chelbelle

chelbelle

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About chelbelle

I live in the UP of Michigan - I didn't know I wanted to be a nurse until I was in college! I'm so excited to get my career started but so nervous to graduate and potentially be unemployed. I hope to work in Medical, Oncology, ICU or NICU with hopes of going back to school to be a Nurse Practitioner! I love it all!

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  1. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

    Thanks for the support & advice everyone. Nursing is TOUGH but it's great to have a support system here. And don't worry, I still want to be a nurse... :) Realized the next day there are more tough days to come but I'll make it.
  2. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

    Another thing I realized once I got home... My nurse manager leaves for the night at 8 and by that point I was too busy to even think about where she was. Once she was gone the nurse in charge was busy with her own admits & transfers... It was a ...
  3. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

    No criticism taken! I even thought when I woke up the next morning, "Wow, I could have done last night better...I should've done this first & then that & everything would've gone much smoother." Looking back I realized I should've just got my...
  4. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

    My goodness I didn't realize this was so long, I just kept typing away & never really looked at how much I said. My apologies, readers!
  5. I was lucky enough to land a job on a Medical-Tele unit in August after graduating with my BSN in May. Although I know it's not my "dream job" I was so excited to start working in a broad area that would be helpful if I wanted to advance my career/ed...
  6. Apply or NCLEX first???

    I have similar feelings - plus the idea of being unemployed scares me to death - but so many places I'm trying to apply for won't accept your application if you aren't licensed yet. Did you work as a grad nurse before you were licensed or did you st...
  7. Apply or NCLEX first???

    Thanks for the replies! That's kind of what I was thinking - that if I don't have a license they won't even take my application seriously so I was leaning more towards waiting until I at least have my ATT or test date. Some places in my area hire G...
  8. Apply or NCLEX first???

    Hello everyone! I am graduating with my BSN in a little over three weeks! SO excited but I can't get over this nervous feeling I also have about getting a job... I live in small town in MI and the one large hospital in my town was recently bought ou...
  9. Beginning of last semester!!!

    I graduate on May 3rd! So excited to be done but I better not be the only one that's also super nervous! Reading forums about waiting 6 months or more to get an RN job on here scares me to the core! Don't want it to overshadow my great accomplishment...
  10. I am in the same position as the OP and this advice really helped! Graduating in May 2014 with four years of experience in an office & teaching dance at a local dance studio. Can't change it now!
  11. New Grad Internships in Midwest

    Hi all! I'm in a BSN program in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and I graduate in May! :woot: So excited but also so very nervous. If any people reading don't know, the UP is a very rural area with only one large regional hospital. I LOVE kids and wo...
  12. Preceptorship Decisions

    I'm about to start my last year of school. WOO! The second half of my winter semester is 90 hours (ONLY) of an internship. So far, I haven't really disliked a clinic so I'm having a hard time deciding where I want to do this internship. I LOVE the N...
  13. Patient's responses to students during clinical days

    Our teachers always go into the room before we get to clinic and ask the patients if they mind having a student. More often than not, all of them are more than happy to have a student in the room! Most of them realize this means more attention! As...
  14. Unbinding books?

    I leave all of my books in my car! Sounds crazy but a friend of mine did it simply because she was too lazy to always carry them back and forth from class to her car into her apartment but I thought it was a great idea. I'll throw them in my car in t...
  15. Psychiatric & Community Nursing Semester

    truckinusa - I'm in a BSN program at Northern Michigan University. Thanks for your input, I've heard that clinics for Mental Health can be boring but the patients can be interesting at times. We'll see when I get there I guess! danielle11 - I also en...