liljd

hello everyone! I have an interview coming up for my first CDI position. Does anyone mind giving me common interview questions for this position? I took the ACDIS CDI apprenticeship.

I submitted mine the moment the application was posted. I am not sure if it even makes a difference. I should also mention i am not a new grad, but would be new to specialty for oncology.

I have been contacted for an interview for tele/oncology night shift position at little company of mary torrance. It was a nice surprise!

I have been contacted for the critical care fellowship program just yesterday with experience of 2 years medical/surgical. Not sure if they start with the residency program as well.

They are anticipating a start hire date for external new hires either on august 7th or august 14th due to required orientations prior to the program. The TIP program will start on August 28th. Interviews will be scheduled the first few weeks on June. Hope that helps! I am applying as a fellow and not a new grad.

someone also updated the facebook page that supposedly some units have been called for interviews while other units are waiting for the financial budget to be finalized beginning in July.

I am recipient and my obligation is over in 4 months. I cannot wait! I think it will all depend on where you end up to fulfill your obligation. Finding a job right off the bat is not easy. I ended up at a community clinic in Los Angeles that hardly provided any training- somehow I've managed leading our compliance with joint commission and developed a stronger infection control program among other duties. I am somewhat thankful for the experience, but I'm determined to leave and find a job that will support my professional development and not just pile administrative duties on me.. As a new grad, make sure they give you training.

How do other clinics handle crash cart training? Do you teach all staff how to use the ambubags and oral airways? I've been at my clinic for over a year now and have inherited certain responsibilities I've never been trained on. When I first stepped in as a new graduate nurse desperate to get a job as an HRSA Nurse Corps Scholarship recipient, I didn't have an identified role of what I would be doing by my supervisor. I was told we would be getting a Director of Clinical Services since i got hired, but that has never happened. I have been in charge of maintaining our crash carts, lead our infection control program, lead our Joint Commission accreditation maintenance, do chart audits, and provide direct patient care. I have changed our policy for our crash carts by doing a risk assessment and got rid of all IV supplies since we aren't too far from a hospital. What more should I do in regards to training for my employees when i haven't received any training on the cart except in checking off the supplies?

[h=5]I'm conflicted about taking a position at a family clinic in Los Angeles where there will be no training provided yet they will expect me to perform as an experienced nurse and the only nurse there. I'll have to do everything a clinic nurse does with a huge scope working from peds to older adults while also managing the MAs and LPNs. It's a pretty autonomous position. The pay is 30/hr. This sounds too risky to me with no training, but i know how rough the job market is right now. I have to make my decision by tomorrow...should I take it knowing that there might be something better that comes along? I just started the volunteer process with the VA and know a nurse working in the ER who said they could get me a job there. I also have a phone interview this Monday with AltaMed, which could be promising. My position here is different because I am an HRSA Nurse Corps Scholarship recipient and I have to serve at a specific facility. [/h]

I'm wondering where that facebook group disappeared to as well...i thought it was just acting up for me.

I haven't done mine yet, but I hear people are finding out they owe back around that much via the facebook group. I'm not looking forward to doing mine.

I wish that list actually had jobs available haha. Are we really given just five months to look for a job? I fear I will have to work out of state. Will they help us find a facility that for sure has jobs available if it has to be out of state? Seems like it's going to be a long and tiring process finding a job, plus I will have to take my NCLEX. Thanks.

How did it all turn out and how are things now? I'm about to start my practicum in med/surg and I am nervous!

good luck!

nursing theory vs actual practice

The best part about Goldfarb is the clinicals we get to do at Barnes. Other than that, most of my professors just read straight out of the powerpoints. It is tough to go through an accelerated program here when I'm from out-of-state and I am so glad I will graduate in April.

This year has gone by so fast. They haven't been very helpful about giving me ideas of hospitals to work in Southern California. I appreciate this scholarship and I want to work in an underserved clinic/hospital, but I also want things to work out at home where I am from.

Nursing School is sort of boring unless you are in clinical, especially if the professors read straight from their powerpoints.

I've been awarded the scholarship and will graduate soon. They haven't been very helpful getting back to me about places that qualify. Won't even give me a list of hospitals that qualify in Southern Califronia.

congrats on the one year mark!

I am about to join the new grad unemployed scene in CA in April. I'm from SoCal but moved to St. Louis without a car and just a bike to get around to do an accelerated nursing program to get my BSN. I also have been awarded HRSA's Nursing Scholarship, which requires me to commit two years to a "critical shortage facility." I'm hoping it will work out when I move back home because I've been managing a long distance relationship and I miss being around my family since they are my core support group. I hope all the sweat, blood, and tears is worth it because this program has taken a lot out of me to get done in just a year. However, I definitely feel like a stronger person after sacrificing a year to be out here on my own, without a car, and getting through this program.

i hear you should be ready to send everything once the application link goes up

Hi Matthew, I got my undergraduate Anthropology degree at UCLA in 2009 and moved out to Saint Louis to get my BSN in a second degree accelerated program. I am definitely planning to move back home and interested in working at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. Should I start getting my letters of rec now? Is there anything specific that should be included in the letters of rec? How long is the application process open for? I am also a recipient of HRSA's Nursing Scholarship Program. I asked the nurse recruiter if the UCLA Health Systems qualify and she said she would have to wait for the numbers, but they've qualified in the past. Lillian

hi! May I ask which hospital you work at? I plan to move back to Orange County after i graduate from my accelerated nursing program in Saint Louis in May 2013. I received a nursing scholarship through HRSA and I am required to commit a service of two years at a critical shortage facility. -Lillie

0. An applicant with the greatest financial need. haha. I wish i knew what exactly made me ineligible.