whoooopieeee!!!!

way to go!!! congrats!!!! :)

Congratulations on your new job and the start of a nursing career!

I am sooooo happy ....I finally got a job as a PCT at Fl. Hosp. in Orlando....here i come nursing...they are willing to work w/ my school schedule...excellent continuing ed programs...will pay for nursing school...have there own college & will pay for me to get my BSN there if i choose too...room to learn a bunch of skills.... if u ask me I will have no problem working my @ss for as a PCT if I get all these benefits...and the floor that hired me Pulmonary unit...the people are grrrreat ...i can go on and on...i am sooo happy after about 5 months of waiting....

thx

Coco

:balloons: Hey, way to go!! Congrats!! Wow, they do have very goooood benefits....Good luck and best wishes to you!! Let us know how's going.....

:Melody: Bori

Congragulations! Sounds like a very good deal! :balloons:

Thx a million guys....really means a lot... this board has become like a second family to me and I hope they have good benefits...not sure yet have not gotten to that apaer work...but hey anything is better than what I am paying now....small company = very high insurance!!

thx again

coco

Congratulations! You will be so happy you made the decision to work in a hospital as a PCT, I know that my experience as a PCT will help me in soooo many ways for school and clinicals. You just have an understanding of the hospital, the situations that come up, the way things are done etc. etc. and you already know how to relate to pts and families. It is sooo valuable before school. Good Luck with your job and soak up as much info as you can! Watch as many procedures as you can i.e. dressing changes, NG tubes, etc.

Congrats Coco! Keep your excitement as long as you can! It's great that they will pay for you to go to school.

One more thing to add.

Yesterday I was at work and was talking to a nursing student who is finishing her last few weeks of school and she kept telling me how great it is that I am getting experience as a tech. I talked to her about her clinicals and she has yet to put a foley in or an NG tube in. The tech's at our hospital can put foley's in, not NG's, but this student hasn't even watched an NG being put in! I am not saying she was incompetent at all, I am sure she will be a great nurse, I am just trying to say that you see a lot as a tech and when you are in clinicals you just can't see and do everything. I 've seen a good five NG tubes and helped with them too. So I was very thankful for my experience.

Congrats CoCo! I guess I'll be seing you around!! I attend Florida Hospital College (Its at the back of the hospital next to the Heliport) and I start my clinicals this semester. I had a meeting with my Techniques of Clinical instructor last week and she said it would be very good for me if after the semester of Fall, I would try to work as a PCT. It helps you plenty with your skills.

Good Luck

Frankie

I am sooooo happy ....I finally got a job as a PCT at Fl. Hosp. in Orlando....here i come nursing...they are willing to work w/ my school schedule...excellent continuing ed programs...will pay for nursing school...have there own college & will pay for me to get my BSN there if i choose too...room to learn a bunch of skills.... if u ask me I will have no problem working my @ss for as a PCT if I get all these benefits...and the floor that hired me Pulmonary unit...the people are grrrreat ...i can go on and on...i am sooo happy after about 5 months of waiting....

thx

Coco

Congrats :)

Sounds great. I'm getting my BSN there. I've heard nothing butt good things about the hospital from both patients, nurses, and students. Good luck!

Little ole me again...Yep, it's official... I am now an employee of Fl Hosp...got my id badge and all..:rotfl:

Frankie....I will be training at the orlando location but I will be at the Altamonte location fulll-time ...its right down the street from my apartment:p And you will have the title of nurse tech and the pay will be more...

I was told by many nurses and by you guys of course..that being a PCT is the way to go...also when I was doing the interview the nurse manager said will be seeing some intubations (sp?) cuz i will be on the pulmonary floor...

Your right leaflet my experience as a PCT will be invaluable ...learning time mgmt skills, accu checks, foleys etc...I am also sure that i will have some stressful days but hey that is expected when your dealing w/ the ill.

thx again for ur supprt guys :)

Coco