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  1. Should I look for Jobs or Residency programs as a GN?

    serenitylove14 replied to nstudent0606's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Not all places have residencies, so depending on the place you apply for it varies. Apply for EVERYTHING! Try government jobs as well. I am not sure about houston but at one point I wanted to move...

  2. New Grad--how to prepare for 1st job as PsychRN

    serenitylove14 replied to Stephieee's topic in Psychiatric

    I will also hopefully be starting in Psych Nursing. How is everything going for you? I also graduated in

  3. Any MTSU Spring 2013 hopefuls?

    serenitylove14 replied to hopefulnurse45's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Gosh I just graduated in 2012 and we didnt have to interview or anything like that. We got accepted with GPA and

  4. Relocating to Nashville...possibly?

    serenitylove14 replied to MinnRNJen's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Ok.Vandy pay rate is 20.50 an hour non ICU. ICU is 21.50. Nights is 6.00 dollars. Weekends. 3.00. Unless it changed in the last 6 months this is the base pay

  5. night shift nurse gets more paid

    serenitylove14 replied to newgraduategal's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Ok. 1. Night shift always gets paid more than day shift. Its called shift differential. The reason being is because Night Shift is a non ideal time for people to want to work. So they have to pay...

  6. finally... I cried.

    serenitylove14 replied to yaleli's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh my... wow... if you have 6 months of experience try elsewhere! No one deserves to be treated like that... and management didnt do anything... keep it moving girl! That was a sign that things wont...

  7. I want to leave my job - advice please!

    serenitylove14 replied to RNpatterson's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Go where you are happy. Life is too short to not be happy. On another note take you guys finances in account and if you can afford to leave that job do so for one of the many others you seem...

  8. Pregnant and just lost job!

    serenitylove14 replied to INFINITEERN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Oh I didnt see that she had used all her FMLA. Thats ok she can still apply for all of the programs I mentioned before. She just needs to do asap so she doesnt have any lapse in coverage on insurance....

  9. Pregnant and just lost job!

    serenitylove14 replied to INFINITEERN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The same thing happened to me, kindof. When I was 7 months pregnant I took my NLCEX-RN and was told I could no longer work in my position, nurse assistant. No job, no insurance, and too far alone for...

  10. Job advice

    serenitylove14 replied to ybarnett's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    8north seemed to be a general medical surgical stepdown type of floor. I would only choose 8n because I do not like oncology. But I am sure you may get some oncology type patients over there. I...

  11. Discouraged new grad

    serenitylove14 replied to paRN12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    1) Check your resume 2) Check your coverletter 3) Keep applying! Im in the same situation as you but didnt move to HI, but you just have to apply to everything including home health, nursing homes,...

  12. I'm becoming very discouraged

    serenitylove14 replied to bkworm8it's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hmmm. I graduated in May and havent found a job but... I didnt start looking till December 1st. No interviews yet but Ive turned in about 100 applications and got denied for more than half of them...

  13. New Grad job search. Teaching high school??

    serenitylove14 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello all! I have been searching for a new grad position and stumbled upon a teaching position for my local high schools in health education, nursing education, medical terminology, etc... My question...

  14. New Grad job search. Teaching high school??

    serenitylove14 replied to serenitylove14's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Im in Tennessee. If you have a bachelors degree and an offer from the school to work as a teacher teaching what u majored in they will give a transitional certificate I believe is what its called. I...

  15. NCLEX QUESTION

    serenitylove14 replied to sharon ledford's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    The notes on this website. Hurst Review. Saunders book. And doing a bunch of questions and reading the

  16. Relocating to Nashville

    serenitylove14 replied to NurseKara1's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I did some clinicals at Bethany. It was pretty good. Really nice people. Most of the LPNs I know work for agencys or the

  17. Job advice

    serenitylove14 replied to ybarnett's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I use to work at Vandy as a tech for 3 years. What do you want to

  18. To go from NICU to OR

    serenitylove14 replied to RN312's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If your not happy you can always try the OR. If you dont like it there go somewhere else. Or you could prn in the OR to see if you like

  19. XP: Other careers to consider

    serenitylove14 replied to RNinC's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You could work for the government health department, or veterans affairs, or the local prison, or be a school nurse, or teach health science classes to high school kids. Home health agency? Plus you...

  20. Is this cheating?

    serenitylove14 replied to antrara's topic in Nursing Career

    Honestly if they needed to leave the room to do that then yeah it probably is. But one of my classes was like that as well. How did anyone find out about it anyways. People in my class use to take...

  21. Is a nurse externship considered Registered Nursing experience...

    serenitylove14 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello All, I recently graduated from nursing school with my BSN in May and I have been applying to many jobs with no luck. My question is, Is a nurse externship considered Registered Nurse...

  22. Is a nurse externship considered Registered Nursing experience...

    serenitylove14 replied to serenitylove14's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You know what I never thought of it that way! I will definately not be putting that down as experience then!! Thanks for this

  23. Is a nurse externship considered Registered Nursing experience...

    serenitylove14 replied to serenitylove14's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    So alot of the jobs have a question for number of years experience as a nurse and number of years clinical experience as a nurse. I figure I would put it as 1-3 for the clinical experience. The worst...

  24. Help deciding between new grad jobs!

    serenitylove14 replied to shadowness's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Take the ICU position. It is harder to transition or get an offer for ICU positions then med-surg and with going straight to ICU you would be getting direct experience in your specialty. I would pick...

  25. CNA's taken off schedule after passing boards?

    serenitylove14 replied to SC APRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It really depends on where you work. The way it was explained to me is that if something happened you are held to your highest license even if you are working as an