Hey you guys, Im an RN!!!!!!

[FullMoonMadness]

Well, I did it. Graduated. Pinning was last night. My speech went well, they actually laughed when I hoped they would. AND, I got the award for Academic Excellence.Not bad for someone who quit high school and took a GED all those years ago. Yahoo!!!!!Im an RN.Who would have thought. Thanks to everyone here at Allnurses who gave me encouragement when I needed it. :biggringi

[Rapheal]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feels good yes. Now get some rest- take a couple of days to sleep in. You deserve it.

[live4today, RN]

:balloons: CONGRATS TO YOU ON YOUR SUCCESSFULL PASSING OF THE STATE BOARDS! :kiss :biggringi

[queen_jv]

i'm only 18 and i have my ged..... i'm a cna and going for my rn... congradulations......... :roll

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

WONDERFUL!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[SmilingBluEyes]

CongGRADulations!!!!!!!!!!!!! ya did it!:kiss

[suzy253, RN]

That is just fantastic! Congratulations to you.

:balloons: :balloons:

[MedMalLawyer]

I am confused. There is another thread where a graduate nurse got in big trouble for using RN and so many of you couldn't believe she did that. Here a gradute nurse posts that she is an RN and everyone is yahooing and congratulating her.

So which is it, are you a RN after you graduate or are you an RN after you take the boards? Seems to me that there is some confusion.

I was a JD after I graduated law school and a lawyer after I passed the bar.

[fab4fan]

You are a "GN" (graduate nurse) after completing nursing school, and an "RN" upon successfully passing NCLEX-RN (state boards).

What's a med mal lawyer doing here? Sorry if I seem a bit suspicious of your motives. Apologies if you're just interested, but you have to admit it seems a bit odd.

[MedMalLawyer]

I come here because I am interested in what nurses have to say about patient care and hospital politics.

I am a defense attorney who is interested in Health Law. I come here because I care about nurses. I know you are generally overworked and under appreciated. Who knows maybe someday I will be able to help you effect change.

[fab4fan]

Thanks for clarifying...when you see med mal and you're a healthcare provider, you tend to think of an atty. that goes after medical professionals.

Hope you find the site interesting.

[FullMoonMadness]

I know I made an error here,but I was excited and it was around 5 a.m. I havnt signed RN on any document yet, but thanks to you all!!

[old bear]

I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU! CONGRADULTIONS! Now you too can hear that great saying that most patients give: "I pay good money for my insurance which pays your salary" On a really bad day I always needed to hear that.