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  1. New grad. How to land my first job? Please help

    chitownbound replied to peterm2's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Is your childrens hospital really named "Sick Kids Hospital"??? That's, well, kind of

  2. New grad. How to land my first job? Please help

    chitownbound replied to peterm2's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I believe I already mentioned in my above posts multiple times that I found success in obtaining an RN position by actually going to hospitals, dressed professionally and with multiple copies of my...

  3. New grad. How to land my first job? Please help

    chitownbound replied to peterm2's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    In school, you didnt rotate to different areas in the hospital like med/surg, labor and delivery, psych, etc? If you didnt have at least a pediatric rotation, it may be difficult to reason to a nurse...

  4. New grad. How to land my first job? Please help

    chitownbound replied to peterm2's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    During your pediatric clinical rotation, did you establish a relationship with the nurse managers on your floor? I am a recent graduate in the US and was able to obtain a position in the field I...

  5. Interview advice for a Pediatric Oncology/Hematology position.

    chitownbound posted a topic in Pediatric

    I am a recent graduate, just got my license a month ago today. I have an interview with my top choice hospital in the Pediatric Oncology and Hematology unit. I am very nervous! I adore kids, I'm very...

  6. New grad RN job with no connections?

    chitownbound replied to jessRN6896's topic in Nursing Career

    I am currently in nursing school and have not faced the struggle of finding a new grad position yet. I say YET, because I'm sure I will be there with you guys soon. However, I do have experience...

  7. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    Have you spent any practice time in the lab? All the instructors do is walk around and assist in demonstrating and practicing skills. And that's in addition to the live demos we get the second time...

  8. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    The older gentleman that works the Central campus bookstore showed me what's in the lab kit. It's just a TON of gauze, bandages, etc. Basically, it looks like an assortment of all the disposable stuff...

  9. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    I got the 4th

  10. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    Quest will send the drug test results to BC, all we need to turn in is the original of the white copy that Quest gave back to us. Also, just an FYI, I was able to get all the required textbooks, as...

  11. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    I have already started reading the Test Success book. It seems like it will be very helpful. It's full of practice tests and analysis of all the questions and answers...why some answers are wrong, why...

  12. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    I've heard that Professor K is one of the best teachers at Broward, he's supposed to be awesome. I wanted to have Thursdays off from class but took his Thursday class anyway because I heard so many...

  13. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    Professor K teaches pharmacology at

  14. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    On the first page of this thread, it says we do not need the book for Pharm if taking Prof. K, he just uses his Powerpoint slides. I heard the same goes for math. I have all my textbooks in hand...

  15. Broward College Central Campus January 2011

    chitownbound replied to blondiemix's topic in Florida Nursing

    I was told by someone in the program currently, who has the same teacher for Proc 1 and 2 lecture that we will have, that we need to have all white, leather shoes with no colored markings at all. And,...

  16. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    I paid $285 for a complete physical, PPD, the MMRs as well as the tetorifice and hepatitis shot (the first one of the series). I went to a walk-in emergency clinic called Doctors 365. (I don't have...

  17. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    Anyone who registered for Central....have you checked out the professors yet on ratemyprofessors.com? Now that our schedules are set, it feels more

  18. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    Congratulations. I got a book called The Student Nurse Planner. It's for 1st year nursing students and seems like it will be helpful. Got it on

  19. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    How were you able to choose your classes

  20. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    Still no schedules yet! I just visited Health Sciences at Central campus, and they assured me that we would be getting the schedules from all of the campuses today. Hope they send them out

  21. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    Amazon.com has pretty reasonable prices on used texts. They also buy back books. They have a free Student Membership you can sign up for and you get free 2-day shipping on everything for a year. Every...

  22. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    It was super easy to register for the CEUs at Broward (they are online) and it was less than $75 through the school. I was surprised no one asked about ceufast.com in the orientation. Taking it...

  23. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    It might be best to go ahead and schedule an appointment with an advisor prior to registration just to make sure that you're good to go. I have taken everything at BC and I still plan to meet with a...

  24. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    Went to orientation this morning and registered to take the CEUs online (through BCC) right after. It wasn't that expensive, less than $75 for all 4. I also went to the bookstore at Central to look at...

  25. Broward College January 2011

    chitownbound replied to wannabeanurse2012's topic in Florida Nursing

    I went on Amazon and found every single book on the list except for the Code of Ethics for Nurses, and I was surprised at the low cost of most of the texts. The total for purchasing them used is way...