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1. New RN Already Making Mistakes

   NAtoRN replied to BabyTurtle2k11's topic in General Nursing

   I understand your anguish! I've been off orientation for 6 weeks and some days are horrible and leave me feeling like I wish I was still in school? Thank you for posting this question; reading all these comments has made me feel better. Exercise ha...

2. Should I switch to days even though it is harder as a new nurse or stay at nights where it’s short staffed?

   NAtoRN replied to Yadiya's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new nurse. I started out on days on my stroke unit. It's really busy and often short staffed during my day shift. The nurses help eachother as much as they can. I think the big thing is, are you a day person or a night person? I am totally ...

3. Masks and sore throats/sinus issues?

   NAtoRN replied to Raven Sierra's topic in COVID

   We wear those crappy surgical masks at work. When I work 2-3 days in a row, I cough alot when I first get up then usually feel better. Recently, the hospital switched to lower quality surgical masks and today my lungs and throat hurt. I can't tell...

4. New Grad 3 Interviews Same Hospital

   NAtoRN replied to NAtoRN's topic in New Nurse

   Navelyn- I took a position in a neuro unit and also got a day shift?. All the questions were behavioral- what would you do if: you had a difficult patient, why are you a good candidate, whats your personality, tell me how you treat others. Also, it...

5. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   NAtoRN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   As a new grad nurse who just worked my first 4 shifts on the floor with my preceptor, I completely agree. My clinicals did not provide sufficient experience and my school does not have the capstone at the end where you are one on on with a hospital ...

6. What just happened?!

   NAtoRN replied to spotangel's topic in Spirituality

   Thanks for sharing. I think this stuff is so interesting!

7. New Grad 3 Interviews Same Hospital

   NAtoRN posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new grad with 3 interviews at the same hospital. Yesterday I had a brief phone interview for a neuro ICU step down unit and the manager told me that she is going to tell HR to call my references and if everything checks out, I'd be getting an ...

8. New Grad working in a COVID hospital

   NAtoRN replied to NAtoRN's topic in COVID

   Thank you for your responses. This will be my first interview and it is in a covid only hospital. I'm assuming they are hiring more nurses to eventually reopen as a fullfledged hospital based on the variety of positions they have posted.

9. New Grad working in a COVID hospital

   NAtoRN posted a topic in COVID

   I just graduated from nursing school, taking the NCLEX 6/5/2020. I have an interview at a COVID only hospital. I'm having second thoughts- would this be a bad place for a new nurse to start?

10. School Pretty Much Canceled Clinical

    NAtoRN replied to Futurenurse7321's topic in General Students

    Be glad that your school has a plan!! We are still waiting for answers from ours. They’ve switched to on Lin classes, but still have to get the secure testing for us to do tests from home. They said they are working on a replacement for clinicals to...

11. What are your schools doing about COVID and clinical?

    NAtoRN replied to DreameRN's topic in SRNA

    Are any schools replacing clinicals with something else?

12. Nursing schools

    NAtoRN replied to Sun1's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm in my last semester at a community college associates program. They have great NCLEX passing rates, but I can tell you that most of the students in my class feel like we are lacking in clinical skills and that our clinical rotations have been li...

13. Good Part-Time Job for Nursing Student- thinking Pharm Tech

    NAtoRN replied to BSNbound21's topic in Student Assist

    Nursing assistant jobs give you alot of patient experieince and if you are good, you will most likely be offered a position as an RN after school. If you can get hired per diem instead of part time, the scheduling is much more flexible. My first se...

14. Nursing student needing advice

    NAtoRN replied to beardeddragon123's topic in Student Assist

    When you study for tests, do you do the practice NCLEX style questions? They are really helpful.

15. The Evolution of Nursing Education - Is Today’s Education Preparing Nurses for Tomorrow’s Growing Health Challenges?

    NAtoRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    I am currently in my second semester of an ADN program and I feel so unprepared! I really wish we had more clinical experience. I’m so glad I started working as a nurse assistant before school or I would feel even more unprepared. Six clinical days...