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  1. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    flyakite80 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, Mahage - I was sweating bullets reading your post. It sounds like you did a great job. I agree, having the support makes all the difference in the world! Thanks for sharing your

  2. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    flyakite80 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Some of them offer to help, but not all of them. Some of them will say "You okay?" when it's obvious I am not, then continue to go about their business. There is one nurse who asked one of the other...

  3. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    flyakite80 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am soooo glad I found this thread! I have been feeling everything mentioned here and then some. I graduated in May 08 and started working on a telemetry floor in July. I am currently headed into...

  4. I'm drowning

    flyakite80 replied to bsngrad2be's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, the "brain" is your report paper with all your patients' information on it.

  5. I'm drowning

    flyakite80 replied to bsngrad2be's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, this is scary - this is exactly what I do, every part of it! I also made my own report sheet and I change it as I go along when a situation comes up where there's a need to add to my paper. The...

  6. Single Mom Starting Over....

    flyakite80 replied to ecf1972's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I actually never go on Yahoo IM but if you want to PM me here through the message board, I'd be happy to answer any other questions you have.

  7. Single Mom Starting Over....

    flyakite80 replied to ecf1972's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I went to DCCC and when I decided to go into nursing, I was too late for admission that year. So I took my prerequisites while I waited to get in the following year. I also took the NET test while I...

  8. Night shift: Tired all the time ?????

    flyakite80 replied to TangoLima's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am worried about this too...I have never worked nights and will be switching over in about 4 weeks, towards the end of my orientation. I have no idea how I'm going to handle it, but I'm a morning...

  9. Timeline when you graduated

    flyakite80 replied to almostthereindc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in May 2008. I took a job as a graduate nurse and started on July 9th. I had a temporary permit to practice. I took my boards on August 5th and passed on the first try! I continued my...

  10. Hate this OB/PEDS rotation!!!

    flyakite80 replied to PurrRN's topic in General Students

    LOL!! I got the email too because I posted on this thread last year. How funny, that seems like ages ago to me now.

  11. Took the NCLEX today, what a whopper!!!

    flyakite80 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That was by far the hardest test I ever took and it was NOTHING like the Kaplan questions I've been practicing for the past 2 months!!! I kept hearing how the Kaplan questions are sooo much harder...

  12. just took NCLEX... i feel sick!

    flyakite80 replied to britts2brn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats!!!

  13. NCLEX w/20 SATA, 0 Math

    flyakite80 replied to scrapqueen's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :chuckle GREAT idea!! lol! I think I'm dreading the waiting more than the test itself!Anyway, congratulations! Our Kaplan instructor told us that many many students have come back to her and said the...

  14. its unbelievable i PASSED with 75q

    flyakite80 replied to grc119's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats!!!

  15. Pre-job Jitters!!! Help!

    flyakite80 replied to rn2newgrads's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Totally normal! Especially after having time off. I'm working as a graduate nurse right now, I just graduated in May also. My first day on the floor was last Friday and let me tell you, I was...

  16. Starting Nursing At 40...am I Too Late???

    flyakite80 replied to SunnyBeach_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just posted this on another thread about age, but I'll share it here too. I got into my nursing program at age 35 and just graduated at age 38. I worried I was too old but I told myself that no...

  17. Age is just a number

    flyakite80 replied to dakotaalrick's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got into my nursing program at age 35 and just graduated at age 38. I worried I was too old but I told myself that no matter what I did, the time was still going to pass, so why not do something...

  18. Starting new position on June 16th and taking NCLEX on June 24th

    flyakite80 replied to sasha10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just graduated too and I'm taking the Kaplan review course. It has been incredibly helpful, many things I would not have known about taking the NCLEX if I hadn't taken this course. I start my new...

  19. do you let unlicensed staff do "RN" things ?

    flyakite80 replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a nursing student who works as a unit secretary and there have been many times I was offered the opportunity to do a nursing task by nurses that I work with. I have turned it down every time - I...

  20. job before NCLEX

    flyakite80 replied to starlight10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As far as I know, you lose your temporary permit to practice if you fail. I guess you have to take another position while waiting to take your boards

  21. job before NCLEX

    flyakite80 replied to starlight10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have gone over this and talked to people about it. I decided to go for a graduate nurse position so I can continue to gain experience while waiting to take the NCLEX. Our school gave us...

  22. Hate this OB/PEDS rotation!!!

    flyakite80 replied to PurrRN's topic in General Students

    I don't do my OB/Peds rotation until the end of April, but I already know it's not for me. All I have to do is just hear a story of sick child and I get all choked up. I was doing a rotation in SPU...