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Thank you very much, sounds very nice... It looks like a very nice hospital :)

Okay, thank you very much, you have answered my question!!! :)

I would love to move to AZ by next year. At the moment I am in a med/surge/oncology floor... I am moving to the orthopedic/neurosurgery and some med/surge floor. I love that floor as there is no more oncology patients and I love to work with ortho patients the most. They have less co-morbidities for the most part and lesser of a cancer background. Anyways, do they have hospitals with orthopedic floors over in AZ? 12 hour shifts? if so, which ones? I've been browsing online and all I see is mostly med/surge positions, and what do the med/surge positions consist of in AZ, here we have half and half, half med/surge, half oncology... is oncology involved there too or is that on a different floor? Thank you!!!

Congratulations Nurse, and happy job hunting!!!

Very doable. I remember taking A&P II with chemistry part I together while working full time. A&P was the one I had to concentrate for and study for. Chemistry wasn't bad, it was fun, I would read a chapter the day before the quizzes. I would suggest for the future, you pick classes after checking them out on ratemyprofessor.com, I went to that site and got the professors with the highest ratings and obviously, I learned a lot, but they didn't make the classes be unpassable. Also, I would suggest dropping the sign language class. Why are you taking that? for fun? just take it later. If you are on the bachelor program they probably will put you for two years on the waiting list, you can take it then.

Get to know at least one person from the class ahead of you, and make sure you ask for detailed tips on how to pass the class before each semester starts.

My goal is to get a 12 hour shift job.. I would love it if it happened to be three days in a row... Since I have no children, I would see it as a reason to hybernate from the outside world for three days and then enjoy my four days off... I see it as not a big deal or tiring, because during clinicals when I had my 12 hour shifts, I literally slept all day long, ate quickly, showered and went to the hospital... then came home, slept and repeated it again. It wasn't bad for me and that would be my dream shift!!!

They are minor skills, but a lot of nurses in my program haven't even performed NG suctioning or hung up the tube feedings, or hung up piggyback meds... I was able to do that in my last semester at my preceptorship, so that's why it makes me think that it would be a good idea to list it... Thank you for looking at this JustBeachyNurse

Yes, that's what I was thinking, I hear short and to the point, but to me it doesn't sound like it matches the whole resume. I was thinking of one of these two: Spanish – Expert Fluency Proficient knowledge of disease processes and medical terminology Proficient knowledge of monitoring chest tubes, performing nasopharyngeal suctioning, administering tube feedings, and administering meds via oral/IM/IV route including attaching piggyback IV tube sets Excellent computer skills and ability to work in a fast paced and stressful environment or (this one is divided into two columns) SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Spanish – Expert Fluency Disease processes knowledge Chest tube monitoring Nasogastric suctioning Tube feeding administration Meds administration via oral/IM/IV route including attaching piggyback IV tube sets Excellent computer skills Ability to work in a fast paced and stressful environment

Everything doesn't look as spaced out and actually fits in one page.... and it aligns nicely, I just need some feedback.... Thank you!!!

The way we were taught in school was to list our clinical experience, I tried to shorten it a bit to make it fit into one page. At first I made a resume that was two pages long, excluding the reference page, but I have not received a single call in a month!!! It makes me think it may have been too long. Is this one single page better? Any help needed please. I took off the objectives and some stuff that seemed repetitive. My nameaddress ⟡ city, state zip93883 ⟡ emal@gmail ⟡ 125-255-2568 EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Nursing Science, University of unknown Aug 2013 Honors: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS State of Hawaii, Registered Nurse License #1251 Sep 2013 FEMA ICS-100, ICS-200, & IS-700 Certified Sep 2012 Basic Life Support CPR Dec 2011 SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Spanish - Expert Fluency Proficient knowledge of disease processes and healthcare terminology Knowledge of utilization of hospital equipment including chest tubes, tube feedings, administration of meds via oral/IM/IV route including attaching piggyback IV tube sets and performing nasopharyngeal suctioning. Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, Publisher, Access, PowerPoint, & Outlook CLINICAL ROTATIONS Medical/Surgical Unit Unknown Medical Center Summer 2013 160 Hours preceptor experience; performed patient and family education according to hospital policies Provided quality care to clients with acute and chronic, complex illnesses including total care patients Progressive, Pediatrics, Psych Unit Unknown Medical Center Spring 2013 175 Hours; assessed, monitored and managed patients with complicated disorders, including renal failure Provided emotional support and participated in group activities with Psych patients Medical/Surgical, Obstetrics Unit Unknown Medical Center Fall 2012 126 Hours; administered all medications, gave injections, and recorded time given using computer charting Taught new mothers about child care and assessed family needs before discharge Orthopedics Unknown Medical Center Summer 2012 70 Hours; provided patient care and support to post op patients with hip, knee and back injuries Provided care in stressful situations and successfully prioritized and delegated work Assisted Living Care Unknown Home Summer 2012 56 Hours; performed brief psychological assessments and provided emotional support on one on one basis VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Kuddle Korps Unknown Medical Center Nov 2010 - Mar 2011 76 Hours; cuddled premature infants in the NICU to promote psychological and physical growth WORK EXPERIENCE Job title Workplace Aug 2008 - Present Collaborate to accomplish tasks in a time sensitive manner with a high level of accuracy and productivity. Excellent computer skills with the ability to work in a fast paced environment Job title Workplace Aug 2007 - Aug 2008 Excellent ability to efficiently communicate with customers Excellent ability to analyze information to make decisions Cashier Workplace Mar 2005 - May 2006 Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales

Depending on how long it takes to get a CNA, it could be a waste of time and money, or not. From my quick reading that I read online a couple of minutes ago, I think it would be a good choice. It appears that is a one semester training course, so is quick and once you are done you can work in the hospital and make connections!!! I think she may think is a waste of time because most nursing students do not work while they take their nursing classes, so I'm guessing she thinks you will go to school in January of 2014, get your CNA certification by May 2014.. be on the search for jobs for a month... then work for two months and quit to start Nursing school. To me, it sounds like a good idea if you could be a CNA part time during nursing school, otherwise, volunteering in the hospital until the start of the Nursing program would be good.

I tried to work full time and do Nursing school, and it was hard lol. After the first month, I began working part time hours depending on my schooling, 20-30 hours a week, back to 40 hours whenever I was on break. With working, you can expect to work, study, go back to school, work, study, go to school, and coffee coffee coffee in between, lol. It was a crazy and fun year, lol. Glad is over :)

Thank you all very much, I will try Banana Republic one of these days, those other stores mentioned, I don't have locally. Anyways, thanks for all the help, and for those that shop in Nordstrom, they currently have a sale, I just got some non-interview clothes from there, and yes, the prices are not bad when on sale, lol.

I'm pretty clueless about this because as most new nurses, I have not been interviewed for a "professional" position thus far. I wore casual wear for my current non-professional position. In Nursing school, I heard is good to invest in professional looking clothes. I know I should wear dress pants and a blouse. My question is wear do I invest for this clothing, Nordstrom? The clothes there are pretty expensive, and I really do not want to invest that much, but if I must, then I guess I'll have to, but can interviewers even tell if is brand clothing and is that what they want to see? Would JcPenney or forever 21 be good other options too? Do you guys have any other suggestions and their price ranges. Thank you very much p.s. I do not have an interview scheduled anywhere yet, but I want to get ready in case if one pops up soon :)