Am_Byth

I'm so sorry to hear that heartbroken. That's not fair and it scares me now! Ahhh!

I just got the call for a full time offer yesterday around 3:15pm. That was after a 5.5w wait since my interview. I can finally breathe!

Are you serious? $27/hr for a NEW nurse? Where? And how expensive is living there? B/c I will get less then $20/hr to work as a new nurse. BIG difference. Living is cheap here.

Isn't that the truth! I'm too poor and too lazy to formula feed my kids!

Can you job shadow an NP? I had to job shadow an advanced nurse so I went to the lady who does my yearly exams...ha. It worked, I got the answers I needed. :)

Yeah, it's defiantly a different situation. Both DH & I are in school together. (He's got a bac in psychology, a bac in criminal justice, a cert in dental tech, and soon RN and his goal is Nurse Anesthetist.) I still am shocked that at the age of 24 I've been married 1/3 of my life!! We have the best boys, Erik is about 6.5 and Jack just turned 3. Here are a couple pics of us. I loveee pics! Me & DH, pics taken at Jcpennys...we grad in may. http://s204.photobucket.com/albums/bb85/the_thomas_4/?action=view&current=GradPics0915.jpg My loves! http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb85/the_thomas_4/Pennysgood14.jpg

I have applied to one hospital and only put that I wanted to work on ONE floor. I put application in on a Friday and got a call the following Monday. I had an interview about a week later. (This past Tue) I should hear w/in a month if I got the job. It's where I go to school at and it's the floor I'm currently on. The drive is about 45mins which stinks but I like the idea of staying at the hospital I'm comfortable with till I "get" nursing a little more. Pay for GN $19.57. Pass the boards $19.57 $2000 sign on bonus Benefits are good and insurance is cheaper for my family then we are paying now.

Yes, it was 8yrs last month. I also turned 24 last month. Married at 16. I'm not what people consider "normal" in any way.

Do you know what they pay graduate nurses in your area? At the hospital where I am going to school pays graduate nurses the same as a start nurse. $19.57. I'm not sure if this is common practice to start GN's off the same as a nurse who has sat/passed the boards.

All I know is I went from getting an A in Anatomy and a B in Phys (my 1st B in my pre reqs) and now in Nursing School I average B's at the end of the semester. (I do get some C's on tests) BTW, 79% is failing in Nursing.

lovenandj, I wanted to tell you great job on breastfeeding! I'm all for BFing (wanting to become a LC). I started doing Pre-reqs when I was 7m PG, only going 1 day a week and only took less then a week off school. I haven't stopped school and I'm about to graduate this May. I nursed my little guy for over 2yrs, he never got formula. I either pumped or was around to nurse him. Ahhh, I miss bfing, sigh! Great Job Mama!

We currently have 4 students pg in my class. Well one, is a guy so he's not pg but his gf is. The one student is due the week of graduation so she is 30w now and already dilating and ctxing. She is on modified bedrest and I'm pretty sure she won't be able to finish. I would wait. I really want another baby, I have a 6yr old and a 3yr old. I'm 24, married 8yrs and I'm dying for another. But I'm dying to start my career also so I know it has to wait. I think 28 is a great age to start a family!! You will have your career going and your life straightened out. Me and my husband (both in NS together) are doing things totally backwards and while it works, it's not ideal and it makes things harder. I see the people in class who don't have kids and they breeze by a lot easier then those of us with kiddos. GL in whatever you decide. :)

Under $20 for New Castle Pa for a new nurse.

My sister got her about a month ago. She starts this fall at the same school I attend.

At the hospital where I go to school at they are trying to recruit us like crazy! I got a phone call for an interview 3 days after I put my application in. I've already had one interview. I plan to apply at other places also but I don't see why I won't get the job I interviewed for already.

In my school we practice sub q shots on each other. We also do an IV lab where we get one shot to start an IV on another student. My friend has let me use her as a "pin cushion". And the other day I started 2 IVs on my brother.

I would NEVER get PG while in nursing school. NO WAY. We have a couple pg girls in our class and to hear the one complain about ctx and stuff, ticks me off. Yes, I get ctx are real but you chose to get PG while in school. And then she expects special tx on clinical b/c she's pregnant. She is also threatened with bedrest. I would not risk that. I started college 7m PG and yes it was hard but I couldn't do NS PG. I started when he was 17m. I would wait till after and I had perfect pregnancies. I do understand wanting a baby....I;m dying for another.

I've never heard of HESI. *shrug*

I go back to school tomorrow after a week off for spring break. Test on Friday with a crazy week ahead of me. Guess what we did this week? Oh yes, put tile up, played with the kids, had a party for my 3yr old. Everything BUT study...and I'm avoiding it now. Ahhh!

I know at my school we get a TON of clinical time! My school is a Diploma program. We were seeing pts within the 1st couple weeks of Nursing School. It's ALL hands on!

I have an interview on Tuesday. Thankfully my hospital hires a lot of grads. I hope I get a job. My husband is in Nursing School with me and he wants to go on for Anesthesia, so he needs to get into ICU. They will be hiring 1 or 2 grad nurses for ICU so I'm trying to be hopefully.

OB 100% BUT I know I can't get a job there so I have an interview for the Respiratory floor on Tue.

Good Job!!

I'm the same way. I am on the home stretch of Nursing School. (Done in May) So I'm really starting to look for jobs. Most OB units are on hiring freezes or they would rather experienced nurses. I'm on the lookout though and I'm going to apply to as many hospitals as I can.

Yep, this is our hospital. If someone had MRSA 20yrs ago, too bad, they don't even get swabbed, they are automatically a MRSA pt.