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Congradulations! You are certainly in for a great new adventure ; )

Yeah I could never see myself doing the emt or paramedic route just because of the amount of schooling/ small pay. Just doesn't cut it. I think the only thing I have thought of doing other than nursing is PTA. We have a few in our facility and their ...

A week is hardly enough time to get freaked out. Just give it a little bit of time and if you haven't heard anything call them. That's how most people I know got their jobs. " bothering" them a little bit won't hurt.

Its weird because its difficult and not difficult at the same time. Its hard to get in the really good ltcs but kind of easy to get in elsewhere. Only problem is all the places that have offered me a job so far have only been part time jobs. So right...

Hello. I'm in Orlando and I make 9.00 an hour at an assisted living facility and 8.75 at a nursing home. My friend works at Arnold Palmer and makes 10.75. But of course everything will vary depending on facility

Yeah there has been talk of it being hard to find a new grad job here for a while. I would expand my search a bit to surrounding cities. Ocala. Daytona. West palm. Wherever you know. Find some good hospitals and just apply like a maniac outside of Or...

You should be fine. I took a week long course and then passed the test. When I got hired they had me shadow someone to learn the ropes and after that if you have any questions just ask and it shouldn't be a problem. Good luck ; )

hello all! My best friend was just offered a job in oregon at a hospital after living her life here in Florida. She was super excited and searching for info on places to live and everything else and I guess she found some articles about racism in Ore...

Wow does this ever sound like me. I was only at my job for 1 year but the last 3 months were awful. I was depressed, miserable, and would call in with these nonsense excuses. Good job. Good money. Great hours with weekends and all holidays off. Hated...

Well happy new year to us. Orlando health hiring freeze is officially over Friday ( according to someone from hr I spoke with today). Also if you now go on their website it doesn't give you a funny message.

So it's difficult to get a Job in a hospital. Has anyone gone a non traditional route to get their foot in the door? I have a friend that is working housekeeping and they said that after 6 months she can transfer to a tech position and they would hel...

Where do you live? Where I am ( Orlando ) no jobs anywhere. None of the ltcs are hiring hospitals not really and even regular jobs ( Walmart) in my area have a hiring freeze. Its crazy. One lady I work with had to get a part time job at kfc for now b...

It's funny because I have heard from 3 CNAs this past week alone that they love doing agency work and would never work for one facility. Maybe it depends on each agency and each city? I don't have any experience with them but no raise after 5 years s...

It won't let me edit my post but I meant it's called the ginsberg tower. Not that's its that important but my poor spelling was annoying me.

I think she is talking about Orlando health. We have another thread speaking about the freeze currently going on over there. Florida hospital has had an orientation going on every week for the last month to fill the new tower ( which is called the Gi...

Thanks everybody for you responses! I personally had no intentions of going the housekeeping route but just wondering if anyone else had done anything like that. I have a job at an assisted living facility for Alzheimers and dementia. Its ok but not ...

When I went to Florida hospital a few weeks ago ( tech position) there was only 1 new grad there with about 25 RNs that were experienced. A bunch of nurses shipped in from overseas also. I was thinking it was weird but I guess not. I am starting nurs...

She is level 3 too! Well maybe she will be your preceptor who knows. I'm sure you will really like it. The night shift diff doesn't hurt either.

My best friend works in the nicu there nights and loves it! Enjoy yourself : ). Now at Florida hospital now a girl in icu and she just started 2 weeks ago as a new grad making 21.75 so not a huge difference. My friend at winnie Palmer said ...

I am making 9 an hour at an ALF with no shift diff. I'm in Orlando and I dunno but it seems kind of low. I'm thinking I may keep looking. Oh plus I'm full time and they keep giving me part time hours. Hmm

They ARE the same. You can work at the hospital as a CNA without all that additional training up front because a hospital will train you. The only thing with that class is that it is good for marketing yourself. There's a good chance that if you alre...

There's a nursing shortage but that doesn't mean that there are enough teachers to teach RN programs. Orlando tech is downtown right by the Orlando amway arena. Area of town is fine.

I just spoke with someone at HR about this yesterday and she said yes there is a hiring freeze and that she didn't know how long it was going to last but to keep checking. She said it would probably be off by the start of the new year ( we'll see). A...

I'm going to piggy back on your thread and hope we can get an answer about LPNs out there and jobs. I pretty much grew up in Vegas ( summers anyway) and half of my family lives out there and was thinking of moving there( looking at a few other states...

5-6 months of cool weather? What part of the state do you live in? Where i am we are lucky to get 3 months ( november, december, january) although this week alone it reached the 80's so not even this month has been that cool lol.