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  1. new grad in ambulatory surgery center? what do you think

    PACNWNURSING replied to shuubie's topic in General Nursing

    You better take the job because the job market for new grads is awful, tell you what if you dont take I will.... tell me where to

  2. Inept New Grads?

    PACNWNURSING replied to imanedrn's topic in Emergency

    I became interested in this post because I had just interviewed for ER position, I am new grad with 10 years LPN experience, with 3 years in the ER. I see that the opinions run the full spectrum of...

  3. Demand for travel nurses?

    PACNWNURSING replied to hope3456's topic in Travel

    I am guessing since hospitals are not hiring new grads they are having to hire travel nurses to meet their

  4. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs??

    PACNWNURSING replied to EMEddie's topic in General Nursing

    Even if you do relocate they are given preference to the their own local grads, I suggest some thing other than

  5. New Grad Jobs in Oregon???

    PACNWNURSING replied to Liquidaddicted's topic in Oregon Nursing

    There are grads from 2008 that still do not have work!!!! I graduated 8/2009, licensed 9/2009, worked for a the third largest health care provider in the Portland Vancouver area as an LPN and they...

  6. New Grad Jobs in Oregon???

    PACNWNURSING replied to Liquidaddicted's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Best of luck Oregon and Washington are saturated with grad

  7. Kaiser Permanante ??

    PACNWNURSING posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Does anyone work there? How do you like working for Kaiser? How are the

  8. Largest Nurses Strike in US History - Replacement Nurses Arrive - Your opinion

    PACNWNURSING replied to girlvet's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Awesome good for them!!! They are getting to the heart why nurses are unhappy and leave the nursing profession ,which in turn causes this so called nursing shortage. Largest Ever Nurses' Strike Could...

  9. New Grad RN no job thinking of being a CNA

    PACNWNURSING replied to Gem0607's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I agree, I spoke to RN students going through clinicals at my job and they were totally clueless about what was occurring with new grads not finding work, their clinical instructors and teaching staff...

  10. HELP! I passed boards now what!

    PACNWNURSING replied to AFreshRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Be willing to work any where, for what ever pay, and relocate any where if you want an RN job welcome to the club, nice nursing shortage, huh

  11. Old grad = no job = depression

    PACNWNURSING replied to Jane_Diagnosis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel your pain. The Bureau of Labor Statistics report being quoted by the ANA, American Association of Colleges of Nursing and every career counselor, of needing 260,000 nurses by 2025 does help...

  12. I start nursing school tomorrow and I'm having second thoughts...help!

    PACNWNURSING replied to Rachelmm007's topic in General Students

    Why don't we tell future nursing students the truth as to why nursing has these waves of shortage of jobs and shortage of nurses. It has been well documents that a large number of nurses end up...

  13. Looking For a Little Direction

    PACNWNURSING replied to tnohe1's topic in Oregon Nursing

    What everyone is failing to tell you is that there are no jobs for new nursing graduates. I do not anticipate this improving for some time. There is a large pool of nursing grads in the Portland...

  14. What happened to the shortage?

    PACNWNURSING replied to mmulligan23's topic in Alabama Nursing

  15. Stop the nursing shortage insanity

    PACNWNURSING posted a topic in General Nursing

    We all have been hearing about the so called dreaded nursing shortage for the past 20 plus years. We are currently at a point where new graduates including myself cannot find employment. Yet with...

  16. LPN to RN Lower Columbia College

    PACNWNURSING posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    I am looking for any one who has completed their program, I want to do the online version called LERN. How were the clinicals? And how are the instructors?

  17. To the girl who was texting all through chemistry class....

    PACNWNURSING replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Unfortuantely you are excluding a lot of good people who would make great nurses regardless of the Prereq GPA... Nursing is so much more than GPA... Also there is no proof that all those people whom...

  18. To the girl who was texting all through chemistry class....

    PACNWNURSING replied to polka-dot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wish I could text that much and that fast I need a better phone And they probably have grades of A's and B's in the class too I am

  19. Commentary: How to take American healthcare from worst to first

    PACNWNURSING replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good article, but the bottom line is how to incorporate Evidence based medicine when doctors and nurses have no time.... If the support structure is in place it can work, but hospitals and clinics...

  20. Kaiser in trouble?

    PACNWNURSING replied to mcubed45's topic in General Nursing

    I also work for kaiser, I have not heard anything specific about your region, as you know the company has said since membership is down, they are financially strapped right now...... If Obama gets...

  21. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    PACNWNURSING posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    And why do you want to quit? I really would like a study done on how many nurses quit nursing within the first 5 years. It seems like 80% of the student population at community colleges are...

  22. Dermatolgy Clinic

    PACNWNURSING posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I just got hired to a dermatology Ambulatory Surgical Center. Particularly to do mohs surgery. Does any one have any experience working in dermatology?

  23. Considering moving to Oregon from PA

    PACNWNURSING replied to emtbubba's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Portland is an excellent place to live. But you have to live with cloudy rainy days from November through May. The place is beautiful Mountains and forests. If you enjoy the outdoors this is the...

  24. LTC & Skilled Nursing Facilities

    PACNWNURSING replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Oregon Nursing

    That is exactly what I thought, no wonder their are so many openings at LTC's. Thank God, I finally landed a job, that is not at a nursing home. Since hospitals are no longer hiring LPNs in the...

  25. Nurse want to be???

    PACNWNURSING replied to Male28's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I would say first thing spend a 12 hours shift with a nurse on a med/surg floor and see if you still are interested in being a nurse. Then look at the first year of nursing forums and see if you still...