SmashRN2

So this week I was offered a job at the Moores Cancer Center @ UCSD. I am so excited for this opportunity, but being the Nervous Nelly that I am I am thinking of all the reasons not to take the job. Currently I work in Northern California for a rinka...

I was just offered a job at UCSD in the cancer center. I too, have my OCN, a BSN and six years of experience. Today they quoted me at just over $45/hr but after looking more closely at their nursing contract, I think it should be closer to $48/hr. I ...

WTH...why is is that California doesn't have quick results...after all we are the most populated state in this country, I don't get it.

I am sorry about your mother in law, but these things happen. Right now the more important thing is her health and your son's well-being, not the job. And as far as that goes, I'm right there with you. I start my first nursing job last week and I mad...

I know that this post is probably going to be redundant but I just need to vent. I started my first nursing job on Tuesday, and I've already come home and cried my eyes out. I am so overwhelmed I don't even know where to begin. The job is on a surgic...

thanks for the replies. Yeah I talked to her last night, she is really supportive and totally cool and switched me to days next week so I can have the same preceptor for 2 days, and then a new preceptor for another 2 days. It really sucks, they just ...

So, I'm graduating in 2 months from a BSN program (yay!) but now I need to find a job (boo!). I took someone's advice and decided to give monster.com a try, and I've gotten a lot of responses, but they are all from nurse recruitment agencies, and I'm...

Ugh, I RN A, that makes my stomach churn!! I quit my job in August and my savings are drying up very quickly. I was dumb and didn't do an internship or anything special when I was in school, so now I feel like I've cheated myself. I think I'm eventua...

thanks for the advice, I am in California and plan on applying to anything and everything I can get my hands on. What a perfect time for an economic downfall! Oh well.

YAY! Congrats everyone. How weird it is for me to think that just about 3 years ago I was in your boat and now I'm graduating (well God willing I get through the next semester...) Hooray! Oh and BTW Chico is a 6 semester program, but they are changin...

Hi! I am currently in 5th semester of Chico's program and will be graduating in May. To answer some of your questions, I would have to say this...don't hold your expectations too high. It's nursing school, and I have a feeling that no matter where yo...

Thanks so much for this thread. I have a year left until I graduate, and everyday I sit here and stress out about how in 11 months I'll be a real-live nurse (God willing). How will I ever be able to do it all by myself!?! It scares me to death...and ...

I am currently enrolled in Chico State's Nursing program. If you need any pointers, let me know!! (I got into the program with 78.75 points, so it can be done!!)

I graduate in May of 09, but I think I want to stay in school forever. I am so scared to be a real nurse!! I hope the next year and three months goes smoothly and hopefully by the end I'll feel more ready!

Nursing school has a weird way of depleting your self-esteem, making you paranoid, and stressing you out in a way you've never felt before. Don't sweat the small stuff. You are LEARNING, and you're only 6 weeks into your program. Talk to people in yo...

Oh my gosh, you sound just like me!! My first semester in nursing school we had competencies all the time, and I used to get sooo nervous that as soon as I started the competency I would screw up, fail, and then cry my eyes out in front of the teache...

With only about a year left until I graduate, I've been thinking of where I want to work once I'm done. All throughout nursing school they tell you that you can do anything with your degree, but they only introduce you to such a small scope of nursin...

I have fainted twice since I've been in nursing school, and now I am so terrified of fainting again that I think just willing myself not to will probably make me faint. I seriously hope it goes away. I have my first OB rotation next week and I am sca...

Yeah, I was trying to finish my Health Science minor but with three semesters left, the classes don't fit in with my nursing schedule. I had to drop it last week because I'm filing for graduation this semester. It really sucks, I only had two classes...

If you feel that one of your students has a weakness that needs to be improved, tell the student BEFORE THE END OF THE TERM. That way, the student knows what he/she needs to work on and can improve. My instructor last semester had a whole laundry lis...

haha too funny! ;-)

I am in my 3rd semester out of 6. I put in my first one a few weeks ago. It was on a male, so the target is a lot easier to hit than on a female.

I am only half way through my nursing program, and clinicals are definitely not my favorite part or NS. I think it's the constant nerves and endless paperwork that does it for me. I'm guessing that once we're out in the real world and know what we're...

They can fail you for that?! I'm glad I'm not in your program...I've fainted twice!

I took O-chem without general, and I got a B in it. I took a general chem class in high school and that was enough to get me through it.