JVRB4

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  1. Lost, Afraid and feeling like a failure...now what?

    JVRB4 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am hoping to find some good advice and maybe some insight. I graduated in May 2008, passed boards in June 08 and then took the summer off to spend with my kids and take care of my mother after her...

  2. Adult Children of Alcoholic...does your childhood effect your career?

    JVRB4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an adult child of an alcoholic father. My mother never drank at all but was always stressed trying to "fix" everything. I guess my family line up was something like this: Dad-usually drunk,...

  3. Interview In The Morning And Need Help!

    JVRB4 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry in advance for being so long but Im freaking out. After my earlier thread "Lost, Afraid...." I finally had the courage to apply for a position at the local hospital. I have an interview...

  4. Interview In The Morning And Need Help!

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    VM85 you did not offend me and I hope I didn't sound as though you did. No my friend is not very active in the church. She does attend on most of the Sundays she is not working and she is in the...

  5. Interview In The Morning And Need Help!

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I should have been more clear to start. A friend from church is an LPN on this unit and I asked if they had any part time positions. I explained to her that I was only interested in part time. She...

  6. Lost, Afraid and feeling like a failure...now what?

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you so much to everyone. You have all been a major source of encouragement. I just printed an application for the hospital near me and I spoke with a friend who works there this wk end and...

  7. New Grads: How was your day today???

    JVRB4 replied to Misslady113's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "The other new nurses (who only have about 2 weeks of experience on me), seem so confident and do the job with ease, while I feel like I'm struggling just to get all my meds passed in a timely manner!...

  8. Hungry Nurse or Troublemaker?

    JVRB4 replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I was working there was only 1 RN on each shift. While I was in orientation my preceptor told me that because she was the only RN (I didn't count due to orientation) she could go to caf and get...

  9. Lost, Afraid and feeling like a failure...now what?

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Over the past few wks I have spent a lot of time on this site reading all kinds of posts from new grads that are afraid, feel like they didn't learn anything in school or have forgotten every thing...

  10. New job at rural hospital

    JVRB4 replied to gillytook's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds great! I live in a rural community and though the local hospital is a little lager than what you describe the perks are not as good. I wish you the best of luck in your new

  11. Maybe I'm not nursing material?

    JVRB4 replied to stewiegriffin's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You described almost exactly how I felt/feel. I graduated in May '08 went to work in Sept '08 and felt like an idiot. Take everything you described and add to that not remembering alot of...

  12. Lost, Afraid and feeling like a failure...now what?

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you Celia214 for your prayers. I hope you enjoy Psych and hopefully you will find exactly what you are looking for. Lucky for me my husband makes enough to keep us afloat so I don't have to...

  13. Bullying in nursing

    JVRB4 replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

    I am generally very shy and quiet. Don't trust my own judgement in most nursing situations either so I know what it is like to feel intimidated. I am trying to work on my self confidence and my...

  14. Compassion.... why is it so hard to give some?

    JVRB4 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In nursing just like every other field there are people who are good and people who are not good at what they do. In nursing some are great with the technical aspects and the knowledge but not so...

  15. VA NCLEX - HELP!!!!

    JVRB4 replied to teaquay's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    No it doesn't mean you failed. I took mine last year in June in VA. I don't remember what day of the wk or anything (I posted on here though so you could find out). Anyway I just knew I had failed...

  16. Adult Children of Alcoholic...does your childhood effect your career?

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in General Nursing

    Jen the RN2009 thank you for your response, kindness and compassion are things we can give for free yet we often have such a difficult time giving it to others. Crazy! Leslie :-D thank you also for...

  17. Adult Children of Alcoholic...does your childhood effect your career?

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in General Nursing

    Never said I didn't have the ability to get angry or to express it on occassion. However that was not anger. Simply stating facts so there is no misinterpretation. As far as this having been...

  18. Nurses in my Family, but None Are Helping Me

    JVRB4 replied to MedNurse2k's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry you are feeling alone. I remember when I was getting ready to start in school and I had so many questions. I wanted to totally immerse myself in everything nursing. I searched on the...

  19. Adult Children of Alcoholic...does your childhood effect your career?

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in General Nursing

    First of all my dad was not "the drunk" as so eloquently put. He was an alcoholic which we all as nurses know is a disease and that did greatly effect our family and my view of many things but he was...

  20. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    JVRB4 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe you could request a different preceptor or atleast an opportunity to try a couple of shifts with a different preceptor to see of it would help. Maybe just a different teaching style would help...

  21. New Grads: How was your day today???

    JVRB4 replied to Misslady113's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know how you feel. In school I thought I had it all together. In 2 years I only failed one test and that was by one question. I never had a bad clinical evaluation and my instructors liked and...

  22. States Hiring New Grads

    JVRB4 replied to restless09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I see a few positions listed in the Richmond Times Classifieds for positions in and around Richmond VA but I don't know if they will hire new

  23. Lost, Afraid and feeling like a failure...now what?

    JVRB4 replied to JVRB4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you Moogie for everything you said. To have someone with your experience share that view/opinion really helps. You are right this site is a sort of therapy and I guess I do need that. I know...

  24. Moms who have made it through nursing school!

    JVRB4 replied to hopefulabby's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated May '08 from a community college 2yr program. When I started my kids were 11 and 7. I also had an aunt who I was very close with dying from lung cancer. She was never married and had no...

  25. Nursing salaries by state

    JVRB4 replied to selulion's topic in General Nursing

    Southern VA starting pay for new grad with no experience is around $20.50-$21/hr. Shift diff I think is $2.00/hr for 3-11 and $3.00/hr for 11-7, another $3.00 for wkend and holidays (may be $4.00)....