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  1. HR becoming pickier?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am just trying to determine what picky means. Does it mean a GPA above a certain threshold, or what? I'm just trying to understand what that means. I see posts from people who say they have...

  2. HR becoming pickier?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not disputing that it is an employer's market. What I'm saying is that subscribing to the viewpoint of "it's an employer's market" if you are an employer or "it's an employee's market" if you...

  3. HR becoming pickier?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had a recruiter (in my field, not nursing, which I am only contemplating doing) talk to me and she bemoaned how employers are acting. Her words, "they act like it's an employers market and want to...

  4. HR becoming pickier?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree there are a number of variables. I've not heard of the essay but that seems like a good idea. Not only does it give them insight to your clinical experience, but it also shows how well you...

  5. RN residencies?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Unfortunately I've seen that one

  6. RN residencies?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nah, I know you have to have your degree. No problem. I've only seen it in a handful of hospitals that I've looked at so I'm wondering how widespread the program is. Here are my remaining questions...

  7. RN residencies?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    But how does it work? You graduate with your BSN. Get licensed. Then what, choose a facility? So does it only work if the place you want to go offers it? Or is it expected that you'll go through...

  8. Seeking job market picture...

    want2banrn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd appreciate any feedback folks can give on what the job market is like going into the final months of 2010. For May '10 grads, are you seeing positions available? How many people in your class...

  9. Will the nursing shortage return? (a bit wonky...)

    want2banrn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here's my question. I've read a number of the reports, or at least portions of them, written by the ivory tower types who say the true shortage will return once the economy recovers. My problem with...

  10. BSN to PhD? Good idea?

    want2banrn posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    So recently I was looking through some pages for different schools and came across a program that allowed direct entry to a PhD program from a BSN program. It's a reputable school - not an online,...

  11. BSN to PhD? Good idea?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I agree. Some of the programs I've looked at nationwide are relatively new PhD programs, established by their respective schools within the last 3-5 years. I am uncomfortable with that and I have...

  12. School favoring its own grads?

    want2banrn replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I felt compelled to reply to this post because the hospital affiliated with the school I turned down did NOT favor it's own graduates. This was a big surprise to me and I only found out because I...

  13. Today's job numbers

    want2banrn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Today the government released it's job numbers for the month of May and buried beneath the bad headline number was this fact: healthcare added a mere 8,000 jobs in the month of May. I don't know the...

  14. Today's job numbers

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know if it's worth it either. I may have a chance to go to a cheaper school but I am really having second thoughts on if it is worth it. The first reply is exactly what I was getting at -...

  15. How I Got a Job as a Graduate Nurse

    want2banrn replied to chuckz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First of all, congrats on this job. I am glad to hear that you got it. But here is what worries me. I had to turn down a spot in a great (but expensive) nursing program because I could not obtain...

  16. Is this worth doing?

    want2banrn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am considering applying to nursing school but I have some concerns. 1. First, it seems like everyone is trying to do this. Yes, I know many will not get in, and perhaps many will not make it...

  17. Is this worth doing?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think your comments are a case study why folks should not pay inflated tuition to go to nursing school. I had to bow out of an expensive nursing school (before I started) because I could not get a...

  18. Is this worth doing?

    want2banrn replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with what you wrote. Sometimes I ask myself, though, if you knew that there was going to be a surplus of labor in a field (even accounting for attrition in nursing school and thereafter,...

  19. Are new grads contributing to the nursing job shortage?

    want2banrn replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I strongly disagree with the notion that we should be required to sign contracts for three years. That's just not right because it basically means that they can do absolutely *anything* to you during...

  20. Are new grads contributing to the nursing job shortage?

    want2banrn replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think they should study why new grads leave, like several of the other posters said. There will always be people who will leave at the drop of a hat for something better, even if it's only...

  21. Jobs in the NICU

    want2banrn posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am curious if anyone can comment on new grads' ability to move directly into the NICU. I am hearing so many horror stories of RNs being unable to find work period, let alone in a specialty of their...

  22. I'm an American RN looking to relocate to Ontario and told that I have to take CRNE

    want2banrn replied to nandrani's topic in International Nursing

    Can you be more specific on the hiring freezes in the provinces? Is the situation up there as dire as it is in the states for new

  23. Loans, interest, decisions, oh my!! Help!

    want2banrn replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Students

    That's pretty enviable. All I can say is that I would have to try other places. But as we all know, it isn't easy getting accepted anywhere. So I dunno. Sorry to the OP if I hijacked your

  24. Loans, interest, decisions, oh my!! Help!

    want2banrn replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Students

    Nowhere right now. I've been admitted for this fall but it's almost certainly not going to happen. Scholarships are limited and I have no options as far as family, or other private loans. I guess...

  25. Loans, interest, decisions, oh my!! Help!

    want2banrn replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Students

    I am in the same situation myself but with a twist. The nursing program to which I was admitted is extremely expensive. I received their email on financial aid but there is still a gap that is north...