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  1. How did you change?

    firefly101 replied to openyourmind's topic in General Nursing

    Wow these are very interesting to read! Keep posting please :) Not quite an RN yet - I just graduated and though I am crossing my fingers for a hospital job, I am expecting to start in home health or...

  2. should I put my GPA on my resume?

    firefly101 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi everyone. I just graduated and received my final grades. In a 4-year BSN program (2 years in pre-nursing courses, 2 years nursing) I earned a 3.6 GPA. My major core GPA in nursing classes only from...

  3. Minnesota nurses: is your facility hiring?

    firefly101 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i graduate this May with a BSN and I am just trying to get an idea of what the job market is like right now. i hear its not particularly good (especially for new grads) but still, any insight would be...

  4. Minnesota nurses: is your facility hiring?

    firefly101 replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    i know, but it's a hospital that accepts new grads,

  5. first job: clinic, home health, or LTC facility?

    firefly101 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    hey everyone. like for most, hospital jobs are hard to come by right now for new graduate nurses. clinics, home health agencies, and long term care facilities are hiring new grads in my area though....

  6. first job: clinic, home health, or LTC facility?

    firefly101 replied to firefly101's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    with all my student loans i cannot wait 6 months to start working so that's not really a practical option for me... so are you saying that all of these options provide useless experience if my goal is...

  7. eating disorder recovery center

    firefly101 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    hi everyone, i'm looking for some advice as i apply to eating disorder recovery centers. i am a new graduate nurse and would love to work with these patients and am thinking about to applying to a...

  8. Minnesota nurses: is your facility hiring?

    firefly101 replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    i've seen a few postings for this area. good to know they frequently hire new grads :) thank

  9. new grad resume?

    firefly101 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello! Below I posted my resume (with identifying info changed). Was wondering if ppl here could take a look at it and offer some advice on format/order, wording, what I should leave in or take out,...

  10. how do i remove coloplast stick paste?

    firefly101 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    hello! does anyone know of a powder i can sprinkle on coloplast stick paste so that it is easier to get it off a patient's skin? i am a nursing student and today i was caring for my pt's fistula....

  11. Manoa Senior Care in Honolulu

    firefly101 replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    no, it would be a first job. i'm a new

  12. Manoa Senior Care in Honolulu

    firefly101 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone! So I got an interview to work at Manoa Senior. I am scheduled to fly out for a few day shadow soon. I was really excited until I started searching about the facility on this site. No one...

  13. First license/ job/ moving questions

    firefly101 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I am just a bit confused on applying for my first license. I am from Minnesota, finishing nursing school for my BSN, and taking the NCLEX here late May/early June. I am interested in moving to...

  14. Who knew this was so LONELY????

    firefly101 replied to mustang_convt's topic in Travel

    i'm still a student but would like to travel in the future. the loneliness factor the only thing that is holding me back. can you request with your company to be placed with other

  15. critique my cover letter? :)

    firefly101 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    looking for a little constructive criticism and advice on my cover letter :) this is my first. applying to a new grad ED residency. feel free to nit-pick at wording or details. any input is much...

  16. Are you willing to move out of your city to find jobs?

    firefly101 replied to Yukinara's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    also willing to move. i graduate next month and am applying to residency programs across the nation. once i obtain my license i'll be applying to actual positions. don't care where i wind up. nothing...

  17. Where should I go if I want to start in the ICU as a new grad?

    firefly101 posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hey everyone! I will be graduating this May with a BSN in MN and I REALLY want to start off in the ICU. I've shadowed different ICUs and have picked the nurses brains so many times. I really think...

  18. **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

    firefly101 replied to Bell13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    not my info, a friend graduated last may and this is what she told me: 1. MN 2. $31 with her PM differential made it $34 an hour 3. new grad 4. step down ICU /

  19. Where should I go if I want to start in the ICU as a new grad?

    firefly101 replied to firefly101's topic in Critical Care

    wonderful! this is a great link! thank you eCCU

  20. Where should I go if I want to start in the ICU as a new grad?

    firefly101 replied to firefly101's topic in Critical Care

    i did rotations at mayo recently and they're still on a hiring freeze. i will apply but i don't think my chances of landing a job there are that great. there are other critical care residencies in...

  21. Where should I go if I want to start in the ICU as a new grad?

    firefly101 replied to firefly101's topic in Critical Care

    if you live out of state will they really make you drive/ travel for an interview? i would hope they'd conduct a phone or Skype interview in that case... sounds like a very expensive trip just for an...

  22. I don't want to work in LTC... Will someone change my attitude?

    firefly101 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey everyone. I graduate this May with a BSN and expect that I will struggle to find a hospital job just like every other new grad out there. I'm in northern MN hoping to move to the metro twin cities...

  23. Advice for clinical rotations on ICU/Trauma/Stepdown ICU floors

    firefly101 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello! I am in a BSN-RN program and will be starting my final semester of clinical rotations at a surgical/trauma ICU at a large hospital. Pts include level 1 traumas and abd surgeries (1-2 pt load)....

  24. Anyone get 75 questions and good pop up fail?

    firefly101 replied to Jayden8139's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kaplan? like the in class review or kaplan anytime sort of thing? would you recommend that? me and a few friends have been debating on it... And even though you are getting the good pop up, i wouldn't...

  25. Anyone get 75 questions and good pop up fail?

    firefly101 replied to Jayden8139's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ive been reading posts about the "good pop up" on this site for the last 2 years and i've only read one post (recently) where somebody got the "good pop up" and actually failed. Idk if it had happened...