NurseRose84

NurseRose84

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  1. How long did you stay at your first job?

    I stayed just over 7 months at my first job and transferred to a higher acuity unit in the same hospital system.
  2. That Magic 1 Year Mark

    I graduated last May, so I reach my one year mark next month. I lasted five months on a telemetry/progressive(ish) unit before I started applying to other places. A little after 7 months in, I transferred to a medicine ICU in the same teaching hospit...
  3. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    This definitely!!! Also open abdominal fistulas on a patient that just can't seem to grasp that NPO means absolutely nothing by mouth. No matter what we would do, her husband kept brining her 2 liter Sprites/Mt. Dews and Mexican food. Blech! The aci...
  4. Floating PCT Advice Needed!

    I started out as a full-time nights PCT a semester before I started nursing school on a tele floor. It was wonderful, but the scheduling issues I had, trying to work around class was difficult. A year and a half later, I transferred to the PCT float...
  5. New nurse-what do I bring daily for work?

    There are a ton of good brain sheets on here. Just search for them in the search engine. [emoji3] That being said, congrats on the new job!! I was a new grad in May, so I totally understand not knowing what to bring. I think everything on your list s...
  6. Is an associates degree in nursing a waste of time?

    Please don't think going for your ADN is a waste of time! I graduated in May with my ADN, but had a job lined up at an excellent university hospital several months before I graduated. In fact, out of the roughly 80 people in my class that graduated, ...
  7. Not working during nursing school?

    Wow! This is an entertaining thread! I feel the need to indulge in some buttery popcorn and Twizzlers! In regards to the OP...although I worked 36-48 hours a week all the way through nursing school, and managed to maintain a 3.8 GPA, I am well aware ...
  8. You should know better

    Oh boy! Where to begin? Bad habits abound when I'm around! - super bad potty mouth. Let's just say my favorite word starts with an "F!" - I love beer, Irish whisky, and straight Kentucky Bourbon. My mom works at a distillery, so I grew up with the ho...
  9. Quit during orientation

    OP, As MANY of the other posters have written, what the heck did you think you were going to be doing as a CNA/tech in a hospital?! Is it necessary to have CNA experience if you want to be a nurse? No, but it can make you a better nurse. Being a tec...
  10. Quick Results on a Sunday?

    I took mine May 29 (Friday before last) at 14:00 and was able to access them on the 31st after 14:00. The wait was terrible! Hope everyone did well!
  11. Lexington, KY Offered job on critical care/tele floor: March 20, 2015 Graduated May 9, 2015 Passed NCLEX May 29, 2015 Started orientation June 1! Congrats everyone for their new jobs!
  12. Planner for nursing school

    The planner from Plum Paper is really similar to the Erin Condren planner, but about $20 cheaper. I REALLY wanted an Erin Condren planner, but when I ordered it, I couldn't pick the months I wanted in it! From what I've read about them though, they'r...
  13. Planner for nursing school

    I use this on from Plum Paper on Etsy. It's a little pricy ($32) for 12 months, plus I extended it out to 18 months, and had stickers added so I could color code my classes, preceptorship, work, my kids appointments, interviews, etc. I tried a bunch ...
  14. Bombed my first interview!!

    Thanks for the advice you all! I'm just so upset because I had previously talked with the manager about a position there, and was really hoping to get it. I think part of what really threw me off was that my school had us do mock interviews the week ...
  15. Bombed my first interview!!

    Hey ladies/gents! First off, I guess I should say that I am a soon to be new grad RN/ADN (May, 2015) that currently works as a float pool tech at a large teaching hospital. Last Wednesday, I had my first interview with a Level 1 Trauma ICU in this ho...