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Hi again! Thanks for the ELNEC recommendation, smurfynursey, I am hoping I can get some ceu units & possibly have it covered by my work...we'll see! I am still a very new "baby nurse" but my unit pays for us to sit for the CPON cert after 1 yea...

There is nothing to indicate that you failed, just be patient. Sometimes it takes longer for random reasons. I waited 8 weeks for the CA BON to post my name...had to re-send my transcripts to them. It was awful & excruciating waiting that long...

Hi there! I wanted to follow up and see what you decided about this certification. I am a new grad pediatric oncology RN with an interest in palliative care. This certification sounds right up my alley but I don't know much (and it will probably be...

From graduation (end of August) to start date for my new job (March) was 7 months for me...You might actually get time off before starting anyways. ...and my job offer was relatively quick compared to many new grads right now! Anywhere from 6months ...

It's a great idea & worth the experience/networking potential. All the students in my class who worked as CNAs got jobs first, or had them lined up before we graduated. The rest of us had to scramble quite a bit harder and many of us are not get...

You only need to send transcripts from your RN school. I did not end up sending from my other schools and got my RN license last October. You send in a piece of paperwork with your application that outlines pre-requisite courses taken from other sch...

Nope...erased the notification...of course!

Nope, I just remember she was a professor from her profile and I thought it was reflected in her screen name somehow... Basically everything after December 14th was lost. What a bummer...HOWEVER, I bet I've still got my old email notification from h...

Hi There! Some of the posts in this thread were deleted after the AN site re-do : ( ...there was a member on here who wrote about having experience in Peds BMT. I contacted her via private message but her response to me was also deleted after the ...

Similar topic, better written in my opinion: "New California nursing graduates find it hard to get hired" http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/04/4097980/new-california-nursing-graduates.html Cheers!

A friend of mine who works in health care said it was pretty standard to call in about double the number they were looking to hire -- so interviewing 11 for 6 positions on PICU sounds about right. Probably a little better than 50% chance of hiring??...

Does anyone have a sense of how many folks were invited to the round two interviews? If you got a 2nd interview, what's the probability of actually landing a position at this point? I'm assuming your chances are greatly improved, but then we've also...

I don't know where you're located, but in California the job-market is very contracted, over-saturated with new grads, and VERY competitive. We're easily seeing 1200-1500 applications for new grad programs at the major teaching hospitals (with few p...

PS: What a bummer to go through all the work & then they only hire internally in the end...Good luck on the rest of your search!!

Which department?? -- I just missed a phone-call from them too & the message didn't sound encouraging

It was a mix. I'd suggest you take a look at the many threads on here w/ nursing interview question advice & prepare accordingly. Competition is fierce, so be ready for everything & anything -- & try to figure out ways to make your talent...

I'm interviewing on the 21st! Super nervous/excited -- this is my first RN job interview I've been called for. I graduated in August & I already have my license, however I only had my interim permit when I applied. I'll be coming down from North...

Apparently my 1st set of transcripts from my school never showed up...believe me, I called & called & emailed & called. TOTALLY unacceptable. But at least the PVT trick worked

Hi friends! I tested in California and got the PVT good pop-up (actually I go the original good pop-up & then they morphed to the new "candidate has previously passed" verbage)...it took over 7 weeks for my name to show up on the BRN website, bu...

Today marks week 6 since I took NCLEX. Computer turned off at 75 questions, PVT gives me the "candidate has already passed this exam" pop-up...but I STILL don't have a license number posted on the CA BRN website. My first set of transcripts never sh...

After almost two months waiting for the CA BRN, I finally found out I passed and got my license!!!! The worst part was feeling fairly certain I passed NCLEX but getting zero response form the BRN about the status of my application or why it was taki...

Also consider what the hiring market is for your area (or the region you might want to work in) -- I'm in Northern California and it seems the trend for the new grad residency programs, and many of the hospitals, is to phase out ADNs. Most of the ne...

Thanks Lauren!! I'm really hoping I find out something as I head into week 7.....

Looks like they've changed the verbage on the good pop-up. I took my exam in early Sept & am having trouble w/ my results due to some transcript issues -- so I've been doing the PVT occasionally to relieve my stress. I did it just now and also g...

Yep, graduated in California. Did the PVT again yesterday & still get the good pop-up :) ....the wait is killing me, but I think I'm fine. Turned off at 75 also. Take care!