paulahill

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1. re-negotiating a start date

   paulahill posted a topic in Nursing Career

   Last week I accepted and signed an offer with a starting date of April 24 (for hospital orientation) for a specialty training program that starts May 8. The following cohorts begin May 29 then June...

2. ICU specialty training program at HCA, experiences? feedback?

   paulahill replied to paulahill's topic in Nursing Career

   It is not StaRN, which is for new grads. It's its own program designed for experienced nurses to transition to ICU. The official name of it is ICU RN Plus Nurse Specialty Training

3. ICU specialty training program at HCA, experiences? feedback?

   paulahill replied to paulahill's topic in Nursing Career

   Thank you so much for the feedback. Seems like I hit it off well with the recruiter because she was able to get me the interview with the director. That happened yesterday! I don't think I was that...

4. New Nurses in Flordia

   paulahill replied to JayK's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I am a school nurse in WPB. It is expensive for a single person just starting out. You'll likely be looking at mid to high 20's hourly pay rate depending on the unit. You will not find decent housing...

5. ICU specialty training program at HCA, experiences? feedback?

   paulahill posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I've been a peds/PICU nurse for 10 years and I want to change specialties to ICU. The last 2.5 years I have been a school nurse and it's just not for me. I have been wanting to make this change for...

6. How do I transition specialities?

   paulahill posted a topic in Critical Care

   Hello! I have been a pediatric nurse all of my nursing career, 6.5 years now. It was kind of an accident; it took me 9 months after graduation to land my first job. Don't get me wrong, I've loved...

7. Frustrated LPN

   paulahill replied to paulahill's topic in Florida Nursing

   Thanks guys for your responses! Student Forever... Unfortunately, that costs money, but I have given that some thought. Gaga4googoos... I have been networking; one girl's mother works for a prison,...

8. Frustrated LPN

   paulahill posted a topic in Florida Nursing

   I graduated from a very well known LPN school in my area, passed with flying colors, one of the higest grades in my class, excelled in clinicals. i took my nclex just 6 weeks after graduation in July...

9. New grad position in S. Florida???

   paulahill replied to jmi0886's topic in Florida Nursing

   amen to that. I did an LPN program and for the year i spent waiting to get into an RN program, I couldnt find a single job even though there were openings everywhere!! I am optimistic about finding a...

10. Getting experience

    paulahill replied to cyram81APRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    I did a clinical rotation in an OR and I had a conversation with the nurse manager who basically told me he wouldn't hire a nurse without at least 2 years of med-surg experience. Of course, criteria...