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I've only been in hospice for about 1 1/2 years, but absolutely love it. I started out in case mgmt and now just do admissions, which I actually like a lot more than I thought I would when my...

I use this same bag (http://www.hopkinsmedicalproducts.co...|5673&id=18456) and love it. Highly recommend!

RockinChick66, I, like you, went in to nursing (2nd career for me) to become a hospice nurse. I only worked one year in the acute care setting (oncology unit) and then one year home health care...

I too worked for them as a PRN in Minnesota - and I had to do oncall as part of the position (in fact, 2 weeks after starting I was on call). The company itself was good, but at the time I worked...

WS582 - I work in home health and work mostly 4 days per week. Each RN case manager manages a case load of 45-55 clients and are required to do 25 visits per week. If we can get all the client...

Not a deal breaker for home care. If you don't know how to do it, they will gladly teach you (if you even need to learn at all - at my place, we very rarely do blood draws in the home, most of our...

I think it depends on the company you work for. One place I was at all the nurses wore scrubs (choice was scrubs or business casual, as it was a lot of wound cares, 99% choose scrubs). The place...

I too choose nursing as a second career. I have only been working for about 8 months so far (and not really in the area I want to), but I have no regrets because I know there is so much I can do...

Totally normal. I'm off orientation for 2 months now and still feel like that. I do have to admit, though, working on the night shift is way less hectic then days. Although you have more patients,...

I too am starting my nursing career on an Oncology unit, working nights (which I hadn't done before). I have now been off orientation for about months. As for working nights, I have yet to get...

IndyMitchell - You are not alone. I'm 43 and in the same boat, coming from another career (where I was the expert and knew everything) to now knowing nothing, feeling overwhelmed at times and...

I ended up relocating due to the job market. My only criteria for moving out of state was that I would only go to a Magnet hospital (so that I knew I was moving to a reputable hospital with great...

I felt the same way this weekend - I did my last shift with a preceptor Saturday night and was on my own Sunday night. Although I was on my own, my coworkers are awesome and continually checked up...

As a fellow new grad, I don't think you're overreacting. I think no one feels prepared to be out on their own without the security of a preceptor to help get you through the day. But once you go on...

Student2Registered: I totally feel your pain. Although I have an assigned preceptor, she's out on vacation a lot right now, so I end up with different people each day. For the most part, it...

Tua15395, I wouldn't worry about jobs yet. A lot can change in 2 years. When I started school 2 years ago, the job market was pretty open for new grads. Of course, all that changed during my...

First off, I would like to thank everyone who contributes to this thread. Although I don't contribute much to it, I do read it a lot and am thankful for all the advice I got from it. However,...

Originally Posted by missynurse http://images.allnurses.com/buttons/viewpost.gif Without a shadow of doubt... the Pearson trick does work. I took my exam May 28th and couldn't sleep the night b4...

When I looked Wednesday night, there were openings as soon as the next day, if I was flexible in where I took the test (Bloomington vs Brooklyn Park). It seems that my classmates and I all got our...

MN: graduated April 30, semester grades were due by faculty May 4th, got my ATT evening of May 20th. In MN, we can check on the Board of Nursing website and see once our program completion has been...

nurseatheart81, I am interested in your move to Milwaukee and your thoughts on Aurora (as I am currently contemplating the same move). Do you mind if I PM you about it? Thanks tdrynelle

I'm wondering if anyone has any experiences (good or bad) to share either in working for Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, or (more specifically) with Aurora's Graduate Nurse position. I will be...

Best of luck! :up:

And one more thing - if you take a full load of classes during the summer, you can't do a summer nursing student internship (which a bunch of the local hospitals offer). Although these are hard to...

I purposely choose Metro over the U of M because it had the BSN program, as I did not want to do an MSN program. It didn't make any sense to me to get an MSN when you have absolutely zero...