KindredTrinity

i just graduated in may and thinking of my options, i've been on several interviews, have had no past medical experience and really needing to get a job already. so here is my dilemma.... hospital a which is really close to home 407 bed acute hosp is offering me a job in telemetry, uggh, working nights 12 hr shifts also with a 5,000 sign on where i could see myself struggling with patient load, not so friendly corporate environment and so on, bright side is i would have an option to move into [color=olive]er, if the manager digs me cause there's a preceptorship starting soon within 1 month. hospital b is which is 35-40 miles away in 1 direction, offering me a preceptorship in or which is awesome, dayshift 6:45-3:15 or 9:30 am to 6pm and i think would look wonderful on my resume but is only offering 2,500 as a sign on and requires on call, but i don't know the specifics..... these 2 hospitals are part of the same "network" or "corporation" and i'm just wondering why such a big difference in sign on's. i would think working in or would be bit more highly regarded than working on the floor. i'm starting to think it's just an issue of a suburban hospital vs a rural hospital i loved :redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe my experience in or in clinicals, but should i be led to believe that working in or is "easier than working on the floor"???:uhoh3: i'm only saying that due to what they are offering in compensation. the hours are sweet, but if i worked in or i would also be oncall, and it would be a sacrifice for me to travel 80 miles round trip....i have no idea if this experience would be worth it for me. anyone who's worked the "floor & or" please give me a heads up! i'm just not sure what to do. any advice/comments would be greatly appreciated!!!:nurse:

I'm scheduled to take the NCLEX on August 18th, ooh wee and my knees are shakin just thinking about it. I've been studying for 6 weeks with Saunders and Lippincott books and taking the Kaplan Course this week. I'm giving my self an additional 3 weeks after Kaplan to take the NCLEX and I"m hoping i got this cat in the bag :typing Anyone have any tips for getting rid of those pre test jitters I'm all EARS!! To all August NCLEX test takers, lets get together and beat this!!!

It's funny, everyone in my graduating class said it was going to be an emotional experience, and even our Dean warned us about that, she had Kleenez at every aisle but I most certainly didn't cry. I was ecstatic and releived that it was all over. It's been a month since my pinning ceremony and i feel like I can't truly CELEBRATE till I pass the Boards. Congrats eveyone and Good Luck :)

I know exactly where your coming from....except BCC was my first choice for Nursing school because I heard they were the best and had high passing rates on the State Boards. I was waiting for 2 years to get into the BCC Nursing program, I had already moved on and found a good fulltime job, then I got my acceptance letter, and I dropped everything to make it happen. I just graduated on May 5th from BCC and I hated the drive from home to school/clinical but it was well worth it. Now I just need to pass my boards and I'll be set. Congrats to you!! And in my opinion MDCC is so disorganized, so I wouldn't take them not accepting you to heart. You made it with out them. I'm proud of you :)