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From what I've experienced, the market is still pretty bad. I graduated in August of 2010 and it took me about 5 months to find a job. I finally found one in a SNF (not ideal, but it was a job). After 10 months of sticking it out in a SNF, I start...

I'm a fairly new nurse (been practicing for a year), though I'm not completely new to the world of orthopedics. I have a B.S. degree in Kinesiology and spent 8 years working as a physical therapy aide before nursing school. My dream job was to work...

I'm a newer nurse (only been working for 5 months) and work in a skilled nursing facility. One of my patients is on hospice and nearing the end of life and this is my first experience with a hospice patient that is probably close to death. I kn...

Thank you guys for your encouragement! I just wanted to pop back in to say that everything is JUST fine!! My second day of orientation felt much better, I've finished my 10 days of orientation and last night was my second night on my own, and I'm d...

After 5 and a half months of searching, I FINALLY found a job at a SNF. I've been super excited, even though it wasn't the job I was hoping for. I had my first night of orientation last night and, even though the staff seems great and supportive, I...

And even then it's still not a piece of cake. I worked at prov while in school and heard they were giving prov scholars the run around when it came to placing them in jobs. I couldn't even be transferred to a nursing position after having worked ther...

Portland, OR. Took 5.5 months to secure a job I will be working in a small skilled nursing facility in Vancouver, WA. I work for a large hospital in Portland, and I couldn't even get hired there as a new grad. I interviewed at 4 places before the...

I've worked as an aide in physical therapy for 8 years, including all through nursing school. The biggest issue is that I went to "on-call" status when I started school. Obviously I wasn't expecting to have to search high and low for 5 months after...

I made flashcards for the most common drug suffixes and then read over the various classifications, paying attention to unique side effects and characteristics of drug classes. Honestly though, I find pharm overwhelming and it is one of my weaknesse...

One of my classmates was actually informed about the "trick" from the guy at PearsonVue who checked her in for her test......so even they know about it...

State standards have probably changed since your mom graduated nursing school....that was almost 30 years ago! In fact, the difficulty of the NCLEX/passing standard has changed several times since then! Our school instituted an exit exam this year ...

I'm going to be finishing my final clinical rotation next week and wanted to give my preceptor a small gift and a thank you card. Problem is, I have no clue what to get him. Obviously flowery baskets from bath and body works, etc are out because he...

You can also check Craigslist in your area.....I found a full set that someone was giving away for FREE a few months ago!

That's a tricky situation. Even though medical marijuana is legalized in Oregon, employers can still fire an employee for testing positive (happened to my brother-in-law), and it can probably land you in hot water with your nursing school. I would ...

I'm in my second to last term of nursing school and will finish at the end of August. I'm starting to think about job hunting, but my primary goal is to stay with the hospital that I've worked at for the past two years. I have the name and number o...

I believe it has to do with collateral circulation. An older individual is going to have more collateral circulation (angiogenesis in response to decreased blood flow or increased demand on the heart...someone correct me if I'm wrong) which will mak...

Depends on if you actually think you will need it in the future. I'm in nursing school now, but have a prior Bachelor's degree. Since I graduated with my B.S. in 2001, I kept all my syllabi, notes, handouts, books and tests from my core classes (ba...

This is what I have heard as well. My patho teacher said she got an e-mail from the NCSBN stating that the difficulty of the test would be increased in 2010 and that they would be adding video and auditory questions.

I've worked with many C. diff patients over the years in my normal job. Don't worry about it. As long as you observe standard precautions and make sure you WASH YOUR HANDS (not alcohol based hand rub) after you're done with the pt, you'll be fine. ...

Oddly enough, yes I do. I'm in my third term right now, which is supposedly the most difficult, but I seem to be breezing through both theory and clinicals....even on top of having a part time job and a husband who works 70 hours a week (leaving me ...

It's basically a large room with bunkbeds (usually enough to sleep 30+ people). As far as I know, every sorority on campus had them (maybe some of the fraternities too). The purpose being that if some emergency, such as a fire, happens at night eve...

I'm a WSU alumni as well! Doesn't surprise me at all that H1N1 is spreading like wildfire through campuses. I was in a sorority and, as in most greek houses, we all slept in the same rooms ("sleeping porches") for safety reasons. In our house we h...

I'm not sure there is an average "wait" per se, it all depends on your GPA, the number of points you can accumulate, the number of schools you apply to and what kind of competition you get from other applicants. Some students have to apply for a few...

I absolutely have to wear low rise jeans because of the way my torso is shaped....I'm not sure what I'd do without low rise jeans. That being said, I am definitely kind enough to wear long shirts because I don't want to provide a show for everyone a...