Whoever said that the waiting is the hardest part is absolutely correct! Everything after nursing school just seems to be waiting waiting and more waiting! Wait to take NCLEX, wait to find out if you passed NCLEX, wait for an interview, wait to hear ...
soccer25 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations
I'd love to tell some of my patients that, "No, you will not die if I give you your medication 5 minutes later. Please stop ringing your call bell, your room mates call bell, sending your family members out to find me, and yelling out as loud as you ...
soccer25 replied to GeorgeV2's topic in Male Students
^^^This is important enough to repeat. I myself switched majors into nursing, but my big thing was that I absolutely love helping people. I would also second the talking with an adviser at college. They will help you find all the available option...
From what I understand we are in a bubble right now. The economy has caused older nurses to postpone retiring, and has put many hospitals in a bind where they are in hiring freezes for all nurses, not just new graduates, despite being understaffed. ...
In the end each CRNA program has to get you to the level of being able to pass your boards and be ready to enter the profession. I'm pretty sure that each school does that pretty well or else they probably wouldn't be accredited. That's why it is i...
soccer25 replied to lemonspark's topic in New Nurse
My professors told my class that the best thing to do is to get at least one year of med/surg experience to hone your nursing skills. The general consensus among them was that you would become rusty on your "clinical skills" and be less desirable to ...
soccer25 replied to SparkleRN's topic in New Nurse
I too have seen many positions for these free labor new grad positions, and in my opinion it is an insult to the Nursing profession. Our profession has come a long way and seeing this just saddens me. I truly hope that no GN would even consider some...
What I have been doing is stating on some comment area that I currently am licensed in my home state (PA), and that if a job was offered and accepted, I would go through the process of transferring my license to the state that the hospital was in imm...
When I was a teen I had a doctor named Dr. Panic. I asked him if he ever was given a hard time over his name and if he ever thought of changing it. As a joke he said that he had changed his name, from Dr. Pain. haha! He was a great doctor and I wish...
I was one of only two guys in a graduating class of 45. There were times where it was lonely and other times where it wasn't. When we needed to group up, most of the ladies got into their groups of friends and I was usually left with whoever was lef...