New Grad - 8 months - no job. How to keep sharp?

[guest937351]

I graduated in May 2015 with my BSN in Nursing then moved to a different state and after a 4 month nightmare with the state board I finally have my license!!

How do I keep my nursing skills and assessments sharp - or as sharp as they can be with not having any paid RN experience?

At the end of my capstone experience in an ICU at a level 1 trauma center I had so much confidence in my career choice and in my abilities... Now 8 months later I'm losing that

[steffimiesha, ADN, RN]

Oh that's so exciting! How are you liking Wyoming? You'll have to let me know if you get into the program! :) Are you doing the LCCC nursing school or university program? I went to school in Laramie but we do almost all of our clinical experiences in Cheyenne. That I-80 drive at 0530 to clinicals was pretty sketchy sometimes! I absolutely love the Bay Area and after growing up in Wyoming my whole life the weather out here is just amazing. I'm so thankful I got a job and get to stay out here.

I live in Cheyenne so I'm doing the lccc program, but I will be finally enrolled at uw to complete the rn to bsn portion online! Wyoming is ok, vey different from California but we are getting used to it!