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Hi all! One of my Friends stated when giving an I'm injection to a patient- the arm seemed to pulsate once. (an area of the skin depressed in for a second). Why does this happen? Also I'm starting flu clinics tomorrow. I don't shoot the needle in lik...

Hey all, I wanted to see what you all think. Would you all rather work in acute care with higher pay but a lot more stressful, or public health nursing with a bit less of a pay but no weekends, night shifts and all the holidays are off! Which is more...

Hi all, Do you guys feel it would be tough for a new grad to start in NICU? I've only spent one day in a NICU and have no experience with it. Would you recommend new grads going into this floor straight? What is it like? I've heard and clearly could...

can hospitals or other employers find out where you have worked in the past through background checks?

I have few questions on flu shots: 1) Does the flu shot protect a person 100% from the specific strains? Is it impossible to get the H1n1, flu, etc after receiving the flu shot, or are their symptoms just less if they do get the flu? 2) Do you recomm...

Hi all, I have a question. I am a new grad. It is so tough getting a job as a new grad right now. New grad programs have 1000 people applying and only 15 or so get in. My dream is to work in post partum. Although it seems difficult to get into post p...

Can hospitals find out my work history? If I leave off a job from my resume, is there any way they can find out?

Can hospitals find out where I've worked in the past? I thought the only way they can find out is through a credit report. Do they really run credit reports to find out?

public health pays about 40 an hour here while hospitals pay around 50

is night shift less stressful?

Hi Matt. Thanks so much for the post. I definitely am confident that I would do just fine if I move into another specialty such as post partum, operation room, med surg, even if I've worked in psych as a new grad. However, I've heard new grad pigeon ...

It's at a psych hospital. It doesn't have any other units other than psych. & it Doesn't have other hospitals like kaiser throughout the country/state. What would you do in this case?

Hi all, I have a question-I am a new grad who didn't get into a new grad program at one of the hospitals near by. It was a tough program to get into. 900 applied, less than 100 got interviewed and I believe 20 got in. Is it ok to email the interviewe...

Thanks AWSMFUN! I didn't realized I wrote Nursing Program instead of hospital new grad program. My bad. Unfortunately I can't edit the title, but hopefully readers got the idea by reading the entire post. Thanks though!

Oh and I am thankful that I even got an interview because it must have meant my resume/application stood out from the 900+ resumes/apps

Thanks for the replies so far! By the way- not sure if I mentioned, but I did get interviewed which is why I'm so curious. I can always apply to the next program again and be more prepared. It was my first RN interview. I get really nervous w/ interv...

Hi, I've been offered a clinic sort of rn job. They got all my info, rn license, I signed the agreement to work and my training is on tuesday! However due to personal reasons, I can not accept the job. If I turn down the job now, after doing all the ...

Of course. I would definitely inform them before hand. It would be very unprofessional not to.

oh I see. So If I decline it before I start the job, then I should be fine, since I have not been paid right

Oh really? That's good to know. For some reason, I always thought they could find out through social security, rn license # or so Thanks

Hi does anyone know how much concentra RN's make?

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Hi you guys! I graduated in May from the Bay Area. I've passed my NCLEX and have been desperately looking for a job. There are barely any opportunities for new grads in the Bay Area and all through out California since we have no experience. I am wil...

Hi All, 1) Does anyone know what the process is for a California RN to work in Canada? Is another board exam needed? I've heard RN's are in high demand in Canada and I sure wouldn't mind working there -although I am a new grad. 2) Does anyone know th...

BEEPOSITIVERN: Thanks for the reply! May I ask which hospital this is? Knowing they hired 50 new grads gives me hope :) I'm a city girl so maybe moving to NY won't be so hard for me