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Greeting fellow RN's!! I've been working in a Birthing Center for about a year now, and would really love to explore my options in the world of agency nursing. The birthing center that I work in does antepartum, labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum,...

What's your facility's policy on hiring a new grad? As seasoned L & D nurses, how do you feel about a newbie with no other experience walking in to your specialty? I've heard pros and cons.....pro-train them exactly the way you want them before b...

My husband works for a company in Wisconsin that has a branch in North Carolina and we are considering relocating there when I'm finished with nursing school (spring 2012). His company's office is in Hendersonville. Can anyone give me some insight i...

I've been looking in to working for an agency in norther/central Wisconsin. I've read that Ready Link will work to place new nurses. Does anyone know any other agency that will do so? Any recommendations for a good company to work with? Thanks!!!

I really don't think so.....I think WI nurses are having a hard enough time getting jobs. I know someone who graduated last May and just got a job last month (and she wasn't picky!).

I am in nursing school and this summer I will be taking my LPN boards. I currently work at a local hospital as an ER tech. So, here's my crisis......I have always wanted to work in surgery, and I know that the hospital in the area wants at least 2 y...

That's exactly what I thought!! I'm just hoping I don't regret not getting the RN down the road....if I got this job, that is.

Could you give me a bit more insight on Aspirus? I live in northern Wisconsin and I'm always curious to hear what people have to say about the hospitals around here. I'll be graduating next May so it's good to have the inside scoop!

Our school requires passing with 100% at the beginning of each semester. If you don't pass in three tries, you're out of the program (so you could pass the first 3 semesters, but if you don't pass in 3 tries 4th semester, you're done). I did hear tha...

I'm not sure about the first poster, but I live in a more rural area, and I'd love your input. The OB department has 2 nurses on per shift (12 hour shifts), and they do all aspects. Around 20-25 deliveries per month. 4 delivery rooms, 1 triage, and ...

Phenomenal story!

I was just told that a law is being passed that WI nurses need their BSN to be an RN in Wisconsin, and that the current nurses are grandfathered in. Has anyone heard this!??!?

I'd love to have 72% be a passing grade! Our ADN program is an 80% to pass!!

I was told by an instructor that the state of WI is trying to make this a law. She said that if it went through, those of us who would be grandfathered in would have 10 years to complete our BSN. A nurse that graduated 10 years ago said that back t...

I have some questions for those of you who live in and around Madison. My husband and I would like to relocate to the area with our 3 small children. Can anyone give me some insight to the hospitals in the area? We would ideally like to live in on...

Thanks for your input! I appreciate it! The job market is tough all over, that's for sure!

I know a couple that named their daughter Raya. Ok... a little different, but not too crazy. Then I heard the middle name....Sunshine. Raya Sunshine.

Hello All! I am currently a nursing student in Wisconsin, and my husband and I would like to relocate to a small, family friendly community in Washington after I'm finished with school. I was hoping I could get some insight into the state. Is it ne...

I'm not sure if you want to do out of state, but Lakeshore Technical College in Sheboygan WI has online classes for General and Advanced A & P and Micro. I would say it depends on loaded your schedule is for next semester as to whether or not to ...

I'm doing some venting here folks. I took the NLN, passed the first time around and was placed on the waiting list for the RN program. A classmate of mine took hers on the same day and failed. 6 months later, she retook the exam and failed again. ...

Hello Everyone! I'll be done with General A & P this May and I'm planning to take A & P 2 and Micro from LTC online. Can anyone give me some insight on how these classes work? How do you do lab? What are the exams like? Any additional info...

Check out Lake Shore Tech. I'm taking A & P 2 there online this semester. I can't imagine you could take both at the same time because they are set up to be taken one after the other.....I know you can take A & P 2 and Micro at the same time...

For all of you who throw your hearts over the fence every day and care for those who need it most...... For all of you who work tirelessly without recognition or reward....... For all of you who maintain your faith in people, despite what you may enc...

Before my time......I'm 26.

Hello Everyone! I am currently wait listed for the nursing program (there are 7 people in front of me for the fall semester). I have all of my gen eds done and all I have for next year are A & P 2 and Micro. I have no desire to take courses t...