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I was a school nurse for 2 years and didn't like it either. What I did like was the relationships I built with the students and staff. I was looking for other day jobs, when a teaching position at our local Career and Tech Ed school came open. I appl...

Hey everyone, I am currently an AAS RN and am eager to advance my degree. I have been a labor/delivery since I became a nurse 4 years ago. I recently became a school nurse because my family needed a consistent schedule, but still work PRN at the hosp...

I too am a new school nurse. My background is L/D. I didn't have any orientation at all and was thankful I have a friend who was a school nurse who I could call 10 times a day when I started in the fall. I was feeling really unsure about myself becau...

Does anyone work at GRADY MEMORIAL? I am moving to Atlanta the end of next year and am hoping to get a job at Grady because I know the learning there is priceless. I have been doing research about the hospital and realize the past 10-13 years have be...

Hey everyone, I was looking around for an online RN-BSN program that was affordable and fast. Thanks to the suggestions from my search of this sight I came across Fort Hayes Virtual University. The price is great, lowest anywhere, and I can get all ...

I work in a 160 bed facility and the nursing supergiants are responsible for only nursing. They would never dream of floating.... There is too much for them to do as it is!! You are worth so much more! You can find a job anywhere that will be less st...

I was 4th on the alternate list and it just means that if someone who was accepted can't go then they start going down the alternate list in order and accept people on that list. The year I got accepted 6 alternates got into the program because so ma...

I think you have an excellent chance of getting in! They don't start going through applications until the end of summer semester because they count summer courses into their consideration, so you should get an extra point for your CNA if you put that...

Hello, I will be moving to The Decatur part of Atlanta from Alaska in June. I just recently graduated and will only have a few months experience. After many hours of researching ALL the acute care hospitals in the Atlanta area, I have found very few ...

Hey, I don't know you have found anything yet, but if not, here is my input. I just graduated from the UAA RN nursing program in Fairbanks and had 2 LPN's in our class. Unfortunately, there are not many opportunities in the Fairbanks area for LPN's ...

Congrats on getting in the nursing program. I live in Alaska (although would love to be in GA)and can't speak to GA nursing programs, but I am a single mom and just finished nursing school and got licensed this month. I'm not gonna lie and say it was...

I apologize if I was not clear. All of the online programs are for licensed RN's. Of course nobody can get an online nursing degree pre-licensure, because clinical hours are always required. We had a recruiter come visit our class from Grand Canyon U...

Hi, I encourage you not to waste your time get a BSN through a college you have to be physically present for. There are a ton of online programs that are accredited. I will be starting with Grand Canyon University in the fall. The classes are 5 weeks...

Hey my fellow new grads! I just graduated from the RN program in Fairbanks, AK and will start working at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in about a month. New grads around the country are finding it difficult to obtain employment (contrary to what my hig...

This sticky is wayyyyy out of date. There are no jobs in Atlanta as far as I can tell.

I happen to be graduating with akkat. This is an amazing program and if you truly have a passion for nursing, you will get so much out it. It is super intense and the distance part can be challenging, but not nearly as bad as I originally thought it ...

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I think I want to be a nurse anesthetist and this requires 1-2 years of ICU experience to even apply for the program. However, after doing alot of research on Grady I really want to work in the Trauma Unit. I love...

Congrats on passing NCLEX! That's so exciting. If you have time, do you mind elaborating on what kind's of things you saw in the ICU. Do you know how hard it would be to get a job in the ICU with about 1 year's experience on a med-surg floor? My plan...

Fairbanks just graduated 16 students and 15 got a job at FMH. They did however go through the program in Fairbanks and received their clinical experience at FMH which probably gives them a hand up over out of state new grads. Fairbanks is not sufferi...

I failed to mention Alaska Regional Hospital serves Anchorage

Hi all, I live in Alaska and am graduating from nursing school in December in FAIRBANKS. From what I have heard, Anchorage nurses are having trouble finding jobs in the hospitals. The problem with Alaska is that we are sparsely populated with only 4 ...

Hi, I am in the Nursing program in Fairbanks, AK through UAA and will graduate in December. OMG Alaska needs nurses. We only graduate maximum 16 RN's per year in Fairbanks. 15 out of the 16 students who just graduated got hired at FMH and there is st...

Whoops, spelled the name wrong. School's actual name is FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY and they offer virtual degrees at $167 a credit hour for undergrad degrees.