phillycpnp-pc MSN, RN, NP

Peds Med/Surg; Peds Skilled Nursing

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    Grad School with Full-time employment

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Jory's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    At the beginning of my program i worked full time during the and most of my classes were online. As made physical assessment class (8 hr class on campus currently taking ) and my clinical year are...
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    NP research classes

    phillycpnp-pc replied to radoncnurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    In my research class we had to come up with a quanitative or qualitative research proposal. Mine was about 50 pages. my topic was pediatric pain assessments in DD children. What i liked about the...
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    Obese children...my rant

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Gently.me's topic in Pediatric

    As a pediatric nurse, i agree that childhood obesity is a HUGE problem and it angers me when i see things like an over weight toddler drinking soda out of bottle when i'm out. However, a lot of obese...
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    What Do People Answer When Asked, "What Are Your Weaknesses?"

    phillycpnp-pc replied to joanna73's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I usually mention that i am too driven to the point where i become territorial over my patient's care and i want to do everything myself even when shifts get crazy (e.g not asking for help, changing...
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    RN-MSN Pediatrics and Neonatal Nurse Pract

    phillycpnp-pc replied to bcandygurl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am almost done my 2nd year of my PNP program. I had about 4 years of pediatric acute care experience when i started the program. For me personally i think having peds nursing experience helped me...
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    Nova SouthEastern Fall 2012 FNP

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Alibaba's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats!!!
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    St. Christopher's Hospital as a New Nurse

    phillycpnp-pc replied to BTwisted1's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I just got hired here. I agree with the others you really have to be among the first pile. I put in so many applications after days of them being posted. Then i started checking several times a day...
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    Meet with the staff?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    UPDATE: After waiting and going through LONG the interview process for this job. I did not get it. I was sad depressed, etc. HOWEVER, i put in an application at another hospital and forgot all about...
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    Meet with the staff?

    phillycpnp-pc posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hey everyone. i recently had a great interview with for a position i really want. I got a call from the nurse recruiter saying that she and the nurse manager really enjoyed meeting with me. She also...
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    Meet with the staff?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Ok i had my 2nd interview (6/28) and it went really well. The NM said i would hear back next week. So 2 weeks go by and i dont hear anything. I followed up with a professional email to the HR rep i...
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    Meet with the staff?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    they finally set up something for later this week.... its with a MD and some staff members....I will let you know how it
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    Interview Q: Why adult med-surg, when you have pediatric as your preceptorship?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to nooneelse's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This is very true. I did my preceptorship in L&D/Maternity/Nursery in my last semester of school...And i already had accepted my first job in a pediatric hospital. I choose this preceptorship in...
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    Apply twice to the same position?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    yea i wrote this in a different post. I got a call from HR saying that she and the NM really enjoyed meeting me and the NM wanted me to schedule a time for me to come in and meet the staff. Its the...
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    Apply twice to the same position?

    phillycpnp-pc posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I applied for a peds postion in a small community hospital last week. The recruiter called me the next day and said she was forwarding my info to the nurse manager. So i assumed qualified for the...
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    Meet with the staff?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank
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    Thank You notes

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Gem0607's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Haha no problem... I need to take my own advice Im waiting to hear back from a few places and I'm a wreck myself at times. Good luck and I hope u get the job u
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    Thank You notes

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Gem0607's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Don't feel bad it shows initiative and thoughtfulness on your part. I'm sure its easy to send it through interdepartmental mail. It will set you apart from some applicants that may not bother with all...
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    Thank You notes

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Gem0607's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    When i send thank you notes I address it directly to the person who interviewed me. Hospital Name Attn: Nancy Nurse 123 Street Somewhere, USA 00000 As snail mail may take a few days i send an email...
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    What's the difference between a graduate nurse and an experienced nurse?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    So true
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    Are there any African American NNP students here?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to GreenVeggieRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I had about 4 years of pediatric nurse experience before applying to my current program. I only applied to one program. This school had an agreement with the hospital i worked at for RNs to enter...
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    for ppl in full time np program, how are you working???

    phillycpnp-pc replied to jaznia15's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    God bless you. I think this will be may fate too when i start clinical next semester, if cannot get into a weekend
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    Apply twice to the same position?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks:)
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    Apply twice to the same position?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That's awesome.....so happy for you:) Good Luck with the new job.....There's a reason for
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    Apply twice to the same position?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Any updates with the job? I just had my interview. It went really well the NM said she was really impressed with me. I'm hopeful....but i have had great interviews before and still didnt get the job....
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    How I Got My Dream Job!

    phillycpnp-pc replied to tokyoROSE's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank you so very much for posting this......I am a firm belever in this method....At of the many places i have applied to, one place did not select me for an interview. I sent the NM an email...