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  1. Job offer at Froedtert in Trauma/Acute care as an ADN!!!!!!

    indreams84 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, so I just thought I'd let those wondering about the job market, etc. that things may be looking up! I am a Dec 10' graduate from a Gateway Tech and just completed my second follow-up interview...

  2. Who else is a 2-year RN new grad at a Magnet Hospital??

    indreams84 replied to indreams84's topic in General Nursing

    no personal information, no patient info, no sex, no race...and all hiring done by HR is confidential. i just happened to know X amount of RNs in my orientation, etc. but i definitely can understand...

  3. Who else is a 2-year RN new grad at a Magnet Hospital??

    indreams84 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just thought I'd see who else is all in a new RN program at a magnet hospital? I was only 2 of 16 nurses hired on at a level 1 Trauma/Teaching hospital (Froedtert, Milwaukee WI) that has a 2 year ADN....

  4. BSN vs. RN Salary

    indreams84 replied to busylizzy's topic in Alabama Nursing

    ***FROM A 2 YEAR NURSE WHO JUST GOT HIRED INTO A MAGNET HOSPITAL OVER 18 BSNs :)*** As a new graduate nurse from with an associate degree I MUST respond in kind to the above statements. I was selected...

  5. Am I the only one?!!

    indreams84 replied to BrewerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just called in sick because I partied on the weekends during nursing school.

  6. Anxious about upcoming Nclex Rn exam,Need suggestion

    indreams84 replied to pinky26's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kaplan, Kaplan, Kaplan. I passed on first attempt and it was Guaranteed. Though I would caution to be very serious about studying very hard and thorough before 2nd attempt as I believe the % passing...

  7. New Grad - ICU or L&D

    indreams84 replied to wobbles007's topic in General Nursing

    Um, no one knows what you would truly enjoy except YOU. Those are such two different areas that there is no comparison. Advice from people who don't actually know you isn't going to be very helpful....

  8. New Grad positions, is anyone in WI hiring?

    indreams84 replied to settinggirl's topic in General Nursing

    No I did not. All

  9. New Grad positions, is anyone in WI hiring?

    indreams84 replied to settinggirl's topic in General Nursing

    As a recent new grad who was a nurse intern at kenosha memorial hospital aka kmcc, I can tell you that interns make about 14 an hour and then 23.75 as a GN/RN. I would recommend united over...

  10. This is what's available to new grads?!?

    indreams84 replied to Colo9740's topic in California Nursing

    This is exactly why I stayed in Wisconsin for my one year experience at a Level 1 Trauma/ teaching hospital before moving out

  11. Job offer at Froedtert in Trauma/Acute care as an ADN!!!!!!

    indreams84 replied to indreams84's topic in General Nursing

    @ luv2b_a_nurs, I was a Kenosha graduate with experience in a critical care unit as a SNI. I was told that this is a reason I was considered over other 4 year nursing

  12. Nursing school students problem.is it racism???

    indreams84 replied to finegirl's topic in General Students

    Actually you sound like the racist one here. Its minorities that come in with an attitude and defensiveness that feel 'persecuted' that tend to fail (at least acouple did in my program)....I think...

  13. Do you like ER or ICU better?

    indreams84 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Emergency

    I disagree....I worked in a CCU as a student nurse intern and we had a former ER nurse that was always on TOP of the code situations. Not to detract from ICU at all, as I intend on going back once I...

  14. Moving to Milwaukee.. help!

    indreams84 replied to alli521's topic in General Nursing

    I must respectfully disagree with the comment regarding ADN's not being hired. I just graduated with an ADN @ Gateway Tech in Kenosha Dec. 17th and was offered a new grad position at Aurora-Sinai ICU,...

  15. Moving to MKE, how's the market?

    indreams84 replied to BeckiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated with my ADN a week and a half ago and have a friend who got hired STRAIGHT INTO their SICU with NO prior acute hospital experience ..pretty happy for her. She must have blown away the...

  16. New Grad positions, is anyone in WI hiring?

    indreams84 replied to settinggirl's topic in General Nursing

    I just got hired into their Kenosha Camus ER as a new grad last week! Im excited, but now I just also got called back for an interview at a St. Jospeh's ICU postion in Milwaukee too....hmmmmm

  17. New Grad positions, is anyone in WI hiring?

    indreams84 replied to settinggirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I graduate with my ADN in about a month and was just offered a full-time ICU position at United Hospital System-Kenosha, but I had to compete with THREE other Student Nurse Interns for the same...

  18. Competative GPA

    indreams84 replied to Kat23_23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was accepted with a 2.9 in pre-reqs (yeah, I was deployed with the Air National Guard and partied alot while doing pre-reqs :)) BUT have a nursing program gpa of 3.6- PROOF that while A+P and Micro...

  19. Move out here or get 1 year experience first ?!?

    indreams84 posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hi all, So I am well aware of the current SoCal new grad hiring situation aka 10,000 new grads fighting over 1 position, etc. but is it worth it to move out when I graduate this December and take the...

  20. Move out here or get 1 year experience first ?!?

    indreams84 replied to indreams84's topic in California Nursing

    Which hospital/system are you employed with, just out of curiousity? I just sent a resume/app package to a new grad RN programs in Bakersfield and San Bernadino. I am male, weight trainer, and former...

  21. best way to improve resume as a new grad?

    indreams84 replied to CVmursenary's topic in General Nursing

    Do not be so concerned with a low GPA per say, as most places do not have a bare minimum (unless you are trying for very large teaching hospitals in places like LA aka Cedars-Sinai) but as the others...

  22. Who was the last patient to just break your heart?

    indreams84 replied to ChristaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Patients do not break my heart....that's reserved for the girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband

  23. I Think I am NOT Going to NS

    indreams84 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    Dude, don't buy into the hype about needing 'great grades' or stand out academics to get into NS. I have a 3.1 at a ADN nursing school, set to graduate this December, and can almost assure that I am...

  24. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

    indreams84 replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

    There is an extreme difference between bullying and several students vocalizing their problems with a student who monopolizes the class time during class, with with their own 'experience' or...

  25. Few jobs for new grads? Help!

    indreams84 replied to ErinRN2B's topic in General Students

    you're screwed in alot of areas....or shall I say we (im 4th semster about to graduate) are screwed, in that the wide open availabilities of multiple job offers no longer exist. I have an ICU offer,...