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  1. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    crossingfingers10 replied to islandteam2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Anyone heard anything yet? I know they said 11/29-12/9 is when they will start making phone calls for first interviews. Thank goodness I've been busy, otherwise I'd be staring at my phone all day...

  2. To the unemployed new grads... what ARE you doing?

    crossingfingers10 replied to BigB_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not so much. Maybe in certain areas, but not in others. I, for one, have been applying to jobs in three different states. I don't care about a long commute. I've applied to jobs where I would have a...

  3. CHOC Children's Hospital of Orange New Grad Feb 2011

    crossingfingers10 replied to onestepatatime...'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just keep calling back, someone does answer the phone for that number so you'll get someone at some point. That number is for the RN Residency Program so they'll more than likely have more info than...

  4. To the unemployed new grads... what ARE you doing?

    crossingfingers10 replied to BigB_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi there! It's not required to get your ACLS in general, but it looks good on the resume and it is required in some units. Most hospitals will pay for you to take ACLS upon hire if you are getting...

  5. To the unemployed new grads... what ARE you doing?

    crossingfingers10 replied to BigB_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I began volunteering at a nearby hospital, 1) to keep busy and 2) to potentially meet the right people and/or get myself known in the right unit and possibly get a job eventually. I also took ACLS a...

  6. CHOC Children's Hospital of Orange New Grad Feb 2011

    crossingfingers10 replied to onestepatatime...'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    I applied for the NICU @ Orange and haven't heard anything yet. My online status still says my application will be reviewed. I'm still hoping to hear something! I applied for the August program as...

  7. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    crossingfingers10 replied to islandteam2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm actually in Arizona, and I'm taking it through Wizard Education. Does the fire department in your area offer any ACLS classes? I'm wondering the same thing about applications. Hopefully it's not a...

  8. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    crossingfingers10 replied to islandteam2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Taking my ACLS this weekend :) Hopefully it's not too difficult! I'm a little nervous about it. Have you taken it yet,

  9. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    crossingfingers10 replied to islandteam2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey Christy! Yes, the looong waiting game :) I applied for postpartum at Legacy Meridian Park. I did my preceptorship in postpartum at the end of nursing school, so I hope that helps with my...

  10. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    crossingfingers10 replied to islandteam2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey everyone! I am sending in my application in the morning for the January cohort, as I'm from out of state. Who else is applying? I wish everyone the best of

  11. Is it the time for Nursing School?

    crossingfingers10 replied to glitterMind's topic in General Nursing

    You're welcome :) Having a BSN gives you the ability to work in many other different areas of nursing, such as school nursing, supervisory/management positions, teaching, etc. Technically, it...

  12. Is it the time for Nursing School?

    crossingfingers10 replied to glitterMind's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a straightforward answer for you, but this has been my experience. I graduated in June with an ADN at the top of my class. I still don't have a job. I knew it was going to be tough, but I...

  13. 30+ page care plans

    crossingfingers10 replied to Boog'sCRRN246's topic in General Students

    We had to have meds, labs, diagnosis, history, etc done before the next day for some of our clinicals as well. However, we could add more detail and perfect everything before we turned it in for the...

  14. 30+ page care plans

    crossingfingers10 replied to Boog'sCRRN246's topic in General Students

    We did 20+ page care plans for every clinical, yes every one! Sometimes it was less depending on the amount of meds. Luckily we were allowed to type them out which saved our arms and hands. They...

  15. Do you call your teachers by their 1st names?

    crossingfingers10 replied to noyesno's topic in General Students

    We addressed our instructors in different ways, it just depended on the instructor. We had some teachers who we only called by their first name, others who we only called by their last name, and then...

  16. Which Nursing Jobs are the Least Stressful?

    crossingfingers10 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Nursing Career

    Just wanted to add that postpartum is not always an easygoing, happy area. I worked in postpartum for a short time, and loved it, however there are very stressful and unhappy times as well. In my...

  17. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    crossingfingers10 replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in California Nursing

    Sorry to hear that you didn't get a call yet, just think of it as you are meant to be somewhere else instead :) I'm still waiting for him to call me back again since I missed his call and had to call...

  18. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    crossingfingers10 replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in California Nursing

    Not at all. I called around 8am on June 1st, when did you call? I think he called me back around 10 am on Thursday morning and left a message for me to call back, and I called back a couple of hours...

  19. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    crossingfingers10 replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in California Nursing

    Congrats! I also got a call a few days ago from Fountain Valley, and it will be my first too! I had to call him back and leave a message though, I'm hoping to hear back from him tomorrow. Do you...

  20. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    crossingfingers10 replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in California Nursing

    Do you mind me asking how their interview process was? Did they ask the standard questions or did they also ask clinical situations, how long did it last, did you interview with more than one person,...

  21. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    crossingfingers10 replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in California Nursing

    Wonder why you didn't receive an email also, maybe the med surg hiring process is different. When I called their RN Residency phone #, the lady I talked to said that each department does their own...

  22. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    crossingfingers10 replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in California Nursing

    Has anyone applied for the new grad residency at CHOC? If so, for what department and have you heard anything yet? I know the NICU, OICU, and oncology departments are already full. I applied for PICU...