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$2.50 more an hour compared to day shift.

ive had some dickies and they were comfy. but my favorite are KOI... they are super cute, comfy, and fit my longer legs well. im not sure if im "pear shaped" but i do tend to love those scrubs. everyone at work compliments my scrubs all the time.

i dont really know. but im sure his contact people could help you with this. i would assume that you would have to get a new license in each state???

i showed my support. i do not know katie but i do know how hard she must have worked. her and her family deserve to see the RN title follow her name. i went to the senator in my district to show my support (Glen Anderson). i would really love to see this work out for her. i also sent other little messages too. it only took a couple minutes for me but it took years of effort and dedication for katie.

thanks for the support. i have already looked for an al-anon meeting near me and its actually at my hospital. i plan on attending on tuesday. i just feel like there really is more we could do. and just wondering if you are offended when you have to get some OTC drugs from the pharmacy now? things change because of a minority all the time. i dont have a meth lab but im treated as though i do when i buy some OTC drugs. does it bother me? no because its for a greater good. and if you are going to a doc to get your refill then why not provide a sample? is it that hard? i dont know... there is no easy way to fix this. but shouldnt we still try?

today i found out that my cousin OD'd on pills and patches and God knows what else. he was a great person but lived a VERY messed up life. today it all ended for him. i seen this coming. my family seen this coming. how do you stop something that you see coming??? i feel like there was more i could have done. i feel regret for so many things. and i also feel angry about how pills have taken so many lives around my town lately. i live in a suburb of detroit and it seems like someone i know is OD'ing every couple of months. there are many factors at play here but long story short...its preventable. why does it keep happening? so many young people are going trick or treating at a pharmacy and not living to tell the story. why does this continue? why dont we have to provide urine/labs/whatever to our doctors to prove we are taking these controlled substances? why isnt the DEA more involved here? i understand this problem will always be a problem but dont you think we could at least cut the number of casualties down if we had our scripts monitored more closely? there has got to be a way that this could change. i feel like it was a senseless death today. and i feel like it is now my job to educate others on the use of controlled substances. if i can save even a single life from my cousins story then maybe i can find peace with it. this time the OD was a little to close to home for me. i just cant help but thinking "what could i have done to prevent this?"

ok well i just precepted a new grad the other night at my work. in detroit. and that is not the only new grad on my floor. or in my hospital. and if you filled out 500 aps then it sounds like you need a resume workshop or something. good luck with your hunt.

they are hiring here in detroit. good luck!

My hospital has hired new grads recently. They hired the ones that worked for us as nurse techs. I was told that most hospitals around me (detroit area) are not hiring new grads. I was also told that the hospitals around me didnt hire new grads last year. Well I applied at two places last year as a new grad and was offered a job at both. None of my friends from school seemed to have a problem finding a job either. Sometimes I think people like to just talk. With no truth behind it. They also told my husband not to go for teaching because there was a hiring freeze on teachers around us. So he listened to the school and opted out of teaching. Guess what... on the day he was supposed to graduate there were many teaching jobs. Dont listen to anyone. Listen to yourself. Even if it is hard to find a job there will still be somewhere hiring. All you have to do is stand out against your competition. Living in the Detroit area jobs are scarce. Any job. Not just nursing. And all you have to do is just look better on paper than your competition and you will get the interview. Brush up on interview techniques and you will nail it. I say GO FOR IT!!!!! dont let anyone tell you that your dream is out of reach. related to the economy or any other reason. GOOD LUCK!

Thanks for this post. I was actually getting on here to find out which were the best to go with. I will be getting at least two delivered to my door.

I failed my first time too. It sucked. I felt terrible. But I knew that one day did not determine what I knew or didnt know. I went in there so nervous that I could not focus. 265 questions of pure nerves. That was a year ago... Today: I feel I still have a lot to learn but overall I feel like I am a good nurse. Last night for example my night manager was asking patients how their stay is going. And my patient told her that I was one of the best nurses she ever had. As I walked away I over-heard my night manager tell her that I was a really good nurse. My primary manager has asked me to start training for charge. She wants me for permanent charge on my weekend. She has also asked me to sign up for the next preceptor class our hospital has to offer. The moral of the story... That test says nothing about what you know and what you dont know. It shows what kind of a test taker you are. Im the test anxiety victim. Advice for you... RELAX. When I failed the first time I promised myself that I would study in that 45 days. I didnt. I worked and spent family time. Each night I would promise myself that I would start the next day. Well the next day never came. When the 45 days was up and I sat down to take my boards I was no more prepared than I was on the first attempt. I was just more relaxed. I knew what to expect. I knew that my support system was there if needed. And I knew that I COULD and WOULD do it. GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!!! RELAXATION IS THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU...from experience.

i graduated last year feeling the way you are right now. its kind of scary thinking about all the rumors you here isnt it? well im pleased to say that i have not seen any of the "nurses eat their young" at this point. i DID have an incident at work though. there was a nurse aid who refused to help me. when i was scheduled with her i had the WORST nights. i actually didnt notice it myself. i would come home so upset my husband would just let me vent. he eventually noticed it was only on nights i was working with "her". long story short... she said she couldnt take orders from me because i was younger than her daughter. since she spent more time on this earth and in that hospital than i did she refused to work with me. funny thing is... i dont ever recall giving her a single "order". in the beginning i honestly believe a good aide can make you or break you. in over 1 year of nursing that is the only time i can recall that was even slightly negative. the rest of the staff were just amazing. i knew that i would not walk in there knowing it all so i never even pretended to know it. i went in with questions constantly. i always asked what was on my mind. and i didnt wait till i was to far behind either. i figured if you ask the first person you see they can help you most of the time. alot of my questions were answered after me and the person i asked looked them up...lol

Hello all! I am doing a health profile paper on nursing. I have already interviewed one nurse but it seems as though I need more information so, I was wondering if anyone could help me out by answering some of my questions. I would really appreciate it if anyone could spare the time. Thank you all again for your time. 1. What is a typical day like for you? How many hours do you work? i work 3 12 hour night shifts. 7p-730a 2. What is your life like in and out of your job? Do you work nights, or are you on some sort of on call situation? How do you balance your life? my life at my job=great. i love the people i work with they are all great. i do work nights and it seems to be working out fine on that shift. no on call. i balance my life by having good quality family time when im off. and when my hubby and kids are sleeping (im on night shift even at home lol) i get me time. 3. What kind of environment do you work in? (Hospital, clinic, lab) i work in a hospital. small local hospital but its perfect. its not so small but its smaller than the UofM hospital and DMC hospitals. 4. Is it an intense work environment? All 'high speed' or more relaxed? right now because im so new it seems to be high speed. it does seem to calm down a bit some nights around 2-4 am. but then it picks right back up. and between those times its still busy just not toatlly busy if you can understand that. lol 5. Do you do a lot of lab work? i have to do some. but we do have a lab crew so i dont do much. 6. What was life like during your clinicals? Do you think it was worthwhile to have all the years you spent training? i loved my clinicals. i learned alot from them. we had great mentors. plus i learned alot working with my classmates. i learned some tricks from school that i use now for time management. we worked up to 4 patients and that has helped me alot since i have 5-6 each night at work. 7. Do you like the system they have or do you think it should be changed? so far it seems like its pretty good. 8. What kind of schooling did you go through? Where? Specific degrees? i went to schoolcraft community college and obtained my associates in applied science degree in registered nursing 9. Any paid internships? no. offered to me though but did not take them. 10. What kind of education do you have to do in order to keep practicing or keep your licensure? i have to do CEU credit classes. the hours are set up by the michigan board of nursing. i believe it is state specific. 11. Do you have to be licensed to do what you do? yes... thank God! 12. How did you go about getting that license? (school, work, exam, interview, fee) i had to complete about 3 years of schooling. no work (being a wife and mother does count though). i took the nclex rn. and paid a fee of $250 to my state and to pearsonvue. 13. What types of patients do you typically see? it is such a variety. i work on a critical care unit and i see a little of everything. i guess mostly cardiac related and respiratory related ppatients though. 14. Who do you work with? Other nurses, doctors, lawyers, drug reps? nurses mostly rn's but there is one lpn. a variety of doctors, nurse aides, secretary, resp. therapists, the list goes on.... 15. How much time in your day do you actually spend helping people? not enough. but i will say the people always come before the paperwork. 16. How much time is spent doing paperwork? to much. but it is a necessary part of the job :) 17. Why did you select to work with the demographic of people who you treat? Was it decided for you? i chose it because it just called out to me. there were so many jobs to chose from. i think i made the right choice. 18. Do you spend a lot of time filling out charts? yes. i try and put a few minutes of charting in here and there but i have had to stay over a couple times to finish up what i didnt have time for. 19. How much time do you spend worrying about legal issues? What kinds of legal issues ever do come up? since im new i value my license like its my life so im constantly worried about the legal issues of the job. im sure that will fade at some point to a certain extent but as for now i dont want to lose something i worked so hard to get. 20. How much writing do you normally do? alot. i write whatever i feel is necessary. 21. What type of writing? various types of charting. 22. How do you go about growing in the nursing field? i constantly read up on things. for interest and for growth. i will be continuing with my education soon also. i would like a masters. 23. How do you gain esteem, get higher wages have more responsibilities and get a better job? with time im sure it will come. but i will add more education to help with that also. :) 24. What are some major problems in the nursing field today? i wish i had fewer patients so i could spend more time with them. 25. Would you do it all again? in a heartbeat. 26. What advice would you give someone thinking of entering this field of work? if its your dream and your passion go for it. just remember its not for everyone. some are there for the wrong reasons. its sad. and if you want the night shift dont think for a second that patients like to sleep all night like they do at home. lol i learned that the hard way. lololol

heres my story.... i failed my first test in med/surg 2. we needed an 80% and i got a 78%. not bad but still not my typical score either. i yelled at my hubby and took it out on him like it was his fault. bottom line was it was my fault and mine alone. i went out and played poker and didnt study. why did i take it out on him? i dont know maybe it was easier than taking it out on myself. i realized that i just could not act like that. he was the one there for me why would i do that to him? when i saw how nasty i was to him for nothing at all-- i realized that something had to change ME. i said i was sorry and it never happened again. instead of my original method of dealing with the problem i decided to lean on him and i told him everything that i felt. i failed. it was hard. i was not dedicated. i was mean. i was dissapointed with myself. and i messed up. when i got that all out it was much easier to deal with the stress of nursing school. because i felt like i was not alone. i had someone to share it with. go share it with the ones you love. even if it hurts tell them that you are having a rough time. they will be there for you. and when you see that you should calm down. calm minds study and retain better than stressed ones. what i did to fix it.... i talked to loved ones about my stresses. i made sure i had fun as much as i could. i re-read and re-wrote class notes when i got home from school. it was still fresh in my mind and i did it about an hour or so after i got home. then i made flash cards that fit my key ring. little ones with little facts. i also made bigger flash cards with more information and tucked them into the little dollar store pocket photo albums. i would carry the photo album in my purse or car and the key ring notes were there too. when i got a sec i would look at them. simple. i never really read the chapters. i just used them to pull out information to expand on my class notes. 300 pages a week was to much. just take chuncks. i also bought a recorder and recorded the lectures. i would listen to them when i was in the car alone. doing dishes. taking a bath. and playing games on the net. good luck to you! i hope that at least some of this advice helps.

OP, how do you feel about your philipino patients?