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How much time does your agency require in your specialty before you can take assignments? 1 year or more? Does it seem to be more of a facility by facility issue for those of you who have had the requisite requirements for your agency but not for ce...

Thanks! I figured two years in specialty was the minimum. I was trying to avoid committing to a full time facility while I figure out if an SO and I would work out in another state.

Hey all! I got the call that I'll be the newest member of my current facility's MICU. I've been on a busy (turnover and a lot of holding for higher acuity beds) med/neuro/surg floor for about 18 months. What's you best advice, warnings, anecdotes a...

Hey all, I'm applying for an internal position with the facility where I currently work (trying to transfer to another unit with more room for advancement). A friend currently in the unit im interested in recommended I stop by and introduce myself an...

Thanks for the feedback! The second job is contract maybe only two shifts a month doing health clinic type of things. Nothing too time consuming. I'm attempting to transfer from my current position in health system to this other one full time to full...

Hi all, I've worked really hard the last year or two to meet the PT entry requirements for army. I can finally make the pt entry requirements for enlisted personnel. (yay! go me!) How does boot for medical officers differ? I know officers are held to...

I'm coming up on two years on my first RN position on a Med surg floor. I love the place I'm at but I'm seeking opportunities with better pay out west (i live in the bible belt aka what union?) via travel nursing. As a relatively new nurse with expe...

Hey all, I'm a recent grad and I'm coming up on my six months on my MS unit. I pick up OT every little while, but I'm looking for something "different". What were/are your favorite positions outside of your main practice area?

Hi all, As long as a program has CCNE or NLN accrediation, do employers really care about where the degree is from as long as I'm actively engaged in practice and licensed? On a second note, what about MSN programs (I'm thinking public universities, ...

Thanks for the feedback. UVA grad, I was planning on attending a local BSN program (cost and convenience) that has hybrid classes for exactly the reasons you describe. Not sure if I'll ever pursue a grad level degree in nursing, but the information i...

Check thrifts near facilities (and I mean LTC, psych everything). I've had no luck near where I live but I'll find some at the thrifts near facilities. (people dropping things off after work, perhaps?)

I graduated in May. Licensed in June. Took the first acute care position offered to me on a low acuity ortho/neuro floor. I could have been picky, but then I'd be like a lot of my fellow graduates and I'd still be unemployed four months out. There is...

Whenever someone is looking into for profit schools I like to reference them to the GAO summary on their investigation into the recruiting and sales practices of for profits. Not to say that they all practice this way (Keiser in my home town had a wo...

I learned to "game" the HR personality tests so I could at least get an interview. It worked in retail and it worked in nursing. Like any test, you can learn to take it if you've had enough of them cross your path before. (Always ambivilant, caring a...

Seconded. Unless you have to move (family) or you already have a job the Florida market is horrible for even experienced nurses. Unless you were a tech, I don't know of any hospital that will hire you before you have a Florida license number in hand...

I paid for my first BA by working 50 hours a week because I didn't qualify for assistance (too middle class), didn't want to be burdened with loan repayments, and didn't want to burden my parents who raised me for 18 years. My ASN was fully paid for ...

Before you consider Concord do some research about it's history and the GAO investigation regarding their admissions practices. If you still feel it is right for you, be sure to ask if you can talk to some current and graduated students from the prog...

If you can I second dual enrollment! It was the best choice I ever made.

Regarding schools, if you know which hospital you want to work at in the future, call the HR department and ask which schools they prefer to hire from and if there are any they refuse to hire from. Usually, HR is honest and up front. They don't want ...

As a new grad, you'll likely not be negotiating anything. Most hospitals in Florida have a set payscale especially for new grads.

Well, I got my first position after graduating this May on the day shift at a large hospital (yea me!). Knowing how it can be out there I took it, however, I am so far from a morning person it's ridiculous. As a CNA I worked nights throughout the two...

I live in a hurricane zone and a evac zone for cat-3s (have all my life). I keep a 24 pack of water, three days of food and three changes of clothes plus a good small but useful hunting knife and multi tool in a backpack near the front door. The back...

Any suggestions for this color? I think that this in azalea is close. More violet than plum. I just need a color that I can compare between different lines of scrubs. Thanks for any input!

Thanks, I think the last two are the closest. Why oh why can't they all just use the same color name

I always ask for before team, but seeing as I live in a 1st evac zone I'd be tossed out by the PD during a storm anyway. Might as well get paid to do it. See if there is someway to get someone to switch? Maybe someone who, like me, is a poor childle...