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I was in a similar position, wanting to move back to Colorado, and also to be in oncology. I found it was really easy to move and find a job in my particular area once I had experience in that area. If you have a specialty that you're passionate abou...

I've been a year and a half in oncology. I had a couple years experience when I started, and I think that helps. That first year of nursing is just so hard, and so scary, and you need to be very, very gentle with yourself. Hopefully the people you wo...

Hi all -- I have a contingent offer for a job at University of Colorado Hospital, and have to pass an EKG test and a pharmacology test before it's completely official. Has anyone done the EKG test and know anything about it? I worked on a tele floor ...

Really? I was SO nervous. I'm in oncology, so I don't use this stuff much, but it does still come up. I would not have passed without practice, that's for sure. I put Vfib on the weirdest one (it was multiple choice), what else could it have been? T...

Just a final update on this. I used a couple sites to study, including skillstat.com, and practicalclinicalskills.com, both of which have great EKG strips and quizzing software that makes it easy to practice. I practiced pretty much every day, though...

I'm wondering about this, because everyone on my floor will just take down the secondary and leave the line, esp if it has continuous fluid going. I do the same thing, because that's how I learned it, but I agree, the whole system is exposed to the c...

I had always thought that too, about LPs, and just yesterday I had a patient go straight from an LP to a bone marrow biopsy. I questioned it because they are supposed to lie flat, and the guy down where they do the LP told me they don't recommend tha...

I'm surprised you were able to receive certification without paid experience. I thought you had to be working 6 months in some area of nursing first -- not necessarily oncology, though. I precepted in Oncology, too, and learned a ton, but it's just n...

We hired a nurse who had gotten her chemo certification, even though she didn't have oncology experience. Oncology experience is hard to find, and her certification showed a lot of commitment to the field, which we liked. She still had to learn the r...

Well, duh. Any suggestions about the best ways to study? I suppose it's too much to hope that someone who has taken the test knows what's so tricky about it. Is it just that nurses don't know EKG rhythms very well, or is it something about this test...

I got my acceptance to CU-Denver last Wednesday. :-)

Where all did you apply for NP school? Just to University of Colorado - Denver Which school is your first choice and why? CU-Denver, but if I don't get in, I can apply to University of Northern Colorado in July for January entrance. What speciali...

We always do vesicants to gravity, rather then the pump. The idea is that it's safer than having something that will continue to push something into the vein.

I have not tested the waters myself, but two nurses from my floor just got jobs in Denver fairly quickly and moved there last week. I work on a med/surg/tele floor and both of the nurses were experienced -- one has 2-3 years, the other 1+.

I'm not keen on the idea of moving, but here I go. I'm in Colorado, and I love it here, but I'm moving to Boise, ID. I'm excited about my new job, in a magnet facility, so I think it will be good. I think I could eventually get a non-hospital job h...

I'm not totally sure about the Denver area, but I have applied extensively down there as well and had the same experience. I think 6 months of experience will help more there than it will up here in NoCo, but not totally sure. It it were me, I would...

The NoCo market for new grads is pretty tough. I graduated with a BSN from UNC in May, and the majority of my class is still looking for jobs. Some of those that got jobs moved away in order to get work. When something comes up for new grads, I th...

It's funny, even when I know for sure, no doubt, that I'm no longer in the running, that final nail in the coffin is always hard to take.

It is really frustrating, all the waiting! I didn't get a 2nd interview with Legacy, but now I'm going nuts waiting on other people to make their decisions. *sigh* Also, I got an e-mail from Legacy saying I had not gotten the job today. Since I d...

Congratulations, ORRocks! What a competitive process! And IslandTeam -- I'm really sorry. I was really hoping you would get it. In some ways, I think I'm glad I didn't make it past the first round! I'm still hoping for jobs closer to home.

How did you feel about the interview?? I really hope it went well. From your posts, you sound like a really positive person -- a great asset to any hospital floor. I have a couple things percolating here, and I am thinking I might end up staying he...

Well, I haven't accepted any other jobs, so I'll be here if they call. It's a flight for me, since I'm in Colorado now! I did my peds rotation on an oncology floor in the Denver Children's Hospital. It was a great experience and part of what cemen...

Congratulations! I'm really happy for you and I hope you get the job! I appreciate your posting here, because now I know that I'm probably not going to get the call for the next round, and I can focus on my other options. I had an interview today...

I had a phone interview on the 9th as well, and the manager I talked to did not know if I would get a 2nd or not because I put in for Oncology or Medical and she didn't know about those units. Haven't heard either way, and I'm interviewing closer b...