[before I left the hospital, HR told me that I am rehirable. However, I do believe that perhaps that was just their way of preventing discrimination charges?
By the way, I have never been a job hopper. During my entire working career, I never worked less than 6 years at a job. Now it looks as though I am indeed a job hopper! This too, plagues me!
I worked in a LTC facility for a full year right after graduating as an RN. Then I was lucky enough to secure a job on the dayshift in MedSurg at our local hospital. I was so excited and eager to begin my new job. As any new nurse, I asked a lot o...
I have been on night shift (6p-6:30a) since January and have NOT adjusted. Sure, the 12 hour shifts are okay, but working nights is horrible for me! I always feel tired, and never feel like I can get enough sleep! I don't feel like doing anything ...
I too have struggled. After graduation I worked in LTC for a year so that I could get the experience needed in order to gain a job in Med/Surg at the hospital. I was very successful as a LTC nurse and when I left, the DON there tried to talk me out...
What I had the most trouble with, was EKG's. Buy yourself a book and learn this! Also, you can never have enough NClex books! You can learn a lot from them....one i recommend, is Saunders Comprehensive Review. It has lots of written information al...
Punch replied to Motivated grandma's topic in Pre-Nursing
I graduated in May 2010 at the age of 58! I graduated with honors and am now working as an RN! You don't have to "convince" the community college of your ability to become a nurse....you have to convince YOURSELF! Go for it!
I once expressed this overwhelming fact to my nursing dean: how in the world do I get all of the reading done?!! She told me to read the first and last paragraph of every chapter - these are the bones of the chapter and will give you a lot of infor...
Don't worry....nursing school is intense and you will bond with a lot of people! It's a case of everyone being there for a common goal and helping each other make it! Just remember, they are as nervous as you are about getting through it and workin...
In my school, we have competency exams at the end of each semester. We have two tries: the first try we can pass with three or less errors. If we don't pass the first time, we have a second chance but two or less errors are allowed only. If we do...