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  1. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

    nurse441 replied to DonovanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! keep us posted!

  2. is being aggressive the only way to find a RN job now?!

    nurse441 posted a topic in General Nursing

    New grad here sharing my sorrow.. with a graduating class of 80, i would say less than 15 of us found a solid RN job. ( May 09). For the few who did find jobs, I noticed that they are the more...

  3. Nursing salary

    nurse441 replied to HopefulNurse90's topic in General Nursing

    CA bay area pays the highest.. $43/hour starting. I know some experienced nurses working in postpartum getting $43+5 dollar diffferential for night time= $48/ hour bay area salary is really...

  4. is being aggressive the only way to find a RN job now?!

    nurse441 replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    i like that idea alot

  5. is being aggressive the only way to find a RN job now?!

    nurse441 replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    thank you all for the replies. I agree that being BOLD is the key here, and sometimes being polite, yet aggressive wins. The "sit and wait" attitude probably won't go anywhere. Although i'm pretttyyyy...

  6. Most embarrassing mistake you've ever made

    nurse441 replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you guys done digital stimulations before? well if you worked in the spinal cord injury unit, that is your JOB! i had this wonderful man who came in with a spinal cord injury. As a newbie on the...

  7. What will promote you from Staff Nurse I to SN II??

    nurse441 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I"m a new grad, and i see so many jobs with STAFF NURSE II positions. What type of nursing would qualify you to be staff nurse II??? - only hospital experience count? - what about home heath? i heard...

  8. Anyone had a LA County Civil Service Interview for RN?

    nurse441 replied to nurse441's topic in California Nursing

    hey actually a girl wrote back to me and said it was just a process of the application. she said she just went directly to the nurse manager instead, and skipped the civil service interview. *shrugs*....

  9. California's 2009 New Grad RN Program- Who's hiring right now?

    nurse441 replied to piscesmama's topic in California Nursing

    Its crazy how much SF General pays for their RN. That hospital is down the street from my house. I did almost 10 years of volunteer work there, but they turned away my application too many times....

  10. Day in the life of a PHN??? Please respond.

    nurse441 replied to wonderbee's topic in Public, Community Health

    good job!!!!!!!!!! i'm a new grad and i got my PHN license.. i'm hoping to find something in this bad economy.. hows your new job treating you? i bet its a lot less stress than the

  11. Most efficient way to get a job in postpartum

    nurse441 replied to mqad48's topic in Ob/Gyn

    actually, i remember one of my classmates told me... "screw going into medsurg, just do what you love! not every has to go through

  12. Most efficient way to get a job in postpartum

    nurse441 replied to mqad48's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i'm a new grad, and i'm IN LOVE with postpartum/nursery nursing. i really really wish i can find a job.. although in this bad economic times, i've been looking into dialysis. i just started reading...

  13. Most efficient way to get a job in postpartum

    nurse441 replied to mqad48's topic in Ob/Gyn

    which hospital is

  14. California's 2009 New Grad RN Program- Who's hiring right now?

    nurse441 replied to piscesmama's topic in California Nursing

    maxim is lame!!!!!!!!! so signed onto their payroll and nothing happened. wasted my time and

  15. California's 2009 New Grad RN Program- Who's hiring right now?

    nurse441 replied to piscesmama's topic in California Nursing

    thanks everyone for the

  16. LVN California HELP Job at risk!

    nurse441 replied to CaliforniaLVN's topic in California Nursing

    aw =) *hugs** i'm sure you're an awesome nurse. you can still go back to bedside care one

  17. Post here about your new grad hiring woes....

    nurse441 replied to traumaRUs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you think i can handle postpartum.... i'm in the same situation, signed paperwork with agency already. now i know they're loooking for agency postpartum nurses. i did my preceptorship with full pt...

  18. Post here about your new grad hiring woes....

    nurse441 replied to traumaRUs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ooooo i'm from the bay area.. and all i've been hearing is the bay area LVNs are actually getting their jobs cut back.. hospitals want to make the RNs do the LVN jobs now...RN in bay area is very very...

  19. Post here about your new grad hiring woes....

    nurse441 replied to traumaRUs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    california is the worst

  20. What is the BEST and WORST nursing fields?

    nurse441 posted a topic in General Nursing

    From your experience, what do you think is the best and worst nursing fields? (which floor- medsurg, ob, telemetry, hospice..nursing homes etc etc) Best- rewarding, good patient ratio, job...

  21. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    nurse441 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    non native RNs looking at the medications and trying to pronounce them and have no clue what they're holdiing.. and said "what the hell is this med, oh well i have to give this." without any knowledge...

  22. Back Pain and nursing

    nurse441 replied to Kasey77's topic in General Nursing

    i also suffer from back pain. I sprained this several years ago, and i lifted 1 patient which started the back pain allll over again. I"m seriously considering going into Pediatric, NICU, mother baby,...

  23. Are there jobs in California?

    nurse441 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    NO JOBS!!! its horrible.... some though do find jobs.. like 10/80 of us from a BSN program. maybe rural nursing? or some small

  24. Frustrated and feel lied to by agency nursing.. Advice!

    nurse441 replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    to all the other new grads, just stay away. they're a complete headache. i've heard of Okay things with flu clinics, but otherwise...

  25. Frustrated and feel lied to by agency nursing.. Advice!

    nurse441 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello folks, I'm a new grad RN. I ran into a slight issue. 3 weeks back an agency called me about a school nurse position. i got really really happy.. trust me i was soo happy! I met with them about...