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I believe that the JHH salary varies depending where you work. I started at JHH main hospital this past fall. Offer letter starting salary was $60K or about 28.93 per hour. This accounts for shift differential (I am rotating between nights and days), holiday, and meetings. We pick up overtime if we want. Overtime is time and half so about $44 per hour. They also offer high needs which is $58-$70 per hour depending on the shift. High needs are just overtime shift were Hopkins is willing to pay more if nurses pick it up. I pick it up from time to time and one shift adds about $550 more to check after taxes. I know new grads who pick up plenty of high needs and overtime and will make more than $70k by the end of the year. I believe Hopkins pay is pretty competitive, generally you can find shifts to pick up if you need. My opinion

Any luck with employment?

From my understanding things have changed as far as requirements. Personally for me not at all. But its important to have good gpa (> 3.0) and pass the teas.

Oh wow! Congrats to you as well. Just keeping trying local hospital, you will get something

Hey, Just an update. I have graduated from coppin and passed NCLEX. I must say coppin does prepare you for the road ahead. I did get a position at a local hospital. Thx everyone

Here is also a helpful link: https://allnurses.com/maryland-nursing/john-hopkins-hospital-446601.html

Hi AJ1980 Although I just accepted an offer at Hopkins, I am from the area and can give you some insight. How is Hopkins? Like I said above ive just entered the hiring process at Hopkins, but have been there for clincals many times. It is a really nice hospital. The newer towers add state the equipment that you wont see anywhere else. Most of the staff and patients are nice and willing to help. And I personally enjoy the diversity of people that travel from all over the world to come to hopkins. As a student, I met physicians and patients from places I'd never imagine traveling too. And yes Hopkins has ranked #1 for many years and does hold a great reputation. From my understanding it looks great on your resume and can open opportunities in the future. How is living in Baltimore? The answer is "it depends". If you choose to stay near Hopkins, then not so great(high crime). But there are good areas like canton, federal hill, and bolton hill which area consider better areas within the city. I opt to live in Baltimore County because it is safer and I can still use the metro system to get to work. These areas include White Marsh, Rosedale, Pikesville, Towson/Lutherville, Randallstown, Owings Mill, etc. Most of these areas are within a 30 min drive or subway ride. Oh and would be a good place to raise a family. Are the salary and benefits good? Compared other hospitals once again it depends. If your a new grad then its competitive, but if you have many years under your belt I hear not so much. From my understanding, Hopkins is on a salary. If your a pace employee, you work 40 hours and/or 240 hours within a 6 week period. Pace shifts are also usually rotating and differential and holiday are factored into the salary(read other post on all nurses to get details). As for the benefits, Johns Hopkins has its own insurance which I believe is excellent. If you use area Hopkins facilities you pay next to nothing for many of the services. If your invited to an interview then you'll get alot of information in your email regarding detail of benefit and salary.

I was not required to get a 75 on ATI comprehensive (our requirement was 72). However I did get a 80 putting me in the 99 percentile. The best advice I have is ATI for ATI, meaning use the ATI resources(ex. books, online tutorial, and exams). Although I found NCLEX to be easier then ATI thats only my opinion. Do questions everyday, 100 to 150 at least and use your ATI resources. Good Luck

Thanks for sharing I will be starting the Spring program as well in October as a new grad on neuro.

Baltimore, Md Graduated May '14 Passed NCLEX 7/14/14 Applied to over 30 Have BLS & CNA Accepted Offer 8/6/14!!!! Start Oct Prior hospital exp. elsewhere

Hopkins Salary in still pretty much the same as above.

Can anybody tell me about the interview for JHH? Types of questions? Number of applicants per position?

I told myself that after I took the NCLEX I would post information about my personal experience and advice for all nurse graduates so here it goes. I graduated from nursing school May 17. I took a week off for a well-deserved break. After nursing school I was not interested in studying anything, not even NCLEX. The week after my break my nursing program required that we take the ATI course. After another short break I went to Kaplan. I took the NCLEX July 11, 2014. Here are my thoughts on the study material I used: Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination, 5th Edition 10/10 This book was wonderful! Most nursing students have heard about this book and it is as good as they say. I purchased this book prior to nursing and hardly ever used it. I wish I did. This book is like nursing school in a nutshell. It's all you need to get down any content you have forgotten or just missed for whatever reason. I love the organization of the book. I suggest using this book mainly as a refresher. I DID NOT read the whole book, only read areas I need to brush up on. The CD-ROM that it comes with is good for reinforcing content areas you are weak in. The questions are more of recall/recognition questions. Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX Examination, 3e 8/10 I heard a lot about this book as well and since I was strapped for cash I checked it out at my local library. I only used it once and thought the questions were ok. I completed about 6 chapters and I read all the rationales which did help. ATI 8/10 As I said ATI was offered at my university post nursing school. It was 4 days in length and about 8 hours a day. The classes focus on refreshing content (med-surg, pharmacology, peds, maternity, mental health) that was learned in nursing school. Personally, I had a hard time paying attention to content squeezed in 4 days for 8 hours. To be fair the professor was great and she gave us great acronym s and study tools to be successful. Prior to completing nursing school we took the predictor: 80% which placed me at 99% chance passing NCLEX KAPLAN ($500 look for discount through your program) 8.5/10 Unlike ATI, Kaplan teaches you test taking strategies. They DO NOT review content (online content review is available). If this is what you need look elsewhere. Kaplan classes are 4 days about 6-8 hours in length. They focus on teaching the decision tree and do tons of questions. You basically learn how to answer question. Once again, I had a hard time sitting still and paying attention. I think the most useful thing about Kaplan was the online resources. They offer tons and tons of questions through the q-trainers and q banks. Qbank questions are considered passing level questions. This might help someone: Diagnostic: 55, QT1: 53 ,QT2: 55 ,QT3: 53 ,QT4: 55 ,QT 5: Never did it ,QT6: 55 ,Never completed QT 7. Readiness 65%. My q banks ranged from 44-70%. To be HONEST Kaplan questions were harder than NCLEX question (my opinion). Only complete 48% of Kaplan (I suggest doing all questions). And when they take Kaplan quizzes its look exactly like the NCLEX computer screen. Taking the NCLEX The day prior to taking NCLEX I did not study. I watched TV/movies and relaxed. The day of the NCLEX I woke and prepared myself. As I went to the test center anxiety set in. In the Pearson testing center all I took in was my keys and ID and brought NO PHONE. They provide you with a key and a locker to store any personal items. They scan your vein and also take a picture at the site. You're walked into the exam and provided a dry erase board and ear plugs (you can request for this). The exam prompts you to read stuff about not disclosing info about the exam, a sample question, and how the system works. When the first question pops up it I think "it's not bad". After about 200 questions I'm nervous and tired of answering questions. My last questions seemed more of a recall/recognition even though I was not sure. In the end I was shaken and cried in my car. I was 95% sure I had FAILED. Final Thoughts My Kaplan instructor told us "if you get 265 questions don't freak out" you can PASS at 265. Since April the exam got slightly harder, Kaplan noticed more students getting 265 questions. In short, I passed. I got my certificate in the mail from the MBON. You all will pass. Good Luck! Excuse any errors

To answer my own question, it took about 3 days for me to receive the ATT from the pearson vue.

Hey Guys, Can anyone tell me how long it took to get their ATT from the time they turned in their NCLEX-RN application? How did you get? If there were problems?