A friend of mine who works at CR says she gets $500 for coming in on an off day, plus double time. Also, I've heard that Banner is going to double time for overtime as well. There is a lot of money...
Calzonan RN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Ob/Gyn
Thrashej, I didn't know you were interested in OB, are you going to try to do your preceptorship there? I've been working in L&D as an extern since Jan and just LOVE it. I'm hoping that with a...
Calzonan RN replied to Belinda-wales's topic in Ob/Gyn
Belinda- I'm sure you'll do fine!! I worked last night and was hoping to see you there!! It was a lot of fun, everyone is really nice and it's an interesting patient population. :chuckle I'm sure...
I decided to go to Glendale CC because they have a weekend program. It worked best for my family and it was easier to KNOW what days of the week I'd be gone, better for planning etc. My classes are...
Larry- Are you in the weekend program at GCC? I'm in block 3 there. Just curious... OP- I have a friend who started off at a hospital as a transporter. Didn't take any qualifications to get the...
Calzonan RN replied to Belinda-wales's topic in Ob/Gyn
Belinda- I worked last week and LOVED it!! I think you will too. I'm working this Sunday night, so maybe I'll finally get to meet you!! Stopped by today and met another new RN, everybody's been...
I'm so excited, they just called and I got the OB extern position!! It's the area I want to work at the hospital I want to work at!! I've been applying for extern positions for four months now...
Calzonan RN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Arizona Nursing
St. Joes has already hired their Jan externs, they do their hiring in Oct/Nov or so. My friend got a job as an extern there and just went through orientation this week. Some of the other hospitals...
Stay away from Maricopa, unless you like tons of traffic trying to get in/out with only a one-lane street. Same with parts of Queen Creek. Traffic is a nightmare in these two places. Gilbert, or...
I know Mercy Gilbert is a new hospital and is still trying to get the kinks worked out, but it's a beautiful hospital. I have friends that work at Chandler REgional and love it. I know the pay is...
Thrashej, I'm doing psych first I'm not sure where I'm doing my med/surg clinicals, I thought it would just be at BT still. I carpool with a couple of people (well one less now, she transferred to...
Thanks thrashej!!! It's in OB!!!! I really wanted to end up there, so everything worked out great. I thought I'd end up working med/surg for a while first, and then when I graduated apply for OB,...
I'm glad to hear that, I just got a job as an extern there. I really liked the hospital when I toured it, but you never know until you work there. I've done my clinicals at Banner Thunderbird and...
I worked one night as a CNA for med/surg and had 30 patients. It was my first night as a CNA, working for a registry, and it was overwhelming. Most of the nurses ended up taking their own patients,...
Calzonan RN replied to flygirls2's topic in Ob/Gyn
I recently interviewed for an externship in OB (should hear back any day now) but was told that if I didn't like L&D I could switch to PP. Are you sure you'd be 'stuck' with where you extern?...
I'm being interviewed for an extern position in OB on Thursday. I REALLY want this job and I want to impress the person interviewing me. I know they always ask "Why did you become a nurse" and also,...
Calzonan RN replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Ob/Gyn
Well my interview went pretty well. It wasn't really an interview, more of a let's get acquainted type of thing. Part of the application process involved 8 questions that we had to answer, which...
Thanks, I figured you'd be within a year of graduating during block II, not 1, so that makes sense. I know every Banner is different, my friend got a job last month (13 months before we graduate) at...
Stopnik, On one of your threads you said that Banner hires during block I for an externship. All of the Banner hospitals I've contacted only hire after block II. Does the fellowship program get that...
Drive out east on 60, exit north on Ellsworth (maybe 10-15 miles past Alma School) to Usery Recreation Area. It's a path through all these houses and right before you get to the mountain that says...
If you don't mind spending a little $$ for great food, there is a place in downtown Tempe (right off of 7th and Mill) called 'House of Tricks'. It is an old house, converted to a restaraunt. AWESOME...
Calzonan RN replied to PhoenixGirl's topic in Arizona Nursing
We have two pregnant girls in my class. One of them was due in October and should've been able to complete the classroom portion of block 2. I'm in a program that does all classroom/lecture work...
I was under the impression that if you got your LPN you couldn't extern because of scope of practice rules. I called a hospital yesterday and was told that if I had my LPN I could make more money...
Calzonan RN replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Arizona Nursing
Thanks Pattchez, you gave some great advice!! This is the exact reason I want to extern, to gain more exposure to the hospital without the responsibility of an LPN. I think if I had been working as a...
I had two of my children there and wasn't exactly thrilled with the hospital. My anesthesiologist never showed up so my OB came in and asked how my epidural was doing, I told her I don't know, I...