nursingnugent

nursingnugent has 3 years experience and specializes in ER.

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1. Will you tell me about your first year as a nurse?

   nursingnugent replied to hnnrgh's topic in New Nurse

   I just recently finished my first year off orientation, but working in a fairly diverse ER, there were days that I would have anxiety attacks on the way to work when I knew I was supposed to work critical assignments because I felt as though I didn't...

2. Going to ICU after working ER

   nursingnugent posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been working in a very large "non-trauma" hospital in orlando for about a year and a half now and have about 8 months left on my contract. At some point, I need ICU experience as I want to do critical care transport nursing. Even after searc...

3. Working and going to school

   nursingnugent replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Ok so I'm totally not the I had to juggle a family and household person, but I worked about 24 hours a week all during nursing school. I had to work 8 hour shifts, so it was three times a week, mostly on the weekends when I didn't have weekend clini...

4. Severe doubts about being a nursing major

   nursingnugent replied to laura_mini's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My freshman year of college I felt like a failure. I clearly hadn't done well enough in the pre-req courses that I had taken to get in to that school's nursing program and it felt awful. I had to come home after the spring semester and tell my pare...

5. LPN or RN Program?

   nursingnugent replied to Marieh's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If this is your first LTC job, I would wait a few months to make sure its something you see yourself doing long term (or at least for the foreseeable future, LPNs are most utilized in LTC in many states). If it is and you like the company, then take...