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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. UCLA new RN residency program 2010

    newRNAllie posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hi, I just wanted to start a thread for people applying to UCLA's new grad program this year. I have filled out the application online, but wondered if I should send a hard copy too. Does anyone...

  3. 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...

  4. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

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  5. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    No but if you find out, post it

  6. 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

  7. 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...

  8. 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

  9. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    I am very excited...but also kind of

  10. 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...

  11. 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

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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

  17. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    I was told that the unit manager would call HR to get the paperwork started, but I'll double check. My floor requires ACLS and an EKG certificate, but I've got those already and a current TB test, so...

  18. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    Hey just wanted to share with everyone that I was offered a position on a med/surg floor today. It was almost a month since I interviewed, so don't give up, OK? Good luck to everyone out there, and...

  19. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    Look through previous posts to be sure, but I think most people had a quick interview with the HR coordinator (mostly completing forms and learning about benefits) and then another with someone on the...

  20. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    nope...just waiting...

  21. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    And for anyone coming in from out of town...bring an umbrella...it's cold and pouring

  22. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    I interviewed two weeks ago and haven't heard. Don't know if that means I'm out of the running or if they just haven't decided yet. Pretty

  23. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    Hi there are previous posts that also give interview tips...and there are several threads going in addition to this one; they've all been helpful to me. I agree with what other people have said,...

  24. UCLA new RN residency program 2010

    newRNAllie replied to newRNAllie's topic in California Nursing

    There's a couple of threads going now about UCLA... has anyone heard anything

  25. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

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

    ktgrl1004, i know what you mean...my interview was a week ago too and i wish i would hear something.... i think it went well but you never know if they will just prefer someone else. i'm having a...