grey.matters

I am a new grad in the burn/trauma ICU at a level 1 trauma hospital in north Texas. I know I need at least 2 years of experience before exploring travel nursing, but I have a few questions for anyone currently working as an agency nurse. Are you required to accept a certain amounts of contracts per year? What if you only want to do one assignment per year? Has anyone taken a leave from the hospital to accept a travel assignment and then return to your "regular" hospital? I know during the pandemic nurses left to go help big cities and then came back to their job at home. For now my main focus is on my current job and developing my critical thinking skills, but I'm curious about travel one day. Any information and insight is appreciated! Thank you!

A minute clinic at CVS can also do them

It’s consecutive

There was a lot discussed on the interviews/writing samples - look a few pages back on this thread. Success camp is the week before school.

The actual exam was very similar to the practice exams. Some of the questions were the same. Yes, you’ll take the exam on one of the 3 dates offered. You do not have to go to all 3. The first hour or so is for studying and for also the questions and then you take it. It’s all multiple choice.

Oooh can you share this in the fb group? Or I can post it too I guess. That’s so good to know!

Congrats! Come join our Facebook group!

I’m so sorry to hear that

https://www.facebook.com/groups/420555358514252/?ref=share I figured it out and made us a Facebook group ?

Congrats everyone! We did it!!! If someone can find me on Facebook and I’ll create a group for us! It won’t let me create it without adding a friend

Someone add me on Facebook - Sarah Loop. I’m going to create a Facebook group for everyone

Yes!

GUYS THE EMAILS ARE OUT! IM IN!!!

GUYS THE EMAILS ARE OUT! IM IN!!!

Ugh I know. It’s killing me ??

Yes! I’m having to upload them to google drive and then figure out how to send from there...

Ahhh same! Glad I’m not the only one!

I’m happy to share my powerpoints if anyone wants them to review!

I saved all of the powerpoints and my notes from pharm to review over the summer ? Also, Mosby's Pharmacology Notecards are amazing. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0323549519/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_F2vRCb2QN5M9G

If you’re going to take only one instead of both, take pharmacology. It’s a lot of information

I don’t think it matters which order you take them in. I took both classes online last semester. In my opinion, pharm was a lot harder than patho. Getting them out of the way is definitely a great idea - that way you won’t have to take them in addition to all of the nursing classes/clinicals.

67, I think. 37 on Monday and 30 today, assuming everyone showed up.

You had really good points too! There were people in my interview group that applied with around 24-25 points (which is also really good!). The writing sample and interview only add to that initial score. We’re way more likely to be in the top 60 than one of 7 or so that get declined (I feel bad saying that...I swear I don’t mean it in a bad way!) There’s a very good chance some people applied to multiple programs and will accept a different offer and that will open up spots for alternates.

I’m sure you did well! They know we’re nervous. It’s hard to come up with perfect answers on the fly...especially if we don’t know every single question that might be asked. We are our own worst critics. The hard part is over now! All that’s left to do is wait for the emails to come...Then we can shift our focus to preparing for the upcoming semester.

I hope everything is ok with her and her family.... Did she indicate what say they’ll be out? Like we’ll get them sooner than expected?