shinyblackcar

shinyblackcar

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  1. Jobs after graduation

    shinyblackcar replied to Tua15395's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good luck! Hope you like it.

  2. Hang in there new Grads and New Nurses it does get better..I PROMISE

    shinyblackcar replied to Morettia2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I didn't exactly "hang in there." I was super stressed and hating my job and left after two and a half months. Now I'm hoping to find something different that will be right for me. Best of luck...

  3. Jobs after graduation

    shinyblackcar replied to Tua15395's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Same here. I went through this when I graduated last August, and now I'm going through it again because all I wanted was to work in a PICU and I finally got hired into one of the top PICUs in the...

  4. New nurse OVERWHELMED

    shinyblackcar replied to leapof faith's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I just read your other post because this sounded so much like my situation. I graduated in August 08, started working in May 09, and left my job 2 and a half months later because the stress was simply...

  5. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    shinyblackcar replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As I was reading this post, I actually had to check and see if I was the one who had written it! I relate to this soooooo much. I just started my 3rd month, I'm also in an ICU, and I feel like it's...

  6. ICU Jobs

    shinyblackcar replied to chrisciwi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wish you the best of luck! I got my first job in an ICU without having any previous healthcare experience. It's wicked intense

  7. Not sure I should stay at my first job as a new grad RN, will working nights help me?

    shinyblackcar replied to AJ BSN 2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    WOW. I am a new grad in my 8th week in the pediatric ICU and as I read this post I felt like I was reading my own thoughts. It's a bit of a relief to know I'm not alone. Let's give it a bit more time...

  8. what job did you first work after graduation?

    shinyblackcar replied to reinvent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    PICU (and I'm now questioning it!

  9. Moving to Baltimore..advice

    shinyblackcar replied to mnf626's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Hi there! Did you get the message I sent you the other day? I live in Mount Vernon, which is about a mile north of the Inner Harbor. A lot of people also told me to check out Federal Hill, Fell's...

  10. Attention new grads may 2009

    shinyblackcar replied to hppygoluky985's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Congrats!! What unit will you be working on? I start in the PICU in May.

  11. Questions about Hopkins

    shinyblackcar replied to AZN2009's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Can you post a link to this thread?

  12. General Pediatrics vs. PICU

    shinyblackcar posted a topic in Pediatric

    I am a new grad (August '08) and have received two job offers, one is on a general peds floor and the other is PICU. Two different hospitals, different locations, etc. Does anyone have any words of...

  13. What to do before job starts???

    shinyblackcar posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated with my BSN in August and passed my boards in October, but my job doesn't start till May, so I am trying to figure out what to do until then. I have to relocate so I will probably move in...

  14. What to do before job starts???

    shinyblackcar replied to shinyblackcar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was looking in NJ (and NY) too. We graduated at the wrong time and the wrong place! LOL I'm relocating to Maryland where I was offered a job in the exact unit I wanted. Good luck in

  15. What to do before job starts???

    shinyblackcar replied to shinyblackcar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, I am moving out of state. But I was going to anyway. Just had a different state in mind. :) That's okay though. Thank

  16. What to do before job starts???

    shinyblackcar replied to shinyblackcar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    For me it's because the state in which I was looking for a job is pretty much on a hiring freeze, and I didn't expect it to be as difficult as it has been to get a

  17. Relocating to Hershey/Central PA

    shinyblackcar replied to shinyblackcar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    My interviews are this Thursday, in ED and peds.

  18. What to do before job starts???

    shinyblackcar replied to shinyblackcar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Passed NCLEX already.

  19. What to do before job starts???

    shinyblackcar replied to shinyblackcar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That sounds like a really good idea. I'm going to look for some pediatric critical care books to start reviewing. Thanks for the suggestion! What kind of unit will you be starting on? Have you been...

  20. General Pediatrics vs. PICU

    shinyblackcar replied to shinyblackcar's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks for the thoughtful response, janfrn. Whenever I think about it, I keep going back to the PICU job... I have a feeling that is where I will end up. I think it will give me more opportunities in...

  21. General Pediatrics vs. PICU

    shinyblackcar replied to shinyblackcar's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks! I didn't have a preceptorship in school (I had a transitions/capstone clinical but we didn't have a choice of where to do it-- we were all in med/surg at the veterans medical center). You are...

  22. PICU Internship Interview

    shinyblackcar replied to mzjones6's topic in Pediatric

    At my PICU interview, I was asked what my greatest challenge has been and how I dealt with it, what my short- and long-term goals are, etc. At another peds interview, I was given a situation where a...

  23. Anyone else feel like a world class idiot?

    shinyblackcar replied to Poopsie Gigglebuns's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Same here, and my job doesn't start till May, which will be NINE MONTHS after I graduated.

  24. Can't get a job!!!!

    shinyblackcar posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have literally applied to jobs in NY, NJ, PA, CT, DC, MD, NH, CA, NC, SC, OH, VA, FL, AZ, and TX. NOTHING. What am I doing

  25. Does a gap between graduation and employment look bad?

    shinyblackcar replied to nursedani08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in August, and my job doesn't start until May. I've been working as a part-time nanny but may upgrade to full-time, or otherwise look for a doctor's office job or something in the...