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  1. Leaving a job while in orientation

    Also, I did not believe a two week notice was necessary during orientation, since I was still considered an orientee with a preceptor.
  2. Leaving a job while in orientation

    [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?
  3. Leaving a job while in orientation

    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!
  4. 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...
  5. An all time low for a new night shifter

    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 ...
  6. Still a new grad... when will it end?

    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...
  7. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change those things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference!
  8. I'm 53 and want to be an LVN (Clock is ticking)

    Well, this "old nurse" got hired and was 58 when I WAS hired! Never never too late....have faith in yourself and your abilities, and HR will too!!
  9. What did you struggle with most in nursing school?

    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...
  10. I'm 53 and want to be an LVN (Clock is ticking)

    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!
  11. I have no idea what to do

    Travel nursing does not want new grads. I tried it!
  12. Is 50+ pages of reading a week "normal?"

    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...
  13. Have anxiety issues over making friends

    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...
  14. Well, No Nursing for Me

    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...
  15. Stumbled on the Pearson Vue Trick

    Pearsonvue trick worked for me! As of yesterday, I am officially an RN!!!!!