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  1. Pursuing nurse practioner degree without RN experience

    jpeters84 replied to huangsoRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I understand where you are coming from. When I was getting ready to graduate nursing school just over a year ago I thought that I would put in my two years as a bedside nurse and then I would go...

  2. In Depth Medscape article about the current (2012) state of New-Grad Employment.

    jpeters84 replied to Sehille4774's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I really like the article except for... The military part. I saw what was happening with new grad jobs a year before I graduated and I thought I was going to have it beat because i was going to join...

  3. How do I gain experience as a brand new nurse?

    jpeters84 replied to suzie<3RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Did your school offer a preceptorship in the ER? If it did than I feel like you shouldn't have a problem finding a job as long as you are willing to move anywhere. When I went to apply for jobs I...

  4. New Grad ER residency/orientation?

    jpeters84 replied to LiveHigh2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    DUKE ER but you have to have preceptored in the ER or have experience as an

  5. Jobs in New England/Colorado for a New Grad

    jpeters84 replied to AshleyBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had some offers to interview at a hospital in Colorado Springs. I've heard that that's not the best area of Colorado but the hospital seemed nice. Otehrwise try Denver Health and some of the major...

  6. New Grad No Job- extremely depressed.

    jpeters84 replied to michelle9655's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off, eat and drink and take care of yourself because it's hard enough to summon the strength and positive energy to apply for all these positions without feeling well physically. Secondly,...

  7. experience with neonatal bacterial meningitis?

    jpeters84 replied to 21strawberry's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As a survivor of neonatal bacterial meningitis I can say I was one of the lucky few that did not have any sequelae. Now as a NICU nurse I know that it can lead to hearing loss, vision loss, mental...

  8. Any advice on how new grad can find job in ICU???

    jpeters84 replied to candicenguyen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OHSU has a new grad ICU training program. There's some hospitals in the midwest that also take new grads in the ICU. Going the med-surg route and getting a few years under your belt isn't a bad...

  9. Applying to everything, smart or a huge waste of time?

    jpeters84 replied to NurseWinn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Apply to the jobs that say new grad welcome. If there's a job that you're really interested in and qualified for, call and talk to the RN recruiter to see if they are open to looking at your resume...

  10. New Grad friendly hospitals?

    jpeters84 replied to MotivatedOne's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Not sure if Idaho is a compact state but St. Luke's in Boise is new grad friendly. Being willing to fly yourself in for an interview but sometimes they will compesate for your

  11. I can't stop dreaming about the NICU!

    jpeters84 replied to babyCNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a newgrad in a Level III NICU as well and I had the same exact dreams. They finally went away for me at about 8/9 months. I'm also now sleeping a lot better. I think your body adjusts, your...

  12. Was that a dumb decision?

    jpeters84 replied to donnaalyssa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've so been there. I had 6 weeks straight where my assignment were so busy I wasn't able to chart until the end. I was having to stay long after. I was starting to dread coming to work and I...

  13. What were you not expecting when you got out on your own?

    jpeters84 replied to xtxrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ...how incredibly different it feels from nursing school. I don't know why my nursing school felt it was necessary to scare the everliving bejesus out of us but being on the floor, getting down the...

  14. When does the Confidence Kick in and the Timidness Leave!

    jpeters84 replied to RNdiva505's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Seriously girl-you don't have time to be timid. Yes ask the nruse that leaves you in a disaster-zone that she created to stay and help. In fact don't ask-just say, "I really appreciate you staying...

  15. Do the right thing. Every time. No matter what.

    jpeters84 replied to Mully's topic in General Nursing

    1) I take it you were never a CNA. 2) You definitely have a point, no matter CNA, RT, RN get up off it and attend to your patients. I wonder though if maybe they got thrown under the buses by the...

  16. Should I have implemented Suicide Precautions?

    jpeters84 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    If a patient says they have suicidal thoughts then you must follow protocol I don't care how they said or intended it. If this person did try to commit suicide you would be getting commended for...

  17. Interview after interview..

    jpeters84 replied to r0sannaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got my job in Boise and I thought I was going there to just get my two years experience but now I love the hospital and city so much I plan on staying. The pay isn't awesome but everything is so...

  18. Interview after interview..

    jpeters84 replied to r0sannaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How about leaving California? I got my dream job in the NICU by...leaving California. It's almost been a year and in one more year I can move right on back with experience and have no prob getting a...

  19. Hawaii Pacific University Nursing School

    jpeters84 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to take some time and give my opinion about attending nursing school at Hawaii Pacific University. I remember last year when I was considering attending HPU and I asked in this forum if...

  20. HPU

    jpeters84 replied to TNTD2011's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't want to wait it out with the lottery system in California so I made the big move to Hawaii to attend HPU as a transfer student in 2008. I got the same letter and let me assure you, you are...

  21. HPU

    jpeters84 replied to emmayra2000's topic in General Nursing

    Load up on tylenol for the many headaches, get a good psychiatrist for all the insanity, and win the lottery before you start because you are going to need all three to go to HPU for nursing school....

  22. Hawaii Pacific University Nursing School

    jpeters84 replied to jpeters84's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from HPU and now work in an ICU on the mainland. Looking back and rereading my posts from 2008 I can remember how angry and frustrated I was with the program. Do I think I got an ok...

  23. California State University vs. Private School

    jpeters84 replied to pigbunny's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Cal state Fullerton hands

  24. Response to Pregnant Friends

    jpeters84 replied to littleneoRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have run into this problem. I think the important thing to remember is that most moms-to-be just want reassurance, so I make sure I validate their feelings no matter what their choice is or how I...

  25. New grad NICU program

    jpeters84 replied to Tarabara's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Its hard to tell in this tough economic climate which hospitals have retained their nicu new grads programs but hospitals that I know have had new grads in nicu in the past few years include UCSD,...