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After being a nurse in the NICU for a year- I can honestly now say I wish I had gotten a year of med/surg nursing. Why? Because I am now interested in other areas of nursing and feel like I will have to start all over again. Many of my nursing classm...

I am looking into becomming a hospice nurse and applied for a one year residency program that San Diego Hospice does 2 times a year. For one year you get to go into the different areas of hospice and at the end decided which place fits you best. I w...

It does not cost a thing. You are hired as an employee and are paid while you train and then you have another year commitment after the year of training is done.

No that is not the only way they hire.If you have hospice experience and there is a job posted then you can apply. This program is mainly for nurses new to hospice and yes it's paid.

Giving report on our unit is sometimes a sick game as well- days vs.nights. Especially when I (the newer nurse with one year experience) has to give report to the nurse with 10 to 20 years experience. At first I was terrified of giving report to some...

I have been a NICU nurse for 1 year and I can't say that this is what I want to be doing. Working with the babies is nice when they are stable enough to hold but I don't think this is a good fit for me. It has been such a frusterating year because I ...

I have now been a RN for 1 year and 2 months and I think I still feel like a student-lol Kidding aside I think it was more like 6 to 8 months. Things were starting to click more and I felt just a tab more confident. I was shocked at how hard it was f...

I thought that Scripps La Jolla was no longer hiring travlers because they were going to get magnet status? I think it's called magnet?

So you are looking into getting a job at a NICU in San Diego? My advice is to look into the training programs. That is so important and also what kind of support you will have after your training is done. I currently work in the NICU at Mary Birch an...

I can't really say that ALL doctors treat nurses like servants. There are some really nice docs and ones that realize how important nurses are.I have even had several docs remind me of how much they listen to my opinion on things because the nurses a...

I am looking into going to Esthetican/Massage therapy school. Skin care has long been a passion of mine and I have even dreamed of opening up my own spa. My parents had convinced me that being an esthetican would not be any kind of career- so since i...

To the original poster: I cried when I read your post because i thought you had read my mind. I graduated in July of 04 and then waited to take my boards and passed in January of 05. Anyways I was so excited to work as a RN and when I was hired at my...

I am still in my orientation and have noticed the huge difference between day and night shift. Where I am at, the newbies have to do rotating shifts for a year and then we go to straight nights. I hear they want us to do day shift so we can get more ...

autumn- i feel the same way you do. i am also a new grad and my orientation will be over in a couple of months and it feels like time is flying by way to fast. on the days when i feel like i can do this-the next day i will have a bad day and think i ...

Hi I was just wondering if anyone went through any of these RN to BSN program and did they like them? I am in San Diego and I know that the Dominguez Hills program is completely onlne vs the Cal State Fullerton program which is half online and half i...

I finally got the nerve to retake my exam today and I went into the test center confident that I was gonna do it this time. My attitude was different than the first time and I also studied ALOT harder this time. I did close to 3,000 practice question...

I passed!!!! YIPEE!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!!!! I passed- THANK GOD!!!! Just rememberfocus more on the questions rather than the content. Do at least 3,000 questions. Good luck to all of you waiting for results, taking the exam the first time an...

I just finsished taking my NCLEX exam for the second time and I feel that hopefully this time I passed due to the different way I studied, compared to the first time. I chose to only study content from ONE book and really only looked at stuff I felt ...

Hi! Just wondering if anyone from California has gone throught the online Dominguez Hills program or the Cal State Fullerton program? Both have RN to BSN or the MSN track. Just wondering what your thoughts were on either program.

here is the address for the Dominguez hills program (if it does not work just type in the name of the school in your search engine and it will come up) www.csudh.edu and the cal-state fullerton program has a number you can call 1(714)278-7892 and ask...

I am a Grossmont Grad (= But I went through the RN program in the weekend/evening program. I loved it and it was a supportive environment. Good Luck to you (=

I went through a night/weekend program at Grosmont Community college here in San Diego. I believe the wait list is one year and it's also accredited and much cheaper than Maric.

To my dismay the mail man comes to my door tonight and handed me this BIG WHITE ENVELOPE. When I saw it I just knew what it was and immediatley started to feel the tears brewing in my eyes. I was starting to feel better and even kind of enjoying bein...

Don't give up hope! There is a good chance you passed. Are you sure that the BRN has all your transcripts and that your fingerprints have cleared? Believe me any little thing will delay in you getting your results. Even though I failed, several of my...

Does anyone know WHY the BON can't tell you if you passed or failed the NCLEX over the phone? Also is it true that they do tell the employer if they call and ask? I did call and got through and asked the lady " Is there a VALID LICENSE issued in the ...