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Now, I have to wait for the State Board of Nursing to send me my "Official" notification of passing and my lisence, then I can work as a RN
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How long does it take?
Do they send money too? That would be a nice touch.
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We are told it can take up to 4 weeks to receive our license from the state. Everyone I talked to said that they received theirs within a week of testing.
So, hopefully this week sometime.
One of my classmates said she will put in a good word for me at her work.
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Freedom for you is coming right along - freedom to choose what you want. Up till now you have been running in place.
One of my classmates said she will put in a good word for me at her work.
Duh, of course she would, she knows you.
Just teasing, have a good week, I'll be gone on and off all week.
I hope you are more relaxed, and that you get some rest. I don't mean sleep, I mean rest from the constant worry about if you will make it or not. I don't think you need to worry about the job, that will come. Maybe you can get on at a DR's office and work 8 to 4. How would that be?
You have my permission to relax a little bit.
We all need it sometimes - take it.
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Hi Sue,
I have never posted to you but have been reading your story. I am so happy for you!!! Congratulations. You deserve it!!! And BTW, I truly admire your strength and resolve. Things are looking up!!!!
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Thanks - I think I will do that, Relax.
It seems so unreal. I printed it off, I keep looking at it, as if it is some unreal dream. I am on cloud nine right now. I don't think anything could bring me down right now.
I PASSED, I PASSED, I PASSED, I PASSED. Isn't this the best news possible. We need a icon that jumps up and down. That is how I feel right now.
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Thank you to all of you.
Thank you for helping to keep me sane during this time.
Thank you for helping me stay focused on my goal
Thank you for all the congrats
Thank you for all the words of encouragement.
You guys have been a big help. If I did not find MB, I don't know if I would have made it. You guys have been there for me during my lowest times, my highetst times.
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Sue You know that I have been gone so here I sit to get cought up. I am so very happy for you.I knew you would do it. As I read all who congratulate you before me for some reason the tears just started to come. I think I am feeling your relief and happiness, you my friend are going to be a wonderful nurse.If I ever get sick I will fly to your state so you can be my nurse. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> YOU PASSED!!!!YOU PASSED!!!!YOU PASSED!!!!Good for you.You are now an official RN!!!!!!!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> <small>[ September 22, 2003, 11:45 PM: Message edited by: gingersnap ]</small>
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Sue - I'm sorry I've been away for so long... but I gotta tell ya, what a great thing to read when I finally do get back here!!! CONGRATS!!! I knew you would do it!! I have thought of you often, and am thrilled that you achieved your goal!! YOU GO GIRL!!!
I will write again soon!
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Sue, this is a copy of SoCAl article:
Lengthy, but you might save it just in case...
FBOW:
Nursing recruitment gets creative
Patient ratio law puts hiring into high gear, with heavy hospital competition and a larger number of perks.
By MAYRAV SAAR
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
It has been a buyer's market for nurses for several years, but the hiring frenzy is getting more intense.
A new nurse-to-patient ratio law will require hospitals to staff at least one nurse for every six patients in general surgery by Jan. 1, and medical centers across the state are offering everything from free tuition to new cars to lure more nurses to their hospitals.
The law - the first of its kind in the nation - is expected to make conditions safer for patients: People who have common surgeries in hospitals with poor nurse staffing levels have up to a 31 percent increased chance of dying, according to a study published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The trouble for hospitals is that less than half of the 2.7 million licensed nurses in the country have chosen to work in medical centers, according to SEIU Nurse Alliance, a union for nurses.
About 5,000 nurses graduate from community colleges and the state university system every year, but to meet the demand, California will need to see that number double, said Jan Emerson, spokeswoman for the California Healthcare Association, which represents hospitals.
CHA had opposed the ratio, saying that hospitals could not magically create nurses in the middle of a shortage. But with the ratio deadline looming and no break in the long-running nursing shortage in sight, hospitals are getting creative.
Nurses are now being offered higher pay, better pension plans and more clout.
"Obviously compensation is always an issue, but I would say the thing we focused on is respect," said Ron Salzberg, executive director of human resources for Saddleback Memorial Hospital Medical Center, which has revamped its nurse recruitment and retention programs. "Nurses need to feel respected and valued."
Nurses also need to feel a sense of workplace pride, and so hospitals have been advertising themselves to nurses as quality institutions that give patients good care. When UCI Medical Center received a "Magnet status" designation - a distinction by the American Nurses Association that recognizes excellence in nursing - the hospital proclaimed it proudly on its Web site this summer and across its marquee.
The acceptance process is rigorous: It took UCI two years to strengthen nursing research and to make other improvements to its nursing program before it received the designation. But the improvements made for the award helped improve conditions at the hospital as well as nurses' morale, said Lisa Reiser, chief nursing officer at UCI.
The hospital has seen the nurse turnover rate drop from 14.4 percent in 2000 to 11 percent in 2002 - and 9.5 percent so far this year. Nationally, the nurse turnover rate is between 13 percent and 20 percent.
Only three hospitals in California have received Magnet status, but nurses said they expect more hospitals will pursue the designation.
Sue Cannon, a nurse at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, said she and her colleagues have considered proposing that their hospital apply for the designation.
"Magnet status is a big lure," she said.
Of course, a decent paycheck and perks don't hurt.
"We negotiated a wonderful contract, and we were able to pay nurses based on years of experience," said Maureen Berry, an Emergency Department nurse at UCI Medical Center and a representative for the California Nurses Association union.
Tenet Healthcare, which owns Western Medical Center and eight other Orange County hospitals, has poured millions of dollars into recruitment, with incentives that range from signing bonuses to new cars, said David Langness, spokesman for Tenet.
These kinds of distinctions and incentives could help draw more nurses, but what if there are no nurses from which to draw? Community colleges and the California State University system report waiting lists of more than 100 people long for their nursing programs. Hospitals have started offering scholarships and have even funded instructors, so more men and women can get through the programs.
In Southern California, Tenet has also spent $1.7 million in the past three years to fund nurse education and nursing school scholarships. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills has loan-forgiveness programs, a new high school recruitment project, plans for an ad campaign at local malls and scholarships for would-be nurses. The hospital has also spent $80,000 in the past two years funding an instructor at Saddleback College who can teach 12 new nurses each year - all of whom are introduced to Saddleback Memorial.
"Those students will do their clinical work here, which puts us in a good position because they get to know us," said Karen Ladley, vice president of patient-care services and chief nursing officer of Saddleback Memorial. "So we feel they will be more likely to come work for us."
The first graduates of that program will join the workforce in December, and current nurses said they will be in higher demand and will be able to expect more favorable work conditions than ever before.
"It is the greatest thing to happen for nurses in several decades," UCI's Berry said. "We're going to be able to give patients the kind of care we were trained to give."
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FBOW - thanks - impressive article. I may have to move to California. Hubby wants to.
I'm still flying high from passing. I don't know when I will come down to reality.
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Sue Dont come down you deserve to be up there for a while. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> And as for a move to California,come on over I would love to have you over here closer to me. And job oppertunity in the nursing field is great from what I understand. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
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<small>[ September 24, 2003, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: SwH ]</small>
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You are the only reason I keep coming back to the MB board. ABSOLUTELY FANTABULOUS SUE!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUZZAH! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
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FBOW - thanks - impressive article. I may have to move to California. Hubby wants to.
That would be nice, then you could have a bonfire, and see if cerri comes to it. If she doesn't, WE can tease HER.
I'm still flying high from passing. I don't know when I will come down to reality.
Why not just stay there for a couple of years to make up for the last two that were down?
Can you think of a better idea?
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I think I will stay up there. I like it.
I had my first interview as a Graduate RN. I think it went well. I will be surprised if I get it. The only reason I say this, is because she told me I was the last one to be interviewed. I believe if I was hired, I would have been told on the spot. I know of others who interviewed for this hospital and they were told on the spot.
I know I am qualified, so I will be considered for other positions, I have to keep watching the postings and let them know I am interested.
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Hi Sue Good to talk to you. Stay positive ok. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> Remember it will be thier loss not to hire you not yours <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
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Congradulations Sue!!!! I told you I keep up! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> Whooo-hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! much love and admiration!,, tsc <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
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Hi sue.....again....I am so happy for you. Hmmmm....a move to California huh? Might not be a bad ideas considering who ISN"T in California.
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Hey Sue! Just a belated congratulations!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> I may have missed it in an earlier post (if I did, please forgive - my mind's just been on overdrive for a little while), but do you mind my asking what area you are looking into? Hospital, OR, ER, Dr's office, etc? And if you go to CA, might I highly suggest San Diego !?!?!? Lot's of medical down there, and it is absolutely the most beautiful city I have seen. Something for everyone - nature, shopping, great food, festivals, and most importantly gorgeous sunsets. The weather down there isn't too bad either! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> Sue, I'm glad to see you so happy with yourself and your accomplishment. You have a great strength that I admire. Here's to you!!
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