hopingtobeanRNsoon

i am a foreign nursing grad, from the philippines, graduated 2008, took my boards in 2009 and passed obviously. i worked as a cna in a medical acute care floor while waiting for my papers to be evaluated and while reviewing and it helped me so much f...

oh i am still so stressed about which job to decide! i dont want to shut my doors on any oppurtunities but i cant have it all and i dont think i could do it if i had it all! anyway my choices are option 1. rehab hospital on a traumatic brain injury ...

thank you all! i have reached my decision and i will take the full time one, in times like these you have to get all the hours you can get. how do i let the other one know? i am hoping they wont get mad and i dont burn my bridges with them.

hello all! i passed my nursing boards last year june 2009 and have been working as an RN since sept. 2009. i got employed in a sub acute nursing facility and i have learned alot from them. proud to say i have never been written up for anything, no...

yup very strange...but thanks april, thats what my husband said too, right now with everything going on that its so hard to find jobs esp in boston/massachusetts, i should take the full time one. im not sure if i mentioned it already but they first o...

ello all! i passed my nursing boards last year june 2009 and have been working as an RN since sept. 2009. i got employed in a sub acute nursing facility and i have learned alot from them. proud to say i have never been written up for anythin...

Thank you April! i have had about 2 weeks to think about all this and i am gearing into the full time TBI unit in the rehab hospital. the only thing about the per diem job is the big name of the hospital and its affiliation to one of the best hospita...

i would stick to it for a year then the offers will start to flow in

what is the difference between subacute/LTC/skilled nursing facilities and Rehab Hospitals?

Thank you for your reply. i am currently working in a skilled nursing facility, not i even sure if you call it a sub acute unit but yes there are PTs/OTs and speech there too but got an offer to work in a rehab hospital. I am about to hit my one year...

i graduated from a foreign nursing school and i am very proud of that. i have experienced more than the typical american nursing school graduate (no offense peeps) because i went to school in a third world country and nurses that come from my country...

from my previous post so my story is clear: i am a foreign nursing grad, from the philippines, graduated 2008, took my boards in 2009 and passed obviously. i worked as a cna in a medical acute care floor while waiting for my papers to be evaluated an...

i have been working 2 months now as a nurse and i am always tired after my shifts of just 8 hours...which is never 8 hours because i leave an hour later! ugh...

where can i get them in the boston area? or is the best way online?

hi everyone i am a new nurse and i am currently working in LTC / sub acute / respitatory unit wannabe faiclity. yeah well its one of those places and im in one of those states where new grads have a hard time finding job even if i have a BSN, could a...

do most people get them online? thinking of doing the ACLS and PED one online... any suggestions?

like i said i feel like another pair of hands...

i am a foreign nursing grad, from the philippines, graduated 2008, took my boards in 2009 and passed obviously. i worked as a cna in a medical acute care floor while waiting for my papers to be evaluated and while reviewing and it helped me so much f...

i am a foreign nursing grad, from the philippines, graduated 2008, took my boards in 2009 and passed obviously. i worked as a cna in a medical acute care floor while waiting for my papers to be evaluated and while reviewing and it helped me so much f...

yes i will stick around when things get better economy wise and when the hospitals are hiring again...its just sometimes i feel like i am getting dumber at where im working and i need to do something in order to keep me updated and still in critical ...

only 3 out of the hundreds i applied to online and in person asked me to come in for interview and the choices were: 1. goddard house assisted living, brookline 2. Kindred Healthcare in dedham 3. saint patrick's nursing home in framingham I am sticki...

i joined kindred...so far its been okay...still orienting, the patient ratio is kinda weird ( like 15 - 18 patients to one nurse but okay for now...it is sorta like LTC but what can i do i need a job and steady paychecks. its just a little unorganize...

there was a change in management, they director who hired me while i graduated from nursing school was really nice. you see im a foreign nursing grad and when i told her my situation she hired me as a nursing assistant even though i did not have any ...

they just said they have to look into other applications which i am really mad about. i have no bad record from them...i dont know, maybe the manager just didnt like me...

i am a new grad too and the place where i was working as a nursing assistant did not take my application as an Rn that serious so i am ******....i wanna work at lahey clinic too! howd u apply? online?