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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 foot surgery. I finally took a position in one of t...

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, rarely spent time with me/us but when he was sober he ...

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 scheduled for 10:00 in the morning. I have a couple of que...

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 choir and attends the womens mission group meetings (...

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 said she would check. Later she came to me and sa...

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 apparently someone just turned in their resignation. ...

"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! Then, they hired another new nurse two weeks afte...

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 lunch but had to return to the floor to eat. Thi...

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 already etc. As I have read these I have also spent...

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 career!

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 medications (what they were for, side effects etc) and not k...

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 work right now. I say that's lucky, it is in a way ...

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 ability to stand up for myself. Amazing how difficult...

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 great with bed side manner. Some show compassion in ...

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 because I wasn't sure of any of my answers and I k...

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 your reply, you are right. I don't know anyones hx ...

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 asked so many times before, I am sorry to inconvenienc...

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 internet alot, read books anything I could to try and...

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 a Good man with a big problem. He was the kind of ...

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 you to relax more and in turn be able to think mor...

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 trusted me. I even did great with IV's I got everyo...

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 grads.

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 it sounds silly or childish but it does help the c...

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 children so I helped care for her. I also have a...

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). No sign on bonuses here but some hospitals around ...