DamailaRN

I wish there were a chat/IM option on this thing, I'd love to talk to you real-time because there is so much that you wrote that resonates with me - change some details and I could have written a lot of what you did back in the day. I'm on the other...

"Lady, I didn't invent the call light, I just manufacture them!"

Just wondering if anyone here works for PSA Healthcare or Bayada Nurses or has heard anything about working for either in the Colorado region? What do/don't you like? Any idea what the pay range is? Thanks in advance!

Kinda late for the new grad program this season, but try contacting the nursing recruiter at Presbyterian / St. Luke's - he's one of the best I've encountered for replies.

Yeah, email Rob Safford, I've been very impressed with him. I work on a med/surg floor. You're welcome :)

FancyPants, do you mind if I ask where you work? Did you mean NSMC? What unit?

I would think your experience as a surgical tech could be very helpful, especially if you have 6 years in hearts already, but I'm not sure how likely they are to hire a new grad from outside the hospital for the OR program. I believe they generally ...

While on one hand I am relieved to see that I'm not the only one having these feelings, on the other, sometimes I wish I'd stumbled across this board (especially this section) before I ever started with nursing. I'm a couple weeks away from my one-y...

I'm at P/SL in Denver.

Maybe it depends on which area/hospital? My hospital is also HealthONE and I started at more than that as a new grad nurse, though I have CNA/Nurse Tech experience. I am also assuming by your screen name and raise amount that you aren't yet working...

I work nights on a Med/Surg floor at a big hospital in Denver. Our unit is very fast-paced and can be higher-acuity so they have been trying to get the ratios down to more like 1 nurse to 4 patients on days and 1:4-5 on nights, though there have bee...

I'd say SummitAP is giving very sound advice - competitive is an understatement. I am a Colorado native who moved to Kansas for my BSN then returned immediately following graduation in May 2010. My husband was able to transfer in his retail job but...

Thanks for your response, klone, good to know!

My brother was a patient there a couple years ago and raves about it. I don't know a whole lot about the job situation there, but I have also heard that it's competitive and a great place to work with low nursing staff turnover. It is a very well-k...

I'd like to hear from some current or former employees of Parker Adventist and/or Sky Ridge Medical Center regarding their experiences as nurses at those facilities. They are roughly equidistant from where I will be moving and I'd like to transfer c...

I'd have to second Mi Vida Loca on the grim new grad job situation here. I am originally from Colorado but went out of state for my nursing degree. I graduated summa cum laude / at the top of my class at the beginning of May and moved back to Color...

After four depressing months of nothing, I'm finding myself with a good but stressful "problem." I have an interview tomorrow with the University of Colorado Hospital for their Nurse Residency Program, and am trying to decide whether to go or withdr...

My interview request came via email on September 2nd.

Thank you for your reply, tinysam. After weighing the pros and cons and possibilities, I went ahead and withdrew my application from UCH. It sounded like a wonderful opportunity but I'm just not sure it's right for my family situation at this time....