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DR, What'd you end up deciding? :)

Christmas is coming up. If you have family able to give presents, ask for monies. I would take bets that, if the family is large enough, you might be able to make enough for the licensing - at least! Good luck on your endeavor. My husband and I ar...

I just saw the news reports. Pretty hefty and it feels like they aren't being too kind. Some of them are saying that she was going in and out of consciousness just this past week but it sounded like no one said or did anything. Goodness knows if t...

Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN, currently has the application process open for their summer nurse residency. I just got hired for their winter cohort and will start in January. The program is competitive, but fair! I'd run into a lot o...

18.25 is the starting new grad rate. Rate may change depending on the track that you are in.

Sounds like there might be quite a few Critical Care residents. I wonder if that's related to the new tower. I'm also on the Critical Care Track and am looking forward to making new friends... Slightly overwhelmed by the out of state thing... and w...

Leah, I sent you an email! Thanks for the notice. I'm not sure why you couldn't send messages. I definitely don't have premium services and can still send... so odd! Nurse901, I'm glad you posted that! I had a feeling that there would be people w...

Isn't it official when you accept the offer? I don't think it can get any more official than when you start your first day... and do the other hiring paperwork, y'know? :) Grats on your letter, btw!

The way I understand how they chose people was based on a scoring system. You got points for your GPA, your reference letters, your letters of intent and then your interview was scored. I was assured that it was a very fair system and people were s...

I got an email! Hope everyone else hears soon!

Oh, wow. That's nerve wracking. I'm not sure I wanted to know that! Hehe. Thanks, Madonna. It's good to know! I'll be checking my email like a hawk now!

It's got to be coming soon! :)

I had three people for an adult track interview... and one was a manager. Looking back, there will always be questions where I stumbled on my words, gave examples that required them to draw out further information, etc... but I don't know how much th...

Does anyone know if we will receive an email one way or the other? Or only if we're offered a position?

I'm just trying to stay distracted and praying lots... but if it weren't for that, I'd be doing the same!

Alright... how do you delete a post? I can't get rid of this one!

For shoes... I wear MBTs. They're similiar to the new Sketcher Shape Ups and they greatly limit the amount of pain I feel in my legs/back r/t to long hours... Otherwise, many nurses recommend Danskos... I think that's how they're spelled. Very popu...

It depends on the program that you're trying to get into, really. My husband didn't get a high grade in his chem but still got accepted into a community college program with his B average. I attended the U of A, and it's so competitive... that unl...

Pima Community College has an 8 week CNA - PCT program. My friend went through it and it was quick, easy, and well versed. I was a PCT for quite awhile... and the several month programs don't quite do it justice... if you're a quick learner, I real...

My husband works at Sierra Vista. You may be able to get in with that much experience. I'm currently a new graduate and they will not even consider me. The other hospitals, such as Carondelet, all have in-house nursing programs and typically do no...

I would not be the first person to recommend moving here. I graduated in May, did everything right by "finding a job" standards and went above and beyond certain requirements... and I have yet to find a job. I've tried Yuma and can't get a call bac...

I had read on their website that this past year they did not give out pay raises. The website implicated that the staff volunteered such a thing in order to derail any possible lay offs. I asked about this and it was true - no raises... the reason fo...

That's exactly how I've heard it goes... It really did seem to set the bar high on standards, though, when I went through my interview...

I've done a few google searches on this - because my husband was wondering the same thing... and we've come to the conclusion that it's pretty area specific. It's hard to decipher from the BLS website because it includes all areas and posts a wage h...

Angel, That's so intense! It's such a bummer to work so hard and be met with a birck wall of sorts! Have you had your Vandy interview yet? Let's hope mid-November comes quickly! If you read the FAQ on the website, it sounds like you may get placed...