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I am happy to share that I got job in Busy Medical Surgical floor. Thanks for all of your input!!

Thanks . Its really motivating.

~♪♫ in my ♥~ thank you for your detailed response. I am working on physical assessment, reading med sug books. I agree it will take few years to get confident in my new speciality after transition.Though, Getting into ICU is my goal, I always introspect myself whether I am ready for ICU because patient safety is important and also my license. Med surg experience will help me to enter into ICU.

Thanks for your detailed response. I am working on physical assessment, reading med sug books. I agree it will take few years to get confident in my new speciality after transition.Though, Getting into ICU is my goal, I always introspect myself whether I am ready for ICU because patient safety is important and also my license. Med surg experience will help me to enter into ICU.

I do have good name in my unit . In our unit they won't float nurses without med surg background. I am applying for part time jobs. That may be another reason , I was not considered.One the HR told me to work on my resume which is lacking highlights of my medical nursing experiences. I am going to request recommendation letter from my manager . Let see how it goes. I will update. Thanks for your suggestions.

Thanks for your responses.

Hi, I am working in geriatric behavioral health unit in the hospital setting now. I am started applying for med surgical jobs. My application was not even considered ( even internal transfer application rejected). I heard from fellow nurses that transitioning from psych to med surgical is hard. So now I started looking for Internship program. But heard that is mostly for New grad. I just need some guidance regarding transitioning .My ultimate goal is to be a ICU Nurse. Thanks in Advance or your response. Note: I have been a RN 5 years with home health and psych experience.

I applied online. Then Educational specialist sent email to schedule an appointment. On that day, she gave me a paper test and calculator to finish the test. No time limit. may be 110 question. Very easy. I didn't write some abbreviations. Its not a big deal I guess. Then actual interview started. She asked about myself , my work history and behavioral questions(typical Interview question like how do you manage stressful situation etc..) She said, there were suppose to be 3 more Interviewer. Lucky to have an one on one interview.Then I asked about the course . She is very friendly and approachable. Hope it will help you to understand the process.

Sorry for you. Hope we will get the job very soon. Good luck for you. I held the spot for the RN Refresher course.They told that I will be getting the call from them to do the drug screening & for other legal stuff, one month before the course. I will get to know everything about the schedule on the first day of the course. I tried sending you PM. It doesn't allow me to send. Is there anyway I can mail you?

I am RN and started looking for a job a month ago.I attended few interviews. Everybody was saying that I don't have recent clinical experience specifically in USA(worked 2yrs back for 11 months in India) .So I am afraid that I won't get any job unless I refresh my nursing skill through any course here. I am applied for the RN Refresher course in Methodist hospital. Seems like I will get the place. I don't know how much this will help in my job hunting. I have to pay lot of money. Anybody out there done refresher course before? Will it worth to put the money on this?Thanks in advance

I am RN and started looking for a job a month ago.I attended few interviews. Everybody was saying that I don't have recent clinical experience specifically in USA(worked 2yrs back for 11 months in India) So I am afraid that I won't get any job unless I refreshed my nursing skill through any course. So I started looking for Internship related programs.I am applied for RN Refresher course in Methodist hospital. Seems like I will get the place. I don't know how much this will help in my job hunting. I have to pay lot of money. Anybody out there done refresher course before? Will it worth to put the money on this? Thanks in advance

Congrats Niki_RN I am in the same situation as Niki_RN. I don't have recent clinical experience.Finished my graduation in 2009. I am started searching jobs in DFW area. No positive moves yet. May I know where are you working? (hospital or clinics etc..)

Thanks. I will check that out.

Thanks for the Reply. I do have a certificate called "OFFICIAl TRANSCRIPT" from my university. It have the information of my 4 yr marks. Will it help the Internship program providing hospital to calculate my grade points.

Hi, Recently got my RN license in Texas. I am foreign graduate.There was a gap in my Nursing career due to my personal commitments.I applied for the jobs in Dallas,Texas. They are asking for the work experience in USA. So I am looking for Internship programs , Refresher course and any other program to gain clinical experience. Even for Internship program, they are asking for the GPA 3 or higher. In our educational system, we didn't heard of GPA. I don't know , what I have to study to get my GPA 3, So that I can Join Internship program to gain clinical experience. Thanks in Advance