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I was an elementary school counselor and made the jump to nursing. Unlike a teacher, I would of been a counselor until I retired with 3 options: elementary, junior or high school vs a teacher can switched grades, subjects, etc. Nursing has opened so ...

I went through this....just look for my previous post. I received some nice posts but overall, I had mean posts. I signed a contract and HATED the job after a few weeks. A lot of posts asked how I could hate a job after a few weeks. It was intuition,...

Thanks everyone for your responses!! I think on Monday I will def march myself in and see what I can do. I hope my schedule will change in a few months. As for my internship, I get paid my hourly rate. Thank you for the link! The article was very int...

So I signed a 15 month contract as a new graduate nurse and a few weeks into the job, I hate it. I did not know about the commitment during the interview. My question is: has anyone NOT signed the contract and still worked? Or did you negotiate it d...

Is your inside person a hiring manager that makes the final decision? I cannot tell you the number of times I thought a job was going to work out.....please be careful and do not give up a FT job. Maybe you could start the FT job and work PRN in OB. ...

I really liked Hurst review. They have a great class, plus on line test banks. I found the Hurst questions VERY similar to the NCLEX questions. You can do it :) Good luck!!!

Thanks luvmyhubbybunche and mojitos2go! I would love to run. This teaches me a great lesson. Money never exchanged hands :) I will not mention prorate when and if I resign but use it as a backup plan. Thank you all for your great advice :) It is so n...

Chin Up, your awesome! The one line basically just stated that the employee would have to remain in the position for one year after the completion of the internship, otherwise the employee would have to pay $10,000. There was not mention of understan...

FancypantsRN, ChinUp and Onaclear day - you are all awesome!! Thank you so much. I feel waaay better. There is not a critical care course, 12 lead EKG just education classes which I have yet to attend. ChinUp, lol about getting fired! It is an at-w...

Yup. After I finish the internship (3 months) I have to stay a year so I have to be employed there for 15 months. It is sooo frustrating. I got myself into a pickle. The money is not a signing bonus just the cost of the internship. I want to leave af...

Thanks Chinup. LOL about your post...I posted a question if I can break the contract and got eaten alive. You are correct-I do have 90 days probation. I am afraid to mention anything because 15 months is a long time to not get along with the boss. If...

I wish I could transfer...the policy is 1 year to transfer.

Good Morning, I am having an issue at my new job. I signed a year contract after the completion of my internship-so basically I have to stay for 15 months because the internship is 3 months. On April 11th I started on the floor and I HATE it. I am s...

True, thank you!

The unit is so unprofessional. I was hired to work in a different area/population and was placed into this unit. I would rather be unemployed than work with awful co-workers, back stabbers, awful work schedule (was promised 3 12's and am stuck with 5...

Thanks everyone. I reread the contract and it did not state the unit. So I guess I am stuck. That was a great suggestion to take the contract home and read it. I wish I would of done that.

Congratulations on your extern position! I do not believe that new graduate nurses need to start out in med/surg. If you are interested in the ER, I think it would be great to start off learning how things are done in the ER vs starting in med/surg w...

I totally regret signing. The contract was not mentioned in the interview so when I went in for the Employee health/benefits/physical, I had to meet with HR. It was so on the spot and awkward. I have NO idea what I was thinking.... I know this will n...

Congrats on your offers! That is so exciting. Where in FL? We have a second home on the gulf side and I would move there in a heartbeat. Real estate in FL has not hit rock bottom yet and it is soooo low-you could get a great deal on a waterfront hom...

Thank you everyone for you thoughts and opinions. I never took the $10,000 as a signing bonus-it is the amount of money the hospital spends to train new grads. I will complete the internship on July 1st-which I would have to stay 12 months after. I ...