Oh, wait...no longer a nursing STUDENT!

[jena5111, ASN, RN]

Ecstatic to report that I have finished nursing school...it is done! DONE!

Not even sure which forum to post in since I have finished nursing school and I'm in the process of interviewing for jobs. So kind of in Graduate Nurse (GN) purgatory.

Humble-ish brag--I finished my program with all A's except for one B in the ONE nursing class I kinda didn't like. Overall, I had an amazing class/clinical experience and I loved my nursing program. My clinical instructors were second to none. In the future, I would like to give back in some way as a nursing instructor/unit educator.

I'm registered with PearsonVue; just need my ATT and I will take NCLEX ASAP (a lot of acronyms in one sentence, wow). I took Hurst review and subscribed to the NCLEX Mastery app. I feel confident/hopeful about NCLEX--my school's > 90% pass rate doesn't hurt either!

I hope to work on an adult cardiac/tele floor--two interviews this week so we'll see.

THANK YOU to AllNurses for the support, wisdom, and guidance through the pre-nursing courses and my nursing program. I lurked on this site well before taking my prerequisites. Then I finally registered and have been here ever since (2010, I believe).

Special thanks to GrnTea, RubyVee, TheCommuter, HouTex, nurseprnRN, icuRNMaggie, Here.I.Stand and anyone else who has responded to my posts. I appreciate your time and insight.

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

Congratulations!!! Good luck with your interviews.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Congratulations, jena5111! This must be an exciting time in your life! I can recall feelings of liberation and hopefulness at the time I graduated nursing school. It felt as if the world was my oyster.

[Farawyn]

This is a happy post. Congrats, and best wishes on the NCLEX!

[CryssyD]

Congratulations! That's awesome! Now you're ready to learn how to be a nurse!

Nursing is a wonderful profession--there's something for everybody. Welcome to it!

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

Congrats!!! Good Luck on NCLEX, although it sounds like you are ready to take it head on already and will be just fine

[annabash_rn]

Its such a weird, strange feeling isn't it?! You want to celebrate finishing school.. but you also want to wait until after you take NCLEX to REALLY celebrate. Hah. But from what it sounds like, you will have no problem with boards. Congratulations!!

[annabash_rn]

Sidenote, I also took Hurst review and used the NCLEX mastery app to study. Both are very helpful. I also did a lot of practice questions from several different books. I feel the two things that prepared me most were Hurst review and just taking deep breaths and thinking to myself "be a safe nurse" while taking the test. Good luck.

[jena5111, ASN, RN]

Update: I got the job!

The call came while I was en route to my pinning ceremony this morning--pretty sweet! Looking forward to working with adult cardiac patients; I worked with that patient population all of last semester and I loved it.