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  1. New Grad/RN Program in California

    I RN A replied to mariamaria's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know, I have tried everything in Southern California. I've graduated in dec., 2008 and i have tried hospitals and had no luck. I have tried nursing homes, no luck. I've gone to a nursing home...

  2. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

    I RN A posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I 'm a new grad.I've graduated Dec. 08, 2008. Just took NCLEX and waiting for results. My school has a contract with one of the local hospitals, where I had to work for 3 years or pay them back if...

  3. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

    I RN A replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to thank you all for your support! I don't mean to sound upset, and I keep looking. I don't think that I'll give up. Unfotunately, I can't join a military. I'll explore all of the...

  4. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

    I RN A replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

    yes. it means i don't have to pay $17,000 back. But I'm out of job. Looking hard, applying everywhere I can. And I can move, but don't know where. I'd move anywhere to get 1 year of

  5. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

    I RN A replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for your support! I live in Los Angeles, CA. The agencies do not take new grads. I need 1 year of experience. I'd work in any department, any hospital, I don;t care where. If I have to I'd move...

  6. Is there such a thing as postgrad depression syndrome?

    I RN A posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tonight is my pinning ceremony. I've graduated the nursing school. I wanted to graduate so bad!!! So, here I'm. I love nursing and can't imagine myself doing something else. I've done my BSN in 2...

  7. How can I learn to like medsurg?

    I RN A posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new grad. My area of interest is ER. I have worked in ER as a student nurse and I know this is where my heart is. I have graduated with BSN. I have done everything I possibly could to get a job...

  8. How can I learn to like medsurg?

    I RN A replied to I RN A's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you to all who replied to my thread. I know a lot of people think that medsurg is a good foundation. I have tried to like it. I worked on a tele floor as a student nurse, I've been in clinicals...

  9. New grad jobs

    I RN A replied to pupnurse's topic in California Nursing

    Good luck! It so competitive. I've been looking for 3 month by now in LA and surronding cities. No luck

  10. Is there such a thing as postgrad depression syndrome?

    I RN A replied to I RN A's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you all for your

  11. Why Is It So Hard To Get Into Nursing Programs If There Is A Shortage For Nurses???

    I RN A replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    Historically, there were too many nurses and not enough jobs. Many nursing schools have been closed because of that. This created a shortage of nursing instructors. Not too many people want to teach....

  12. ** How Hard Is It To Find A Job!!?? **

    I RN A replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OK. I've just graduated from BSN in CA LA. It is hard to find a job. You have to keep an open mind and get your experience in anything that is offered by a hospital, like an adult medsurg, and after...

  13. Where to start....MED SURGE???????

    I RN A replied to unclebenny20's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I think that the medsurg floor is not for everyone. It is busy, but repetitive, as in comparison to ER, where is always something new going on. I think that you have to like what you do, and...

  14. Where to start....MED SURGE???????

    I RN A replied to unclebenny20's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I think that I need to get some support and to see different perspectives on what I'm feeling right now. I'm graduating from BSN progam in December of this year, and I have a lot of mixed...

  15. Liability/malpractice insurance?

    I RN A replied to dansamy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My school requiers for all of the students to have a malpractice insurance. I think it is a good idea, and it is very inexpensive, it costs about $20 a

  16. Other RN schools in Orange County CA?

    I RN A replied to Dublin37's topic in General Students

    I go to school only 2 times a week T-Th. Last quarter I had clinicals from 6:45 to 12:00 and a lecture from 14:00 to 15:50. Only 7 units, where at Saddleback there are 15 units/semester. Next quarter...

  17. Other RN schools in Orange County CA?

    I RN A replied to Dublin37's topic in General Students

    I live in Aliso Viejo and I'm on a program at San Bernardino University. It is a long drive, but I don't mind. I'm a partnership Riverside Community Hospital- CSUSB student and have all of my...

  18. Getting in shape before nursing shool?

    I RN A replied to mydee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It all depends on you. If you are ready to loose weight, you should start ASAP. NS doesn't improve your leanleness, especially if you are prone to gain weight. There is a lot of stress and studing and...

  19. Study Groups

    I RN A replied to bee48's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't like study groups, I think I do better on my own. A lot of times in a study group people waste time because they have a hard time with staying focused. And then they start talking and talking...

  20. I know nothing!!

    I RN A replied to JennBoston's topic in General Students

    There is a pocket book called RN notes, I got it @ Barnes & Noble and in this book there is everything you need to remember. I don't have time to make my own notes. Thank God, someone already has...

  21. Am I the only one that hates clinical?

    I RN A replied to scubadooII's topic in General Students

    I had never worked in a hospital before I'd started NS. I worked in outpatient PT office. I had no idea what to expect. But I got lucky, I had the best clinical instructor ever. She was very...

  22. Am I the only one that hates clinical?

    I RN A replied to scubadooII's topic in General Students

    I had never worked in a hospital before I'd started NS. I worked in outpatient PT office. I had no idea what to expect. But I got lucky, I had the best clinical instructor ever. She was very...

  23. Which nursing Dx would you choose?

    I RN A replied to sweet tooth's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would do Impaired gas exchange or whatever you think is related to breathing and circulation first. Just remember Maslow's hierarchy: Airway,breathing, circulation, nutrition,

  24. The evil reign of PowerPoint Lectures

    I RN A replied to agoodusername's topic in General Students

    Exactly my point, BSNTobe2009! I travel 70 mi one way, just to listen to another boring lecture. The attendance is mandatory and there is no distance learning. But I love my clinicals and the CI, she...

  25. The evil reign of PowerPoint Lectures

    I RN A replied to agoodusername's topic in General Students

    Depends on the insructor. This is my first quarter and my lecture insstructor is so boring. His jokes are boring, his lectures are boring and I have to learn everything on my own. His PP lectures are...