sameasalways ASN, RN

Has any one heard of a facility telling you that if you take the position you are required to work with them for a year, or 2 years? What happens if you move in this situation/have a major life change? I am not talking about you just decide to take...

The more I read about the OR and the more I remember back to being in the OR and observing the more I am getting excited about the possibility of working there. Some things that I think might be positives for me are that I love working with my hands...

Thanks. I have been working for the facility as a floor nurse for the past year but I have heard through the grapevine that they do this in the O.R. for example, and that they have you on contract for 2 years. I have not seen the specifics of the c...

Good I hope so because I am always cold sometimes even up on the floor I get cold and you never sit down up there. I have missed lunches and bathroom breaks for up to 13-14 hours. Maybe I will have to find some sort of thermals to wear I don't kno...

Thanks! BTW how on earth do you stay warm in there? When I observed all my joints got painful from the cold.. eeek.

Yeah I totally know it is weird.. but I am used to that! hahah!

I think I am the only person I have met who LIKES being in an MRI machine. I almost fall asleep in there. I know this is irrelevant but I had to say that haha. I am assuming this means I liked to be swaddled as an infant. LOL.

Thank you guyz so much. I am walking in to this with an open mind and looking forward to shadowing in the OR and hopefully get an idea of what the nurse does in the OR! Thanks thanks thanks!

I think they are going to interview me for the OR soon...I am extremely interested in what types of "red flags" to be on the look out for :) The hospital I work at is a community hospital. A little over 300 bed facility. The OR doesn't seperate d...

Our school and hospital let us have a day in the OR and we went through the surgery center seeing pre-op, and OR and PACU. Most of the surgeries at our hospital seem to be TURP, joint replacement or fractures (hip) or total knees. Also colon resec...

Hi , sorry the post was so long I didn't realize it was when I wrote it. I am definitly not willing to accept a job there unless they allow me to shadow first. I need to get a general feel for the environment and how the people work together. I th...

your welcome glad i could help!

OMG I feel so stupid for putting OBERRY!!! OBERRY is NOT the mental hospital!!!!!!!! CHERRY is. OBERRY is the neuro center right out here by CHERRY. So the above post is about Cherry...but if you want to know about OBERRY, I got hired there too, a...

OBerry is a state mental hospital..they have different groups there..for example, they have long term, they have acute, and they have youth, and they divide women and men, and also they have a medical section. I did clinical rotations there and I wa...

I believe that ECU in Greenville has an online program..for BOTH BSN or MSN...you can google East Carolina University Nursing..and it will take you to their website.

I have two job offers, one for a Nurse Residency Program and another for a youth acute unit in a major psychiatric hospital. I am a single mom and have no family around, and am going through a divorce. After that divorce I will likely relocate. Th...

My true passion is working with women and young adults/teenagers...Anything involving that will make me happy! However how do I do this without limiting marketability? I have always seen psych nursing as very self-limiting when it comes to marketabil...

#1. You are not too old (You will see that once you get into the field...there are every shape, size and age) #2. When you finish school, try to get a job at a hospital that offers educational incentives (I know you don't think your smart enough ju...

I've had a ton of interviews lately and all the above posters are right. Think about your strengths and weakenesses. Be honest. When you talk about your weaknesses if asked, make sure you talk about how you are dealing iwth them proactively. I al...

OH yah, Oberry is a state facility with state benefits as well, and there are tons of nurses from the hospital that work per diem at Oberry and love it. Oberry is well known here for having an excellent work environment for nurses/environment of car...

Try Smithfield, Wilson and Goldsboro. (if you haven't already). Smithfield pays really well from what I have heard, but I am not sure how they treat new grads. I know Wayne Memorial in Goldsboro and Wilson treats them right/fairly. I also am turn...

Hi, thank you for responding! My problem is that I will be moving in about 1-2 years and I am worried about finding a nursing job then. I have different areas of interest though, and have not settled on one specific area. I want to further my educ...

Have you tried smaller hospitals and long term care facilities? I know around here, a lot of the positions are filled by April before the grads in May get their license. They are hired pending licensure, and fill up the slots. Near fall, its very ...

Have you tried applying at other nontraditional places instead of just the "major" hospitals? I recently applied at Wayne in Goldsboro, O'Berry, and Cherry, all an hour from Raleigh and got job offers from each one as a new grad with no experience. ...

I graduated May 2009 with my ADN. My marriage has been failing and I have 2 children ages 11 and 13. I just seperated and due to this, I am solely responsible for my children. I have no family nearby (we are on the east coast and my family is all ...