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I just took it today and did not pass. Only missed it by 7pts. Though I did not even really prepare much except for cramming this weekend. Many questions on drugs hurt me. Which I was kind of surprised to see the amount of questions related to drugs. SGNA study guide is not good, which was my only study tool that I used in my quick preparation. I will retake it next May but will supplement my study resources with other textbooks. The study guide and the SGNA core curriculum textbooks are poorly written. The study guide has zero drawings, pictures, etcs. The Core Curriculum text book is also poor, with no color visuals, drawings, photographs etc. GI Endoscopy is very visual so I do not understand why these texts lack this type of material.

I am the person who originally wrote this post related to the Mayo Clinic. Here I am 4 years later I am now employed by the Mayo clinic in Florida. Unfortunately nursing at the Mayo Clinic in Florida is quite different from nursing at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. I came here with high expectations of receiving top tier training, support and to launch my nursing career. All the support mentioned by other Minnesota Mayo Clinic nurses is nonexistent here in Florida. In my dept. there is no organized training, there is no budget to send nurses to conferences, the preceptors are unprepared and not properly trained. There is no collaboration between doctors and nurses. Attitudes toward nurses are antiquated. Doctors do not invite nursing staff to make suggestions. Mayo nurses should be treated the same on every campus not just in Rochester. I am sure there are better run departments in Mayo Clinic Florida. But in general educating nurses here is a joke. Other than tuition reimbursement and an occasional lunch time presentation, which no one can attend because we are providing patient care, there is nothing for staff. We are not engaged in evidence based practice or to assist in research. Everything is physician driven including training. My previous employer was better organized and offered greater opportunities for nurses. I regret assuming that the Mayo in Florida would be the same as the Mayo in Rochester.

Nursing is a flooded career, choose another health care field.

You moved to an area without first having a job?

Those beautiful mountains of Colorado are enticing I think I will apply for work there :)

You will also find the salaries less at Endo Centers

I remember when all this started back in 2008. All the experts in Nursing stated this was a temporary situation with new graduates having difficulty finding work. Here we are in 2012 and new grads are still struggling to find a job. Nursing shortage is over..... Reality being If you wait long enough you can eventually find that med surg nights 8-1 patient ratio job with no CNA help job from hell to give you enough experience to move on. Welcome to Nursing :)

Unfortunately no body will listen to your advice, people are too desperate to become nurses....... and I do not know why....

As much as I love nursing. It is a very difficult and challenging job, and I want to be paid accordingly. I have done nursing and office work living in the life of the cubicle and one hour lunches with little to no stress. Why would I choose to go into nursing if the pay is the same. As far as the future of nursing, I believe we are reaching a cross roads. Hospitals are losing millions of dollars in medicaid and medicare reimbursements. Hospitals because of this are now having to lay off people. Which means less support staff for the hospital, which eventually leads to nurses having to do more with less. Nursing salaries and benefits are the largest expense for every hospital. My fear is that the hospitals will reach a breaking point and start reversing salaries and benefits of nurses and begin to shut out all nursing unions. Hospitals are some what in a losing battle they must maintain high standards of care and safety while still maintaining proper staffing levels and educating the staff because of these standards. Complying to all these regulations is expensive and time consuming. Add to the mix all the uninsured care being provided by all the hospitals. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next 3-5 years.

It feels good to read these posts and realize I am not alone. I am good nurse and try real hard to be safe and efficient. Since taking this ER job, I have been very stressed. My previous ED was properly staffed and the nurses had plenty of support. Here we are short staffed on a daily basis. I am working at a brand new ER with 79 beds with a large health care provider. We doing everything minus mopping the floor, tech support might as well be zero they have 16 patients. I assumed that the proper staffing and support would be here. I assumed wrong. Many of the nurses that worked in the old ER have quit since moving to this new ER, because of the staffing levels and no triage. Common sense would tell you if you have 40 beds and nearly double your beds but keep the same staffing levels, this will not work. With no proper triaging and improper patient assignments due to their acuity level, I am have been overstretched and placed in unsafe positions. Needless to say I am done with ER nursing and will go to urgent care and will be part of the endless supply chain that sends patients to the ED. How I envy the medics and EMT's who drop patients off and smile and laugh heading back to their Rigs

I can verify in the ER Prov Everett, nurses get little to not support from techs. 1 tech for 15 patients. Nurses do everything, cleaning carts and rooms between patients. Short staffed on a daily basis, very stressful, very busy ED.

When you do not have to pay for ER services. Emergency rooms become 24/7 urgent care centers. The Healthcare system is broken. But no one can agree how to fix it.

No one believed me when I told them it would take at least 3 years for nursing jobs to somewhat recover, that was in 2009. It still is a very slow recovery, I am glad people are waking up and looking at the other great health careers which are less stressful which have equal or better salaries.

Amen to the Union that will be the only way wages and beneftis will get fixed. Nurses who have never left Utah are clueless on how much less they get paid. I am finally back here in Washington and I love it. Making a liveable wage with a much better schedule. Hospitals without nurses would never survive, we hold the power and need to use it wisely.

If your not willing to move out of state your stuck and you will just have to keep applying. Advice stop telling people to go into nursing :)