manda0931

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  1. Doing my first night shift EVER tonight!

    I think you'll be good! I usually never get really tired at work overnight even if I wasn't able to get a nap in that day. Plus you'll have your nerves and adrenaline to keep you awake. Goodluck! I'm a new nurse orienting on nights and I love it!
  2. New Grad applicant walked on a unit today...

    I've personally walked onto different units with no prior warning twice. The first time I did it I felt so awkward and I was nervous but the ANM was very welcoming and nice. She told me that they had just filled all of their empty positions and would...
  3. I think it's human nature to judge. But part of being a nurse is how you deal with that judgment. As long as you treat everyone the same regardless of their name or any other attributes they may have then you're doing what you should be doing. I reme...
  4. Interview questions: What do you ask?

    I asked about patient ratios, how long orientation was, if there was any type of loan repayment, if the preceptor chose to be a preceptor or if they just got assigned to it, how scheduling was done (if we were able to pick our shifts or if they were ...
  5. Help Help Help .. Failed NCLEX

    I used the Saunders 4th edition as well but the questions that they have in the back of each chapter are way easier and I felt that they were nothing like the questions they had on NCLEX. Make sure you are comfortable with answering priority, delega...
  6. Nurse Educator vs. Labor and Delivery Nurse

    What causes you to dread going to work in the ICU? If those things aren't present when you do L&D why worry about the feeling of dread. Also, there had to have been reasons why you originally wanted to go into L&D. I think you should try and ...
  7. New RN on the first job hunt

    When I stopped by the hospital to say hello, I gave them my cover letter, resume and a letter of recommendation that I had. Sure, they might not look at your cover letter but I think it's better to have one even if they don't want to read it than to ...
  8. 3 Steps to NCLEX success.

    Congrats! I second the statement of treating yourself to a nice alcoholic beverage, or two, or three. You deserved it!
  9. Tumor Fevers

    This is just a wild guess but it's what I would think. I would believe the pathophysiology is the same for anything that would cause a fever. A fever is your body's way of trying to kill whatever is infecting it so could the fever just be an immune ...
  10. 36 online applications and no bites?!

    Is it possible to go to the floor and personally hand somebody your resume? I've heard some people say to do that and others not to but what could it hurt? From the way it sounds you haven't heard back anyway so it might be worth a shot to get your f...
  11. First Resume - Please Help!

    Because you are a new graduate and have no experience I would recommend trying to showcase what you've learned in school to the best of your abilities. Instead of having every clinical site listed maybe take the clinical site that you did most recent...
  12. For all you new grads...what does your resume look like?

    On my resume I had the usual sections such as objective, education, work experience, (I've never worked in the medical field before) certifications (ACLS, BLS, etc) but I also put my last clinical rotation. A lot of things I read said not to put it a...
  13. Nclex June 8th

    I went into the test not really expecting to get all 265 questions. I was hoping that it would stop at 75 and then when I went to 76 my heart sank a little. But it stopped me right after 76 thank goodness. Thanks everyone!!:) Honestly as far as revi...
  14. Nclex June 8th

    I personally couldn't tell if the questions were getting harder or not. Whenever I thought I got a question right I would almost hope I got a SATA question next because then I thought for sure I got the previous question right since you would think ...
  15. Nclex June 8th

    It was what i was expecting and then again it wasn't. I know that doesn't make a lot of sense but it's hard to put in words. Most of the questions I could get down to two answers that were incorrect immediately. But after that it was just an educated...