BlackSweater

When I started looking for work outside of the DFW area, the first place I applied to called me back within a couple days, set up an interview, and offered me a job on the spot. I was also allowed relocation expense reimbursement, NCLEX reimbursement...

2 years ago, I was on this board reading that the market sucked for new grads. Still does, evidently, to a greater or lesser degree. so.... I have no idea what you're talking about "2 years ago it wasn't like this" - I had been bracing for it since m...

Graduated May 6th, moved 350 miles west for a job I started on August 22, and passed the NCLEX August 29th.

Very true. If you are willing to go a hundred miles or so outside the major metro areas, you'll start to see hospitals with job postings that explicitly state they are willing to consider new graduates.

I have been browsing these boards for a pretty long time now - and the general consensus as we all know by now is that being a new GN / RN SUCKS due to the job market. I have read dozens of threads here about people struggling and I felt very pessimi...

Thank you!

I have a strong feeling that people are much more likely to come to this board (or ANY board, really) and post when they are feeling down / desperate / needing advice than they are when they are feeling optimistic and things are going well ... it's o...

In the ADN program I just finished up in May, we started with 40. 30 graduated, but that's after readmitting some students who'd failed previously AND the LPN -> RN students. We didn't have a bridge program for them, they just jumped in 2nd semest...

I popped the top out of one of those really skinny medication vials (of dilaudid, no less...) by injecting air into it, right after my instructor warned me not to, and right as one of the staff RNs came around the corner - it went straight into her E...

Hey all, I've been snooping around this message board for probably the better part of 3 years now. Finally posting to see what kind of feedback you guys have to offer. :) This is kind of a two-parter, and a little long so I really appreciate anyone...

I was able to talk to someone at the BON - I was told my fingerprints were rejected .... no big deal, just have them done again... and they assured me it wouldn't take another 7 weeks. I was told I should be receiving something in the mail - but fig...

Thanks for the reply, I have paid for the test already. I thought I remember reading either on the TX BON site or on the L-1 Identity Solutions (company that does the digital prints) page that you couldn't have two inquiries for background checks g...

looking for any helpful hints of advice on this one ... in the program i am in right now, we have 3 chances to pass a skills check-off before we get "remediation" and once that happens, they basically put you on probation and will drop you out of th...

thanks. i think part of the problem is that we get absolutely no time in the lab as a class to practice... they literally show us a video and say, "Good luck." we get next to no instruction at all and are told just to look at our books ... reading ab...

That really depends on the unit. You could go to a unit in either branch that rarely deploy, or ones that deploy every cycle. Most of the Air Force folks I know go on shorter deployments than the Army, though. I think their deployment lengths vary b...

Most folks I know in the military didn't end up with any of their choices, CONUS or OCONUS. The only reason we wound with a place on our list is because it just happened to be home of one of the most frequently deployed units in the Army. Obviously ...

I took SCIT 1407 and 1407 online through El Centro Community College, which is in the DCCCD network. Both transferred to the school I am attending now in Tennessee with no problems! I highly recommend Dr. Rutherford. She was really great about retu...

Speaking from experience, the "three places" list you make is pretty much a joke. You will be placed where the military needs you. If you are needed in multiple locations, and one of those locations happens to have made your top 3 picks, they will pl...

From my understanding, if both of you were to approach a navy recruiter with your situation, I think they would be willing to work with you to see that you are stationed in the same location. My husband and I discussed doing something similar with th...

math is not my best subject either... i struggle with it. i'm 22, just applied for the RN program out here and got accepted on the first try. my school bases admission on pre-requisite completion and scores on the PAX-RN. that's it! my only advice ...