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Hey all, Wondering if anyone can offer me insight about the INOVA Fairfax Hospital. I am a new grad and I am interested in working there but I have a few questions. I'll appreciate any information you can offer. 1. Do new grads have to sign a contrac...

Hey all, Wondering if anyone can offer any insight into the RN job interview process. Do they ask you pretty general questions? or are they specific and/or clinical questions? For example: what would you do if a patient comes in displaying the follo...

Hey all, Does anyone know who is hiring in Northern Virginia? Anywhere around Fairfax, Chantilly, Reston, Arlington, McLean....you get the gist. I'm so tired of job searching & hearing nothing back.

Hey, Congratulations! I'm going to private message you. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Hey! Thanks alot for your response! Your post eased my nerves and gave me some material to think about & how I would answer it. Thanksss

I feel your pain jitterbug. I've had my RN license for almost a year now. No job yet. The search continues....so frustrating.

Hey, Yeah I've been doing just that. I applied at Reston and just received an e-mail pretty much telling me to 'have a nice day' lol I've applied to INOVA too. Lets see.... *SIGH* the search continues....

Hey, yeah unfortunately Spotsylvania is really far from me.

Hey! thanks for the input! I checked Reston and applied to a couple positions....but catch 22: you need experience to get the job except how are you supposed to get the experience without getting the job first. Its really frustrating! Ugh!! Anyway th...

Congratulations!!! I'm in the same exact position that your husband was in. Graduated 2009 and I have yet to find a job.... Its very disheartening and I feel like I'm loosing all my skills like venipuncture, sterile technique and other manual dexteri...

Hey all, I am wondering if anyone can offer information regarding RN license renewal. I took the NCLEX last year and got my license but have not been able to find any jobs in this field. My license is valid for 1 more year. This means that if I don't...

Thank you for your input. Appreciate your prompt response :)

Well because its only valid for a certain time period (about 2 years). Don't you have to be working in the field to file for renewal? I'm confused because I keep hearing new things about this from different people.

That means that once the license expires you HAVE to renew by retaking the NCLEX?

@Misyhun: congrats! that's awesome...I've been looking/talking to a couple nurse recruiters but haven't heard anything back. I'm really frustrated with this job situation. I feel like I'm loosing my skills being out of practice for so long. Do you mi...

Hey all, Does anyone know of any hospital/facility that is hiring right now in northern Virginia? I graduated a year ago and I'm soooooo frustrated. I can't find anything. anywhere. Anyone know of any job fairs that are to occur in this area anytime ...

Congrats on the job! I can totally relate to your case in some ways. I graduated a year ago and I still haven't found a job yet. I thought there would be a lot available to me but mannnn was I wrong. Its frustrating because another day not working me...

Hey all! Just wondering what is your strategy for getting SATA questions right? Somehow I always seem to miss one of them

Hey all! I'm scheduled to take the Nclex in 2 weeks. It's been about 9 months since I graduated and was not able to take the exam due to personal circumstances. I have been on and off studying for a while but only seriously studying for the past 20 d...

@ Starkyss: Thanks a bunch! I really appreciate all your help. I'll definitely try to take your advice and relax a bit. Hopefully all will be well! One last question for you. Once you've taken the exam, do you just wait a couple days to do a 'license...

@ Starkyss: Congratulations on passing! and thanks a lot for your encouragement. Truly needed a heaping spoonful of that! I usually try to recall and think through the questions before even looking at the answer choices to get an answer. If I have no...

That is what I learned. But I've gotten this question wrong several times from various review books for not utilizing the Homan's sign. Eh...

Hey all, So I've been using the Saunders CD (4th edition) for doing questions and I find most of them to be pretty easy. Can anyone comment on the difficulty level of the questions and how well it correlates with the real NCLEX-RN? And also what's a ...

@ caliotter3: Thank you for your response. I'm reviewing concepts that I've consistently been getting wrong. However, its unrealistic to think that'll I'll be able to cover every disease and procedure that I would need to know. With some questions yo...

@ chellexlalani: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! How was your testing experience. Any helpful tips? @ Emily: Thanks a bunch for your words of encouragement. My test is soooo soon & because of some family reasons this past week I barely got any studying do...