sameasalways ASN, RN

I am so sorry about the new job situation. I have only recently been hearing about how difficult it has been for some new grads. I have been busy this summer trying to find a place to live and get an attorney, ect and deal with financial issues rel...

Wow thank you for your input. What is your area of interest in nursing? I wish you luck, don't give up. Maybe the openings don't come up that often in the area you want? I know I search all the time for public health, but the positions just don't...

When I was 18 I was going to college to become a Social Worker. It is relatively well known to make real money in social work you need your Masters degree. Even then, the job market is not great. You don't get rich doing nursing either though! ...

Hi I am in North Carolina between Raleigh and Greenville. I hope that helps, I'm not sure if you are familiar with the area? Its hard for me to decide for many reasons, like I said, my kids involved/impacted, being a single mother here I can only d...

I have had a traumatic summer. I graduated May from nursing school, am 34 y/o with a 13 year old son and a son who will be 12 in January. My husband is military and we have moved a lot. I am on the east coast with no family members here. Financia...

Thank you for your advice! My life has been a strange path and somehow I ended up here with this position that has opened its doors to me. It would be wonderful if this could be a job that opened more doors for me in the future as well as being som...

I am applying for this position at UVA medical Center. Does anyone know which units are good to work in? I am a new graduate and I am worried about cost of living in relation to the wage (which I have heard is 20 or 21/hr).

I am trying to decide where to apply here in North Carolina, because I originally was set on Pitt Memorial Hospital. I shadowed in their MICU, their SICU, their Ortho unit, and their high risk Labor/Delivery Unit. I loved the SICU and the Labor/Del...

We start clinicals in a week and we were told by our instructor that we are required to give our patient a massage after their sponge bath. Is this normal?

Wow great posts. I am kind of an airhead admittedly. I have a family and 2 kids. When I am in nursing school, my friends and school get most of my time and they definitely get my quality time compared to my family. When I am on vacation, I totall...

I don't think anyone should take it personally or think it odd if people don't maintain friendships out of college. People have their lives to contend with and have a tendency to move on...especially with the highly mobile society we live in. I don...

I think it sounds like you have done just perfectly :) Most people I know are also very busy outside of school with their families. I have my two kids to contend with and my friends have their kids (most of them, not all) but the point is, we are...

I'm not saying everyone who is a repeater has a bad attitude. I've noticed that each nursing class as a group has a different attitude. I am wondering if some of those that ended up in our class would have better fit in with their own class. There...

I've just finished my 1st semester of nursing school, but for a year I was taking A & P, and some other classes. Honestly I am 32 y/o and this ist he first time I ever attended college and had so many friends. I think its because we are all so ...

I guess it is just me but it reminds me of the sexual stereotypes that some have of nurses. And if a nurse had ever given me a back massage while I was hospitilized I would have seriously questioned her behavior (if she was hitting on me...or worse)...

how many people dropped out of your A & P I course? Half the class left ours! Yikes! And it was filled to capacity. I can't wait to be done w/all of it!

Wellbutrin is really the worst choice of meds when it comes to anxiety. You really should just try something different. Wellbutrin tends to be more excitatory...exactly what someone who is already anxious DOESN'T need. Its common to have to switch...

Hi! I can apply to the nursing programs in March. At that point I will have all my prerequisites and electives completed, except for those that can only be take exclusively in the nursing program. Of course if I don't get accepted into the RN prog...

eastern washington is not flat and treeless..its full of lakes, rivers mountains and evergreen forests. Its central washington that is flat and ugly..just so you know.

Hi there is wayne community college in Goldsboro North Carolina. Its cheap..about 1200 a year for full time. (that doesn't include books). They have LPN and RN. Also there are 2 or 3 other community colleges all w/in an hour of me that offer nurs...

I know what you mean by the (i can do anything for a year). I have thought that too. And then, I know if I did it, I would have it and no one could take it away regardless of what happens in my personal life ...does that make sense? I feel like I ...

Hi I guess I am confused. What is a diploma program and how does it differ from the ADN and LPN program? Our community college (Wayne Community College) in Goldsboro, NC offers the ADN program and the LPN program. I thought you got a diploma afte...

I'm confused..I thought there were 2 semesters in a year..plus a summer one. So woudln't it be 2 years..not one year? Ours is 4 semesters plus a summer too..and its 2 years long. (RN).