nascentRN

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1. Background Check at First Interview? Should I go?

   nascentRN posted a topic in New Jersey

   Sounds fishy, no? I don't know where else to put this, so I'll put it here since I'm in New Jersey. I just got off the phone with some recruiter for a social services staffing agency that places nurses in contract mental health positions. Mind you,...

2. where are the most new grad opportunities?

   nascentRN replied to breanne6887's topic in Texas

   Howdy, Back at ya! he..he. Oh, geesh, I'm in for a culture shock. lol. I'm from New Jersey. I've only stopped in Texas (Houston I believe) during a fly-over to California. Not to invoke that dreaded buzz word, "flyover country." I don't really li...

3. Just got a new grad job!!

   nascentRN replied to JenRN30's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for your response. It's good to hear they were receptive. I was just thinking of perhaps contacting the Board of Nursing in various states I am applying to and then mentioning this somehow in the cover letter. I'm going to try to apply in...

4. where are the most new grad opportunities?

   nascentRN replied to breanne6887's topic in Texas

   I heard in another thread somewhere that San Antonio is the big one, but since I came into this forum for basically the same information you are requesting, I'll see what others have to say. In the meantime, I going to search for jobs in San Antonio ...

5. New Grad desperate for a job

   nascentRN replied to amyg80's topic in New Jersey

   Did you know that all new grad applications sent out in New Jersey get sucked into a black hole? Really, it's true. There's a big black hole somewhere in New Jersey sucking up all the new grad resumes. This is job market scene here is a trainwreck. ...

6. Warning to New Grads

   nascentRN replied to Little_Mouse's topic in New Nurse

   I'm not reading anymore of this. I'm a new grad with a fresh RN license. I need a damn job. I need to pay bills. Period. I'll take what I can get. I don't expect it to be a party nor a disco nor a CBGB's. I expect lifetime during wartime. (to referen...

7. Just got a new grad job!!

   nascentRN replied to JenRN30's topic in New Nurse

   Congratulations on getting the job. I wish you the best of luck in your career. I live in New Jersey. I got my license here about two months ago after passing the Nclex on the first shot but have not found anything yet after applying liberally throu...

8. Rescheduled NCLEX and I am getting alot of heat!!

   nascentRN replied to Cutebutpsycho1022's topic in NCLEX

   i hear that! i waited a month or two longer to take the nclex than some family members officiously advised for my own good and was no less annoyed by this either. of course, no one is second guessing anything i did now that i passed the exam the ...

9. The Nclex is very very hard.

   nascentRN replied to nursing291's topic in NCLEX

   Way to Go!

10. The Nclex is very very hard.

    nascentRN replied to nursing291's topic in NCLEX

    I think this idea about nclex vs real world is interesting. I can see how it seems unfair to people who have years of clinical experience that the Nclex is its own little universe with its own laws. Nurses with years of experience, as PNs for exampl...

11. Dude, I am an RN

    nascentRN replied to nascentRN's topic in NCLEX

    I think the best benefit of trying to apply all these test taking strategies during the test is that this forces you to slow down, think things through and you'll wind up using your time more productively than you would have just operating on autopil...

12. Predicting NCLEX-RN Success

    nascentRN replied to jyrah6's topic in NCLEX

    I'm not sure what you mean by incomplete questions and answers. Most of the practice questions I studied were pretty long. Most of the questions I got on the exam surprisingly were VERY short. Not all, but most. As far as there always being two inc...

13. EKG, fetal monitoring, and immunizations

    nascentRN replied to jyrah6's topic in NCLEX

    Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I doubt they'll have you counting those damn little boxes to determine intervals or whatever. I seriously doubt they are going to ask you to identify heart block either. If they ever do, I would bet 10 to 1 t...

14. Dude, I am an RN

    nascentRN replied to nascentRN's topic in NCLEX

    Thanks!

15. NCLEX this a.m., Tried the Pearson Vue trick....

    nascentRN replied to CarolinaGirl84's topic in NCLEX

    Hang in there. I walked out of Pearson on Monday and the first thing I said to the first person I talked to was, "If they give me a license, they are CRAZY!" :chuckle I really couldn't have felt any worse about it. Same thing as you guys. Tons of...