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Have you ever had a surgeon want to/try to do a procedure not on the consent, or actually perform a procedure not on the consent? What other odd consent-related occurrences should I be on the...

Learning surgeon preferences and knowing where things are/what the heck they're asking me for has been hard. And I surely miss knowing what I'm doing. You're starting from square 1. Basic things that...

I don't regret getting experience on the floor, but it sure would have saved me a lot of grief and misery to just go straight to OR. I don't know that I would worry too much about getting a job on...

1:5-6 for nurses, although we often have 7-9 patients in a day due to admissions and discharges. 1-3 techs for 28 beds 1 charge nurse, 1 secretary. We max out at 6, so after that the charge...

Definitely definitely call. And apologize profusely. ETA: I don't think you've blown it...it's still worth calling about regardless.

I edited my post, but the shifts are all 12s except for the first one. If it was 8s I wouldn't even think about trying to change...I could do many more 8s in a row than I could 12s. I've about...

For what it's worth, that's exactly what I'm worried about. Is that common, to work 4 shifts with 2 days off before you're back on again? ETA: The first one is an 8, the other 3 are 12 hour shifts.

I have just received my schedule for the next 6 weeks. I am on orientation. One week, I am working 4 days in a row, then I have 2 days off, then I'm working 2 again. Is it appropriate to ask for...

What do you find stressful?

I would talk to your manager...personally I would schedule a meeting on your day off. I wouldn't wanna be weepy and have to go back to work...this meeting may be stressful. I interviewed in an...

White and royal blue...we can wear either or both. I got my fill of white in school, so I'm tending to the blues.

Woo! Congrats. :D I agree, apply early. However, I would call the hospitals that you're interested in and ask when they take new grad applications and how to apply. Each hospital does it...

Lexington Extended Care is pretty nice. I have heard it is a good place to work.

I disagree, nobody was being rude. She's right, many hospitals around here hire very few LPNs. I'm sorry if that fact upsets you. And the previous post spoke truth as well. You may find some doctor's...

Cost of living is significantly less in the south usually :)

Thank you so much for all the responses! I read them all and appreciate them very much. The Ortho interview was the recruiter's idea...while waiting for my PICU interview, she asked me what other...

I wavered between posting this here or in the New Grad section, but I thought everyone might see it here. I'm hoping to get experienced and inexperienced nurse opinions. This week, I had two...

You might want to call the hospitals and ask whether they're hiring new graduates and how they handle it, because I have found the hospitals handle it different ways. The recruiter at one...

Did you rule out an ADN program altogether? 4-5 courses in college is a full load, trust me...lol. That'd probably be labeled as 12-15 hours, but really you spend a lot more time in class and...

Well I passed the NCLEX. So this is the official happy ending to the story...haha. :)

UPDATE: 215: Everybody's great. They're all really nice. I highly recommend Ms Rivers though. Everyone's at Lexington, except Ms Praelue (sp) but she's apparently not teaching for the spring...

Congrats! :D I just took my boards yesterday...now comes the agonizing wait to Monday. Haha. Where are you all at now?

Hi Jessica, I took my boards yesterday...pretty sure I passed too. :) I have a job interview on Monday. I stuck with it. Turns out the first semester, and indeed the first day (when I wrote...

How did you choose where you'd go when you graduated from nursing school? I have so many interests, and all I can say is not general med-surg or LTC...hated them both so very much. Pretty much...

...that would have made too much sense :P Haha. I tried that just after I posted this thread actually. It did come up with some hospitals, but not many. Before today, I've been using the google...