RossayRN

RossayRN

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  1. Congrats!
  2. Taking HESI EXIT friday!

    Honestly, the area isn't good but it's not the worst I've seen either. It will be difficult being that you are coming here from another state and you will probably be staying on campus which I think is pretty safe. I wouldn't be out walking around th...
  3. Taking HESI EXIT friday!

    wow this comment is old i didn't know i did it. maybe because no one responded.
  4. Taking HESI EXIT friday!

    It wasn't easy, but it wasn't impossible. I don't think any nursing program is easy. Yes CSU uses HESI as their exit. The way I see it, if you prepare from day none of the nursing program, you will be fine. I always studied everything through the who...
  5. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    Feel horrible, and frustrated. I don't go home crying (yet) but I am definitely feeling like I am never going to get the hang of this. I am starting week 4 tomorrow, and I should be up to 4 patients but I am going to have to take 3 again this week be...
  6. acute care and ICU the same?

    Thanks everyone for your responses. I will check with that school as suggested because I work on an Med/surg unit and was planning on being there at least 2 years before trying to get into ICU or the ER.
  7. acute care and ICU the same?

    I want to get become an advanced practice nurse, and am looking at attending loyola when I get enough clinical experience. The program I am interested in is an ACNP. I need to have 2000 hours in the specialty area I want to practice in with my msn. s...
  8. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    Well my fiance is a Roofer. He did a house for a guy who knows the director of patient care. Gave her a call, and she had HR pull my application and get me an interview. This took about a month from time of talking to her and getting the phone call f...
  9. How'd you get your job?

    As another poster said, it's who you know. I have put in a ton of Apps, got my ACLS cert. and I didn't land the job that I am starting on the 25th until my fiance (who is a roofer) put a roof on a man's house that knew the director of patient care at...
  10. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    Graduated BSN in may 2010, took passes nclex june 19th, and will start my first job October 25th. so it took me 4 months and some help from people working in the hospital to get a job. If I didn't have help, I'd still be looking. I live in Chicago, ...
  11. A question about college and RNs who got their GED.

    You don't have to have an ACT or SAT at a community college, GED is all and their placement exam so they can help you set up your initial schedule and get you in refresher classes if needed before your regular gen ed classes. As another poster posted...
  12. Had Job interview today!!

    I got the job! Start Oct 25. Thanks for your well wishes and prayers!
  13. Had Job interview today!!

    The nurse manager asked me first why did I want to work at that facility? Then she asked me yo recall a situation when I had to think fast under pressure, what was it, and what did I do in that situation? She asked me if a coworker told me that they ...
  14. Had Job interview today!!

    Thanks Jadu, and the same to you! I know it's tuff but nothing we can do but keep trying.
  15. Had Job interview today!!

    I had my second job interview (first one was July 7th) since I graduated nursing school in may. I felt really good leaving this one. I interviewed for a medsurg/oncology position. I was interviewed by the recruiter and by the Nurse manager on that un...