Snwbdr

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1. We never have enough nurses at our hospital!

   Snwbdr replied to Faeriewand's topic in California Nursing

   SD has a glut of new grads, but not so much in experienced nurses.....and hospitals aren't willing to pony up the money required to train the new

2. VENT about getting cancelled....

   Snwbdr replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

   Our union contract states that we cant be involuntarily cancelled more than twice per pay

3. Cal State San Marcos, CSUSM, Accelerated, ABSN 2011

   Snwbdr replied to sarah-V's topic in California Nursing

   Some of the Temecula ABSN students have gone as far north as Riverside.....I also know of people who go to Hemet, Inland Valley, and I heard this fall students will be going to Loma Linda Murrieta...

4. Any Cal State San Marcos Generic Fall 2011 (CSUSM)?

   Snwbdr replied to RNof2014's topic in California Nursing

   Yes they do volunteer work. There's local groups we are involved with as well as some international missions. Honestly the program did well in terms of giving me the background info, but to really...

5. JULY NCLEX-ers!!

   Snwbdr replied to jelly221,RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   took mine this morning....got 75 questions and screen went blue.....I felt sick to my stomach....I wish CA participated in the quick results thing....good luck to those that have to take it BTW- I...

6. San Diego North County RN hopeful Advice

   Snwbdr replied to luv_o_so_much's topic in California Nursing

   what was your experience like working with the advisors? i actually didn't work with the advisors before i was accepted, other than to submit my paperwork and whatnot. my advice is look at the...

7. CSUSM vs SDSU

   Snwbdr replied to LJean's topic in California Nursing

   We do have a partnership with Palomar hospital, but it does NOT guarantee a job after graduating. About half of my graduating class is still without jobs (last I heard). The new grad situation is...

8. Any Cal State San Marcos Generic Fall 2011 (CSUSM)?

   Snwbdr replied to RNof2014's topic in California Nursing

   Congrats to all that got in. Couple words of advice....Get involved. There's more to nursing school than just school. You'll be hearing from representatives of the student nurses association. I...

9. New nurse moving to CA

   Snwbdr replied to Harpracha's topic in California Nursing

   Southern California is especially horrible. For example, UCSD (one of the major medical centers in San Diego) posted for 14 new graduate positions and received over 2600 applications. Many of those...

10. San Diego North County RN hopeful Advice

    Snwbdr replied to luv_o_so_much's topic in California Nursing

    I just graduated from CSUSM. What do you wanna

11. CSUSM vs SDSU

    Snwbdr replied to LJean's topic in California Nursing

    They're both good programs. I will tell you that SDSU is very very competitive. That's not to say that CSUSM is easy to get into. Apply to both and if you're lucky, you'll get to choose which...

12. Is Southern California New Grad RN Friendly?

    Snwbdr replied to fireline's topic in California Nursing

    Bakersfield is pretty far away from San Diego...or even LA. I consider it more Central Cali than Southern Cali....but to each their own As for new grad positions in San Diego....they're becoming less...

13. To those that have a long commute

    Snwbdr replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    6 months of commuting is not bad....I commuted at least an hour for classes, and sometimes almost 90 minutes for clinicals....did that for 2 years. I say go for

14. Need Advice From Students

    Snwbdr replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

    I'd try the dean or the operations manager.....call up the school and explain the situation. My school is always passing along job opportunities like

15. Inexpensive Stethoscope for Student

    Snwbdr replied to mamayogibear's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I never understood the whole phenomenon with stethoscopes "walking away" during clinical.....I have a $160 stethoscope for the past two years that has NEVER walked away.....I've never had it out of my...