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I've Recently been accepted for an interview for a JHH psych floor, and I'm thrilled! Are you an employee there!? I was hoping to learn how competitive the psych opportunities at JHH were, because this is my dream job, especially as a new grad!

HI! I'm a nursing student, graduating in MAY! (WOO!) About to apply for various hospitals. I'm Considering JHH, A.I. Dupont, Rockford, BeeBe Medical Center, Christiana, and am open for suggestions. Obviously, location doesn't have to be to specific, just know that I am relocating within MD/DE area. I am, though, very interested in starting out in either a psych or pediatric unit- And I know this IS possible as a new nurse, so please do not reply telling me that I'm selfish, asking too much, or I am getting my hopes up. I know what I want. My question is for people who have experienced these hospitals (or others around the area). Which is the best teaching facility, has the strongest experienced staff, etc. I want to learn and continue to feel confident about my skills, not fall into patterns that produce low quality care. I believe my first experiences as a RN will shape the type of nurse I will become for years to come! I have noticed a lot of people send patients for Beebe to Christiana. Is this only due to the fact that Christiana is a level 1 trauma center, or are there other reasons. I have known couples who traveled 3 hours from sussex to have their baby in Christiana. Why? I am considering working there, taking in that they have no psych of peds opportunities. THANKS FOR THE ADVICE AHEAD OF TIME!! :]

I graduate in may. My nursing program is really strict. We have to wear all white, no piercings, no tattoos, hair up, white shoes, white socks. You know. I'm all about helping people and nursing and I love it! But I hate that I can't be my own person. I have been advised that I will not be allowed to keep a nose piercing in if I do it, which I accept. But I also want dreadlocks terribly, and the community that I was raised in would throw a fit if I had them! I fear even suggesting it to my instructors would cause immediate rejection. Is this discrimination? If I were to have a piercing and dreads at a job interview and were declined, there would be no definitive proof that I was being discriminated against for my hair or facial piercings. I would wait until I established a job, but I don't plan on staying in one place for too long, what happens after that? And I feel that I must say this, because my uncultured co-students have mentioned that they are dirty and "not even black people can work at a hospital with dreads", I am white, and I would wash my hair more often than I do now to keep the oils of my hair from ruining the dreads. And also, I could pull them back and they would not get in my way. How am I supposed to be culturally sensitive to my patients if students, staff, and other nurses can't show the same respect to me? I also want to add that I'm the youngest person ever to complete this nursing program, and they tend to treat me like that and say that I am "immature" "unprofessional" and I will "learn that people don't liked to be judged, but impressions are all that matter". Forgive my naivety, really..