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Thanks for the info 987!. I was wondering if anyone who is more local to WMC than me knows of any affordable monthly housing around there. Im relocating just for the orientation/preceptorship portion of the job... Thanks!

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Well probably cause you are hired to work for less than 32 hours. If you work overtime or whatever that's your choice, we don't really have a mandatory overtime law. So even if you work 40 hours you were only hired for less than full time. I think th...

Hey I'm starting January 14th also with the rest of you :) I was also there the 5th. I'm working in 7 South, medical oncology and I'm so excited! Can't wait to meet all of you...although I'll have to figure out all your names in real life haha

Nope, but starting there in January....I guess we will find out :)

Not necessarily (any experience is good experience really) but it will be nice to have a peds preceptorship to gain some good contacts for when you start looking for that first position!

Dont give up!! Im going through a similar situation at the moment (arent we all...) and while I get a bit despondent occasionally, its important to remember that this is not forever! It will just take a little more time than we envisioned. And seb120...

Count me in :)

Actually, I am pretty sure that if you are working already as an R.N. after you finish your license, then you put work before education. After awhile people are more interested in where you worked rather than where you went to school. So that part is...

Also keep in mind that if English isnt your first language, presumably you are bilingual, which, depending where you live can be a HUGE plus. Play that up-let them know that you are fluent verbally and with written language in your native language. F...

Just wanted to wish you and your family the best of luck with everything. I hope you can get in tomorrow!! And a speedy recovery to your FIL!! Im sure he's glad he has you in the family!

Just a thought...when you call every day or whatever DONT leave a message. If she picks up, great, if not....leaving a bunch of messages that have the same content will seem a little odd. You left one message, thats good. Dont leave one every time yo...

Glad I am not the only one that has this issue! I dont actually have a job yet, but clinicals were always fun :) alot of the older patients always assumed I was a candy striper or a high school volunteer...

Hey...I am a new grad, still looking for a job so I cant say I really know what you are going through...but I do remember a nursing mentor telling me that I should try to give and take report as much as possible while i was on preceptorship, because ...

This isn't actually a plea for jobs (although sometimes I think that might be just as effective as what I have been doing so far ) but more of a procedural question... I am a new graduate living in a hard to find a new grad job area. I had an intervi...

I guess it depends where you want to work. I live in NY and it seems that all my friends with ADNs are going back to school for their BSN before they can get jobs. Which means that my 4 year BSN took less time than their 3 or 4 year ADN program (all ...

I dont know...I have my BSN. I got my BSN because where I live its the easiest way to get a job. But to be honest, I dont really think I want to go back to grad school any time in the forseeable future. I've always loved the bedside part of nursing. ...

Hey there- I think its terrific that you have a goal and you are working really hard to achieve it! And nursing is a great goal...Your plan sounds nice and sound and I would definitely go for the BSN right away. It is hard to go back to school once y...

I would recommend taking ACLS actually. It was relatively painless...although its another 200 dollars to shell out. But I do see alot of hospitals either requiring or saying it is beneficial to have it.

Wow. Amazed . The OP is excited, he or she figure out a balance soon by themselves, and you just pretty much ruined the first day excitement for no good reason.

Yeah its not terrific on my end either...same story, graduated in May (BSN), passed my boards beginning of August...but I did some preliminary workup starting in June. Nothing doing, no callbacks, no emails, no nothing. I tried to go in person to HR ...

Honestly, I dont usually like to criticize someone one this forum but what you said was kind of scary. You ALWAYS have to let the nurse that is legally taking care of that patient know everything involved. It doesnt make a difference if they are mean...

Maybe this is kind of naive...but why dont you say exactly that? That you like your position, but you have been there for a long time and you want to get involved in something new. One of the great things about nursing is that there are tons of diffe...

Seriously! Thats EXACTLY what happened at my orientation. They must give out a orientation handbook to all the schools. Except we got deli sandwiches for lunch.

Hey, Just graduated from my BSN program a few months ago. And I remember thinking the exact same thing at orientation. Didnt know anyone, no one wanted to talk to me, the professors scared me out of my wits...and then the first semester was kind of m...