Steffaniern

I work at Lahey and I am not sure if the program is worth $1500, but Lahey is a busy teaching hospital with very sick patients. So, if you work on the floors you will get plently of experience. How long have you been out of bedside nursing? Why do you think you need to do a refresher program? If you take the course and take a job with Lahey and they offer you reinbursment for the course make sure you get it in writing. My friend took it, because she did case management for 5 plus years and had little floor experience prior to that. She thought she could have done without it. Personally, I think you can get a job with a 4-6 week preceptor agreement and be fine if you are an previous experienced hospital nurse. I did case management for years, but had 4 years of floor experience with a year of telemetry prior to working as a case manager. I also stayed doing perdiem for a few years while working full time case management. When my son was a baby I worked part time as a case manager and that was it. I took a week critical care course at Lahey and then took a job as an ICU nurse. I had no problems getting back into the swing of bedside nursing in a critical care unit. Send your resume out to some places and see if you get any bits. Good luck!!!

Cool Beans!!! Thanks for getting back with me. I sent you a private message. I look forward to hearing back from you.

I am just looking to connect with students starting CCSU/Memorial Hospital in may. I think it would be great to get to know some people before showing up for orientation. Anyone interested feel free to get in touch.