CarolineRn

Ok, Nervous wreck here. I just took the NCLEX this morning, and like a lot of you, I walked out feeling like I failed. It seemed like every other answer was wrong.. The computer shut down at 77 questions, and I just stared blankly at it, thinking "Ok...

Hi everyone! On a recent night out, my husband informed me that I "grind my teeth in my sleep." I was apalled! I thought, Not I! he's just making that up because I have had to wake him up to make him stop snoring." In the past, he has told me that I ...

Hello all! Can anyone tell me about the Trinity hospitals? I'm considering employment with St Joseph-Mercy in Ann Arbor, and am also considering the U of M-- but I hear the U of M is more of a "transient" hospital-- people coming and going--higher tu...

If I had spent so much time earning the above degrees, I think I would want people to know about them. Yeah, LPN or RN is sufficient, but I think those who have earned advanced degrees deserve to wear them proudly.

ita!!! i just moved to michigan from a lifetime spent in fl, and since we are expected to get snow tomorrow and i'll be driving to work, i have read this thread with interest. i am in healthcare.. when i decided to move here, i accepted the fact that...

Hi there! I just graduated an ADN program in Florida and am about to sit for boards here, after which time I will start critical care training in the CVICU. (I have been working as a nurse tech on this unit for awhile.) My husband and I are very ser...

I cannot wait to move up north to Michigan!!! This may come as a surprise, but I live in "beautiful, sunny Florida." I've lived here almost thirty years. Now I know the following may seem offensive to some, but this is coming from an almost native w...

I agree. I wouldn't waste money on prep classes with a 3.5 GPA. Just get the Kaplan review books and do some of their questions so you'll be familiar with the test layout, which you most likely already are since most nursing programs utilize testing ...

Hey Erin! I have heard back from several units I forwarded my resume too at both hospitals I applied to-- The U and St Joes-Mercy (Both in Ann Arbor). In both cases, a nurse recruiter contacted me the following day, we discussed the areas I would be...

Hey Erin! Congrats to your husband and family on his retirement from the military!! I'm getting ready to move to the Ann Arbor area myself, and have been doing alot of online research, maybe I can help you with some links I've found re the "U". If yo...

Kris, my husband's grandfather (90 years old) has lived there his whole life, and my husband used to spend all his summers up in Alpena. We were just there last week, drove up US 23 along Lake Huron-- OMG, it was soooooo beautiful! I fell in love wit...

hey everyone! Well, so far St Joes AND U if M has called me back! I'm really excited-- I hope it doesnt take too long for my RN endorsment to go through. Both hospitals want me to come up and and look around their units. I'll know more next week once...

Well, we just got back this week from a trip up there, and it looks like Ann Arbor (outskirts) is the area we'll be going to. We drove all OVER the state. Went as far north as Tahqumenon Falls (breathtaking in the winter!) and back downriver. We ha...

LOL Stevieray! I've been out of the OR for awhile, and am honestly considering going back. Thanks for the heads up! I guess saying "wheatie" is inappropriate also? :chuckle Thanks though, things like that bug me, so I will definately remember this...

Sorry Bets, if it seems like I keep responding to all your posts--Actually I agreed with most, but I have to disagree with this one on a technicality. (spell check, please!?) :) Anyway, I just wanted to remind you that if one passes the NCLEX, one ...

Ugh. I am guilty of this too. And you know what is worse? I used to pride myself on my grammar and spelling-- wanted to be a writer. In fact it's still a long-term goal of mine (Have a WIP that I've been playing with for years now), but I've noticed...

LOL!! Absolutely, this is my BIGGEST pet peeve! I don't even mind answering call lights for others when I have a chance, in fact I would rather pass the time actually *working* than reading cosmo or some other such nonsense that some enjoy. Real work...

Very valuable advice!! Thanks so much for the tips! After all, the most any of us (regardless of degree, experience, or education) can do is quickly triage the situation for ABC's, and wait for the Pro's! (EMS) As to the poster who declined to remov...

Triage, you won't hear any groans or gutteral utterings from me! :chuckle In fact, I intend to start calling some agencies tomorrow. Thanks!! :) :)

Greetings all! My family is considering a move to another state, and unfortunately that leaves me in the unfamiliar position of applying for a new job as an RN. :stone As a relatively new RN, I somehow lucked into a desirable position as a cardiac...

I want to thank each and everyone of you for taking the time to read my post, and for helping me to know that I'm not alone. Thanks 11:11, for your advice about writing down my strengths and weaknesses, and my main weakness is a biggie--- Inexperien...

Yep! You are 100 percent correct, and I don't give a damn who disagrees with me. One of the first things our "president" signed into law was this bogus "Patriot Law" that will cause no end of grief to this country. Do you realize that banks and credi...

At 34, you think you are having a "mid-life confusion"? I do not mean to belittle your choice of words here, but you are too young to be going through any type of "mid-life" anything! Wait til you hit 39, believe it or not,you will see a true differe...

Blinks, LOL at the drama!! I can relate, and I'm a woman! Sometimes I want to tell some of my co-workers, "I hope you don't choke on that hairball, you catty thing!"

The nurses I work with who are over 50, are my favorite nurses to work with. I don't know what happens when we get there (Still have a little over a decade til then) but I've noticed that the nurses over 50 are a lot calmer, and seem much more secure...