I graduated in August from an ABSN program, and I passed NCLEX a few weeks ago. For my last semester, I completed a 216 hour preceptorship/transition to practice in a very busy ER. I loved the work, I loved the environment, and I really would like to work in an ER ASAP.
With that being said, the time that our program graduates is less than optimal, as most new grad programs already selected their candidates. Still, I've knocked out my PALS, ACLS, and BLS renewal, and I'm working on my NIHSS (whenever their ancient servers allow me to complete more than one segment at a time, of course -_-)
My question is this: is it worth trying to get my CEN now? Will it look like "hey, this guy is motivated and a self-starter" or will it look like "this guy is a pretentious prick and way too much of a go-getter"? To that end, since I already graduated from an ABSN program, I am slightly worried that too much, too fast will give a negatively overzealous impression.
Just wondering all y'all's perspective on things :)
Do you plan on hysterically responding to people who disagree with you with responses such as "I hope you're never my nurse", "you must be a terrible nurse", " you people are so meeeeaaaannnn", " I told you nurses eat their young", "you are all old and bitter", "I'm never coming back to this site again" (also known as an internet flounce). If not then she wasn't referring to you.
To distill it down further she was referring to people who have hissy fits when people here don't molly-coddle and agree with whatever hair-brained notion they come up with and resort to name calling and threats. She was NOT referring to someone who simply disagrees.
It doesn't really matter to be honest. It is expensive if you don't study enough. 230 for the initial test if you join ENA. I never needed it although I am getting it now for my resume. You can get CEN after your name.
Wuzzie
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Do you plan on hysterically responding to people who disagree with you with responses such as "I hope you're never my nurse", "you must be a terrible nurse", " you people are so meeeeaaaannnn", " I told you nurses eat their young", "you are all old and bitter", "I'm never coming back to this site again" (also known as an internet flounce). If not then she wasn't referring to you.
To distill it down further she was referring to people who have hissy fits when people here don't molly-coddle and agree with whatever hair-brained notion they come up with and resort to name calling and threats. She was NOT referring to someone who simply disagrees.