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Hi everyone, I just found out last week that I am 12 weeks pregnant. The issue is, I just transferred last October to a new department within the same hospital that I have been working for the last two years, so my probation period will not be over until April (by then I will be about 21 weeks pregnant). Expected due date will be at the end of August. I am debating whether I should tell my manager now or if I should wait until my probation period is over? Many people have been telling me to wait, however I do not want my manager to feel like I was hiding something all this time, yet I do not want this pregnancy to affect my evaluation in any way at the end of my probation period. I have received positive feedback from coworkers regarding my performance, but nothing in writing. Thanks

thank you. that is a great advise. I've spoken to my manager. she assured me i won't be written up.

exactly, that is what bothers me the most. if they feel the hospital policy is not good, then maybe they should advocate to change that policy.

thank you. that is a great advise. I've spoken to my manager. she assured me i won't be written up.

Hi guys, Recently I was in a situation in which the night shift supervisor wanted to write me up for something in which i was following hospital policy, she ended up just giving me a warning saying i'd get written up if it happens again after my coworkers stepped up for me. However, later on she asked me to fax her some documentation and the next day i find out my nurse manager knew about the incident, so i'm assuming there was a discussion about the incident somewhere, maybe she did write me up? I am just wondering how would i know if i did in fact get written up? i am in an union. should i keep records of the incident and submit it to my union rep or don't do anything unless i get a notification somewhere? just a little background for why i almost got written up: i work in a critical care area with a high patient turnover rate, as per policy in our hospital we do not have to give verbal/telephone report for patients who are being transferred to a "lower level of acuity unit-this decreases delays in patients transfer therefore allowing for faster admissions from the ED), we can just write a note in the patient's EMR and that counts as report, however if the receiving nurses prefer, they can call us for report or sometimes we call them to give report when we are not too busy. the unit clerk or charge nurse from the receiving unit carry a pager in which they get a notification when a pt is assigned to their unit/and when a pt is waiting for transport to pick them up to get them to their unit. i was very busy that day, and my unit was short-staffed, so i did not call to give verbal report and neither did the receiving nurse call me to get report. i only wrote a note in the EMR. after i transferred my pt, i get a call from my supervisor telling me she was going to write me up because the nurse for one of the patients i transferred complained to her because i did not call her for report so she didn't know anything about the patient, as per my supervisor's point of view, even though i'm following hospital policy, what i did was not ideal (which is true, i do prefer to call but i don't think it should be a reason for me to be written up since i am still following hospital policy and just as i am responsible to write the transfer note, the other nurse should also be held accountable to read the note to know about the patient. if i wasn't drowning with the workload that day, i would have called). on that day, on top of being short staffed, i had a couple of patients on 1:1 and three downgrades and two patients already on the list waiting for the beds to be transferred to me (therefore patient placement was also on my back rushing me to transfer my patients so i could get my admissions). fortunately for me, i have a wonderful and supportive NM sorry long post. also just wanted to vent. thanks for reading

Try South Nassau Communities Hospital. I agree with Katie.

$67,222 is before differentials

thank you all for your advises. Yes, I am thinking that if I do get a job offer at the hospital where I've been volunteering at, I'd only consider it only if the offer is made before I start orientation, otherwise once I start orientation I will surely commit to my employer as promised and not look back since I understand how expensive it is for them to train new grads. But at this point, I doubt an offer will be made, but just wanted to hear your opinions in case I do get that offer since the NM asked for my resume even after knowing I already had a job offer. Thank you very much.

it's doable if you are highly motivated. I had a classmate that was working full-time night shifts while also going to school full time. She'd go to work in the evening at 10pm and get off at 7:30am and come straight to class, yet she was able to graduate as a top student with ~3.9 GPA. Of course it's really difficult, it requires a lot of commitment and prioritization. You might not have time to enjoy with your friends or family, but that's just some of the sacrifices you'd have to make if you really want this.

I too was very nervous about taking the NCLEX when I graduated, especially because my school has very low passing scores compared to many other schools. I took approximately one month to read a NCLEX content review book (i recommend NCLEX illustrated guide)- you can actually finish reading the whole book in two weeks if you focus and read ~75 pages per day (the book is ~625 pages total). After that, I took kaplan, and did the whole qbank/qtrainers and practice quizzes available through kaplan. I reviewed all the questions, regardless of whether I got them right or wrong and took notes once in a while of things that I felt were important and that were difficult for me to memorize/remember. I passed with 75 questions, and felt like the actual test was very similar to Kaplan. However, I've heard of others swearing by Hurst. It just depends on the person, sometimes Kaplan works for some people and sometimes Hurst works better for others. Hurst is mostly content review, although it does have 3-6 practice questions at the end. Kaplan is all practice questions, but it does provide a content review book which I think was not very good and that's why i ended up reading the NCLEX illustrated guide instead.

I agree with the above. Your best bet would be networking, maybe try volunteering at local hospitals, clinics, etc to meet nursing staff and that way you can proof yourself to them, if they like the way you work you might have a chance of them referring you. Just make sure you work hard as a volunteer, show them your willingness to help and learn, take the initiative to ask if they need help rather than wait for them to ask you for help. Or even tell everybody that you are a nurse, who knows maybe someone you work with might know someone else that could help you. In my experience, i used to work in an office/non healthcare related, in which my manager's husband is a nurse manager, my office manager really liked me so she referred me to her husband who was able to offer me a job, however I rejected it since it was home health job and I got a job offer at a hospital too. I also believe that my volunteering experience has played a vital role in me getting an offer at the hospital, it reflects my motivation and passion for this field and helping others, or at least that's how I emphasize it to sell myself in interviews. Also maybe consider applying to places in rural areas that are not as competitive but driving distance or consider relocating if that is possible for you, if so you can always apply to other states ( I've read in here that North Dakota has a lot of positions available) and if you do get an offer then relocate.

Hi everybody,I've been a new graduate RN, BSN since March, 2015. A week ago I was offered a telemetry unit position for a new grad program at a wonderful hospital, only thing holding me back is the long commute, approx 26 miles ~45 minutes driving. This might not sound like too much, but I'm from NYC and not used to driving, never had to, since public transportation is so convenient, but I figured I'd buy my first car for this job since commute by public transportation would take me a little over 2hrs. Immediately after two days of getting a job offer, I signed all paperwork, but will start orientation next week. just today, I spoke to a nurse manager at the hospital where I've been volunteering at, to notify her that I'd have to quit my volunteering position due to job commitment. She then expressed the fact that she liked me and asked me to send her my resume since they have a lot of positions open, however she knows it's kind of late now. But at least I'm happy to have her contact information for the future If I decide to transfer. This is my dream hospital mostly because it is very convenient for me to get to and my great experience as a volunteer. Well I sent her my resume just to see what she says. Hypothetically , I know this is not guaranteed, but if she does end up contacting me before I even start orientation at the other hospital, would it be ethical for me to resign from the other hospital (HR did mention to me that they would only fill positions in the new grad program only if they find people with the qualifications they are looking for otherwise they'd prefer to not fill the positions- so technically I'm not really taking away another person's spot). Well this is just hypothetical, I really like this hospital, only thing is the driving part which I'm not very comfortable with yet, but I'm guessing with practice, my jitters about driving will go away. So what would you do if you were in my position? Is it even ethical to resign after accepting job offer, but before starting orientation?

1) New York 2) $37/hr base, ~$1 night differential 3) New grad, BSN, no prior experience 4) Telemetry unit

-New York -Graduated: January 2015, BSN -Passed NCLEX: February, 2015 -Certifications: BLS -No prior experience, just volunteer experience -Started Applying March, 2015 -Three interviews in March 2015. Two in hospitals and one home health agency. -Two job offers in March 2015. One hospital telemetry unit and one home health agency case management position -Accepted hospital position

@Ranik thank you very much! I have just accepted a job offer at another hospital in Long Island. I wish you the best of luck, and hope St. Francis Hospital gets back to you soon. Good luck!