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alibee

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  1. NJ Board of Nursing - What the Heck?

    alibee replied to alibee's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I did! I already worked as a CNA at the hospital I'm a nurse at now, so that was an easy transition. However, I know that Cooper, Atlanticare, South Jersey Regional, and Kennedy (south jersey...

  2. NJ Board of Nursing - What the Heck?

    alibee replied to alibee's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Yeah, I ended up getting my application sent back after I'd taken my NCLEX and completed my fingerprinting because I didn't check a box. I finally drove up to Newark last week to the BON and I counted...

  3. LaSalle Achieve Fall 2012

    alibee replied to gouranga's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Yes you can. The only book I'd recommend staying current with is the med-surg book used across your 3 med-surg classes (they like to take questions directly out of there). If you have Altmiller for...

  4. What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    alibee replied to Starfish, RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work at on a post-op surgical floor in Camden, NJ. Our ratios are 1:6, no matter the shift, with 3 techs for 30

  5. Steps in applying for NJ NCLEX

    alibee replied to Mimi90RN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I'd advise sending your paperwork in March. True, they can't send your ATT until your school sends in the graduation paperwork, but at least you can get your fingerprinting straightened out quickly. I...

  6. Yet another unemployed new grad..

    alibee replied to fposey's topic in Georgia Nursing

    So students shouldn't try in nursing school? They shouldn't be proud of putting in the work and getting good grades in a difficult program? That "nursing school highest gpa crap" actually does matter...

  7. Newbie

    alibee replied to FLmed's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Here's a worry that I have: IV insertion. My school in Philadelphia didn't teach us anything about it aside from how to look for infiltrations. We didn't get to practice in school because of...

  8. NJ Board of Nursing - What the Heck?

    alibee replied to alibee's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I got a real nice guy at the BON finally, and I sat there on the phone as he typed up the letter to "light the fire" under the fingerprinting department, and sure enough, my fingerprinting paperwork...

  9. Newbie

    alibee replied to FLmed's topic in Medical-Surgical

    This is a great thread, and I've also been sifting through this forum like crazy - I graduated with my BSN this past May, and I also start on a surgical floor next week. Like the rest of you, I'm...

  10. How soon before NCLEX do you apply for a job?

    alibee replied to espress099's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, I'd say that you'd be okay to apply for new graduate nurse positions early. Also, if you currently work in a medical setting that hires RNs, you should be okay to apply there around the time you...

  11. Graduate Nurse Advice - Philadelphia Area Market

    alibee replied to airjay81's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Philly is an extremely competitive market right now. You have Villanova, Temple, Holy Family, La Salle, Penn, Drexel, and probably some other 4 year schools that I missed that just had thousands of...

  12. Getting a Job at HUP

    alibee replied to jordieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I met with the nurse recruiter for Presbyterian Hospital (part of the Penn network), and it is VERY difficult to get hired there as a new RN. She stated that you want to make sure to only apply for...

  13. LaSalle Achieve Fall 2012

    alibee replied to gouranga's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    La Salle May 2012 graduate here - first off, congrats to all on getting into the program! It really is a good school with some great professors (big shoutouts to Dee Matecki and Gerry Altmiller!). As...

  14. New grads & CNA experience

    alibee replied to lalopop86's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, most of the techs at my hospital who graduated this past May have landed RN positions (including me, yay!). It definitely is to one's advantage to find a tech job, show your work ethic, and make...

  15. Camden county college

    alibee replied to Lala potential LPN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Yes, I completed my prereqs at Camden County. Originally I was going to go to Helene Fuld, but the RNs in my family strongly urged going to a 4 year to get my BSN. I transferred to La Salle and was...

  16. first year of BSN program- stressed!

    alibee replied to kkimmbo's topic in General Students

    The first year is DEFINITELY the hardest because nursing school is a complete 180 from the classes that you've previously done in college. I was a straight A student, and I remember studying my tail...

  17. Any advice on how new grad can find job in ICU???

    alibee replied to candicenguyen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It really depends on the hospital. My husband and three in his graduating class got into the ICU as brand-new grads, and this is at a large rank-one trauma center with extremely high acuity. The nurse...

  18. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    alibee replied to macgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I actually work in a trauma center, and we offer bloodless care as an alternative to blood transfusions because we have a lot of Jehovah's Witnesses in our patient population. If you do want to work...

  19. Med-Surg Exams

    alibee replied to den_rob1913's topic in General Students

    The Saunders NCLEX-RN review book is a godsend. I'm in a program where the tests that the med-surg instructors give do not pertain to the lectures or powerpoints whatsoever, but when I switched from...

  20. lasalle nursing - phila area waiting lists

    alibee replied to philanurse2b's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    For La Salle's nursing program, you have to take the NLN. There's an NLN prep book that you can get if you need to brush up on math, reading comprehension, etc. I didn't think it was that bad - it was...

  21. Any opinions about Cooper Hospital in Camden and Virtua in Mt Holly NJ?

    alibee replied to RNJ08's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I'm a CNA at Cooper now (and I have had clinical rotations here in nursing school), and my husband is an RN, and we both love it. You really learn a lot here. Cooper's nurses are union, and they just...