images would only be transmitted in an emergency but I think privacy is a big deal. Additionally, what is your "back up" system if the nurse is busy? Is there a way to alert a nurse who is closest to the patients room that her co-workers patient could be about to fall? How are these images sent? Are there handheld devices that the nurses carry? Are there monitors throughout the hallway that the nurse is paged to check?