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Hi there, It would be Med/Surg....I am also a new graduate, any info would be greatly appreciated. Do you know where St. Joseph's ranks amoung other Chicago hospitals?

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has any opinions on St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago, good or bad....I am interviewing there and would love to hear from anyone that has worked there or just knows anything about this hospital. Thanks!!

I was wondering what the appropraite interview attire would be for an Rn hospital position. I don't know if I need to wear a suit or if nice slacks and a dress blouse would be okay as well. Thanks!

I just graduated from my nursing program ....from my experience with the whole process....how it works, is you will need to work on any prerequisites that are required before you are even looked at by the school. Once you have this all done, then you can submit an application and wait to see if you are accepted. As you mentioned with Uic, it is true for nursing programs in the suburbs as well....there are a far greater number of applicants than there are actual spots. Your grades on your prerequisites need to be very good as well as any Act or entrance exams scores. You will either be accepted into the program, put on a waiting list, or rejected. But note, that IF you are put onto a waiting list, this is just a waiting list if spots open up of people who were accepted but choose now not to take the spot. Once all spots are full, then you are no longer on that waiting list and would need to reapply the next time around and go through the entire process again. This is how the waiting list at Harper worked. If you were lucky enough to get onto the waiting list in the first place but then unlucky enough for none of the accepted applicants to not take their spot, this is where it ends for you.....you are not just automatically rolled over onto the waiting list when the application process starts over for the next session. Another thing, is to not put all your eggs in one basket. Apply to more than one school. But, yes if you are not indistrict this makes it even more difficult. Schools will always accept students that are indistrict before they look at students who are not. Hope this helps

Big hospitals like Rush don't have to pay their nurses as much due so many nurses wanting to work at a very big, well known hospital. I have friends that started at Northwest Community as a new grad (in arlington heights) at 24.oo/hr.

Hello All, I just finished the Nursing progam. I am glad that I am reading in the posts that it seems like everyone is finishing all their non-nursing classes before starting the program. I don't want to scare you but it is nearly impossible to take more than one class other than just nursing with your nursing classes. So much of your time will need to be focused on just the nursing material. Beleive me when I say, you will be doing yourself such as big favor by finishing them before entering the program. Going into the nursing program I really had no idea what I was getting into. I knew it would be hard but not to the extent that it was. Like I said, I don't want to scare anyone but I am just telling you how it is. School will become your life 100%. Forget about working, having a clean house, going to family gatherings, or just having a life in general. If you are not prepared to make these sacrifices, you will not last long. You will need to eat, breath and sleep nothing but nursing. There is no such thing as just studying for a few hours a day, it requires a lot more than that. If this sounds like something you are prepared to do, it will be so worth all the sweat and tears in the end. Good luck to you all.

Thanks for the responses.....I certainly would not expect to get paid for the time I would need off so soon into just being hired. I just didn't know if that would be a no go especially if I was in the process of being orientated. Any other comments would be appreciated.

Hey everyone! I am a graduating from my nursing program in May of this year. I have a vacation scheduled for August. Would a hospital have a problem with me taking a week off for a pre-planned vacation so soon after getting hired (I hope to work right after graduation in May)?