Carleigh

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1. Career Switchers-Any Regrets?

   Carleigh replied to Carleigh's topic in Nursing Career

   Nancy, Thanks so much for responding! It is a hard decision to leave a steady income and go into the unknown of a new career. It sounds like it was a good choice for you. Happy New

2. Career Switchers-Any Regrets?

   Carleigh posted a topic in Nursing Career

   For those of you that left your first profession to go into nursing, do you have any regrets? If you could, would you return to your former profession now that you have experienced the realities of...

3. Dressing for the job interview

   Carleigh replied to Carleigh's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks for the advice. I knew that dark suits are usually the standard for interviews but here in the summer months, it gets sooo hot. Can't believe that someone would show up in shorts though!! Maybe...

4. 265 Questions and I passed

   Carleigh replied to iliket3's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Congratulations!!! What a great feeling that must be. I graduate Aug. 19th and I had always thought, like you, that having 265 questions was not a good sign. Nice to hear that isn't so for everyone....

5. Dressing for the job interview

   Carleigh posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   It's that time to start interviewing and it has been awhile! What advice can anyone give me on what is now the expected way to dress? What did you wear?

6. Psych- What is it like?

   Carleigh replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   I think most of us in my class felt some anxiety about going to our state mental hospital. It turned out to be a very good experience. Most of the patients look forward to having a new face to talk...

7. father is dying of cancer

   Carleigh replied to heatherbless's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Heather, I want to add my sympathy as well for what you are going through. My dad had lung cancer with mets to the liver and died Thanksgiving Day a yr. ago. It is such a difficult thing to have to...

8. Nursing as a Second Career

   Carleigh replied to Melly1022's topic in General Nursing

   You can definitely do it! I am a former high school teacher and will be graduating in August. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. Nursing can be very rewarding but as some of the...