gategrl

Thank you for your replies. I have decided NOT to do agency nursing at this time. After speaking with a seasoned nurse today and after reading your replies, I see that I am not ready for it. Thanks again.

Does anyone think that a new nurse, with only 4 weeks experience (still in orientation) in LTC, should jump into agency nursing. I have been a CNA for 17 years so this is not unfamiliar territory. I applied and was hired and am now having second thoughts. There are many things I haven't done yet , and I will be on my own as an agency nurse. When I applied for the position I thought it would be to do home care, but it is not. I don't know if I am being confident or stupid. Should I get more experience before taking this on?

I took the NCLEX yesterday and I find it hard to believe that after 2 years of much stress, hard work and great grades (92 average), that it all comes down to this one test. This test that can ask about any drug under the sun. No one can can ever know them all and all the side effects and I am so frustrated right now. I'm pretty sure I did not pass and I am trying to figure out how to study to take it again, but I can't figure out how to do that. I don't even know where to begin, since I already used 4 different NCLEX books and they apparently didn't help in the first place. Is there a book out there for those who failed the NCLEX?

Hello all! I am graduating from the LPN program June 29, 2006 and am very nervous. Right now I feel like I don't know anything. After raising 7 children and being a CNA for 16 years I decided it was my turn to finally get an education. Any other late bloomers out there with some words of wisdom?