Let's introduce ourselves...

Altra, BSN, RN · Jun 27, 2005

Hi Holli I also start work on the 18th. I'll be in the ED of a Level I trauma center. Very anxious to get started ... but still waiting for my ATT to schedule NCLEX, so that's still hanging over my head too.

Best of luck to everyone! :)

pedi-RN · Jun 27, 2005

hi holli i also start work on the 18th. i'll be in the ed of a level i trauma center. very anxious to get started ... but still waiting for my att to schedule nclex, so that's still hanging over my head too.
best of luck to everyone! :)

that sounds like an awesome position! good luck on nclex, the waiting was the worst part!

holli

jenrninmi, MSN, RN · Jun 27, 2005

Hi! I'm Jennifer - GN in a Neuro/Trauma unit. I don't take my boards until July 11th. I've been working since June 6th. I really enjoy the floor so far. I have a great preceptor as well as the rest of the floor staff. My feet, legs and back hurt after 12 hours but the experience is really worth it!

amber1142 · Jun 27, 2005

Hi everyone. I passed NCLEX on June 16, and I start work on a critical care obstetrics/L&D floor on July 18. I'll be working 3 12-hour nights once orientation is over. I'm NERVOUS!

nurse1day · Jun 27, 2005

Hey Everyone,

I just graduated on May 20th and will start work on a General Peds floor on July 5th. I am scheduled for NCLEX on July 11th (I am sooooo scared!)

:)

nursemike, ASN, RN · Jun 27, 2005

Hello boys and girls. I just started orientation on a neurology/neurosurgery unit. It has been my home unit since before school, but I'm still having 3/4 anxiety. I take NCLEX July 20, but only 2/4 anxiety there.

Best of luck to us all! (Especially me.)

nursemike, ASN, RN · Jun 27, 2005

hi everyone! i'm holli. i took boards on june 13th and passed with 75 questions. i am starting work on july 18th at the only hospital i ever wanted to work for. it is a great pediatric facility! i will be on the (post-op) surgical floor, and we also have all of the endocrine kids. also, they just added an epilepsy monitoring unit, for overnight monitoring and for the brain mapping they are doing. i expressed an interest in that, so they will cross-train me in that unit as well. i can't wait to get started!

so, tell me about you...

holli, rn

my unit has an emu, too. kind of a funny world, where a nurse is pleased that a patient is seizing.

HappyNurse2005, RN · Jun 27, 2005

I'm Rose. graduated May 13th, take boards this friday, july 1st. Working on a cardiac surgery PCU. Been up on the floor some, had to take some dumb classes and some good classes as part of orientation.

I've got a great preceptor-we are the same age and came from the same nursing school.

hoping05 · Jun 27, 2005

Hello,

I took the boards June 16th and passed with 75 questions. I'm in limbo about work. We are moving out of state when our house sells, and it's been listed 2 months. I hate to start some where, then quit, but at the same time I don't want to sit here and not do anything indefinately. What would you do? I love L&D, PP. Congratulations to all you new RN's!

HappyNurse2005, RN · Jun 27, 2005

How out of state? ONe state over? across country?

at the hospital i work at, if you live more than 50 miles from the hospital, they pay your hotel room to stay there while you work. they also pay a relocation fee, to help you move there.

Look into hte hospitals where you are moving to, see if they offer anything like that.

PennyLane, RN · Jun 27, 2005

HI! I graduated in December 2004 and I'm working in a very busy ED. It's not a trauma center--thank goodness for me, because I'm learning so much right now I can't imagine trying to handle traumas at this point!

Other places I can see myself are oncology and perhaps the OR. But eventually I think I'll go back to school for a Master's in Acupuncture.