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It wasn't even mentioned. Oh well...shouldn't be surprised!

I work 6p to 6a. I love it! More money and less hassle! Don't think I will ever wanna work days.

This might sound a little out there. But while my DH was in his EMT course one of his instructors told him that many firemen/emts he knew were married to nurses. He said that they understood each others job stresses, odd hours, etc. I thought well I hate my job, I was totally overworked and underpaid and burnt out. I can do that! I had thought of being a nurse before but thought that it was too hard and I was not smart enough even though I had done excellent in school. So I told my DH that was what I wanted to do. So I found a LTC that was offering a STNA course. It was about 6 weeks away. So I took a leave of absence for personal reasons from my current job and enjoyed 6 weeks off with pay then started the 10 day paid STNA course. I loved it. Before the course was over I signed up at the closest nursing school I could find which happened to be one exit up the highway from where I live. It was a 15 month Practical Nursing course with IV Therapy Cert. I am proud to say that I graduated Oct 1st, 2008...finally sat for boards Dec 16th 2008 and found out I passed on the 17th. I am currently working full time at one LTC and part time at a local County Juvenile Detention Center. It was totally worth it. I only work PRN as a STNA while I was in school but I would do it all over again!

I know that this question has been asked a 100 times before but I am going to ask again.... What is the best nursing tennis shoe? Doesn't have to be all whire or whatever. Just looking for comfort. I have a high arch and have considered that Nike Shock but I am usure. Thanks in advance!

I got my license right before Christmas and with that and the economy no one was hiring. So finally after a ton of applications and resumes I got 3 interviews. One day I went to this nice older LTC about 15 mins from my house. They offered me a PRN position, which I accepted. Another day I went to an interview at a county jail, which is about 10-15 mins from my house depending on the traffic. They offered me a PRN position, they need someone to come in a pass evening meds Monday through Friday...but the catch is it only takes about 15-20 mins per night but you get paid for one hour...so they needed someone that lived close by and was looking for experience. I told them that I wanted the job but could not commit to every day Mon-Fri but would do all I could. Today I got another job...this one is at another LTC PRN to start. They are looking to train someone and get them ready to take over because they are going to be losing some staff soon and need people ready to step up and take over full time when this happens. This place is WONDERFUL! Great pay, great place...just amazing...great staff retention. I also accepted that! When I was doing all of this I was thinking that PRN wasn't going to be enough...but now I am thinking I might have gotten in over my head...but I am so excited about them all!! All of the places are great for their own reasons and I want all of the jobs! So I am asking for advice...am I in way over my head or is it possible to juggle it all? Thanks in advance!

Congrats!! :balloons: I just took mine last Tuesday and the computer shut off at 85 questions and I was freaked out but I passed too! Feels good! Congrats again!

LOL! I def know where you are from!!!

I am so happy to finally be able to tell you all that I passed the NCLEX-PN! My computer shut off at 85 questions and I was pretty freaked out because it seemed so much harder than I was prepared for but after two days of waiting I found out this morning that I passed!!! I am thrilled....of course now I have the task of finding a job in a very difficult market. But nothing could bring me down today!!! :yeah:Thank you all for the kind words and support and encouragement that you gave me while I was in school and studying. Now...I gotta go job hunt!

Well after a very long time of waiting (I graduated October 1st) I finally got my ATT today. I got a test date very quickly. I am scheduled to test Tuesday 12/16 at 8am. I have to work Saturday, Sunday and Monday before this. I am thinking about calling off Monday. I have wanted this for so long and worked and fought so hard...so why am I so scared? I am crying my eyes out as I type this so afraid of the next few days.... Any words of wisdom or encouragement would be much apperciated! Thanks!

I take a 100mg of Topamax daily. It has helped my considerably. I still get a few migraines a month but I used to get several a week so I am happy. When I first started taking it I did have some memory trouble and increase appeitite. But I have been on it for about two years and have had no problems other than the time I was stupid and stopped taking it and got terrible migraines for about a week until I straightened myself back out on it.

congrats!! :balloons:

The cheating in my class was terrible. The sad thing was EVERYONE knew who the cheaters were and had informed the teachers, head of the nursing program and dean on several occasions. It drove me crazy:banghead:. I ended up quitting my job during school so that I could study more and still see my husband and kids but these cheaters were still working, some of them 2 or 3 jobs and bragging about how much $ they were making and we all knew that they had no time to study. It created a lot of tension in my class. In my last 3 terms were started to do the ATI program and it FINALLY became clear to the school what was going on when the cheaters got terribly low scores on the ATI tests but were doing good in class. So in the end the cheaters had to start studying b/c the ATI scores were 25% of our final grade and if you didn't pass the ATI chances were that you would fail the class. It still bugs me though b/c I tried so hard...but I guess like others have said you can't cheat on the NCLEX...and I know how hard I worked and I am proud of myself for it!

Wonderful advise! I am going to use this...thank you so much!

27, Female, 5 (two of them I was the passenger and two were parked cars that I backed into! lol)

I developed it while working in banking for 6 years. It was better for awhile after I left but flared up again during nursing school.