EmilyLucille523

Hello everyone, I will have a year experience in acute care in September which is the minimum requirement for 2 Hospice jobs I have recently applied for here in NC. Does anyone know what the salary rate for a Hospice nurse is? Especially in NC? I'v...

As I write that title I have tears building up. I remember not so long ago when I prayed and so longed to get my first nursing job when it was so hard to get one last year. I begged and begged and begged...Huh! Be careful what you wish for. I am o...

Hello New Grads & Experienced RNs in NC, I just wanted to let you know of a newspaper posting I found. There will be an open house for New grads and experienced RNs for Thomasville Medical Center in Thomasville, NC on Thursday, November 17th fro...

You will love this video I found on You Tube! Hillarious! I thought you might need a laugh when things are so frustrating. Keep your chin up. It took me a long time to get my first nursing job and I'm happy to say I finally ended up on an OBGYN/Women...

You must also work in a small hospital like I do. I currently am working in the postpartum floor. Here I feel like we just give po/IV prn meds and basically "patient sit" the patient through the night until the morning staff comes on and then they ...

hey, if you are still looking for a job even 1 to 2 years later...you will love this video i found on you tube! hillarious! i thought you might need a laugh when things are so frustrating. keep your chin up. it took me a long time to get my first nur...

Something I've learned in the last 2 years especially when I was a New Grad and could not find a job at the time...apply even if it says experienced required, write an awesome cover letter stating why you are perfect for the job and what you can brin...

I'm new to L&D too but not a new grad, however, I was hired with a bunch of them. My advice to all you newbies... DON'T act like you already know everything! It makes the experienced L&D nurses frustrated. Even if you already done something...

I'm a new nurse to L&D but not a new grad and I'm scared to death because of all the info that I need to relearn. Especially where I work because it's one of those floors where you float from L&D to post-partum mommies to nursery and pediatr...

Welcome to the world of budgets, low census, and well... NURSING!!! We have the same problem. I just got hired on L&D and it's one of those where you float to the Nursery and Women's postpartum & Peds areas of the floor. I myself have no O...

If you know of a bilingual RN position (English/Spanish) in the Triad area, please post me. I've been trying to look for a nursing job where my fluent Spanish skills is used more often and is more appreciated. I currently work in Home Health full-tim...

I'm annoyed. When I first decided to go back to school after 15 years of graduating from High School, career counselors and nurses alike told me to go and become a Nurse because we would always be able to find a job no matter where you went due t...

We are a small Hospice non-for-profit organization with 130-140 pts and with 2 teams (a 3rd is going to start d/t increase in census) with 11 - 13 pt case loads for each full-time RN. Right now we have a full-time on-call nurse Mon - Thu starting at ...

UPDATE: I ended up quiting this full-time job too after only a few months. Due to a lot of staff turnover, nurse to patient ratio was getting too high on the floor and became unsafe. I was so fed up with not providing enough individual time to my pat...

Just wondering if anyone went to the open house on Tuesday at Thomasville Medical Center and how it went? What did you hear? Do they have a lot of openings? I tried going but didn't get the news in time to go. I wouldn't have made it (I'm from IA)...

My advise...get your foot in the door. Although I do think 6 weeks is too short for someone with no experience. The 3 hospitals I have worked for offer 12 week orientation programs for New Grads. But if you don't mind me asking...If you weren't sur...

Not to discourage you but even when you do get your RN I hope the job market improves here in NC because don't be surprised to find it hard to get a job then too. I have many New Grads who work with me that state half their class have not yet found ...

I myself was in long-term care at one point as an LPN with a 1:25 patient-ratio. It was hard but it helped me for my job I am at now in a way and it really helped me to get the Hospice job that I'm going to start in a few weeks. I say stick it out ...

I'm not surprised. Try a 1:7 nurse-patient ratio on a cardiac floor with nitro drips, cardizem drips, insulin drips, blood transfusions, and everything else. It seems to be the norm now and all because of money issues. I got fed up with it also an...

UPDATE: It's funny you should mention this because I recently accepted a salaried full-time Hospice job. It was my intention to do Hospice eventually after getting a few years of med-surg experience under my belt but I had a nervous breakdown at wo...

UPDATE: I did get the Hospice job offer for a little less than $45,000 annual salary plus mileage reimbursement. I ended up taking it because at least I know I can depend on that income versus where I am now I get called off a lot from work due to ...

I have almost a year experience with cardiac and med/surg floors and the Hospice place that I've been wanting to get into since I graduated last year still is very reluctant to hire me. "We're worried about your lack of experience," even though I wor...

Had my interview today. It went alright but they have more interviews to do. It is a salaried position but I didn't ask upfront what it was, I wanted them to see that the job itself was more important to me. I think though my lack of acute care ex...

Welcome and Congrats! *wine:yeah: New Grad RN jobs in this area are hard to come by now a days. I recommend you apply to your favorite, 2nd preference, & 3rd prefence jobs just so you have something to fall back on if you don't get your first p...

You are absolutely right about not having a price for the work and care you give, I get that completely. But it also helps to have a basic idea where I am going to be at financially by changing jobs. I have a husband and 2 children to feed, keep a ...