donnaalyssa

donnaalyssa specializes in Pediatrics 100%.

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1. Relocating to Boston!

   donnaalyssa replied to donnaalyssa's topic in Massachusetts

   Thanks for your input! I'm really not extremely familiar with the Boston area and was itching toward Jamaica Plain, but with Medford as a an option, I'll def. look into that. I've tried craigslist, but am curious what other people have used to find r...

2. Relocating to Boston!

   donnaalyssa posted a topic in Massachusetts

   Hey! I got offered a position at Boston Children's and need to find a place to live asap! I don't know the areas that well, but people definitely recommend living outside the city as it is much cheaper. I've been looking at Brookline, Brighton, Cooli...

3. Been over a month..

   donnaalyssa replied to donnaalyssa's topic in Job Hunt

   boston children's

4. Been over a month..

   donnaalyssa posted a topic in Job Hunt

   It has been exactly a month and three days since my interview at a big children's hospital. I thought the interview went very well and received great feedback from human resources stating that they really liked me and she heard good things. When I fo...

5. nursechoice

   donnaalyssa replied to bagola22's topic in Travel

   Hey FutureNurse2B, checking if you even go on this site anymore but I'm curious about travel nursing and have alot of questions for you since you have already travelled with the company I'm in contact with.

6. hospital broke contract?

   donnaalyssa posted a topic in General Nursing

   So, I am about three months away from the end of my contract. I have been itching to leave this place, but not worth the 2500 they're stating I owe if I leave. I signed as a full time nurse, but my contract stated if I went part time or PRN I would h...

7. Was that a dumb decision?

   donnaalyssa replied to donnaalyssa's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you everyone for your input! I really appreciate every single one of your comments and have taken to heart alot of what you all have said. Tomorrow is my last day on the unit and I really think my new job (part time three physician pediatric of...

8. Terrified I made the worst mistake of my nursing career!

   donnaalyssa posted a topic in New Nurse

   So, long story short, 6 months without a job as a new grad, I took the first offer I got which happened to be a Rehab Hospital. 3 months of orientation went by and then my first week on my own was HELL. Three nights in a row without a break from pts ...

9. Was that a dumb decision?

   donnaalyssa posted a topic in New Nurse

   Long story short, I've been at my job for about four months. Took me six months to finally receive my first offer and without hesitation I took it. I have been on my own for three weeks now and I am completely burnt out. The last three shifts I've wo...

10. Disappointed in myself and feel like a failure in nursing.

    donnaalyssa replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    hey NocturneNrse, I too am in an environment that I would say is less than ideal. Just starting out the techs would say to my face I don't know anything, point their fingers in my face screaming, and just the other day yell at me to behave because I ...

11. your input please!

    donnaalyssa posted a topic in New Nurse

    so i was hired for a new grad position in a rehab hospital about three months ago. next week is my last week of orientation, but throughout this experience i have come to realize that rehab isn't something i want to stick with. i don't feel like i am...

12. lateral violence as a new grad

    donnaalyssa posted a topic in New Nurse

    perhaps i'm not using the right term for this thread, but anyways. after 6 months, i finally received two job offers, i took the day shift one because i know i from prior experience, i physically have a difficult time with night shift. i've been on t...

13. That Feeling

    donnaalyssa replied to jnrsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing this!!! :w00t:

14. FINALLY.

    donnaalyssa posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am a graduate from a BSN program last December 2010. I passed my NCLEX with flying colors in February. And for more than a year of job hunting (mind you, I started job hunting prior to even starting my last semester of nursing school) I got a job! ...

15. Washington Hospital Center July 2011

    donnaalyssa replied to Y.not.ask's topic in Washington DC

    Hey guys! I'm new to allnurses, well not really...I've been reading different forums for advice and whatnot. For those that have been turned down, how long did it take til you received that email? I interviewed back on May 20th and I followed up twic...