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!
I'm Jen, I graduated in May and passed NCLEX in July on the first try. I started my first position in an open heart surgery unit on nights and couldn't handle night shift. So I transferred to days in a congestive heart failure unit. It's been a shaky start but I love it. I am supposed to come off of orientation for this new position anytime and am VERY nervous. Hope all goes well. I still need quite a bit of fine tuning.
Hello. I`m Artem. I live in Brooklyn, New York. I graduated Nursing program Dec 17, 2007. Im getting ready to take the boards. I dont really know yet where i want to work, Figuring that out!
Hello. I'm Esmeralda. I live in Queens, New York. I took the boards on october and passes with 75 questions. I start orientation on February 11. Medical- Surgical floor.I will be working nights 12 hour shifts. Very nervous about nurse patient ratio, 9:1 or as high as 12:1. Hope all goes well.
Hi! I'm Ronnie from Ms. I just passed my Nclex with 85 ?'s and I will be working in Nephrology as a LPN at my local hospital. I will be working from 7pm-7am. I'm excited and nervous at the same time but looking forward to it. Wish me luck!
Hi guys, my name's Nicole, I just graduated in December 2007 and will be taking boards in 10 days!!! I have a job waiting for me at a large regional hospital; I'll be in the telemetry unit on nights. I'm am extremely nervous because I don't know anyone there (I"m moving to a new town) so I just hope that my coworkers and preceptors are nice and understanding!
hello everyone. i am also a new nurse, graduated may 2006 from stark state college, in canton ohio. we live in suffield. i have been working at a ltc/psych/behavioral facility. prior to being a nurse, i was a mental health case manager for 10 years. (i also have a bs degree in psychology and sociology). i worked full time while in school. i am married to the greatest guy on the planet, bob. we have two wonderful and very active boys, jimmy (15) and kyle (6). to all of you who have not taken your boards, good luck. i dont think i was ever so scared in all my life. i left thinking that i failed, had even gotten online to see when i could take it again. but i did pass. so hang in there, it is not as bad as you think. if anyone needs any advise, please feel free to email me... andra, rn
Hi everyone. I just graduated from nursing school in December 2007 and passed the NCLEX with 75 questions about 2 weeks ago. I just accepted a position at a major children's hospital in the ED on evening shifts. I start orientation a week from monday and am excited but also a bit anxious about it all. Hopefully all goes well! Good luck to everyone else!
Hey everybody! My name's Troy (I'm a girl lol) and I'm currently a pre-nursing student in Alabama. I'm very excited and eager to learn all that I can, and I hope to get to know you all very well! :)
i'd just like to thank all of you for the invaluable advice and links i've had from your forums. i just finished my course in december, gained my diploma and my degree and start a 3 month secondment on 11 february. i'm scared stiff but excited too and am looking forward to my new career. i'm 58 so i guess you could say i'm a late starter!
good luck to everyone who's taking up new employment and i'm sure i'll be taking advantage of the wealth of knowledge available on the site. you are all just soooooo friendly and helpful - thank you.
I'm curious, what is a "secondment"? Sorry, I've never heard that term in the States. Well congrats on graduating, it is never too late to go back to school for something you love! Good luck to you :)
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I'm Jen, I graduated in May and passed NCLEX in July on the first try. I started my first position in an open heart surgery unit on nights and couldn't handle night shift. So I transferred to days in a congestive heart failure unit. It's been a shaky start but I love it. I am supposed to come off of orientation for this new position anytime and am VERY nervous. Hope all goes well. I still need quite a bit of fine tuning.