What is fair pay rate for my situation?

1 Have been offered a PRN position at $27 per hour plus 25% differential. Have not worked in 10 years but have 14 prior years experience in this specialty. When I left 10 years ago was making $33.80 per hour. Don't want to be greedy just want to kno

Apply Anyway

Recently I was advised to apply to any job posting that I could find that didn't specify the amount of experience required or had less than 2 years experience as a requirement. I graduated in May and have had no luck on the job front, as many of my

Stand out from the crowd ?

I am an LVN of 3 years about to start an ASN program. How can I improve my chances of getting hired at a hospital after I graduate? Should I get certain certifications? Volunteer ?
I've read it's hard for new grads to get a job.

thanks Volunteer at

disappointed

I have been in the medical field in a city and state that I thought was great for the last 10 years. I have climbed the totem pole. I started as a Patient care nursing assistant, then a medical assistant, then a clinical technician working in the ste

Opinions please

Hi all and happy New Years. I have a question and was wondering if you all could give me some advice. I work at a hospital and our sister hospital recently posted an opening (which is hard to get into) so I applied. I was offered the position and gla

Opportunities After Nursing Home Employment

Good day everyone!

I am proud to say that I passed my NCLEX on the first attempt in September. I have been applying to hospitals and I know it takes time but, I have a future interview in a nursing home and I had an earlier interview in a LTC facili

How many hospitals did you apply to before getting a job after graduating?

I'm graduating in May with a BSN and am currently in the process of applying to jobs. I was wondering how many applications people sent out before they were hired. I've heard horror stories that it is impossible to find jobs, but the people I asked

Stuttering/struggling career start

I sure could use some help, advice, reinforcement, ideas. I became a nurse on the speed track, after deciding to change careers in my early thirties. I got my CNA license the week I started LPN school, spent a year getting my LPN and a year getting m

Is Nursing Getting Flooded?

It seems like today everyone and their mom wants to go to school for Nursing and it also seems like it is the most overmarketed degree by colleges and the most sought after career in healthcare......

And man, you always hear about this so called shor

Nursing in portland vs Respiratory Thearapy

Hi I am a mom of 3 and 30 and have a degree as a medical assistant but haven't used it in awhile. my passion is healthcare and I am going back to school but trying to make the right decision. I am looking into respiratory thearpy at concorde or regi