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    For those still looking for a job...

    WildcatFanRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No problem. I keep getting these emails...so re-posting them here is no problem. I just got another today. Hi, Our hospital in New Mexico is actively interviewing experienced ER RNs for permanent...
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    April/May 2008 Grads....still looking? whose working and how's it going?

    WildcatFanRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If your able to relocate to another state, it wouldn't hurt to apply. Start with the states closest and expand out as necessary...if you can. It took me until Feb of this year to get a job...
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    April/May 2008 Grads....still looking? whose working and how's it going?

    WildcatFanRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where are you located? I ended up having to expand my search to the entire eastern US, east of the Mississippi.....seriously. I kid you not, I applied to IN, OH, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, FL, IL, and...
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    Any New Grads finding it hard to find a job here in KY?

    WildcatFanRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was able to get my 120hrs done, then I was told I wasn't a good fit for the unit I was working on and terminated. It's taken me over a year not counting those 120hrs to get a job as an RN and I...
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    Galen College

    WildcatFanRN replied to krltdy's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats to you as well I remember wanting to get everything way before classes started. Though for me I was on a waiting list, and got a call one month before classes started so I actually had to...
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    Exuse me while I gloat...just a little

    WildcatFanRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    CONGRAT!!!!! I didn't see any gloating, just someone who's persistance finally paid off.
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    Galen College

    WildcatFanRN replied to krltdy's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on getting in....now the REAL fun begins
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    Giving Nursing Students a Taste of NICU

    WildcatFanRN replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The Nurses at the NICU I had my clinical rotation thru were wonderful, especially in the step down unit. The nurses there said "go ahead, hold them they aren't going to break" These were not the ones...
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    Thinking of moving to NC after graduation

    WildcatFanRN replied to Jessicalk05's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Pitt County Memortial Hospital in Greenville is accepting new grads right now. You could call them and ask what the ratios are. I'll be working SIU which is pretty much a stepdown from surgical ICU...
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    Galen College

    WildcatFanRN replied to krltdy's topic in General Nursing

    That would be the smart way to do it LOL. We always complained that the non-nursing classes should have been in the first quarter with the last three will the nursing classes. Microbiology was just...
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    We Can Do It

    WildcatFanRN replied to shanika1m1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Happy things. Hmmm, I finally will start working as an RN next month :w00t: I'm getting married on the 23rd :flwrhrts: and for the most part I have enjoyed being a nurse. I've met wonderful people...
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    Galen College

    WildcatFanRN replied to krltdy's topic in General Nursing

    One of the main complaints from people in my class was that 3rd quarter was too much classwise. You had micro, mental health nursing, peds/ob, ethics, all in one quarter. Some of us suggested...
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    No longer motivated

    WildcatFanRN replied to MotivatedOne's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Tiff, it took me 13 years to finally get my RN. I went to school immediately after getting my LPN in 1995 only to be put on a waiting list. I had the pre-reqs done, yet they were accepting kids just...
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    Galen College

    WildcatFanRN replied to krltdy's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated from there last May. I didn't think the program was too bad. Definately study, study, study. Microbiology will kick you in the pants LOL. Don't be afraid to ask for help either, that's what...
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    NCNA - Urgent Request for All NC Nurses

    WildcatFanRN replied to VickyRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I don't understand. How in the world could a bill like this pass? You would think the BON would also be fighting this tooth and nail since they are the regulatory body right? So Christian Science...
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    Any New Grads finding it hard to find a job here in KY?

    WildcatFanRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in General Nursing

    Greenville,
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    Any New Grads finding it hard to find a job here in KY?

    WildcatFanRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be the first to admit my job history is horrible, but I should have been able to find something in the state hospital-wise. Even the place I'm supposedly eligible for rehire with. All I wanted...
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    Embarrassed to be transferred after one month..

    WildcatFanRN replied to EwokRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Man, I wish I had been "transferred" to another unit after 4 weeks instead of being terminated. Might have made my life easier. I just bought that book too, I should have gotten it sooner. It great...
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    Pitt Country Hospital in Greenville, NC (Vidant Medical Center) unit reviews

    WildcatFanRN replied to vld0315's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Congrats Nu!!!!! I should be easy to spot, I'll be the one wearing UK Wildcats scrubs LOL:D I wonder how many of us who recently applied will be working
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    I finally have a job, but.....(vent)

    WildcatFanRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think it will be a good learning opportunity and a GREAT place to stablize my job history. I'm very grateful to have gotten this job. I know it will most likely take me at the least 1-2 years...
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    I finally have a job, but.....(vent)

    WildcatFanRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Its not in NICU. I will be working an adult SIU. After applying everywhere I could think of, and countless NICU internships, new grad positions and not getting anywhere I had to accept a job where I...
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    6 interviews!!

    WildcatFanRN replied to nuwbee25's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Nu, how did the rest of the interviews go? Have you heard anything back yet? If not....call and bug the heck out of the nurse recruiter Keeping my fingers crossed for
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    New Grad Internships in NC

    WildcatFanRN replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was never asked if I was wanting to work there for the long haul, its just my job history screams instability. I remember them asking what I felt my strengths and weaknesses were. I asked most of...
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    The "Weigh" Out---A Food Management Support Thread

    WildcatFanRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I know what I must do to help myself become healthier. I have discovered it is soooo easy to talk myself out of doing something, or doing something else so its now too late in the evening. I have a...
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    New Grad Internships in NC

    WildcatFanRN replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I haven't started yet, and its not really an internship per se. Just a new grad position with about 12-14 weeks orientation. I applied to internships and couldn't even get past HR for most of...