Yeh, it seems that to get into CHOP, you need some sort of connection. Although many hospitals are like that. No one told me that going to school in Baltimore but not planning on working in Baltimore...
short on nights and you have 5 pts, are you in an ICU? Im on a neuro medsurg floor with lots of stroke patients and we always have at least 6, sometimes 7 or 8. I am interviewing for a perdiem...
there are other places that will hire new grads. home care for example. also i looked at a place called kids peace, it's a facility for children with social/psychiatric
In response to the question about whether crying on the job makes me regret going into nursing... yes. It certainly does. I called the office of career services at my undergrad college to ask for help...
I do think there is definately something wrong with crying! That isn't to say I have not cried, or that people who cry over work have something wrong with them. I think that a profession that is so...
I have to admit that I just joined the PA State Nursing Association so I could put it on my resume. Don't really know how they are really helping me personally.