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  1. How to Get a New Grad RN Position at Scottsdale Healthcare

    mackenziec85 replied to veryhopeful's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You might want to call HR to ask them about the New Grad program. As for trauma experience, I'm not sure. All I know is they want I think at least 3 years ER experience first. But our ER doesn't...

  2. How to Get a New Grad RN Position at Scottsdale Healthcare

    mackenziec85 replied to veryhopeful's topic in Arizona Nursing

    VH, Unfortunately, I think it's difficult to get a job anywhere as a new grad. If you can get a job somewhere else I would say do it and get the experience. SHC pretty much wants at least a year of...

  3. How to Get a New Grad RN Position at Scottsdale Healthcare

    mackenziec85 replied to veryhopeful's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hi veryhopeful, I work for SHC. Like patientlywaiting said, they hire most of their new grads internally. It took me seven months to get a new grad job there, even though I was already an...

  4. What is RN to patient ratio on med-surg units in Scottsdale, AZ?

    mackenziec85 replied to xenka34's topic in Arizona Nursing

    No, it's Scottsdale

  5. What is RN to patient ratio on med-surg units in Scottsdale, AZ?

    mackenziec85 replied to xenka34's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Yeah, that's how the staffing is for the med surg floors. I don't think I've ever seen an ER nurse with more than 4 patients, either. They're usually pretty well staffed, too. We have something...

  6. What is RN to patient ratio on med-surg units in Scottsdale, AZ?

    mackenziec85 replied to xenka34's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Wow...I'm not working as a nurse (can't find a darn job!), but I do work at Scottsdale Healthcare (http://www.shc.org). Our day nurses typically have 3-4 patients. Night nurses have 4-5. Depending...

  7. Lots of SATA questions for June NCLEX testers???

    mackenziec85 replied to jaznia15's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took mine yesterday...I had 87 questions and probably 8 or 9 SATA. I found out earlier today that I

  8. SCC accelerated partnership program questions

    mackenziec85 replied to iversonmourning's topic in Arizona Nursing

    iversonmourning - So far the program hasn't been too bad. I took Block 2 over the summer, and that was pretty brutal. This semester though, our schedule is pretty nice. We only have one day of...

  9. How much will books and supplies cost for Nursing School?

    mackenziec85 replied to bellabarbiegirl's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I bought all the books on the required (and recommended) list, and I've used probably four or five of them. The books we use the most are the Lewis Med/Surg, the Lippincott book, definitely...

  10. SCC Students Info on PO Med Check Offs

    mackenziec85 replied to Bormio's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hey there...don't know if you've already done your PO check off, so this may be too late... On my check off, we had to know what the med is for, what the classification is (anticoagulant, ACE...

  11. SCC accelerated partnership program questions

    mackenziec85 replied to iversonmourning's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hey folks, I may be able answer a question or two...I'm in Block 3 of the SCC/SHC partnership. Block 1 will be a long term care facility. For our group, Block 2 was at SHC. They split our class of...

  12. Scottsdale Community College Accelerated Program

    mackenziec85 replied to koalakoala's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hi Toppermost. My advice to you would be to look up the SHC mission statement and values. Don't tell them the main reason you want to work there is for tuition...say you'd like to create a long...

  13. Banner Employee priority placement in program.

    mackenziec85 replied to akadimkz's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I don't know about Banner, but I work for Scottsdale Healthcare and got into the SCC/SHC partnership very quickly. My time stamp was February 20, 2009. I waited less than a year. With that program,...

  14. HESI Exit Exam

    mackenziec85 posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hello! Just wondering if anyone has taken the Block 1 HESI Exit Exam before. Mine is scheduled for Monday, May 3rd, but our teachers haven't really given us much information about it. Anyone have...

  15. HESI Exit Exam

    mackenziec85 replied to mackenziec85's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Yes,

  16. Good Advice Karma Given Here!

    mackenziec85 replied to alliphx's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hey alliphx! Like you, I'm also in Block 1. I did take a CNA class, but I don't have anything fancy after my name (I actually failed my skills test on my CNA exam...taking it again next month). But...

  17. Any hospitals that pay for schooling?

    mackenziec85 replied to azarizonagirl's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Scottsdale Healthcare pays for employees to go to school. They reimburse for degrees like business, but they pay tuition up front for degrees like nursing. They pay $5,250 a year, which, since the...

  18. Scottsdale Community College Accelerated Program

    mackenziec85 replied to koalakoala's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Technically, yes, you do have to wait six months. I know a few people who transferred to other departments before their six months were up, but they got permission from the supervisors. From what...

  19. Scottsdale Community College Accelerated Program

    mackenziec85 replied to koalakoala's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hey Koala, I also work at SHC. I spent about six months trying to get a job there for the same reason you are. And it paid off. After about ten applications and three interviews, I got a job there....

  20. 10/27/09 just placed at paradise valley/ john c lincoln spring010

    mackenziec85 replied to PVNursingAZ's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Congrats! I got placed today at SCC. My timestamp is from February 2009. The only reason I got in so soon is because I'm an employee at Scottsdale Healthcare. I was completely shocked when I got...

  21. NET scores

    mackenziec85 replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Yeah, I didn't remember how to do a lot of the problems...and I probably couldn't do them now, almost a year after taking the test, hah. I had a bit of an advantage though, as my dad is a former math...

  22. NET scores

    mackenziec85 replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I got an 89 in reading and a 90 in math, I believe. I used a website to study, and it was EXACTLY like the math questions on the actual test. I believe the website is http://www.testprepreview.com....

  23. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    mackenziec85 replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    So they're calling people?! I was stressed out enough checking my e-mail multiple times a day and anxiously awaiting the snail mail....now I have another method of communication to stress out over!...

  24. How long does it take to get your DPS Fingerprint Card back?

    mackenziec85 replied to misspisces1979's topic in Arizona Nursing

    No worries. We all get blabby at one point or another.

  25. How long does it take to get your DPS Fingerprint Card back?

    mackenziec85 replied to misspisces1979's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Uhhh, I've never been charged with any kind of crime. I've never even been pulled over...it still took me six weeks to get mine. Not to be rude, but please don't make assumptions like that. Maybe...