13grad71

13grad71 specializes in Emergency, Tele, Med Surg, DOU, ICU.

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1. New Grad

   13grad71 replied to Pednurse21's topic in California Nursing

   St John's Hospital both Oxnard and Camarillo have current new grad and less than 1 year experience openings in all departments including ER ICU OR Tele/Medsurg Also CMHS in Ventura will be...

2. Forced To Change Shifts

   13grad71 replied to anj's topic in First Year After Licensure

   If your employment contract or offer states days then you are days. Doesn’t matter if the other new grad is more senior than you. if you were hired for nights but are doing days then they can...

3. Old Foreign Grad (2013), No RN Experience. Want ICU residency

   13grad71 replied to MuddyOkinawa's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Keep us updated on your career progress. And welcome back to the nursing

4. New Grad Moving to Los Angeles

   13grad71 replied to Evan622's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I don’t think you will have a problem finding a job. Nurses are in short supply and in high demand. Even in the ER I work, we are hiring Tele and med surg nurses whom we will train. Before the...

5. Old Foreign Grad (2013), No RN Experience. Want ICU residency

   13grad71 replied to MuddyOkinawa's topic in First Year After Licensure

   To be blunt, you are correct, the chances of landing an ICU residency is pretty nil due to you being an old new grad. Why don’t you try telemetry or med surg. Nothing wrong in both specialties....

6. Preceptor placement

   13grad71 replied to Sam Last's topic in Emergency

   Unfortunately none of those will really prepare you for an ED position. ED is a completely different animal. The focus is so different in the ED vs Tele or medsurg. we are currently training...

7. Advice for a New Grad

   13grad71 replied to Iwinchester45's topic in General Nursing

   Those are not mistakes that warrants termination. They are mistakes a new grad is expected to make or at least they are mistakes that happen and serve as learning

8. Really good ADN program in SoCal?

   13grad71 replied to Guest1144191's topic in California Nursing

   There is no guarantee you will get a job if you successfully complete an ADN program. There is also no guarantee you will get into an ADN program. Admission into any California ADN program is very...

9. starting pay rate for new grad with no experience for nursing homes

   13grad71 replied to nvang93's topic in California Nursing

   That’s too low. That’s what our ED tech /EMT makes per hour. Try to find something else. 5 years ago the starting pay for RN new grads was near the $40s per hour. oops sorry I didn’t see it was...

10. New Grad Los Angeles, CA

    13grad71 replied to joe567's topic in California Nursing

    When I was a new grad I worked at our local county jail. I would have been fine except for a couple of jerk correctional officers. I lasted only a few months. I did get a hospital job working med surg...

11. starting IV on same arm as a mastectomy

    13grad71 replied to coletanner123's topic in General Nursing

    20 years = should be ok with that arm. Did anyone try starting on both lower extremities. 2 days no abx is not

12. Urgent: Need IV Certification for RN in Bay Area

    13grad71 replied to LizzerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the poster said Home care or Home health. If so, there isn't much opportunity for her to

13. Advice for Interview with ED as a New Grad?

    13grad71 replied to kbear121's topic in Nursing Career

    New grad in ED in my opinion is not a good fit. You need some floor experience before getting into the fast paced environment. Codes, intubation, procedural sedation etc, will be the norm in the ED....

14. Fired from first hospital job

    13grad71 replied to nurseblondie26's topic in General Nursing

    Reporting the charge nurse to the manager ensures that you will have enemies. Your new to the unit, not a good idea to piss people

15. Second Degree nurse getting zero call backs or interviews

    13grad71 replied to busby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Based from what I learned from friends in the HR, your masters degree is probably what's causing the zero response. Masters degree plus no experience means you are probably not going to stay a long...