shippoRN

Agreed nurse1959 why would they keep our applications down the last minute if it wasn't some sort of lottery system. But if that's the case why not tell applicants that? On the other hand myself a coworker in my unit and someone else from my hospital...

grandpaj me too. It's discouraging.

Sorry grandpaj :-( just chin up and reapply next year

I guess they are sending out the rejections now :-(

Still under review. I've already accepted that I'm going to have to reapply in jan. :-(

Been watching this thread for awhile. I found out that someone from my hospital already got accepted to the program so I don't think I'm getting it. Just wish they would tell me I'm denied and put me out of my misery.

Hi everyone So i am an admitted math-phob and i need help on a question that came up while i am practicing for my big NLN test coming up in 25 days 23 hrs 59 mins 33 seconds. (yes i have one of those confounded tickers on my desk top to drive myself ...

Thanks to everyone for your responses and your support. So if you had told me four and five years ago when I went to nursing school that nursing would change so drastically i would not have believed it. Right now experience doesn't matter anymore. Ho...

Tomorrow i go back to work after a well deserved vaca, and I dread it. During my break I got to interview with my dream hospital, for a dream position after two years since graduating trying to get an interview at this place I finally landed one. I p...

Hi everyone I have huge issues with placing a bedpan. The patients I work with most of the time are unable to lift their hips so I find it difficult to get the pan evenly under the patient then urine ends up all over the bed and I have to change the ...

what i wish i could say would get me banned from allnurses

Not quite sure if you will need a scientific calculator, but i'd say to plan as though you'd need one. Start saving so that when class starts if your professor says you will have to get one you will already have the money to go buy it and if you don'...

I don't know where to begin, I don't like to sound like I'm a complainer especially since things are soooo hard for other new grads out there especially in my state. But my frustration is beyond human limits. After one year of struggling to get a job...

Thanks for the replys, i have friends in other hospitals trying to help me out. All i can do is hope something comes through. It's tough having an associates (or BSN) with no experience in my city. I really appreciate the support, my family doesn't u...

Be honest, tell them what happened, don't put the blame on your preceptor nurse, but just give your side of the story and then follow it up with what you learned from it so that you don't make the same mistake twice. You can either rise and meet this...

I graduated a year ago, and completed my first week of hospital orientation yesterday. The past year has been an absolute nightmare for me especially emotionally and financially. I thought after graduation the world would be my oyster. Boy was I in f...

I didn't think i'd be waiting a year to start working in a hospital setting and getting my career started, but it took exactly one year. It was the worst year of my life but i prevailed. I didn't think i'd be spending six months of my job hunt workin...

I empathize, I also spent an entire year post graduation looking for a job, I only just got hired to a city hospital last month and began my orientation the other day. I suggest looking at craigslist see if you can get into a clinic, home care or LTC...

I am so sorry this has happened to you and I am humbled by your story. I am starting my very first job as a new grad after a year of unemployment and i am not sure how it will go especially since i will be working with a tough population at a tough h...

Hello, I am a new grad and will be interviewing for the OR in a few days time and I was wondering if anyone can give me any clues or advice on the type of questions I might expect to hear pertaining specifically to the OR. I was told it was a group ...

I wasn't going to do this, but oh well, maybe it will make some part of my brain feel better or what not. Anyway Has anyone applied or been apcepted to Phillips Beth Isreal School of Nursing in New York? I know of one other person who applied i think...

Congrats! Sounds like my story. BS in another field, ADN, 1.5 yr of PCA work which included Bedside care, phelbotomy and EKG's. EKG certification, ACLS, BCLS. Still no dice. urgh. Hopefully, I pray someone will give me a chance soon.

Thanks! I actually got to sit in on minor and major surgeries during nursing school and I enjoyed it. I am definately interested in OR but it was something I was hoping to do later in my career. That being said, job offers are not coming in, and if t...

I believe columbia's program is for persons with a BS in other majors with NO nursing experience or nursing degrees, so if you got your associates first and then tried to apply to them you probably wouldn't get accepted. Best to call and ask to be su...

I'm right there with the OP, I am beginning to regret going for my ASN. I have a Bachelor's degree in a different major and a few years experience in the hospital, but it seems as though nobody cares. I'm still working as a part time nursing tech eve...