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I work three 12's a week on nights 7p-7:30a. We self schedule, with very few adjustments made by our NM. We also can pick up extra shifts when they are vacant and get called in on a rotating basis when census in high. When that happens we get a bonus. Every other weekend and every other holiday are supposed to mandatory, but as long as the shifts are filled this is not enforced.

northwest michigan a little over $20 plus shift differentials.

With our ADN program there is a long waiting list for 30 first year seats. Second year there are 40 seats. We graduated with 12 of our "original" 30 and 19 total. Our instructors could be very brutal at times! The school is WSCC in Scottville/Ludington Michigan.

I have to go along with widi96. of course you have the right to refuse, but having gone through nursing school yourself, you know that students need all the exposure that they can get to procedures that are performed. never know - they may learn something from your delivery that could make them pursue an ob postion someday and they could turn out to be wonderful ob nurse(s)! Good luck, whatever you decide to do. enjoy that new baby.

Just wanted to drop a note of encouragement to my fellow new grads (I graduated May 11th) I was very nervous and unsure of what to expect and what to do in looking for my first job. I have no previous healthcare related experience because I have only had factory jobs. I submitted an online application about 5 weeks ago for a hospital about 100 miles from where I live, where I decided a long time ago that I work at someday, received no response and got discouraged. So, about two and a half weeks ago, knowing that I had to get up my nerve and find a position, I sent my resume to a local hospital, got a call from them 4 days later, set up an interview for today and got hired on the spot!(With the pay and benefits being much better than I anticipated!!):monkeydance: My point is this- you can find the right fit for you in the place that you least expect it. If you don't get an offer from your first choice, don't let it get you down....just look around because there is somewhere out there for you. Good luck everyone!

I am going to quote this from my Med-Surg III syllabus- The student: a) does not practice on the instructors license. b) is permitted by state law to perform tasks that generally only a licensed RN can perform - under supervision of licensed proffessionals - with person accountability for patient outcomes c) can be sued for that performance of negligent acts. (I am in Michigan) I have to add my two cents about the way students are treated by the nurses at the facilities where we have clinicals. 90% of the nurses (LPNs and RNs) that we have worked with have been great! They have been willing to take the time to explain anything that we have needed help with or had questions about. Anyone can have a bad day. But when you're working with a nurse that continues to have a less than professional attitude towards students, talk to your instructor. This is unacceptable and steps need top be taken to correct this behavior. It needs to be remembered that the nursing students today are your coworkers tomorrow!

Yes, I am a student nurse, one semester to go. Does that make me idealistic and to have blinders on? No, it doesn't. I have my eyes wide open and I live in area with a large hispanic population (many of whom are undocumented). At one of my clinical sites this summer, as we sat in report, we as mere students listened to the "season nurses" (who, as one poster wrote are tired of being judged by students) make very inappropriate comments about a pt of another nationality and speculated on her legal status. As students, we try to take the best attributes of the "seasoned nurses" that we work with (and many of the nurses we work with are wonderful and remember that we are their future coworkers and treat us with the same respect that we treat them) and try to incorporate it with how we want to be. We also, unfortunately, see some nurses who we do not want to be like. I wanted to become a nurse, later in life, because I care about people. I care not about where they come from, how they got here, or whether others deem them worthy of our taxpayer dollars. I care about how I can help them,and by helping others we help ourselves to become better human beings. Some of the posters here need to look in the mirror and see, regardless of how long you have been a nurse or how new you are to it, are you in the right profession?

Silly me, I thought nurses were supposed to be compassionate. I'll have to watch for the questions on checking for a persons greencard before giving them treatment when I take the boards this spring. You have really opened my eyes!! I was foolishing hoping to work with people who cared about others, regardless of where they come from or the language that they speak. That is my possition, anyway, I'm looking forward to caring for people- only of my own race..... the human one.

It isn't a question that other people can answer for you, if your GPA is good enough for you and is high enough to get into the program, who cares what other people think? I think that a lot of people who post on here may not be giving us the "whole picture" or perhaps a distorted view of who and what they really are. I have no where near a 4.0, but I make sure that I focus on getting above the required 75% in all my classes and making sure that I have enough of a cushion that one bad test isn't going to put me in jeapordy. I can not devote all of my spare time to studying and tell my 3 year old "Mommy doesn't have time for you, I have to study all of the time" Nursing is going to be my career... My son is my life and my priority. I am not an over-achiever, I am a wife and mother.

Just wondering if anyone who works at Devos in Grand Rapids, Michigan comes to this site. I am a student nurse, who is really interested in learning more about this facility. My son was a patient there when he was born a little early, and our stay prompted my interest in becoming a pediatric or neonatal RN. I was just curious about how well nurses are treated and how you like working there. I would love to hear from anyone! Thanks. :innerconf