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  1. Those in Med Surg

    0402 replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    4-5:1 on days; 5-6:1 on nights. We usually have 3 techs on days (about 12 pts/ tech) and 3 on nights. Right now, we're short on techs, so some days we haven't gotten much help from them, but at the...

  2. Operation Job Before Graduation!

    0402 replied to RNRNRN1234's topic in General Nursing

    FutureNOVARN- I would definitely contact the individual hospitals and ask when they post for their summer start dates. Some will actually know who they are hiring for in July, as early as February,...

  3. Interview...employer ?s to ask, can I have a sheet?

    0402 replied to ProudMomof2,now RN!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had a list of questions and wrote down the answers for an interview I went to, and the interviewer had no problem with it (I did it for both steps of the interview- with the nurse recruiter and then...

  4. What's your school's cut-off for passing?

    0402 replied to cobee's topic in General Students

    We had to have 80% to pass tests, but you had to have a 3.0 GPA to graduate, so B-'s were very much frowned

  5. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

    0402 replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We have 4-5 pts on days and up to 6 at night. 35 beds and 4 techs during the day, and usually 3 at night. Though the ratios aren't bad, I would say the one issue I've seen is that the charge nurse...

  6. What stinks about new grad resumes

    0402 replied to SAHMStudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I stopped working in Aug 2006, but I had been at that job since May '99. I was in the military, and when I got out, I did prereq's about 1 1/2 yrs, had another baby and then went to 2 yrs of nursing...

  7. I can't find a job!!!!

    0402 replied to DiDi_623's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I don't know which part of VA you are in, but if you're in NoVA, there are new grad programs that start in Feb/ March, and I believe that some of them already have their applications up (I'm pretty...

  8. Can the Army pay for the REST of my program?

    0402 replied to sn_jo's topic in General Nursing

    RESERVE NURSE CORPS BENEFITS When you become a nurse and Officer on the U.S. Army Reserve Health Care Team, you can work in your community and serve when needed. In addition to generous financial...

  9. University of St. Francis vs. NIU nursing program

    0402 replied to NIUnurs2be's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I didn't go to nursing school in IL, so I can't help you there, but I did my undergrad degree at Augustana ('99). =) I just wanted to post because it's not often that I see someone mention Augie. I...

  10. Would like info on relocating to Langley

    0402 replied to sameasalways's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Fairfax is up in Northern VA, a bit outside of

  11. Washington Hospital Center RN residency - need letter of rec at interview?

    0402 replied to natchan23's topic in General Nursing

    I was told whatever color you want, but I don't know about certain specialty areas where there are sometimes specific colors or wearing the hospitals scrubs (L&D, OR, etc). I just got my new...

  12. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    0402 replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in May 2010 but moved a few weeks after graduation. From the time I started looking for jobs, it only took me about a month (which was waiting for 2 new grad programs to be listed, so I...

  13. 2 job offers and need to make a choice by tonight! help!

    0402 replied to Melissa7611's topic in Florida Nursing

    A few more items to consider on your list- who has better retirement benefits (higher matching, etc), health insurance, vacation days, shift differential (days, nights, weekends, holidays), education...

  14. done with kaplan's question trainer . did bad :(

    0402 replied to mel_anne88's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Unless something has changed (I took the class last May), they told us that you want to be consistently over 60% and better yet, over 65%. The instructor said that over 65% on the 7th trainer was a...

  15. Washington Hospital Center RN residency - need letter of rec at interview?

    0402 replied to natchan23's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on the ED! Did you ask for that? I found out that I'm on medicine/ geriatrics (I asked for m/s, so I figured that's where I'd be, but I didn't know what 1C meant, which is all they put in...

  16. Washington Hospital Center RN residency - need letter of rec at interview?

    0402 replied to natchan23's topic in General Nursing

    Did anyone else get a letter in their email today stating which med/ surg unit you are going to? If so, where is everyone else going to? When I was at Occ Health last week, I met 2 people that were...

  17. What do you mean by SATAs?

    0402 replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Select All That

  18. Prior Service Army Returning as an RN?

    0402 replied to Trin's topic in Government, Military

    I was commissioned via PLC (not prior enlisted). I did 8 yrs AD, as a logistician, got out as an O3 and have since been promoted to O4 in the reserves (I joined in '98). If I went AD again, I would...

  19. Any former Marine grunts going into nursing?

    0402 replied to devildog0311's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I have a cruise book from Aug '90- April '91, and the CO of Wpns CO is named Calhoun. Don't know the guy, so I have no idea if he ran marathons. You're probably in here....... (no idea why my...

  20. College transcripts and first nursing job

    0402 replied to Tua15395's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Both new grad positions I applied to wanted official transcripts, if you were selected for interview. For both, unofficial was ok for the interview itself, but if offered the job, they had to have...

  21. Internship vs. Residency question

    0402 replied to freckles2rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Same here- internship was the clinical you did in your last semester (our school was around 200 hours). Where I went to school and where I am now, residency refers to programs for new grad RNs...

  22. Any former Marine grunts going into nursing?

    0402 replied to devildog0311's topic in Male Nursing Students

    OOH RAH! Dragon Gunner reporting. 2nd Bn, 3rd Marines, 1991-1994. My husband was in 2/3 (Echo Co) from '93-'96 (I didn't join the Marine Corps until '98, so this was before my time). =) Small

  23. Prior Service Army Returning as an RN?

    0402 replied to Trin's topic in Government, Military

    I had been looking into going in to the Navy (I'm a prior USMC Officer). One thing for me was, being a new RN, I was going to lose rank. Not the biggest deal in the world, but something to consider,...

  24. Role of Religion in Religious Nursing Schools

    0402 replied to xInspiredx's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did my undergraduate degree at a Lutheran college (I'm Catholic), and our requirements were similar to the above- 2 religion classes. We had to take one 100- level course and one 300- level course....

  25. High postpartum Hct- why??

    0402 replied to kellbossa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did you look up reasons, in general, for high hct? Looking at the causes for it, I can see one that stands out to me that might apply to a postpartum pt and another one that might, but I don't think...