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  1. Information needed for fairly new RN

    EwokRN posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hi. I recently had to resign from my new grad Med Surg RN position on an Oncology floor. I actually have 10 months of experience working in a LTC facility from 2009-2010, but had to resign from that...

  2. Found another job/question

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I found another job this time it's actually in a local hospital on a Medicine Oncology unit. I went into this interview panel at a local hospital last Wednesday, and lo and behold one of the...

  3. Failed HESI & supposed to graduate next month!

    EwokRN replied to StudentNurzNK's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, I agree that it is really important to do lots of practice questions. When I failed HESI, I mulled over in mind whether my weakness is test taking skills or lack of knowledge. What really...

  4. Failed HESI & supposed to graduate next month!

    EwokRN replied to StudentNurzNK's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is just a suggestion. I actually was in your situation 2-3 years ago trying to pass the HESI in my school. I really liked the Prentice Hall Reviews and Rationales Comprehensive Review for the...

  5. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. First of all, let me explain that today I was terminated from my job today at a Psychiatric facility for children 5-22 years of age. My parents' neighbor, who works at the facility made the...

  6. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

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

    Thanks again. Hopefully I can ask the moderators to shut down replying to this thread, because it keeps appearing in my email. Oh wait a minute, here you go.."no email notification.." Yeppers...

  7. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

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

    Yeah, I know. Thanks for the input. I realize that already. People can stop replying to this message now LOL! I just want to move on. This is very painful as it is.

  8. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

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

    yeah. no worries there since this will definitely will be the last pg. btw not like i have any

  9. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

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

    Yeah. Thanks to everyone who posted. Whatever the reason they terminated me I have to agree that I really wasn't a good fit. It's just a pain finding the right fit, and having to go through Kubler...

  10. Feeling terrible after being terminated from job wrongfully

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

    I never said that I pumped during the interview! You're not reading correctly. I pumped after the interview. That's insane. The interviewer, my boss, actually allowed me to pump during classroom...

  11. thinking about working as a volunteer emt

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    hi. I'm thinking about working as a volunteer EMT while I wait for an RN position. I'm a new grad with 10 mos of experience in LTC. Unfortunately, I had to quit that position at 10 mos, because I...

  12. Had to quit job bcz of twin pg

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. I graduated with my 2nd Degree BSN Nursing Dec '08, and I acquired my nursing license back in Jan '09. I worked at a LTC facility for about 10 months, and I quit back in April '10. I actually...

  13. Had to quit job bcz of twin pg

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

    You know, you're right! I actually remember a girl who had to sell herself to get into this stepdown unit despite the fact that she was a new graduate in this hard economic times. Thanks again!

  14. New grad RN working at LTC for 9 mos (really long)

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. I graduated from a 2nd Degree BSN-RN program back in Dec '08, and obatained my RN license Jan '09. At first I worked at a local hospital for what lasted only about 1-2 mos. at a Med-Surg unit...

  15. Altering resume..opinions for kind of new grad.

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. I guess technically I can consider myself a new grad RN-BSN, because I've only been working for about 8 months now at a LTC facility. Well, first of all let me explain that I graduated 2nd...

  16. Interesting article

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Found this interesting:

  17. Help!! Can new grad BSNs start in Long Term Care and move to the Hospital Setting?

    EwokRN replied to Sehille4774's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi. I think ?Brian? the moderator for allnurses.com went through the same thing. He did LTC first then transitioned to the hospital

  18. Starting 3-11 pm shift at Rehab facility

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. I just ended my 1 week of floor orientation at the Rehab facility. The 1st 2 days were kind of confusing. At first they scheduled me with an LPN to work the med cart like I wanted (I'm a new...

  19. Just graduated. Waitin to be approved for the Nclex-RN...HELP!!!

    EwokRN replied to Kambili's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Definitely take it soon after graduation. If you wait too long, a lot of the stuff that you learned in school will be forgotten. I used Saunders 4th Comprehensive, Kaplan on-line review, and the...

  20. Am I being too desperate to accept this offer..?

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

    Yeah, I actually started classroom orientation yesterday at that rehab facility. Thanks for the advice. I'm actually supposed to start days next Monday, and then do the 3-11 pm shift. Now that I've...

  21. Am I being too desperate to accept this offer..?

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. I asked in a previous post about this job that I was told would be an ideal fit for me. You see, I'm an older 2nd Degree BSN graduate who just received her RN license late Jan '09. I was...

  22. HESI exam--a gooad preditor of future NCLEX performance?

    EwokRN replied to JulieRoseRN2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, you should feel like you're going to pass! That's a good score (909)! Really study the information that comes with the HESI via email. I remember when I passed HESI, my instructor made sure...

  23. Think I actually got a lead....

    EwokRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. Older 2nd degree BSN here again after being "transferred" from Medicine unit at big hospital, and now finding work all over again. Well, since my time with the hospital had expired a month ago,...

  24. Think I actually got a lead....

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

    Well, after I shadowed that LPN, it looks like I'll get about 30 pts. I'm assuming. Yeah, it looks like it might be similar to a nursing home. There are some young guys there. According to the...

  25. Am I being too desperate to accept this offer..?

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

    Thanks for all the replies. Actually, I've decided to go ahead and give it a go. I've been there at least twice now, and no there are no drive by shootings or drug deals or blatant crime things...