newmomRN

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1. SAHM looking to get back into nursing..questions!

   newmomRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi nurses! I have a question for ya! I graduated in May of 2007 and passed NCLEX in July of 2007. I got pregnant unexpectedly right when I graduated but did start my first job, on a med surg floor. Due to stress and then complications of pregnancy I ...

2. Need Advice on opportunity please

   newmomRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad that quit my first RN job after one month due to "stress". I had severe anxiety r/t the normal pressures of being a new RN but also had some recent family tradgedies contributing to my negative emotional state. My old employer was dis...

3. Interview Thank you cards.

   newmomRN replied to smile4stamps's topic in General Nursing

   Is it OK to buy a thank you card from Walgreens or whatever (card style--maybe with a nice "thank you" written in gold lettering-nothing tacky) and write on the inside, handwritten???? would this be sufficient without breaking out with the stationary...

4. EMAIL thank you letter after job interview?

   newmomRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   OK or NOT OK?? I tried searching online but the opinions run the gamut. This would be for an RN position in a large hospital system. Thanks!

5. HELP! Need advice TODAY

   newmomRN replied to newmomRN's topic in General Nursing

   Just wanted to say THANK YOU MODS FOR NOT MOVING THIS THREAD. YOU GUYS ROCK!! Updated to say that I did decide to be straight up with them. They were a bit confused/suprised but it was just a blip in the interview. Then they showed me the floor so ma...

6. HELP! Need advice TODAY

   newmomRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   MODS..please don't move this. I have just one question and need responses today. Pretty please??? Here goes: I had another thread about leaving a job off resume I had only had for one month (it was recent, RN job, new grad). I know now I should inclu...

7. Can you leave a job off your resume?

   newmomRN posted a topic in Career Support

   Some of you may remember me. I was a new grad and pregnant a few months ago. Now, I am no longer pregnant. Sadly, I lost the baby. When I posted before it was over concerns that newly pregnant + stress from working as a new RN would harm baby. So I q...

8. Pregnant New Grad needs advice

   newmomRN replied to newmomRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, Well, I royally messed up here! In a stressed panic, I quit my job after a little over one month (they weren't too happy, but OK). Three weeks later I found out I miscarried my baby at 12 weeks. Now I am jobless (I am employed but it is...

9. I think I just wasted the last 2 yrs of my life!

   newmomRN replied to newmomRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am not sure I would not use my degree in any capacity if I were to leave, but I really don't know how to use my degree. I know that for most of the jobs you all are pointing out, you need atleast one yr clinical experience..of which, I obviously do...

10. I think I just wasted the last 2 yrs of my life!

    newmomRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, wasted is a strong word. I did finish, I do have the degree, I do have options. But.. Here I sit, my first RN job ever and newly pregnant, and finally realize 100% that nursing is not for me. In fact, it never was for me. I just kept letting my h...

11. Pregnant New Grad needs advice

    newmomRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So need some help here.. .....graduated NS, waiting to take boards, landed a job, nights (I am less than thrilled about that, but it was all I could get). I still have my old job, a pool non nursing position at a local hospital. I haven't quit that o...