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  1. What Should I Do? Please stop me from making a mistake!

    brina replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the congrats!! I really am excited.... I can't believe I have a job..... and as a nurse!! lol I graduate Dec.16th. I am going to enjoy my last Christmas and New Years of not...

  2. What Should I Do? Please stop me from making a mistake!

    brina replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to give you guys the update. I had the interview with the NICU nurse manager today..... and was offered the job on the spot. However, she told me that she did not want to snatch me away...

  3. What Should I Do? Please stop me from making a mistake!

    brina replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

    llg- yes, both units are accustomed to orienting new grads. Both units take precepting 5th level students, who (usually) in turn tend to work there as new grads. The NICU is a 40 bed level 3 NICU....

  4. What Should I Do? Please stop me from making a mistake!

    brina replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for replying so fast. I have called her office, but she has not been in. I am just feeling a sense of urgency because I have a sort of "edge" over other applicants that are not precepting at...

  5. Agency or Per Diem??

    brina posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi everybody! I was wondering which pays more: Agency or Per Diem. I will graduate on December 16th, and after I get my year of experience I will want to have a schedule with more flexibility. So...

  6. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    brina replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally thought it was very funny. I graduate in December and the part about a graduate nurse wearing dozens of pins and an experienced nurse not wearing them had me dying laughing!!:chuckle I...

  7. Picu Nurses Please Help Me !!!!

    brina replied to brina's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hey guys!! Well, I am 5 weeks into my PICU preceptorship and I love it! I have had a couple of patients where on the 1st day of having them I was totally overwhelmed and intimidated. Both were CP...

  8. What was the amount of your 1st paycheck as a nurse?

    brina replied to brina's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL !! Don't say

  9. When to look for employment???

    brina replied to oldnurse newnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi! I will also be a BSN grad on Dec. 16th. I would start calling and applying now. As a matter of fact I have. I have had one interview that led to a job offer in the NICU that very day. I was...

  10. Displaced Katrina evacuees nurses getting new grad jobs???

    brina posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everybody. I will graduate this December with my BSN. Well, I just had my very first nursing interview today for a NICU position and....... I was offered the job!! However, this was not my first...

  11. Career Ladders

    brina replied to OneChattyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, I can't believe all of the negative things i've been reading about career ladders! I am not a nurse yet.... I will graduate this December with my BSN, and the Hospital that I want to work for...

  12. Pediatric Oncology RN's

    brina posted a topic in Oncology

    Hello. I am doing my Pediatric rotation in clinicals right now, and I am thinking of becoming a Pediatric Oncology nurse. One of my patients was a little girl with ALL and I really enjoyed caring...

  13. 77% Rule

    brina replied to Sunshine Sweetheart's topic in General Students

    Uhhhhhh, I don't know what THAT means.... but it was funny that Dave turned out to be in an ADN program!! In my school you have to pass with an 80%. If you don't have an average of 79.5% or better...

  14. LVN or ADN before BSN

    brina replied to wants2BRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Well remember.... the quickest way between 2 points is a straight line. If you ultimately want your BSN, i say go straight for it. It's quicker that way. However, due to life situations, you may...

  15. my first year was awful .....now what?

    brina replied to opesgirl6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm so sorry that your first year of nursing did not turn out better. One of the things that attracted me to nursing was that you can do so many different things with your degree. If one area does...

  16. School debt

    brina replied to jesshopper12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi Jess, congratulations on graduating!! I can't wait. I am entering my last semester in a BSN program and will graduate on December 16th. I started taking out student loans last Fall to pay for...

  17. How To Make The Most of My PICU preceptorship?

    brina posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hello, everybody! I am entering my final semester of nursing school, and I will graduate with my BSN on December 16th!! I found out that I will be precepting in the PICU at the very hospital that I...

  18. Should BSNs be paid more?

    brina replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Everyone who says that nurses should make more money.... well there's a reason that we don't. There's a reason why we are on the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to salary. Do you...

  19. Should BSNs be paid more?

    brina replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    Generalizations of ALL kind are hurtful, as well as ignorant. Whether we are dealing with race, religion or professions, generalizations are wrong. Common sense tells us that not ALL of ANYTHING is...

  20. Should BSNs be paid more?

    brina replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I am noticing that in my area, hospitals are saying "BSN preferred". Also the hospitals are letting the BSN substitute for a yr of experience. So for a job that requires at least 2 yrs...

  21. Should BSNs be paid more?

    brina replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

  22. Should BSNs be paid more?

    brina replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

  23. VERY FIRST DAY on the floor as a new nurse

    brina replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Must be an awesome feeling to finally be where you've worked so hard to get. It really sounds like you didn't get overwhelmed... even when things happened that you didn't expect...

  24. Solution to ADN vs BSN--Revamp Nursing Education?

    brina replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

  25. Northwestern LA University

    brina replied to MitchF's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I am currently in 4th level clinicals at Northwestern in Shreveport. The main campus for nursing is the Shreveport campus, so you would have a much better chance of getting into clinicals in...