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@Jeckrn1 oh no way! My TO is for the float pool, think I’m waiting on the background checks now. Hopefully not much longer!

@Jeckrn1 at Bragg now. Definitely miss Savannah...

Hey, I’m a military spouse and have been applying to the army hospital on post here since October. Finally got an interview last week and a tentative offer yesterday. Went on and completed all the required paperwork so far, does anyone else have any recent experience with what the rest of the timeline will look like for a military hospital? (I understand this can be quite different from the VA process.) This is just for an intermittent position, but I’m 5 months pregnant (I did disclose my pregnancy during the interview) so I’m a bit worried about this potentially taking a few more months and then trying to complete the full orientation. Any information would be really helpful!

Memorial offered relocation reimbursement if I agree to a two year contract and Candler offered a potential sign on bonus also with a two year minimum commitment. I think there's only a two week difference between the orientation periods. At this point Memorial is offering a higher base pay AND higher differentials. Memorial would be a pretty decent pay increase for me whereas Candler would be a pay cut, I just can't help but feeling like I would be happier at Candler at this point...

Thank you so much, that is EXACTLY what I was looking for!! I'm moving down to GA to be with my s/o, and both places are only offering nights, so I'm wondering if the stress of Memorial would be a lot on top of being on a completely different schedule than him. I would rather accept the position at Candler but I think it's funny that you made more at St. Joe's/Candler because Memorial is offering me a significant amount more. I really appreciate your feedback!!

Hi all, I have been working as an RN since graduating with my BSN in 2013, for a year in home care/ hospice and for the past 2.5 years on a Med/Surg tele unit. I'm moving to Savannah, GA and have offers from Memorial ED, St. Joe's PCU, and Candler ED. I'm wondering what the general opinion/ stereotypes are between the two EDs and which I should pick. The level I trauma center at Memorial is a bit intimidating and I'm wondering if I would thrive more over at Candler.. kind of a big fish/ little pond situation. Any information you can provide on comparisons between the two EDs (or even just the hospital systems in general) would be extremely helpful. Thank you!

Hi All, My hospital hasn't been doing so great on the HCAHPS surveys asking patients about how often the nurses are educating on medications/ side effects/ etc. I recently joined a committee to try and come up with ways to increase our effectiveness and education. One of the things we thought would be most helpful would be to have medication info (Indication, Dose Range, Side Effects...) built right into the MAR after we scan the patient and the medication so all the nurses would have immediate access to the info upon administering each medication, and everyone would be using the same language. Do any of you work in hospitals or facilities that have your Med Info integrated right into your EMR? Any other tips on ways to facilitate med teaching for the nurses would be extremely helpful! (A busy 6 patient med pass is difficult enough... Always looking for ways to improve!)

Tesia-leigh, I was just wondering if you found an answer to this? I am licensed in NJ but also looking to get my NY endorsement, and I also see the contradiction of wondering if I can just use Nursys or if I need to mail the form to the NJ BON and then have them forward it to NY BON? I tried calling the NY BON but after being on hold for 20 minutes I had to hang up. Please let me know if you've found anything!

Hello, I am an RN, BSN who graduated college in 2013 and worked in home care for the past year. The job wasn't for me- very understaffed, overworked, underpaid and unfair conditions. I left after hitting just about a year and have been looking for a new position for the past 3 months. I responded to a Craigslist ad for an Allergy/Immunology office who was seeking either an LPN or RN to join their team. Shortly after, they called me and I spoke (on speaker) with the doctor and his current LPNs for 30 minutes, at which point they asked me to come in the next day for an interview and to see if we would be a good fit for each other. I went in yesterday at 1pm and stayed until 6pm shadowing (and essentially working for free). I was barely interviewed, really not asked any questions.. Instead the doctor spent the entire time talking and trying to talk up the practice. They are a reputable office with good online reviews, but the whole process was so strange and informal. At the end of the day he told me he was interested and wanted me to start next week at their LPN rate of $25/hour. I was able to negotiate up to $27/hour at which point I shook his hand and he left for the night. We never discussed hours, benefits, PTO... It was all so strange and informal, and I'm a bit concerned about how small the office is and how there is no HR department. They want me to come in today with all my identification/nursing license etc. to fill out the paperwork, but I'm concerned that the job details are still so unclear and I never received a formal offer letter. Is it like this with all small practices/ doctor offices? The entire office is the doctor, 2 LPNs, and 2 medical assistants, so there's nobody there who strictly deals with billing/ HR/ finances, etc.. it's all done in-house. Should I just be taking their word for everything or is this too fishy? Any advice would help. I'm typing up topics that I have which I would like to be covered on a formal offer letter from them (salary, job description, benefits, hours, etc.) but is it okay for me to fill out the employment paperwork and give them a voided check and everything this afternoon before I get that information? (The doctor will be away on conference until I start next week so I'll just be going through the other office LPNs today for all my info). I'm confused and still fairly new to all this, so any advice would be great!!