catlovingRN BSN, RN

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   Interview with Nurse Educator & Staff RN

   catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for your responses! For whatever reason the second interview never got scheduled, but this morning (almost 2 months later) I got offered the job!!!!! Looking forward to stepping away from...
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   Interview with Nurse Educator & Staff RN

   catlovingRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi everyone! So after being an Ortho/Stroke nurse for a year I finally got an interview for a full-time L&D position! I interviewed with the nurse manager last Thursday and it went really well....
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   Potential Job Switch- What to do?

   catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for all the responses!! I am still waiting to hear about the MB position and just emailed HR today to follow up! I'm still on my parents insurance for about the next 2 plus years so I will...
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   Potential Job Switch- What to do?

   catlovingRN replied to catlovingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I really appreciate your response and I will definitely look into that! I also just learned that the L&D manager at the same hospital system I am currently employed at is not someone you want to...
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   Potential Job Switch- What to do?

   catlovingRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi everyone, I interviewed two days ago for a maternity position that will include orientation in mother baby, newborn nursery, and eventually antepartum and L&D. I'm going on 8 months as an...
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   New Grads: how long did it take you to find a job, or how long have you been ...

   catlovingRN replied to kieran07's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I guess I should update this. The internship ended up falling through and after many many more applications and about a 4 month interviewing process I got a job on an ortho/stroke floor in south...
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   Good sign?

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

   So this has been quite a long process, but if anyone is interested in hearing how things went: I just got an email from the first hospital offering me the ortho/stroke position!!!!!!!!! I am super...
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   Major and a Minor..is it worth it?

   catlovingRN replied to kmv2497's topic in General Students

   I'm going to disagree with the above posters because I graduated this past May with my BSN and a minor in Spanish. Of course it was not easy, but I managed to complete my major and minor, have a...
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   Still cannot find a job

   catlovingRN replied to Mel42174's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Well first, I would probably take your GPA off your resume. I've heard directly from someone in HR that they really don't need to see it unless you have something very impressive (aka 3.5 or...
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    Can you have piercings in the nursing program?

    catlovingRN replied to choomtop's topic in General Students

    Personally I feel like if you can't see it when it's flipped up no one should even know you have it so I can't really see any issue. I have 4 piercings in each ear and they're a pain to take out with...
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    Does everyone feel like they bomb nclex after taking it?

    catlovingRN replied to ALORN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was in the same boat. I called my dad directly after and he's like how was it and I said I don't know and he's like aw come on you definitely passed and I said I don't know and started bawling...
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    Good sign?

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

    Oh yes!!! Very much so. I forgot that this thread had 0 background information about me, but L&D is what I'm most interested in. As a new grad, however, I knew it would be unlikely to get a...
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    Good sign?

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

    Updating you guys again in case you're interested! Still waiting for a call about the peer interview from the first hospital, but I also managed to snag an interview at another hospital!!! ...on a...
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    I Got the Job!

    catlovingRN replied to MDMBSNRN's topic in Critical Care

    @mdmrn23 Sorry my mindset has been strictly new grad job searching lately so I just assumed! I'm sure your experience as a float nurse will be invaluable to this new position you're about to start. :)...
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    I Got the Job!

    catlovingRN replied to MDMBSNRN's topic in Critical Care

    Congrats!!!!! That is so exciting and, wow, what a unit to start on. I'm sure it will be a steep learning curve, but you seem to be already ahead of the game preparation wise (which is great). I'm...