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I suggest you do not move. Why? Job market all over the country is BAD. To get a job offer in ICU for a new grad is awesome. You said you want to possibly move to seattle or portland...I am from...

Ok so i need some help from wonderful nurses in AN. I graduated dec 2010. Have a job in home health, but have been desparately looking for acute care settings oppotunity. So I have finally found one...

I was asked pretty basic questions such as why I chose nursing, why home health, what are my skills or what I have done so far. I was also given 2 different exams. Again pretty basic questions. I was...

Decisions decisions! Imo if it was about couple of dollars i would have gone for rehad, but $10 cut is too much. I understand your situation because i want to get out of Pdn too. Although i love my...

Needs some suggestions regarding advance degree in Nursing. Thank you in advance for reading and commenting :) :redbeathe So I am a private duty nurse. Recent BSN graduate. I want to go for...

Only thing that got me was the rains. But you said you love gray days so I think WA will be a perfect fit for you. Awesome places to visit. It probably wont be hard for you to find a job after your 2...

Although I am foreign myself (US educated), I completely understand your point. However, I would like to highlight the point that foreign nurses come to US for work because they can. Meaning US govt....

Holly cow! What Nursing Shortage is that Bill talking about? As for my understanding, there is no Nursing Shortage in US so passing a bill to create 20,000 visas is total bogus. And I was thinking...

@ R*Star*RN Thank you for the info!!

Welcome to Washington! Do not know much specifics about spokane area, but for WA in general, jobs for new-grads are very sparse. Like in Omaha, there are too many new grads looking for jobs in...

Had similar experience in my first nursing semester. Not trying to blame my instructor, but she was intimidating for me and that made things worse. I felt incompetent, worthless, dumb, you name it....

Thats unusual. My school allows all of the specialty granted that the hospital is willing to accommodate students. Anyways, just a piece of advice, choose the floor/specialty where you want to work...

Thank you for your response. I was worried thinking there would always be hold feeding order for certain amount of residual like in the acute care settings. I now understand why things are different...

Dear nurses, I need to get some facts checked. For a person in bolus g-tube feeding, shouldn't there be a written physician's order/instruction for holding the feeding for certain amount of residual?...

Congratulations!!!!!!

Have you taken a look at the Childrens hospital website? I am pretty sure they have instructions/opening for volunteering. Also, by foot in the door, if you are talking about building connections to...

Dear nurses from WA, I have few questions about PRMC in Everett and would be very glad if I could get some answers. Thanks in advance!! Here are the questions: Would it be a good idea to start...

Thank you for the best wishes. I wish the same for you. I feel better already after reading both of your comments. I just get overtly emotional about things and start blaming myself of even thinking...

@hiddencatRN thank you for your advice. You are right in saying that we owe nothing to our employers. But the job that I have now is a private duty nursing. So you after knowing the family, giving...

Need advice on something I am puzzled about. Thank you in advance for reading! :) Ok I am being oriented for a PDN- part-time job. At the same time, I have been contacted for residency position...

Need advice on something I am puzzled about. Thank you in advance for reading! :) Ok I am being oriented for a PDN- part-time job. At the same time, I have been contacted for residency position in...

Thank you all for replying. I did apply to pretty much all of the above mentioned hospitals multiple times. I reckoned that there is indeed alot of competition and requires alot of hard work to land...

agreed with uaefan. Sounds like you are stressing yourself out by thinking too much. Trust yourself and know that you have done pretty much everything there is to do to nail nclex (I mean literally...

Really sorry to hear that. your readiness score definitely looked good. I am surprised that even after getting that score you didnt make it. Because according to my experience, Kaplan questions are...

yea dont give up. Have faith that you will pass it next time. Do you mind discussing how you studied on your previous attempts? May be we could help you to figure out changing your learning...