angela1207

I ask this not as a nurse but as a patient. I'm 42 and still want to have a baby.... for several reasons it hasn't happened yet and I'm wanting some hope! One of my friends just mentioned that Halle Berry is apparently pregnant naturally at age 46. So,.....maybe there is a tiny chance?? Another aquaintence of mine said her mother-in-law had her last baby while she was going through her "change".....is that really possible??? I thought menopause was sort of the end of the road. I'm checking my LH levels this afternoon....I should be ovulating any day. Too bad I just had another break up though!!!

Thanks for the tip on Kaweah Hospital. RNinC - what a sobering statistic. 47% is horrible. Our rate of employment for nurses in our program at ETSU is near 100% because the hospitals here support new grads. I pretty much have a job when I graduate here, I just had my heart set on moving....I'm not even from Tennessee and I'm not married, so I would really like to move. Guess I may need to stay here another year to get some experience.

Thank you for your reply. I've heard it is tough to find a job out there. Even one of our Tennessee professors mentioned that "out west it is hard to find a nursing job." I was hoping with my nurse intern experience and biology background I would maybe be more attractive to employers, but maybe not.

I wear navy for my student nurse job and ceil blue for my clinical classes. I did have a couple of very stylish designs from Cherokee - both scoop neck. However, I recently lost weight and ran out to by something quick (end of last semester was hectic) so I just went to Walmart for something that would fit me better until I have time to get something more stylish. I'm wearing the plain v-neck design in size small for both positions now. Next paycheck I want to get something better! I really like Cherokee.

I am hoping to move to California after I graduate in December 2013 with an accelerated BSN. I will have one year experience as a CNA, and I'll have almost a year as a Nurse Intern when I graduate. I worked as a CNA on the Oncology unit at our hospital and now that I'm working part-time as a nurse intern, I float wherever I'm needed. I visited San Diego last summer and fell in love with the area, I also have a bachelor of science degree in Biology from Purdue (which was the reason for my visit, to explore biology jobs there). I am open to living anywhere in California just to get over that way (I'm currently in Tennessee at ETSU getting my BSN). Questions: 1. Are there some areas of California where there are more nurse openings? maybe smaller towns?? cities that aren't on the coast?? I'm open to anywhere 2. Is the only way to get hired in a nurse residency program? (I'm already in one as a student-nurse here) 3. Are there any odd-ball nursing jobs that I might be able to get just to get over to the west coast? I'm thinking RN jobs in insurance, equipment sales, education, or something..... 4. I heard I will need to take an additional test besides the NCLEX? Is that correct? 5. When should I start applying? three months before graduation? (So, maybe in September??) I'm VERY open to any possibilities and do not necessarily need a bedside position, even though that would be best for me as a beginner to get some experience. I really JUST WANT TO MOVE TO CALIFORNIA I LOVE THAT PLACE! Any job offered there I would take! Except maybe prison nursing! I am especially interested in research (maybe combine my biology??), preventative health, public health education, nutrition and exercise, medication knowledge for consumers, fitness centers, and aesthetics. I am thinking about getting my masters degree at some point. My interests are public health (all aspects of this from statistics to epidemiology to community health), social work (I would love to be a case manager type person), or possibly PhD in nutritional research or Naturalpathic Medicine and/or Accupuncture/Chinese medicine. I also thought physical therapy or exercise science might suit me.... yes, I'm getting off track of mainstream nursing but I have a lot of interests and nursing kind of happened by accident so.... Any thoughts, advice, or suggestions appreciated!!

Thank you for that list! I graduate in Dec. 2013 and want to move to SoCal. I am already in a nurse intern program here, so I hope that might help get me in. I'm currently in Tennessee finishing up my BSN