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Where do you live? There are several positions currently posted with Aetna.

Hello, Any FNPs in pain management in Texas? Considering this specialty after graduation and trying to learn what a typical day is? What type of practice? are there other providers? Protocols? etc.

Wondering if anyone who went through the process last year can give us some insight. I do not have a BSN and have applied second year in a row. I got invited to the info session last year but couldn't make so my application was rejected. I am wondering if the info session serves a purpose in getting you hired or if it is a massive information session that does not impact whether they hire you or not. While out in California, i would attend information sessions where several thousand other new grads would attend and it would be a massive 'here is info about our hospital, but we dont have a job for you' type get together. Really hope I get hired onto the county always wanted to work there. Anyone else attending the march 31st session? I know last year they had two info session about a month apart........

Keep your job as long as ou can, if you guys can wait til you hit theyear mark to move together or move to be together do it. Also getting an agency job ora job before you quit the job you have now is the best thing to do. Craigslist is a great place to look also. where you are moving to in ca will also play a role.

what cities?

You've been at this since DEC 2010? try myself who has been at it since May 2010 and others from DEC 2009. The move to Texas advice is a good one, but what cities because what i am hearing out of the major cities is pretty much what you are saying (hundreds of new grads for few positions). Also consider how bad the economy is, it is not a new grad thing, it is a money thing. If people are too poor to go to hospitals, census falls, the hospital then needs less nurses and make less money. Networking seems like the only thing working for most. Get to know people, call managers directly, get your name and face out to the person directly making interview and hiring decisions because when they are so many applicants they only look at a few applications. I tried to going to HR in person several times (just wanted to know if you have the latest version of my resume, just wanted to know the status of my application, is there a way i can speak to the manager directly.......these were my questions in person to HR) and i was assured i would be remembered and passed on to the other round and that didn;t happen. Craigslist is great and if you can take any job at the facility you want, with the intent to transfer when a nursing job becomes open do it. What kind of nursing degree do you have BSN, AASN, ADN.........? Have you considered going back to school? What are you school professors saying? do they know, anything or anyone who might help? Volunteer where it will help you, and tell everyone you meet, you are a nurse looking for work. Apply to every job you feel you can do the tasks because sometimes you get an interview because everyone who applied is getting one and you can get a job that way. Look into public health, telehealth, out of the way home health and LTCs and keep your eye on your dream specialty and keep bugging people there. Make business cards, write several versions of your resume and have pertinent cover letters. Based on the rumors in CA, it gonna be a long while before things go back to the way they were, so do everything to standout, also look into get certs, extra training on your own and getting your BLS and ACLS, PALS etc. Most of all Bug the heck out of people because it makes them remember you. Hope this all helps, you will go thru the stages of grief and eventually you will be in acceptance like me. I am glad someone is supporting me, yes my income would mean a great deal to us, which is why i try try and try my hardest every single day. Look and see if you qualify for unemployment and hook up with your local workforce.

Do you want a job? I would call, but pick when you call or better yet go in person. How you got the contact info is also important..............While calling is gambling emailing or mailing things are better route.

Patients feed off their careivers energy, i see this a lot in dementia patients and patients who have been labeled difficult. It doesn't take long for someone to find out that they have been labeled difficult or noncompliant. Next time you come across one of these patients, envision the nicest patient you have ever had and trea this patient like them, attitude, smiling and tone of voice. Chronic pain does strange things to people and people act strangely when it sounds like you are tlaking down on them. Maybe just when you get a couple of mintues take them ice water, sit down and just start talking to them. I came to check on you, see if you needed anything. These are just somethings i've tried, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn;t.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/hea/2193469852.html various r.n. positions (high desert san bernadino) date: 2011-02-02, 9:26am pst reply to: [email protected] [errors when replying to ads?] the following positions are open in an acute care setting. this hospital is small community hospital but part of a national hospital chain... offering you the best of both worlds state of the art working environment in a smaller community. job security is something very important in this unstable economy and this hospital is willing to invest in a three (3) year commitment to you. health benefits/education reimbursement available, 401k. you must be a team player, have a good attitude .... and if you want to grow in your nursing career this is the place for you. we will consider foreign nursing experience. you must have r.n. board of ca registration, bls, acls ( preferred) infectious control specialist , r.n.- must have minimum 4 years experience ..... preferably advanced degree in epidemiology . will accept advanced degree in lieu of experience. ed- bls, acls ---- may consider new graduates . i.c.u. - minimum 2 years experience l& d - will consider foreign experience. o.r. - scrub will consider foreign experience please , do not reply if: 1- you are not authorized to work in the u.s.a. 2- if you are not a ca. r.n. 3- if you are unwilling to commit to 3 years.. 4- if you cannot provide a resume. * location: high desert area, ca * compensation: $25- $30 + / location: high desert san bernadino compensation: * compensation: $25- $30 + / principals only. recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. please, no phone calls about this job! please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. postingid: 2193469852

I started volunteering for the same reason, and i just started so i hope it works out. The thing that really helped was, i will do it while i job search, hopefully it helps me network and if nothing else i get to say this is what i did with the time gap while i job searched.

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I started volunteering for the same reason, and i just started so i hope it works out. The thing that really helped was, i will do it while i job search, hopefully it helps me network and if nothing else i get to say this is what i did with the time gap while i job searched.

where are the moms coming in on this? have you talk to either of them about your plan? Also would it be cheaper to possibly keep staying with them until you get done? Either you or your BF considered the military as an option?

just saw this pot thpught i'd share http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/hea/2169309315.html

Prediction? No. Similar experiences? Yes. I should have added a "might" in the question.