newRNAllie

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1. Is it possible that the shortened RN training causes more anxiety for new grads

   newRNAllie replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I feel exactly the same way. I have a BA in an unrelated field and went to a community college with a high NCLEX pass rate (that was the only standard I knew to inquire about). We had short...

2. How To Survive (and Thrive) In Nursing School

   newRNAllie replied to 86toronado's topic in General Students

   Thank you so much for writing that..and I agree with the comments as well. I would only add a couple of things. They're based on my experience: I graduated in 2009 - when many of the local hospitals...

3. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

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4. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

   No but if you find out, post it

5. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

   My start date was changed from 2/14 to 3/14 so I must be in the second batch of new hires....good luck everyone who is starting

6. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Isn't it funny how emphatic all of us are (who live here) about that commute? We're all screaming "Nooooooo!" I used to commute from Santa Monica to East LA - maybe 15 miles - and it could easily...

7. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

   OMG don't commute from Orange Co to UCLA on the

8. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am very excited...but also kind of

9. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I don't have a start date yet, but the HR person told me my orientation was 2/14...I guess for me there will be a gap between that week and when I start work. But I haven't heard from the unit...

10. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    FYI - at my physical they said the orientation classes would be the week of 2/14...one day of general orientation, two days of nursing orientation and one day of computer

11. Cedars-Sinai New Grad Program Summer 2010

    newRNAllie replied to SparkleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Several of my friends from nursing school got hired there last year. They all had GPAs over 3.5 had done clinicals there and three of them had second languages (two Spanish, one Russian) which...

12. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    sdnewgradnurse, i'm so sorry that you didn't get a position at ucla. please keep us posted about where you do wind up working, because we all feel like friends at this point, having gone through this...

13. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    sdnewgradnurse, did you call them to check on your status? This whole process made me realize how big the UCLA bureaucracy is and how you have to check and double check. My physical is tomorrow...I...

14. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for posting that...I received a job offer last week but haven't heard anything, even in reply to repeated emails, so was wondering what was going on. I guess I'll just keep waiting. This has...

15. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations NewGradRN001! So exciting! Best of luck with your new