I was one of the older students in class when I was in school. I graduated in 09 at the age of 36. I found that once I got into clinical I meshed very well with my group and we purposely tried to schedule ourselves together for the rest of school. I ...
The hospital I work in is colored coded, but we are allowed to wear printed tops as long as they have at least 50 percent of our color in them. RNs wear royal blue so finding prints is not too difficult. The patients still refer to the CNAs in burgun...
I have been working the night shift since I started nursing 2 years ago. It can be a bit confusing to the body at times but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I think that the night shift family is amazing we work so well together and often work with...
To answer some of your questions: - yes I keep in touch with many of the people I went to school with and we are all working. - I work in women's services, I started out on the postpartum floor then moved to the nursery, in a couple of weeks I will...
I am currently attending Chamberlain College of Nursing online completing my BSN. I researched it throughly before deciding on a school. I will be done with the program in October and have nothing but good things to say about this school. Yes it is e...
Hello everyone. I just wanted to say congrats on getting in to SAC. I am a SAC grad from Dec 2009 and I remember being in your shoes. I hope that the experience turns out to be everything you want it to be and more.:)
I graduated in Dec of 2009 and intend to start school again in Jan. 2011. I felt I needed to take time to get used to actually being a nurse before I went back to school. I have been at my job for 6 months now and I feel like I will be ok to start sc...
JJRN09 replied to lifelearningrn's topic in New Nurse
1. when did you graduate? dec 2009 2. do you have a bsn or adn? adn 3. are you still looking for work? no 4. if not, how long did it take you to find a job? i sat for my nclex feb 18,2010, got my results on feb 20,2010. i started my job on march 29, ...
I graduated back in Dec 2009 and had some hang ups with my school getting my paperwork to the BON. I finally got my ATT in on Feb 8,2010 and scheduled my NCLEX immediately. I took my test on Feb 18, 2009 and passed. I have been applying for jobs ever...
JJRN09 replied to Kindhearted's topic in New Nurse
I failed the HESI the first time but passed the second. I had studied so hard for the first test and could not believe that I failed. So for the second time around I did the HESI case studies and went in and passed the test even with the computer shu...