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This happened months ago but it still bothers me......I was passing meds and the Pyxis called for 8 tablets of x med, I had never heard of the med (I'm in psych and this was a non-psych med) so I googled it and it was a high but normal dose, I scanne...

Thank you. I'm a worrier for sure and have a hard time letting go of that anxiety

Thank you. I guess I worry because I would be responsible regardless of what the pharmacy does. I do struggle with a lot of anxiety and it's been spilling over into work

I've worked at an inpatient peds psych facility for the last 3 years and I want to preface saying I LOVE working with the kids and my coworkers. However, I've been feeling burnout emotionally. I tried talking to my nurse manager but she always has ...

I work 36 hours per week and occasionally work OT. I have not taken PTO in at least a year because I've had to take off work for health reasons that didn't count at short term disability. This is my first job out of school but I know I have a passio...

Last November I tried to end my own life. In December I was contacted by the Virginia BON that I had been assigned a case number. I'm assuming that somehow my treatment team reported me. I was then in contact with my investigator in January and di...

What's your favorite site for acquiring CEU's? Everything I'm looking at seems expensive. I'm willing to pay for a membership but I want it to be from a legit website.

I'm graduating in May and looking at positions available for new ADN grads. One hospital offers a new grad fellow program in the "nurse admin" department and doesn't require a BSN. It's my understanding that nurse admin jobs require at least a BSN ...

I think I'm going with the new grad position. It seems to be a better fit since I'm transitioning into this role as a new nurse! I kind of wish I could start working sooner but I know I need to focus on passing NCLEX too. Plus I know the additiona...

Hi all, so I'm about to graduate in 2 weeks and I had an interview for a general adult psych RN position on 4/7. HR called me yesterday to offer me the job OR to offer me a position in the new grad psych residency program. Everything is basically t...

I'm crossing my fingers that they will respond tomorrow but I have doubts that they will so quickly. This is all great advice, thank you!

I'm preparing to graduate in May and some of my peers have already accepted job offers pending graduation/passing NCLEX. I put in applications about 10 days ago to 7 positions but haven't heard anything back. They all say "in review" or "pending". ...

Thanks to both of you!! It's hard not to get down when you haven't heard back from anyone and other people are accepting offers. I'm applying to more positions and trying to keep my hopes up that something will work out as I get closer to graduatin...

Yes all of them have BSN preferred but willing to hire ADN. I'm actually in VA! I'm not too sure I want to do med-surg. I'm much more interested in psych but I suppose I will look more at med-surg if that is all that is available.

I've applied to 2 positions in new nurse grad programs for NICU and psych. Then I applied to 3 positions (2 psych jobs, 1 peds) that said they were new grad friendly. I'm running into the issue of either needing a bachelors or experience.

They offer so many new grad programs though! I'm not interested in med-surg but I thought an admin job might be cool. I applied to their peds and nicu programs but haven't heard back yet

I've heard better things about Bon Secours than Sentara. Bon Secours does have positions available for new grads. I'm in the same boat though looking in the VA area!

I've been running into the same issue. I had one application come back as "not under consideration" the very same day because of it. I'll try LinkedIn.

This is me right now 100%! I'm graduating in May from a 2 year program and I feel too dumb to be ready to go out as a real nurse. I think it's normal! I've been told that so much of your learning actually happens AFTER you school when you begin wo...

I'm about to graduate in May from an AAS program and I feel like I'm hitting a wall where I'm utterly overwhelmed. Most of my classmates are applying for jobs and looking at BSN completion programs right now. I have been feeling more and more disco...

Thank you :)

100% me too. Graduation is May 5th and I feel like I could give up now

Yes 100%! The best advice I have for you is to JUMP IN. It's scary but take all the opportunities you can to practice your skills and observe everything you can. Really the only thing you can do is bite the bullet and things will get easier.

I'm sure it will vary on your program but for mine: 1) Anywhere from 1-3 days per week, usually 2 for me. Each clinical lasts either 6, 8, or 12 hours. I truly depends on the location and how they schedule you. I might have 2 days in a week where ...

Thanks everyone!! I think the nerves around graduation coming so soon are beginning to get to me. I plan to sit for my boards soon after graduation and I'm currently looking at all the job openings I can find. Gotta keep the hope that something wi...