tdrynelle

I've only been in hospice for about 1 1/2 years, but absolutely love it. I started out in case mgmt and now just do admissions, which I actually like a lot more than I thought I would when my manager first asked me to take the job. I work for a fa...

I'm wondering if anyone has any experiences (good or bad) to share either in working for Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, or (more specifically) with Aurora's Graduate Nurse position. I will be graduating in May with a BSN and am looking for some fee...

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RockinChick66, I, like you, went in to nursing (2nd career for me) to become a hospice nurse. I only worked one year in the acute care setting (oncology unit) and then one year home health care before I finally landed my dream job as a hospice RN ca...

I too worked for them as a PRN in Minnesota - and I had to do oncall as part of the position (in fact, 2 weeks after starting I was on call). The company itself was good, but at the time I worked for them they did not have enough hours to keep me bu...

WS582 - I work in home health and work mostly 4 days per week. Each RN case manager manages a case load of 45-55 clients and are required to do 25 visits per week. If we can get all the client visits done by Thursday, we do not have to go out on vi...

Not a deal breaker for home care. If you don't know how to do it, they will gladly teach you (if you even need to learn at all - at my place, we very rarely do blood draws in the home, most of our clients go in for that).

I think it depends on the company you work for. One place I was at all the nurses wore scrubs (choice was scrubs or business casual, as it was a lot of wound cares, 99% choose scrubs). The place I'm at now, casual/jeans are the norm

I too choose nursing as a second career. I have only been working for about 8 months so far (and not really in the area I want to), but I have no regrets because I know there is so much I can do with my nursing license. The only two things I wish I...

Totally normal. I'm off orientation for 2 months now and still feel like that. I do have to admit, though, working on the night shift is way less hectic then days. Although you have more patients, you remove the doctor's bugging you part. Yes, yo...

I too am starting my nursing career on an Oncology unit, working nights (which I hadn't done before). I have now been off orientation for about months. As for working nights, I have yet to get tired on nights, mostly because I'm too busy to stop an...

IndyMitchell - You are not alone. I'm 43 and in the same boat, coming from another career (where I was the expert and knew everything) to now knowing nothing, feeling overwhelmed at times and feeling like it's just me that is not getting it. From a...

As a fellow new grad, I don't think you're overreacting. I think no one feels prepared to be out on their own without the security of a preceptor to help get you through the day. But once you go on your own, you won't really be alone either - your ...

Student2Registered: I totally feel your pain. Although I have an assigned preceptor, she's out on vacation a lot right now, so I end up with different people each day. For the most part, it works out for me. I like to learn difference people's ...

Tua15395, I wouldn't worry about jobs yet. A lot can change in 2 years. When I started school 2 years ago, the job market was pretty open for new grads. Of course, all that changed during my last semester of school. So when I graduated in May, the...

First off, I would like to thank everyone who contributes to this thread. Although I don't contribute much to it, I do read it a lot and am thankful for all the advice I got from it. However, since I could never really find answers to a few of my qu...

Originally Posted by missynurse Without a shadow of doubt... the Pearson trick does work. I took my exam May 28th and couldn't sleep the night b4 and for 2 days after because of anxiety. I thought i failed terribly. My test was 90% pharmacology. Ho...

When I looked Wednesday night, there were openings as soon as the next day, if I was flexible in where I took the test (Bloomington vs Brooklyn Park). It seems that my classmates and I all got our ATT's the same day, so when everyone went to sign up...

MN: graduated April 30, semester grades were due by faculty May 4th, got my ATT evening of May 20th. In MN, we can check on the Board of Nursing website and see once our program completion has been entered (that's what took the longest). Got the A...

nurseatheart81, I am interested in your move to Milwaukee and your thoughts on Aurora (as I am currently contemplating the same move). Do you mind if I PM you about it? Thanks tdrynelle

Best of luck!

And one more thing - if you take a full load of classes during the summer, you can't do a summer nursing student internship (which a bunch of the local hospitals offer). Although these are hard to get, the are so worth it - because you don't get a l...

I purposely choose Metro over the U of M because it had the BSN program, as I did not want to do an MSN program. It didn't make any sense to me to get an MSN when you have absolutely zero experience. I'm currently in my second year at Metro. From w...

I'm in Metro State's post-bac BSN program. However, we're the last class for this program. Sadly, they are converting it to an MSN program.

Congratulations! I too am an "older" student and am loving every minute of it. When I started my first prereq, I was so nervous going in as I knew that I was going to be one of the oldest in my class and I wondered if my brain still work after all ...