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  1. advice please?

    unreallly replied to Isitpossible's topic in Psychiatric

    Maybe you can keep the dialysis job as PRN or

  2. Truman College Nursing Students starting Fall 2011!!

    unreallly replied to chicagonurse2b's topic in Illinois Nursing

    cprassociatesinc.com offers cpr classes for $40 and you are in and out with-in 3

  3. Burned Out.

    unreallly replied to Gracian's topic in General Nursing

    Don't lose hope and i'm sure you will find a Nursing job real soon. BTW, there are crime everywhere not just

  4. New RN Grad's First Job - $23/hr. Is this a rip off?

    unreallly replied to mfr69's topic in Illinois Nursing

    THis pay is not right new grad RN's in chicago is making at least 25 an hour at the bare minimum. Most or making 26-28 an hour with the latter being 30 in some suburbs where it is hard to keep nurses....

  5. Calling all Truman College Nursing Students

    unreallly replied to 4hana9's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hello, I took Math 125 because I knew you need this to get into any BSN program in the future. I took Math 140 a long time ago but it didn't count because it was 5 yrs

  6. Nurse Acuity Bill vs Staffing ratios

    unreallly replied to trulynurseatheart's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I heard California passed a bill that Nurses to patient ratio cannot be more than 6:1, Is this true? If this is true, I wish IL would do the same. At my facility, if we have less than 18 patients...

  7. Continuing Education credits

    unreallly replied to slr921's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Ok, let me understand this. If the renew license notification goes out May of 2010. Does anyone know how much time they will give us to get our 20 continuing education credits? Also, I obtained 20...

  8. Sign On Bonus in Chicago for New Grads?

    unreallly replied to lookin4ER's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hey SPower82, does your nursing home offer part-time for a semi-new

  9. Olive Harvey College....

    unreallly replied to teacher08's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I went to Olive-Harvey from 2006-2008 and they were accredited. The lab is always open for the most part since we have 2 lab nurses on the spot. If the lab wasn't open, we could ask someone from the...

  10. Sign On Bonus in Chicago for New Grads?

    unreallly replied to lookin4ER's topic in Illinois Nursing

    The only Hospital I have heard that still give sign on bonus is Loretta Hospital, but you need at least 2 years

  11. City of Chicago College

    unreallly replied to TeeTee1982's topic in Illinois Nursing

    The CCC Nursing programs listed are from best to worst based on NCLEX passing rate: ADN 1) Truman 2) Daley 3) Olive-Harvey 4) Kennedy-King (Bridge Program) 5) Malcolm X LPN 1)

  12. City Colleges of Chicago and HESI exit exam

    unreallly replied to 2btmanrn's topic in Illinois Nursing

    WOW! The most I heard was 6 tries but 10 is the new

  13. Anyone know how many HESI Exit exam versions there are??

    unreallly replied to nursingstudentbp's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    There are 7 versions of the Hesi test. Each version has 3 sub-versions within. For example V-1a, V-1b, V-1c, V-2a, V-2b, V-2c,

  14. New Grad ASC salary?

    unreallly replied to JMRN09's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    The avg salary in a large market is around $25-27/hr. Asking for $55K is around $26.44/hr which it is on the high end. If you can manage to neg a salary of no less than $52K, it comes out to $25/hr...

  15. New Grad ASC salary?

    unreallly replied to JMRN09's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Yeah, 40K is pretty low. It only average about $19.23/hr. Try to ask for $55K and if your future employer says no, you can always

  16. New RN Grad's First Job - $23/hr. Is this a rip off?

    unreallly replied to mfr69's topic in Illinois Nursing

    You are correct that the average pay is $25-$27/hr with benefits BUT the economy sucks! You are lucky to have a job since alot of my classmates are still trying to get an interview since December....

  17. Males Nurses in %

    unreallly posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    Does anyone have the latest figure of how much of a percentage the males represent in the Nursing

  18. Which is better KAPLAN CLASSROOM COURSE or ONLINE COURSE ONLY?

    unreallly replied to jylyn8's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I prefer the classroom course myself. I like someone who can teach me how to pass NCLEX than an online course which you couldn't really ask any questions or get any input from the course itself....

  19. Males Nurses in %

    unreallly replied to unreallly's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Whoa! 7.4% Thanks

  20. New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

    unreallly replied to lperkrn's topic in Nursing Career

    Just look in your local phone book and find a place that offer these certificates. YES, you have to pay for all of them. The person who looks at your resume will be

  21. Let me be clear there is NO nursing shortage!!!!!!!!! and now THIS????

    unreallly replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    1) Don't give up 2) Get an extension of your student loans 3) Get a job working as a CNA for now 4) Job market will open up, it always has and will 5) When you get the call, don't be picky and take...

  22. Dr. Martin NCLEX Review

    unreallly replied to UjonesRN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Yes I did but I also used

  23. Yikes! Relocating to Chicago Area/ New Grad

    unreallly replied to whatshername's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Worst time at this moment. Most of the bigger hospitals like rush, uic, u of c, loyola, advocate are in a hiring freeze. I must of sent out like over 50 resumes with no response. They all cancelled...

  24. City Colleges of Chicago and HESI exit exam

    unreallly replied to 2btmanrn's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I am sorry to hear that. My classmate also failed the Hesi the 2nd time in July and will have to audit. I wish you luck

  25. Dr. Martin NCLEX Review

    unreallly replied to UjonesRN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Dr. Martin goes to the east coast also. We had students come from all over the u.s. attending Chicago