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Hello, I will be graduating with an RN degree this December. I plan on taking my nclex shortly after. I will be applying for a new grad position in South Orange County, CA. Does anyone know if the hospitals are hiring new grad RN's? HOAG hospital wou...

They ask questions that are fit for a newgrad, nothing like they would ask an experienced nurse. Questions are not too difficult. They are trying to get to know you. Does anyone know if JFK has made a decision on who they want to hire for Versant? I...

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Very helpful!! Thank you!

i believe i made it pretty clear with regard to my expectations for a response. i directly asked if hospitals were hiring in oc. i did not ask about passing the nursing program or the nclex. with a 4.0 gpa for the past three and a half years, i have...

i thought it was rude as well. i posted a very valid concern and question. both my concern and question were shot down by her. oh well... lol. being that we can obtain a temporary permit to start working with an rn, contingent upon passing the nclex,...

This contradicts what the director of our program is telling us. We need to start figuring out where we want to work and start looking into new grad programs. The time has come. Please do not post unless you have some constructive advice.

i agree with lisamsn. it's bad advice. i would like to add that i am getting tired of hearing this type of advice. a person who will remain "nameless" has been trying to prevent rn's from moving to the island for at least two years now with extremely...

There are people in our program that live both 1 and 2 hours away. They each carpool and make it work. It's tough, but can be done. They always schedule classes together and the other students switch clinical days with them if needed so that they can...

I'm a little confused on this message. Is she saying that a Phd will be required to be a nurse in 2015? If so, I really don't think that is true. That would only add to our nursing shortage. A PhD is incredibly expensive. Perhaps she is saying that a...

You are correct. It's terrible.... There are many factors that add to the problem. For example, it's very difficult to find nursing school instructors. As RN's, they make more money at the hospitals than teaching in an RN program. Schools can't even ...

Once you finish your pre-req's, I would apply all over the state. This is what you will have to do if you want to get into a program soon. Some schools require different pre-req courses than others. I just took them all (some even online). I sent my ...

Aloha xj3nnerz, Thanks for posting this last year. Do you happen to have an update on new grad programs for 2010? I actually don't graduate until this December, but I'm just curious. I'll be applying for a 2011 new grad program. Does it look like thi...

My instructor would like us to select a primary nursing diagnosis for our patient. Could "impaired breastfeeding related to deficient knowledge about breastfeeding" be a primary Nanda for a c-section patient? My patient is a post-op cesarean section...

Unfortunately, our instructors get very upset when we use nandas such as pain, constipation, and impaired skin integrity. While these are great nandas, they feel we aren't thinking outside of the box. In addition, everyone ends up using the same nand...

I really think Daytonite should be an instructor as well. I have been reading her posts for about a year now. She has helped me a lot through nursing school. If not an instructor, she should at least write a book!

p.s. - and yes...leaving the bed flat when they are done can cause all SORTS of problems. The HOB is at the current angle for a specified reason! Are there consequences for those who leave the bed flat? Or perhaps I am a naive nursing student who is ...

How sad! The poor patient. Good thing you came in when you did. I agree, it is frustrating. I feel the CNA's should not go outside of their scope of practice. They are highly valued in what they do, but should not try to do more.

i am temporarily living in ca while in rn school. we are doing our clinicals at a large and well known hospital which is also a level 3 trauma center. i was wondering this same question yesterday. a cna had seen me walk by and asked me to come into a...

Hi, I'm a 2nd semester nursing student and I'm learning about what labs I should focus on, specific to disease. Is there a good book out there on labs? One where I can flip to the diagnosis and it will tell me what labs to focus on. It needs to be a ...

Hi xj3nnerz, If I graduate RN school December of 2010 - when should I start applying for an RN position on O'ahu? It sounds like they only have new grad positions certain times of the year?

hello everyone, i am really having trouble with a certain category of reconstitution questions. this type of question always asks for you to choose the concentration to reconstitute. could someone explain why they are choosing this concentration??? t...

Hi, I'm working on a care plan for a theoretical pt who has pneumonia as demonstrated by low Spo2 less than 75% on room air. (They are on O2 by nasal cannula obviously =) So...I'm a little stuck on labs for this pt. Definetely want to assess WBC - as...

They told us the medical dx is pneumonia and hypoxia. SpO2 on room air is less than 75%. On ordered O2 by nasal cannula, the sp02 shoots up to 99%-100%. After about 30 seconds of removing the nasal cannula, the sp02 drops to below 75 %.

This is VERY helpful! :wink2: I especially appreciate the link to the family practice notebook. I am bookmarking this website for sure. Thank you!