As some of y'all know, I'm in CA with my girlfriend on my first travel assignment. I'm enjoying my experience, as is my girlfriend, but we are running into a problem. She is a new ADN grad, but didn't pass her NCLEX, so she is having to get a job as an assistant until she can retest. Folks, it's not happening. These hospitals are having nothing to do with her.
Since becoming a nurse I have been accused of using too much logic on multiple occassions (when it comes to hospital admin practices), but logic tells me that you hire someone as a tech (yes there are openings), assistant (or whatever) train them at a lower wage--the basics of the floor--then retain them to become a Rn for that floor. She worked as a tech on an adolescent psych floor for 3 yrs and has an ADN...Is she not qualified to perform basic care?
You have someone who is wanting to come to your floor to work soon as an RN, and you don't want them. So that page long list of floor openings is just for show? I wonder what the staff RNs and aux staff would have to say about that? Also, I don't know if this is common practice in CA but the hospitals in this area say it takes like 3 weeks to process apps. It's good to check out credentials and all, but 3 weeks? My girlfriend is actually considering getting a restaurant job--which I'm totally for so she can be making some money for herself. But, how jacked up is that? She's out of nursing before she even gets started. :angryfire
