pRepariNgME2009

I am a new graduate and I have been on quite a few interviews. I turned them down. They will not ask you anything about drugs. The interview will be about you and what you are looking for in a workplace. They may talk about salary, benefits, and paid holidays. They will pull your resume and go from there. What I do when I go on an interview is I let them ask all questions first. If a question comes up while we are conversing concerning what we are talking about then I will ask it then. When they open up the floor for me to ask my questions its my turn to interview them. This determines if I want to work for them or not. I ask questions from orientation to how long will I have to work before I am vested with the organization.

Thank you for posting this thread. I am a new RN. I became licensed in April and started working in July. I work in a LTAC facility. We have avery good mixture of patients. A lot of our patients come to us for vent weaning and IV antibiotics and wound care. All of the nurses there have at least 4 or more years of experience under there belt. As a matter of fact, I am the second new grad the hospital has ever hired in the 10 years of their existence. For the most part, I love being with my patients and I wouldnt trade anything for them, but, However, some of my co-workers are a little anal. They say nursing is 24 hours. It is a 24 hour job and we should work as a team. Okay, I agree with that but, if you dont get to do some thing thats assigned in your shift such as a dressing change thats due once daily you get written up. We have a charge RN that comes to work looking for mistakes other nurses made through out the day so she can write them up. Once, I made a mistake and she chastised me about the mistake and made me feel even worse about what I did. I feel like nurses are always trying to show how smart they are or it is always competition amongst nurses. Why is that? Why are you judged on how fast you get your work done and being off on time and not by how well you take care of your patients? You know like getting to really know your patients. Listening to needs and spending a little time with them but not to much time to where you get behind, Also, advocating for your patients? I feel like all the things learned in school was such a waste. And what's with the title thing? Some times I feel as if I am treated differently because I have my RN and the LPNs that are there have a chip on their shoulder. Will someone explain what this nursing thing is all about. Because I thought it was about taking care of people but, I am not getting that feeling as new RN. I apologize for not having a flowing subject matter all these thoughts are just coming to me as I type because I have so much to say and so much frustration built up inside of me. I feel very overwhelmed and I need some advice. I saw a quote on this site that I think all nurses should go by. "THE LEARNING DOSENT BEGIN UNTIL AFTER YOU BECOME LICENSED." I couldn't agree more.

Hi when you pass NCLEX you feel very happy. It feels like a boulder has been lifted off your shoulders.

I graduated in Dec. 2005 and I now have a 6 month old. What ever you do make sure you take the NCLEX before you have the baby because once the baby gets here they will take all of your time and you will be extremely tired. Take it from someone who's going through it as we speak. Its extremely hard to study with a baby around. An alternative to what I am saying is having a nanny or a daycare for the baby to go to for a couple of hours a day while you get your studying in. :typing

my aunt went back to school and got a degree in education. she is teaching now. go back to school pt until u finish. become a school nurse or a home health nurse. however, please get help for the depression first.

i also see you are a medical transcriptionist. Have you tried doing it from home. Study through the week and on the weekend do your transcribing if you can. You can find ways to twork any thing you need/want.

Just hang in there and remember if it worth having its worth fighting and struggling for. You can do it.

I am a mother of a six month old and fortunately I finished school while I was pregnant, but I catch the devil trying to study when she is awake. What I did to get through school was I asked my department if they had any disadvantage scholarship money. Its usually 1-3K per year. Also in the summer they may have some office work for someone to do such as decorating bulliten boards or something they feel students can do. I also filled out for school loans throuh fafsa. I would not reccommend taking out loans for bills bc bills dont stop however you will have to start paying back the loan you took out for the bill with in a month or so. then you will be stuck with two bills to pay. Work as a nurse tech through school. that way you will be getting experience in your field an making money.

where can I get susanne guide from and what is it. I can only afford to take this test once. I cant pay 300.00 more dollars to take it a second time.

student 240, where are you from/