PedsRN1975

PedsRN1975

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  1. You were a CNA, were you hired as a nurse after graduation at your institution?

    PedsRN1975 replied to PedsRN1975's topic in California Nursing

    That is very wrong, and I am so sorry that this happened to you. I hope we don't work for the same hospital cause every time I aproach a manager they keep telling me that they don't know whether...

  2. Student looking for advice on what kinds of questions to ask

    PedsRN1975 replied to amanda82003's topic in California Nursing

    Ok what I am telling you right now it's just what I have observed around me living in the Bay Area so your situation might be different. 5 years ago I thought about the vocational school but someone...

  3. My advice to GN's having difficulty finding a job

    PedsRN1975 replied to futureRNJaz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think you should worry too much about fashion. But what I would do is check the hospital website for some historical trivia that you can bring up at the interview so that they see that you are...

  4. My advice to GN's having difficulty finding a job

    PedsRN1975 replied to futureRNJaz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are exactly right. That's what I've been doing. I got a CNA job in the float pool but everytime I work on the unit where I want to work as a nurse, I let them know how much I love it and I talked...

  5. new grad nurse job

    PedsRN1975 replied to febdabest's topic in California Nursing

    Network is the key here. Try to develop relationships at the hospitals where you do clinicals, talk to the managers, aply for CNA jobs after finishing your med-surg rotation and even there are no...

  6. How do you cope emotionally in peds oncology!

    PedsRN1975 posted a topic in Pediatric

    So here it is, I will graduate next year but right now I work as an NA on the oncology floor. I LOVE THIS UNIT, I have no doubt whatsoever that this is where I want to be and nothing makes me feel...

  7. New Grad now!

    PedsRN1975 replied to SummerGarden's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First of all congratulations to all of you that graduated. I can't wait to get there myself. I still have another year though. Second, a lot of my nursing friends warned me that right after you...

  8. Anyone else experiencing burnout??

    PedsRN1975 replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    I am so burned out too. I am just finishing level III and I have to say it feels like an eternity until I graduate. I hate all the busy work that we have to do, so irrelevant and pointless. I just...

  9. Is the nursing shortage over in the Bay Area?

    PedsRN1975 posted a topic in California Nursing

    Here I am in nursing school in San Francisco and all I hear from my teachers is how hard it is to get a job when you graduate. I would love to work at Lucille Packard when I graduate but the message...

  10. Is the nursing shortage over in the Bay Area?

    PedsRN1975 replied to PedsRN1975's topic in California Nursing

    Thank you guys, that's what I thought I might do, get my foot in the door. In a way I'm glad that they have adequate staffing because that means that when you do get hired, you can provide safe...