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Hi all, here's my story: I graduated with an ADN December 2010. After months of searching and tons of rejections, I was finally hired in July, for a 12-week RN Residency with one of the largest hospitals in the region. I was put on the General Medica...

No... I've been an RN for 1 yr but only employed for 6mos. Last week I was told to quit or be fired... Looking back just makes me mad!! I put off my life for nearly 5 yrs to become an RN and it is nothing like I expected. Like many of the other poste...

Thanks Ruby Vee for your insight. I'm not sure how a red flag goes up, by my following the rules...doing the proper paperwork when something was done differently than the protocol requires... There is paperwork we were supposed to do... when the pape...

Thanks for your response caliotter3, the manager is new to the position. I was one of her 1st hires. I tried to get help from the union but apparently although you pay dues starting the 1st day of work, they can't help with grievances, etc until you ...

Hey Chitown, it sounds like we work on the same floor!! I've only been there since July and have only been doing eves for 2 weeks but every day I feel like I could lose my license!! I've asked to be moved to night shift but my manager (who is very ne...

Well Valhalla, I don't have your exact schedule, but I am in the "feeling isolated" boat with you!! I'm working 12hr dayshift, and I commute over an hour each way so I too am always exhausted and seem to work opposite most of my friends. And, I haven...

35 miles. It takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, depending on time of day. Seattle traffic can be brutal!! Oh and $15/day for parking!!

When I hear a healthcare worker talk about a patient's O2 stats, it just makes me crazy! I haven't had the guts to correct anyone yet, though! I also have a little trouble taking someone seriously as a professional, when they can't seem to decipher w...

Hey CCL RN, can I ask when this was, that you moved here from out of state, and had 3 immediate job offers? And were you a new grad then? And if not what type of exp did you have? Oh and one more: do you have a BSN? The reason I'm asking is because I...

I am an ADN, new grad in the Seattle area. Two different LTC facilities offered me positions and both quoted the starting wage for new grads as $23/hr. The job I accepted is an RN Residency position in a HUGE hospital and it pays new grads $26.97/hr ...

I'm definitely sending good thoughts your way!! And a 'good word' from another manager sounds very promising to me! Good luck!!

itri4vt- well, how did the face-to-face interview go? did you get the job?!

Well, I think that working as a CNA helps, a lot. I took the LPN nclex, half way through the ADN-RN Program and was unable to find a job as an LPN because A. I didn't have CNA experience and B. they said they felt that I would quit as soon as I becam...

If I only knew then, what I know now... Let's see, where to start... First off, nursing is not a recession proof career!! Don't believe the hype!! Second, grades are not nearly as important as they scare you into believing. My Nsg school suggested t...

Wow! A residency for 12 weeks? That's interesting... is it for a particular unit or is it a general float pool sorta deal? Either way, it sounds like a neat opportunity. Good luck!! :)

itri4vt- so it sounds like you have another phone interview with Swedish? If so, I hope it goes well. Swedish is my dream hospital to work at. Good luck to you, and let us know how it goes!!

I have heard a lot of good things about Shoreline, and during clinicals I have worked with nurses who were Shoreline grads and I had only positive experiences. I haven't heard good or bad about the other 2 schools. Also, like the Prov recruiter said,...

First of all, please forgive me if this is a silly question... So I'm a new grad RN, and I happily accepted my very first nursing job in LTC two weeks ago. Needless to say, after lots of schedule changes and miscommunication, I finally was able to w...

Congrats!! That's awesome!! I have heard that their NG interviews are more behavioral type questions. Probably because they don't expect NGs to have a whole lot of clinical experience. I wish I knew more. Good luck!! Let us know how it goes!!

itri4vt-Is it a phone interview or a face-to-face interview? and yeah, same question as ceea44: what unit/position?

Well, I've finally reached the final stage of the stages-of-grief, pertaining to RN employment, post-nursing school. I graduated with my ADN in December 2010 and have absolutely no employment prospects. I started net-working and applying for new grad...

I used Kaplan. Hurst doesn't sound familiar. Anyways, Kaplan was good for studying test-taking strategies, but not so much for content review. I also used Lippencott, which I liked because it has a lot of questions and is broken down by systems. All ...

The hospitals in the Puget Sound Area that I know about are: Providence in Everett, Overlake in Bellevue, Evergreen in Kirkland, and then the big Seattle hospitals: Swedish, Harborview, University of Washington, Northwest, Children's and Virginia Mas...

ForeverLaur, It was a figure of speech that I heard a lot in school... when I would worry about getting an A, people would always say, that all I had to do was pass... and at my school 80% was a C and anything less than a C was considered failing. A...

Go and get the cna license, and get a cna job in a hospital!! I graduated from an ADN program with a 4.0 gpa, no previous hospital exp, and no CNA and I'm still looking for work. I have only had one interview and the position went to the one with pre...