Alright already,:0) so I want to pledge Delta Sigma Theta but I'm currently at a community college in an ADN program but plan to transfer to a university to work on my BSN and adventually my MSN. Does...
untamable07 replied to untamable07's topic in Florida Nursing
So your employer verified employment when you first signed up for the program and then again at the end of the year? Well I graduate in May and have student loans so hopefully I can reap the benefits...
untamable07 replied to StillThinking's topic in Florida Nursing
This is terrrible!!! You always hear about the nursing shortage in Florida but WHERE IS IT?!!! Nursing use to be acareer where you knew you would always have a job, now I'm starting to
I will be graduating in May 09 and have only done one or two blood draws and I've never started an IV. Do nurses not do this in the field the reason its not emphasized? Does anyone have any advice on...
untamable07 replied to untamable07's topic in General Nursing
Ok thanks for all your advice. I guess I'm worried because I work as an extern on L&D and want to work there when I graduate and the nurses do their own blood draws and IVs. I'm not sure if they...
It's sad to say but when it comes to education, Florida always seems to lack. Look at our public school system. Every time you turn on the TV or read the paper another school program is being cut due...
I'm so sorry to hear this. I was thinking this could be me, as I will graduate this May 2009 and I am also 23. That's my biggest fear as a nurse working and contracting some sort of incurable disease....
I currently work at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital as a nurse extern in the L&D and yes they will hire you straight out of school The starting rate is like 18.42. I graduate in May and plan to work...
untamable07 replied to tiskathleen's topic in General Nursing
I work as a nurse extern which is the same as a tech, expect it means you're in nursing school and finished 1-2 semesters, we are not allowed to give medications. But we can insert foleys. I don't...
I am interested in moving to Orlando once I graduate this coming May. Does anyone have information on new grad. pay rates, hospitals with good L&D or ER, family friendly neighborhoods, traffic,...
untamable07 replied to untamable07's topic in Florida Nursing
Does anyone know the shift differential for Winnie Palmer/Orlando Health? Also how many hospitals do they run? What are the working conditions and do they have supporitive staff? Any tuition...
untamable07 replied to untamable07's topic in Ob/Gyn
I guess I need to talk with the nurse manager. But it seems its alwasy been this way according to the nurses I've talked with. I guess I'll try my luck and see what they say. I love the job so far but...
I was wondering what's the difference on your floor between the nurse extern and the tech. I just started on a L&D floor as a extern but I'm not really getting the experience I thought I would....
untamable07 replied to untamable07's topic in Ob/Gyn
Yea I do work at TMH. How did you guess? I talked to numerous nurses and they told me that yea they say you will work with a nurse but you're really a tech. I'm just like if you're going to work me as...
Does 20.82 sound like a comparable rate for new graduates in the Orlando area at Florida Hospital( Winnie Palmer). Is this salary sufficient for the cost of living in the