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  1. "stale" new grad

    jxRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I drove 3 hours to a job fair the other day. I approached a recruiter, and told her I graduated 1 year ago and was unable to find a job, and asked if there were any positions open at her hospital. She...

  2. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    jxRN replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hope to meet you guys too. I'm from out of town.. and would definitely like to meet some new nursing friends! -

  3. Tired of nurses threatening to quit!!!

    jxRN replied to bradyc's topic in General Nursing

    i work right next to a nurse who complains day in and day out-- almost every second she's working, theres something to complain. it seriously gets REAL old REAL fast. maybe just get someone who is...

  4. do you find it hard to find jobs in other field after Psych?

    jxRN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hello lovely nurses, I'm a new grad nurse and recently found a Acute Psych position. Just wondering if i'll be having difficulty going into other fields later on..?? Some people say getting out of...

  5. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    jxRN replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    whoa we get uniforms????? i thought i was going to need scrub shopping! anyone know what color is ucla-sm?? i think i start sept

  6. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    jxRN replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :nmbrn:

  7. How can nurses avoid burnout?

    jxRN replied to nolamor's topic in General Nursing

    agreed!

  8. My First Medication Error

    jxRN replied to miss_sabrina45`'s topic in Patient Medications

    we are humans, and we make mistakes. don't tear yourself up over it. i've known couple nurses who make mistakes, and some does not even want to owe up to it-- even after being confronted. By the end...

  9. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

    jxRN replied to MVJ0221's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hey guys! can you guys give me some insight on the TalentPlus behavioral interview??? I just got the verbal offer from the manager after the interview, and reassured me that the personality interview...

  10. i hate med-surg

    jxRN replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    i'm wondering... you think management leaves the unit short-staffed because theres honestly NO nurses they can hire out there... or you think they rather do the $$ game. Less staff= less money...

  11. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    jxRN replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    acute psych..... SO YES!!!!!! i've witnessed the staff getting bite by patients with open wounds and teeth marks + bleeding. another staff got punched in the face and got a swollen black eye because...

  12. Job Offer

    jxRN replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    nurse patient ratio is a huge one.. consider your load. your safety there.. risk for losing a

  13. The 1st check as an rn....yay!!! Or nay!!

    jxRN replied to Serrano2886's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i just got my first paycheck and i was deducted over 1k in taxes.

  14. How old were you. when you become RN?

    jxRN replied to Prado's topic in General Nursing

    23

  15. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    jxRN replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad who recently found a job in the bay area, and i'm not gonna lie, the $ is sooo good. Nurses can easily make over 90-100K here. I'm in acute pscyh/ adolescent psych and the job is soooo...

  16. to all new grads out there..

    jxRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello new grads, So i'm a fellow new grad in california. and i had my share of misery in the last year struggling to find a job. It's been a rough rough road but I finally found something. it's...

  17. Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    jxRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey lovely nurses, so recently I just accepted a Per-diem job offer. They said there's a nurse on maternity leave, and would like me to cover her full time, 40 hours a week- if i want. my Questions...

  18. If you graduated between 2008 and 2009,how long did it take to find a job ?

    jxRN replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    took me 1 whole year. Graduated May 09 Passed Nclex July 09 First interview July 10, got the job. CALIFORNIA. not the field i was aiming for, but close to home. so i'm not complaining

  19. Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    jxRN replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    So after the discussed offer, she told me the hospital actually pays per diem and regular full time staff the same base rate..... HUH!! i always thought per diem is higher. i guess its not true to...

  20. to all new grads out there..

    jxRN replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    academy of med surg nursing if you're into med

  21. Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    jxRN replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    cool beans :) my bf likes to read up on all those health law stuff. i'll let him read it. i'm sure he'll find it interesting

  22. Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    jxRN replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for the replies!!!!!!!!!! This clears up a lot, since i'm a new grad i'm unsure of how the system works. this is my first real nursing position :) i just accepted the job offer with no...

  23. just got hired as per diem.. how does it work?

    jxRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So recently I just got an offer to do a nursing internship partime. and i just got a job offer as per diem nurse at a local hospital. (new grad yippy!) This is a sillly questions, but i'm unsure of...

  24. just got hired as per diem.. how does it work?

    jxRN replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    thank you guys for the replies :) it is definitely

  25. Nursing with a Back Injury

    jxRN replied to •M♥J•'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad RN with back pain. I've had it since i was 17 during a sports injury,, then reinjured during clinicals.. I'm going to take a job in PSYCH. lots of paper work, patients are all mobile. i...