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I worked in a LTC facility for a full year right after graduating as an RN. Then I was lucky enough to secure a job on the dayshift in MedSurg at our local hospital. I was so excited and eager to begin my new job. As any new nurse, I asked a lot o...

Also, I did not believe a two week notice was necessary during orientation, since I was still considered an orientee with a preceptor.

[before I left the hospital, HR told me that I am rehirable. However, I do believe that perhaps that was just their way of preventing discrimination charges?

By the way, I have never been a job hopper. During my entire working career, I never worked less than 6 years at a job. Now it looks as though I am indeed a job hopper! This too, plagues me!

I have been on night shift (6p-6:30a) since January and have NOT adjusted. Sure, the 12 hour shifts are okay, but working nights is horrible for me! I always feel tired, and never feel like I can get enough sleep! I don't feel like doing anything ...

I too have struggled. After graduation I worked in LTC for a year so that I could get the experience needed in order to gain a job in Med/Surg at the hospital. I was very successful as a LTC nurse and when I left, the DON there tried to talk me out...

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change those things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference!

Well, this "old nurse" got hired and was 58 when I WAS hired! Never never too late....have faith in yourself and your abilities, and HR will too!!

What I had the most trouble with, was EKG's. Buy yourself a book and learn this! Also, you can never have enough NClex books! You can learn a lot from them....one i recommend, is Saunders Comprehensive Review. It has lots of written information al...

I graduated in May 2010 at the age of 58! I graduated with honors and am now working as an RN! You don't have to "convince" the community college of your ability to become a nurse....you have to convince YOURSELF! Go for it!

Travel nursing does not want new grads. I tried it!

I once expressed this overwhelming fact to my nursing dean: how in the world do I get all of the reading done?!! She told me to read the first and last paragraph of every chapter - these are the bones of the chapter and will give you a lot of infor...

Don't worry....nursing school is intense and you will bond with a lot of people! It's a case of everyone being there for a common goal and helping each other make it! Just remember, they are as nervous as you are about getting through it and workin...

In my school, we have competency exams at the end of each semester. We have two tries: the first try we can pass with three or less errors. If we don't pass the first time, we have a second chance but two or less errors are allowed only. If we do...

Pearsonvue trick worked for me! As of yesterday, I am officially an RN!!!!!

Just took my NCLEX today! The computer shut off at 75 questions which was a great feeling! But now I am suffering all these doubts, etc. etc. The questions required a lot of "nursing judgment" and I wasn't at all sure of myself at the end! But I ...

my suggestion to you is to go to ATItesting.com and ask them what to study! ATI is awesome program and you will benefit greatly from it.

Yes school is very demanding and you will learn what you need to know for the NCLEX. However, I purchased several NCLEX books and used them to help study for exams as well. I think that is a good road to follow. Then when you are done and getting ...

Try ATI. They promise a 98% passing guarantee. If you do not pass, they will stick with you until you do! Check it out at ATITesting.com. Good luck!

STUDY STUDY STUDY! And when you are done with that, STUDY some more! It really is the key to digesting so much material and it will all be worth it.

Ahem! I am 57 years old (soon to be 58) and I am getting ready to graduate in May as an RN. From time to time I feel a bit "out of place" with the younger students, but overall I believe I have been accepted into the fold. This is something I have...

This one is so true!

I am a nursing student who is 57 years old! This coming May 2010 I will graduate as an RN! I am excited! I feel you are never too old to go back to school and achieve your dreams! The younger students have accepted me and I am learning this profe...

I too am having that problem of trying to distinguish between the two. I was looking online for an answer and came across this site. The only difference I can distinguish is one is measured against liters, and the other against kilograms. So Perha...