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I'm gathering that this is a theme in our field, unfortunately... So after graduating and spending nearly a year of applying for positions as an APRN, I finally scored several interviews and a couple of offers. I'm particularly interested in one of t...

WKShadowRN - thanks for the link to that article. Very interesting. And for anyone who is actually paying attention to when I've updated -- in the above article on MedScape, on slide 11, "APRN Annual Earnings by Geographic Region," I'm in a yellow s...

Thank you all for your responses, especially the compassionate ones. I am indeed desperate for a position as this point, as every month I play the game of, "Which bill can I put off paying this time?" This is no joke; therefore I cannot put it off an...

PsychGuy - I've noticed that psych NPs definitely make more than other APRN fields. I frequently see ads in my area, or on recruiting sites. Kudos to you for being a PNP; mental health is definitely not my forte! Definitely could not pay me enough t...

What would you all do for a position in which the current APRNs on staff, with 10+ years of experience, are being paid $77,000-84,000? (to be fair, this may just be their base salary and does not include bonuses or other incentives). It would definit...

Hi LucyLou - I have made a counter offer. Awaiting a response.

Thank you everyone, for your responses thus far! I have counter-offered with Job B, due to CME, costs of maintaining licensing/certifications, and professional memberships, and am currently awaiting a response. At Job B, the employer pays 83% of th...

I am in desperate need for guidance. I graduated summer 2015 and have yet to find a job in my field (women's health, ob/gyn). I have reached out to staffing agencies as well, and did have a well-known urban women's clinic interested, but they did not...

Thank you all for your responses thus far! Yes, the WHNP curriculum was specifically women. No males and no pediatrics (other than newborn care for the first two weeks following birth). My Med/Surg background was hospital, right out of nursing schoo...

Yes, I'm a member of NPWH and Sigma Theta Tau (STTI). I have several staffing agencies with my information, as well as email/text alerts through Indeed, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, etc. I'm not really in a position for relocation due to family and finances,...

The tuition is very steep - about $70K when it's all said and done. That's not including travel costs for required trips to campus (airfare, hotel, meals, etc) and you have to attend an annual conference of the American College of Nurse Midwives, wh...

madalena - did you start the program?

Unfortunately I ended up not being able to start in March as planned. A very unsupportive employer wouldn't allow me a couple of hours off a week to attend class, so I ended up deferring my enrollment to the June 2012 cohort, which is the full time ...

Recently one of the nurses I work with began training to be charge on our 30-bed (very busy!) med/surg unit. But here's the kicker - while she's very pleasant to work with....it hasn't even been a year yet since she graduated from nursing school (no...

I, too, am Georgetown bound, but I am starting in just a couple of weeks (March 19th!)

Hello everyone, I'm sure this is a tired topic and I did a bit of searching but didn't find much. So here's my story. I now have 2 years of medical/surgical experience with some PCU. My interest has always been with OB, but I listened to my nursin...

I can't even get into PP (mother/baby in my area). Even with two years nursing experience, I still applied for the graduate nurse position one hospital had listed for mother/baby...I expect they will have to treat me like a graduate nurse and I am 1...

Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but where is the cost for the training? I don't know how other units proceed, but in my med/surg unit, preceptors are not paid extra to orient a new nurse. I think many of them enjoy it because it gives them a...

I have applied at 6 of the hospitals in my city ; there are 3 teaching hospitals (one of them having the nurse entry position I applied for) but I've had no luck at any of those. The hospitals range from 200-1000 beds overall; not sure how many beds...

Oh my, be thankful that you are even getting a raise this year! I've been a nurse for approximately 18 months and no one at my hospital is getting raises. Yep, that means I'm still making what I started out as a Graduate Nurse 18 months ago. I ...

that is not true. fafsa gets you subsidized or unsubsidized loans.

People reacted the same way with the "bird flu" a few years back (or was that more recent?). I, too, get tired of hearing the media blow everything out of proportion. It should be taken seriously, but so far is it any more dangerous than the 'regul...

i've been a nurse now for 16 months and finally got an interview for my "dream" unit; however, the interview was odd. it was with the director of the unit (not hr) and while she did a fantastic job of explaining/describing the unit (which automatica...

oh my goodness! thank you all! reading your responses has helped lift my spirits. it hadn't occurred to me that the lengthy 20-question-type interview that i had for my first (and current) nursing job was....well....because i was a new grad and it...

I work a Med/Surg unit. We are medical and surgical combined. I would assume if it's written as "med/surg" on a job listing, then it is a combined unit as well.