Samira.RN

Hi cincin1, i have a question for you. i received a letter for interview in Coalinga State Hospital. I really want to know about the setting and role of nurses in the state hospital, and i appreciate if you can share some of your experiences with me. i am a new grad, and open to any job. i just need more advise, i also had an offer for SNF. also my email address is [email protected] u can send me email too. I appreciate any help. Samira

Thanks so much to all for your respond. I didn't accept the job since I thought the same. training staff to do nurse's duty didnt sound right to me and i didn't want to jeopardize my license. thanks again for your great advice!

Hello Nurses, i am pretty new on this site and i have got alot so far. I want to thank all of you with your great questions. I am a new grad who is been looking for job for a while now, and i had an interview for DD nurse. This is a health care facility for DD patient which has total of 18 residents in 3 different facility. there will be only one nurse in the whole system. and the nurse's job is to train the staff to do meds and procedure necessary for pts when i am not there. which means that would go all under my license. being a new grad and new to DD nursing i am not sure what to do they only offer me 18 hrs a week with a long orientation which i am happy about. i know that i defenetly need to get my own insurance to protect my license but have no idea how much would that cost. plus they need me 24/7 on call since i am the only nurse, and they didnt mention any extra pay for that. even though i am confident of myself but still dont know if this will be the right start for me, on the other hand finding job for a new grad is really challenging at this time but i dont want to put my license at risk since i worked so hard for it. i appreciate any advice. thanks Samira.RN