burk0282

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1. Career Advice for a New Grad

   burk0282 replied to burk0282's topic in New Nurse

   Just spent the last week and a half there and you could not have been more right about this. Although I have tremendous respect for nurses who are able to remain compassionate and maintain high-quality care in such a setting, I didn't see a lot of e...

2. Career Advice for a New Grad

   burk0282 replied to burk0282's topic in New Nurse

   dishes, you were 110% right. I DID end up going with the LTC/TCU position, and within 2 weeks it ended up becoming very clear that they were stringing me along and kept delaying putting the conditions of my hire in writing, and taking days and multi...

3. Career Advice for a New Grad

   burk0282 replied to burk0282's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for your input. I am certain I will work in a med-surg unit for those exact reasons in the future, and I wish a better offer would have been made. Unfortunately though, I had bills that I could not afford to "hope" I got enough hours to actu...

4. How did you study for NCLEX?

   burk0282 replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in NCLEX

   I also used the NCLEX Mastery app and loved it because I could do questions while in line at the grocery store or on break at work and feel like I was learning something even on days I worked 12 hours and didn't have the time or energy to have a sit-...

5. Career Advice for a New Grad

   burk0282 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am a new graduate nurse whose ultimate goal is to go into critical care nursing. Currently, I have only my RN licensure and will be continuing to take classes for the next 18 months to finish my BSN, and am looking for some guidance on what you guy...

6. Best Career Pathway

   burk0282 posted a topic in Critical

   I am a new graduate nurse whose ultimate goal is to go into critical care nursing. Currently, I have only my RN licensure and will be continuing to take classes for the next 18 months to finish my BSN, and am looking for some guidance on what you gu...