Ash1223

Ash1223 specializes in ICU.

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1. Is it hard to find a job in NYC with only one year RN experience?

   Ash1223 replied to Ash1223's topic in New York Nursing

   Thanks pinkgator for your response! How long ago did you move to NY? Congrats on landing a new grad position, if it's anything like CA, then it must have been brutal. Is it better to sign up with a...

2. Is it hard to find a job in NYC with only one year RN experience?

   Ash1223 posted a topic in New York Nursing

   Hello I'm thinking about moving from another state to NYC. I only have one year of critical care experience and I'm wondering if it's easy or hard to find a job as an RN with only one year of...

3. CCU & ICU

   Ash1223 replied to nursemomof3boys's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   So I'm a bit confused. What's the difference bwtween CCU- Coronary Care Unit and CVICU- Cardio-Vascular

4. Book Recommendation?

   Ash1223 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   Hello, I am a new grad and just landed a job in the CVICU, starting in about a month. I'm a bit anxious about it so I've been looking at books to get to help me get up to speed more quickly. I came...

5. Book Recommendation?

   Ash1223 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hello, I am a new grad and just landed a job in the CVICU, starting in about a month. I'm a bit anxious about it so I've been looking at books to get to help me get up to speed more quickly. I came...

6. Getting Hired into the Emergency Department

   Ash1223 replied to Ash1223's topic in New York Nursing

   Do I need to pass the CEN exam in order to work in any NY ER

7. Getting Hired into the Emergency Department

   Ash1223 posted a topic in New York Nursing

   Hello, I'm a new grad in California and I'm very grateful to have been offered two new grad positions. The first on is in Cardiovascular ICU and the other is in ED. My passion lies in ED and I'm not...

8. Which Job to Accept?

   Ash1223 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hello, I'm a new grad who graduated at the end of summer and received my RN license in November. I've had the very good fortune of having just gotten two job offers and I'm not sure which one to...

9. 1st time RN licensed , but the license expires toooo SOON - another post

   Ash1223 replied to H2H_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm in CA and I was issued my license 12/1/08 and it expires 8/31/10. I thought since I graduated from nursing school on that date, they gave me two years according to my graduation date. But who...

10. How much did you earn your first year?

    Ash1223 replied to whitecats's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just graduated at the end of summer and yesterday I got offered a job in an ICU in the Bay Area of California. They are starting me off at $42.75 for days and a night differential of six dollars...

11. Pay in Bakersfield?

    Ash1223 replied to SmilesHeal101's topic in California Nursing

    The start pay at the county hospital- Kern Medical Center - is about $26.50 with a 4% increase in July. I'm assuming the other hospitals in Bakersfield are comparable. There isn't much to do there....

12. What questions do they ask during a phone interview for a new grad?

    Ash1223 replied to CeceRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My initial phone interview given by the nurse recruiter included the following questions: Why did I apply to their hospital What would my instructors say about me? Give an example of a conflict that I...

13. New Grad Starting at Good Samaritan Hospital- Los Angeles

    Ash1223 replied to icu_nurse247's topic in California Nursing

    For those accepted to Good Sam: How many interviews did you have? What were they like? I've got a second interview at Good Sam in San Jose, CA and I'm wondering what I should expect. It's for the...

14. New Grad Starting at Good Samaritan Hospital- Los Angeles

    Ash1223 replied to icu_nurse247's topic in California Nursing

    Charlotte, What other things did you find wrong with Good Sam in LA?

15. Help With 2nd Interview for New Grad in ICU

    Ash1223 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello, I went in for a first interview with the CVICU nurse manager. She said I interviewed very well but her concern was that my true passion lies in the ER. Since I had previously been asked by the...