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Just wanted to chip in about Regions... I graduated a year ago in May and was hired by Regions. So I have been on the unit for over a year, and there have been new grads that were hired after me. So...

If you want to go into nursing, then go into nursing. I would just be open to the possibility of working nights - if that would be an instant "no" for you if you had to work overnights, I would...

Drug seekers or unpleasantly confused dementia pts that I can't get a sitter for.

It would be nice if there was... I work at a very large teaching hospital and they surprisingly do not offer any follow up. They do have follow up for the MDs, but not for the RNs. I had my first...

I graduated last May, and due to the nursing economy in the Twin Cities, I was planning on moving. I looked into Alaska, Washington state, California, Texas and North Carolina. I ended up gunning...

I missed passing the second semester of patho by 2 points. It was the most difficult science class I had ever taken, with the lowest amount of points (200 total), which were based off of tests only....

I'd move to where you want to live. Something will come about - granted, it most likely will NOT be in the area of nursing you want... but it will be experience and can help you work towards your...

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Not a funny reason, but I have never seen it labeled this way... had a pt that came in after trying to hang herself. Admitting diagnosis was embarrassed airway.

I had two jobs when I first graduated - one in hospice and one in an acute care setting. Both were 12 hour shifts and both were over nights. I told the hospice I would work one day a week (thinking...

I also work at Regions and absolutely love it.

I haven't read the other posts, much... so I may be repeating. But it might be too much information. On my floor, we tape and then just do a quick update at handoff, which I like... and in my taped...

If they can do their work and a little homework on the side, I see no issue with that... I worked overnights as a CNA through nursing school for the exact reason. However, I did work with some...

As a new grad, I started on a tele floor that deals with cardiac, pulmonary, renal and observational - so we get a little bit of everything... and I love it - I think I'm gaining a really nice...

You don't work 9-5, you work nights. I worked full time overnight while going to school full time for my BSN-RN. Was I tired, yes. Was my schedule complex, yes. Did I have no social life, yes. ...

With clinicals coming up, I probably wouldn't say anything... better to remain more flexible and leave the ball in your court for how much you want to work.

I graduated in May and I started on a cardiac floor... I would do as the others suggested - meds (BP, heart, diuretics, etc.), EKG strips and also procedures if that is done at your hospital -...

I got my BSN and I am glad that I did. Although money wise it doesn't pay off right away (there is a $1/hour difference between a new grad BSN and ADN at my hospital), it will be more notable in the...

If they are going to have a pacemaker put in, prepping for the procedure wouldn't be bad - NPO after midnight, possible antibacterial wash depending on where you work/study, etc.

I would say buck up buttercup, put your big girl panties on and deal with it. I have not been a nurse for long, but I am constantly trying to tell myself not to dwell on the mistakes - learn from...

Our charges work on the floor if they are not working as charge, but they do not take a patient load while charge. I like it that way.

I had accepted both of my jobs in May, passed the exam the end of June, state shut down so I had to wait until August to start.

Good nutrition and a little cough syrup or Benadryl normally does the trick for me...

Threw it in the sharps container the first time I used one - THEN I swore very loudly in front of my pt and my preceptor. Fortunately, my preceptor was very calm and cool, and so was my pt. After...

I picked cardiac, and I was put on an awesome tele floor that is considered cardiac/pulmonary/renal/observational, so I get a great variety of pts. I ended up getting hired on the same floor and...