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  1. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    colesedwards replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Where in Baltimore do you make $5 more an hour as a new

  2. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    colesedwards replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland Nursing

    yep, still there but looking for new things. Not leaving just more of a challenge , a change, something new. Good luck with your interview. What floor are you looking at

  3. Comparing A Nurses' Salary

    colesedwards replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    You have to factor in cost of living in your area, cost of benefits and commuting costs. You can make a lot of money as a nurse-it depends on how much you want to work, climbing the clinical ladder...

  4. Need a place to live in the baltimore area!!

    colesedwards replied to SNL00's topic in Maryland Nursing

    West. Please try to not live on the west side. It gets super sketchy really quickly. That area is a high crime area of city but it is really cute and close to downtown/harbor area and fed hill stuff....

  5. Johns Hopkins Hospital UAP/RN offer

    colesedwards replied to sbrownRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    what does UAP/RN

  6. do you wear those clogs?

    colesedwards replied to EDnursetobe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a pair of clogs, but they are from Dr. Scholls and are called the Dancer model. I love them. Light like crocs but with a heel and arch support. I never have a sore back or sore feet, never a...

  7. Unionization for Maryland RN's

    colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I don't see unions only about pay scale. I can see that unions would help secure patient ratios, improve safety, decrease burnout, decrease mistakes, offer support. I really want to stay at my...

  8. Unionization for Maryland RN's

    colesedwards posted a topic in Maryland Nursing

    I am curious, now that I will be coming up on my 3rd year as an RN in February and can take a breath and look around (man, they are not joking when they tell you in school you are considered a...

  9. Johns Hopkins new grad 2011

    colesedwards replied to sbostonRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    If you are interested in the job, you should contact a recruitter directly. Call the hospital, ask for Nurse Recruitment and they will transfer you. Each department has different recruiters so tell...

  10. Ready to take the AMSN cert soon, any one take it recently and have any suggestions?

    colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I passed nclex feb 2 2009. I work ona surgical floor johns Hopkins bayview

  11. Ready to take the AMSN cert soon, any one take it recently and have any suggestions?

    colesedwards posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am ready to take my Med Surg cert next week and am so nervous. Any suggestions? I feel like I should have studied more but could really only find one book with sample questions in it. Any...

  12. Ready to take the AMSN cert soon, any one take it recently and have any suggestions?

    colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Medical-Surgical

    CMSRN baby!:):):):):) I passed. the one thing I did not know was how many out of 150 questions you have to get right to pass. Its not like NCLEX-much more complex questions as they are assuming that...

  13. Johns Hopkins new grad 2011

    colesedwards replied to sbostonRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    They are not the same. At JHH Bayview, Medicine is two units Med A and Med B. The PCU is more intense medicine primary all cardiac on the 4th floor along with Tele. The Surgical floor is on 6th....

  14. Ready to take the AMSN cert soon, any one take it recently and have any suggestions?

    colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I took a course of review and I know the percentages and such. I meant are the real questions similar to what I have reviewed in the books. I found the Kaplan review questions to be much more detailed...

  15. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    colesedwards replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I worked out the hours and if I worked OT on my floor I would make more money because we get time and a half for holidays and OT. All Main Campus floors except for Maternal Newborn/OBGYN are rotating...

  16. Why are Nurses in MD not organized labor wise?

    colesedwards replied to Agrippa's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I have also wondered why MD Nurses were not unionized outside of government work. I have been looking into and if you get more information i would be interested in hearing about

  17. John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    colesedwards replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland Nursing

    If you are a new nurse there is no better start to your career than Hopkins. I work at the bayview campus and have learned so much. benefits are very good and reasonable. You don't make as much money...

  18. Considering a move from Bayview to Maincampus Johns Hopkins

    colesedwards posted a topic in Maryland Nursing

    Does anyone have anything to offer related to moving from Bayview Campus to Main campus of johns hopkins. The rotating day/night and requirement to work 40 hours per week for basically a salary is...

  19. Considering a move from Bayview to Maincampus Johns Hopkins

    colesedwards replied to colesedwards's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Thank you so much for replying! The parking is twice as much as I pay now which is adrag. The benefits would probably be close to the same as I work at Bayview and we have the same EHP plan I just...

  20. Med/Surg Certification Exam

    colesedwards replied to LaurynRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    How do you find out where and how much the exams are? I am attending a Med/Surg consortium that is reccomended for RNs who want to become certified Med/Surg. Do you all recommend the study books for...