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  1. Take the job. Job = money. It's better than waiting like the rest of the unemployed new grads that can't even get hired anywhere. Many hospital jobs now require one year experience, with the exception...
  2. Transferring RN License

    You go to MA's BON website. Print out the applications (if applicable. Some states do the entire process online.) Regardless, you're going to ENDORSE your license. There should be a page in there for...
  3. CHOC August 2012 New Grad Program

    keep your phones handy! in addition to nicu, cvicu and picu applications are now closed! good luck to those that applied to those departments!
  4. New Nurse Blues

    There's always a learning curve transitioning from classroom to work place. Keep your head up! You are learning lots, even though you may not think it. Just stay positive! Your co-workers (hopefully)...
  5. CHLA RN Residency Program September 2012

    Congrats!!!!!! Yay! happy dance for
  6. New Grad Nursing Jobs in CA

    There's a fb New Grad RN Jobs page. New Grads are lamenting over
  7. Favourite Doctor Moments

    I love the stories posted so far! I hope when (not if) I start working, I'll get to meet awesome doctors like the ones mentioned in these posts.
  8. I survived.....

    Congratulations! Big, major accomplishment, check! So when you are a charge nurse the next time in your schedule, remember, you survived the first time! You can do anything.
  9. CHLA RN Residency Program September 2012

    Surgical unite!
  10. CHLA RN Residency Program September 2012

    The ones that have gotten the call on FB sound like non-local people (phone interviews). So maybe they are calling those people first, and then calling semi-local people next week.
  11. Well if this is true, this is very unfortunate. So
  12. Feeling discouraged :'(

    Don't be discouraged! They don't call it "experience" for nothing. Think of all the things you've learned so far. And it's awesome that you have the passion to want to be an excellent nurse. That's...
  13. New CA RN seeking job. Anyone have any leads?

    From an old unemployed New Grad to a newbie, Welcome! You just missed a slew of New Grad deadlines that just happened a while ago. Be patient... this board and other message boards are great to...
  14. There's also nurses that work for flu shot clinics. And blood bank
  15. CHOC August 2012 New Grad Program

    I didn't apply to NICU, but the application for NICU is already closed, SO, maybe there will be word from that department soon. Crossing fingers for you.
  16. CHOC August 2012 New Grad Program

    per their website: start date of August 6,
  17. I didn't attend NU, but I did attend a private school. Home health jobs are hits and misses. Most of the ones I've encountered require the 1 year experience, which unfortunately, a lot of new grads...
  18. It doesn't matter if you went to a public/private school. New Grads right now are having a difficult time finding jobs due to various factors beyond our control; however, it isn't the end of the...
  19. CHLA RN Residency Program September 2012

    Knock 'em dead! Keep us posted. happy dance for you.
  20. CHOC August 2012 New Grad Program

    :(
  21. Cedars-Sinai New Grad Summer 2012

    Just check once every day. I figured if I checked more than that, I'd go crazy. I don't think CS would e-mail
  22. CHLA RN Residency Program September 2012

  23. Cedars-Sinai New Grad Summer 2012

    Not yet. I know other hospitals started to send out rejection notices already (eep!), but nothing from Cedars yet. I think it's standard for HR to just say keep checking your
  24. CHLA RN Residency Program September 2012

    If this is the case, there's some hope for me yet for CHLA.
  25. UC Davis 2012

    Unfotunately, UCDavis is a general system. So, if it says "review" than everyone is in a review stage... it's not individualized or personalized. If you want you know your specific status, you have to...