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  1. I just graduated with my BSN on December 21st and will be taking my boards February 6th. I have always thought I wanted to start out in a hospital nursing job but did have some interest in home health/public health. I have submitted several applicati...
  2. Hired at current hospital?

    I was in a similar situation. Worked at my previous hospital for 3 years all through nursing school in various positions with hours at least 32-40 hours every 2 weeks. I interviewed with the recruiter for the New Grad RN program in December and haven...
  3. Not to beat a dead horse... But KAPLAN?

    I am not able to vote but I took the class in January after graduating in December. I found it very useful in several ways and passed my NCLEX-RN in 75 questions in February
  4. Interview a Senior Nursing Student- HW

    Sure. I will sometime this evening
  5. Interview a Senior Nursing Student- HW

    Can u get PMs?
  6. Interview a Senior Nursing Student- HW

    I don't know if I would be able to help you out or not. I just graduated from my BSN program in December and passed my boards Friday.
  7. Testing February 6th... anxious!

    Kaplan review book and on-line resources. Saunders NCLEX-RN Comprehensive review, some study guides I found and the Kaplan medications to know for the NCLEX book.
  8. Testing February 6th... anxious!

    I'm also testing February 6th and feel just as anxious. I'm not that great with SATAs either. Everyone in my graduating class that have already taken the NCLEX passed in under 100 questions. But I'm worried I'm going to be "that one" even though ever...
  9. NCLEX Study Tips Requested Please

    thanks! Looking forward to the tips! [email protected]
  10. NCLEX Study Tips Requested Please

    I here your pain. I test February 6th
  11. New Grad RN Interview...Advice?

    I recently graduated from a BSN program in December and will be taking my boards February 6th. I have an interview Friday at a smaller (162 beds) Level 3 trauma center local hospital where I submitted several applications (for ER, Tele/ICU, Medical a...
  12. New grad RN. Which position to take?

    I just graduated with my BSN on December 21st and will be taking my boards February 6th. I have always thought I wanted to start out in a hospital nursing job but did have some interest in home health/public health. I have submitted several applicati...
  13. New grad RN. Which position to take?

    My problem with that is that they told me they would like me in the position for a minimum of 2 years.
  14. New grad RN. Which position to take?

    Sorry for the duplicate post. I was getting some weird response when I tried posting the first time and didn't think it went through.
  15. List of tips compiled during Kaplan classroom course

    I am not seeing the attachment. Also when I click on the PDF uploaded it says error and doesn't open
  16. New grad program application

    I am in the process of applying for the new grad RN program at the hospital I currently work at. For the cover letter I don't know if I should address it to the HR person accepting the applications or the director for the unit I would like to work on...
  17. Getting into emergency nursing

    For all you emergency nurses out there: How did you get into emergency nursing? Did you start out as a new grad in ER? If not, where did you start out and what path did you take to get to the ER?
  18. Saunders NCLEX-RN Review

    I will be graduating in December and have borrowed some study materials from a friend. I just took the 75 question assessment test on the CD that came with the Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN. I ended up with an overall score of 76%. H...
  19. Saunders NCLEX-RN Review

    I do have the PDA by LaCharity and have completed all the chapters and case studies. I will be using this to prepare. What about the ATI book?
  20. ER job?

    I will be graduating in December and applying for the new grad residency program at the hospital I currently work at(will be 3 years in January). We are able to choose our top 4 areas of interest when applying, including critical care areas. I really...
  21. ER job?

    No. I have applied 3 different times for jobs there. I applied for a NA job while I was still in my internship last year. I had an interview but they said they wanted someone who could be there more than a year (even though they still have had openin...
  22. The MSN I was talking about are bedside nurses. We have separate NP positions that can be MSN OR DNP but the starting salary for them is never listed on the job description. I know we have NPs that work in employee health, the clinic and some are hos...
  23. I'm in central MN. Our hospital starts all BSN nurses out at $29.78 regardless if there new grad or not. MSN nurses start at around $31. Of course these are just the minimums and you can be started out at more based on experience and what-not. I thin...
  24. Capstone not what requested

    So I just found out my capstone placement this week for my final semester of school starting in August. I had requested ER for 2 local hospitals for my capstone placement. Instead I got placed on the Oncology unit at one of the hospitals I requested....
  25. I will be graduating December 21st from my BSN program. I did a 10-week internship in the ED last summer and am planning on doing my capstone experience there in the fall. The hospital I did my internship at (& currently work at) has a New Grad R...