RollingThunder

I've worked at FMC for four years. It offers an outstanding work environment with excellent nurses and physicians that treat nurses with respect. Management treats us well and address issues when they arise. I am proud to be an FMC employee. It w...

Does anyone know about the demand for TRAVELING PSYCH NURSES and what requirements are generally met before pursuing such an endeavor? Is the pay about the same as more traditionally medical-surgical or acute care settings? Any input would be appre...

one month? dream on...the california board of nursing doesn't even want to correspond with you about licensure until you have waited at least six weeks. i turned in everything on july 13th (including the set of fingerprints that you failed to mention...

I have a couple of questions for some seasoned veterans (or whoever will indulge me). Some background...I am six months into a circulating position with a 16 bed OR. I am actually a very humble person, so this is out of character for me to say, ...

Are there any of you who travel and only circulate cases in the OR? I'm six months into the job as a new RN and want to travel in the future. How limited will my future opportunities as a traveler be by not being trained to scrub? This is actuall...

Just out of curiosity are you in Hattiesburg, Jackson, or the Coast? I am a new nurse (OR) and want to get to traveling ASAP (after a year of good experience) and would like to get the type of experience that you are getting now.

You've got a deal. (insert a hand shake) It will be within the next one to two years that I begin to travel (if I can manage the learning curve...I've only been an RN since Jan. 24th of this year). Every RN that I am rotating thru in my training i...

Do you mind me asking what areas of the country that you worked in because in the future, I would like to travel but RN's only circulate at my current hospital as we have an abundance ORTechs. Also, what companies did you travel with?

Hey everybody, I am a new RN (graduated BSN Dec. 2005 and passed boards Jan. 2006) starting orientation today in the OR of a local medical center. Where can I get a head start on learning some of the terminology, tools, etc. conducive to survival of ...

I am a new nurse orientating in the OR. I understand that I need a good year or two to be competent enough to travel. Is the demand there for traveling OR nurses?

Graduated in December 2005: University grading scale and College of Nursing were VERY different: A=100-93 B=92-85 C=84-77 Below 77=Repeat the course Two Below 77's during the course of the program=Try a new major Clinicals were pass fail and did NOT ...

Thanks for the advice. I hope that I wasn't misunderstood, I am not looking to sign up with a company and hit the road as a green RN and make a fool out of myself. I actually think that I will probably stay right where I am for a very long time, I ...

Perhaps my original post lacked enough details. IMO this unit and it's management really seem to be on the ball. Yes, I have a formal educational coordinator (who is very nice, BTW) and an extensive orientation (several months). I have not been as...

I started my first day in the OR today and I am a new nurse. They asked me in the interview why I wanted to work there and I mentioned something like I was looking foir a dynamic team atmosphere. The team atmosphere comment clinched the job for me ...

I am orientating in OR and like it so far. I am a new RN and reside in a compact state. Does anyone know about the need for OR travel nurses? Are they in as much demand as say a ICU or ER RN? I want to travel but don't want to get the wrong exper...

Go to the MSBON website. Click nurse licensure search about midway down the left side of the page. On the next screen click continue. On the third screen, on the right side enter your last four of social and last name. If results have posted for you,...

I passed the NCLEX-RN last week in Jackson. Took it on Tuesday, got results on Thursday. I had two friends that took it on Wednesday. Now, I have some bad news for you and some good news. One of the girls called the MSBON on Friday, she got the same ...

Damn straight I felt overwhelmed until my final semester and things just fell into place. I graduated in December 2005 and everyone that I graduated felt the same way. We actually felt like we knew less than when we were beginning our second semest...

This is commonly prescribed by doctors for this exact problem but they also decrease your concentration so if you have to get important points across, you had better have some cue cards. Personally, I think many people suffer from this and not all a...

I've never posted here before but I have been reading posts for over a year. I want to say thanks to all of you who post here for providing the inspiration to make it through a BSN program and the NCLEX. I took my boards two days ago, got 75 questi...

I'm in Hattiesburg. I took the NCLEX-RN Tuesday, got results Thursday, and start Monday at the biggest hospital in town. I'm working days in the OR. New grads at this hospital are starting at $18.35/hr, the smaller medical center in town is paying $1...

I took the NCLEX on Tuesday 1/24 in 75 questions, don't remember very many of the questions that I had but I do remember several on infection control, a few in priortizing and had no alternative items. I just knew that I had failed. My friend that ...

It took about 10 days for my ATT to come but it was sent just before the holidays so I figure that that may have caused a little delay. Think positively about the NCLEX. It is not hard, it just makes you think. I tried to think with each question....

I tested Tuesday, 1/24 and had an active license on the state board of nursing website this morning. I honestly believe that no amount of studying can prepare you for that exam. It is pick the lamest answer out of four lame answers. If you passed ...

Hey. I have a BS in Psychology and just finished nursing school in December, took the boards two days ago and found out this morning that I passed. I was a golf professional for seven years and got tired of having 250 bosses at the country club. I we...