redalert7777

This is why I have gotten away from this board, all the attacking. Seriously, is that REALLY necessary?? Who really cares, if she wants to post this? Guess if people want to know something, they must first post the disclaimer that it is for personal reasons, but I'm afraid she would STILL be attacked, because you see it all the time on here.

I agree with what many of the others have said. The job market is horrible right now, just look into in thoroughly, and make sure it is something you want to do. It took me about 5.5 years, but mostly went part time. Schooling was fairly difficult, you do have to put in the time. I remember when I thought some of my pre-reqs were demanding, but by the time I was in nursing school, I just remember thinking that those were so easy compared to the demands of nursing school! Nursing school sucks, but I recently started on a med surg floor (first job!) and I LOVE it. The people where I work at are great, and I'm just really happy I stuck with it. Nursing has allowed us to live more comfortably than we were, and I can work part time, but make a good living. Because I don't want to work 40 hours a week, and still barely scrape by, and want to be able to spend time with my family, so it's the best of both worlds for me. There will be times where you will think what am I getting myself into, but if that is your passion, keep pushing. I would recommend shadowing a nurse, because many people are surprised when they get into clinicals in school. Secondly, I hate to say it, but my husband wasn't always very supportive while I was going to school. At times, he really resented it because it is so time consuming. And resentful of the fact that I would be making considerably more than him (which is not even important in my eyes, we got through this together! Would've never made it through without him, despite all the BS at times) Of course, now that I am working, he is happy Just remember, if he is not supporting you when you are just thinking about going to school, how will he be when you are in it? Just a thought... you only have one life, and if he was supportive of you, you guys will figure out a way to make it work :) Good luck!

I am taking it, and it increased my levels. Took several weeks however, which is normal to my understanding.

Mommycakes, I don't know why, but it won't let me open your file...says it's corrupt?? Is anyone else having this issue? Thanks!!

i was thinking the same thing...definitely have not been hearing about people in ca. getting jobs so quickly... 1. when did you graduate? may 2010 2. do you have a bsn or adn? adn 3. are you still looking for work? no, and yes. ;-) 4. if not, how long did it take you to find a job? four months since graduating, and 2.5 months since passing nclex. 5. if you don't mind my asking, those who are working, what type of job or floor do you work on. starting soon on a med/surg floor, per diem. so will most likely be looking for part time eventually as well. 6.) what city/state are you currently living in? near sacramento, ca.

OH man, I think THAT is one of the funniest things I've ever heard! I am crying from laughing right now!! Lmao!

A few years ago, my husband was telling MY BOSS about his shoulder injury, and instead of him saying that he tore his labrum in his shoulder, he said he had torn his labia!!! I yelled his name at him in embarrasment, and as everyone looked at me, and my bright red face, nobody in the room knew what that meant! I then explained that it is female genatalia, and my female boss said, "Oh, well you shouldn't have said anything, I had no idea what it was." Even though she had one, she didn't know it. I'm still not sure what part is funnier, what my husband said, or that she didn't know what it meant either!

I felt the same way, which is what first interested me in nursing. Just graduated in May, and like someone else mentioned, I was surprised that I actually enjoyed many other areas than I thought I would be. Still would love to work OB, but for now, I know I have to put in my dues probably doing something that wouldn't be my first choice, but that's ok. It all turns out to be experience in the end. I am planning on taking some certification classes to help the job search, and maybe eventually NRP (neonatal resuscitation) which is required in L&D. I think too, in the end, it will make me a better nurse having that experience, and then going to L&D, because like one of my instructors said, you don't know what you don't know when you're a new grad! And just my , I went through the same thing with having a young child and going back to NS, and everyday I wanted to give up, I kept reminding myself that although it may feel like I'm taking from him right now, but that I am doing it for him and his future as well :) It will all pay off, and in the end, I felt like I would be able to have more time off to be able to spend with him, rather than working a FT Mon-Fri job. And nursing gives you the flexibility to work even less days, but still make decent $, so for me, I felt like it would benefit our family and we would be able to spend more time together. Good luck to you!

I would also suggest for her to maybe shadow a nurse, I know some hospitals will do this, for her to see if this is something she would even like doing. I know, when going through nursing school, that I had encountered a few students who, even though they had thought they wanted to be nurses, once they got into clinicals, for some reason it was a shock to them what was actually required of nurses. And decided it was not something that they weren't even be interested in. After all those years of pre-reqs for nursing, just to find out it was not the direction they were wanting to go....It is a terribly difficult decision to make about one's future at any age, let alone just out of high school, in my opinion! Best of luck to her!

THANKS!! Still waiting to "officially" see my name on the BRN! Good luck, and I'm sure doing those you mentioned, even if you don't do the NCSBN, you'll be fine!

I just took mine on Thursday, and did a lot of the NCSBN questions (since they are the ones who write the questions for NCLEX!) and it helped me immensely. Getting the "good" pop up :)

CONGRATS!! I think all of us feel that way at some point or another, good luck on the job hunt!!

Thank you Tammy777!!

I have a friend who is in a similar situation, herniated disks, spinal stenosis, sciatica. She couldn't even stand for 5 minutes without being in extreme pain. The thing that she had said significantly helped her was exercising, losing weight, and in her situation, she had to take neurontin for nerve pain. The only side effect of that she mentioned was being tired at first, but I think it got better as she adjusted to the med.

Congrats on getting accepted!! For me personally, the social life really had to take a back seat, which is very difficult for some to accept at first. But you definitely have to keep your priorities straight, otherwise your grades will show it. I didn't use study groups too much, I'm very selective about who I take the time to study with, because your time becomes VERY valuable! Align yourself with the students who want to do the best, and you'll do great. Do your reading first, and then go to the study groups, I knew some people would go to the study groups to "learn", but sometimes people are throwing things out there and unless you have the basics down, you'll get more confused. Get some NCLEX books, Saunders, Lippincott's, Med Surg Success to study also, and to help in learning the rationales and how to answer the questions. Read from different sources, you can do youtube videos, make flash cards, case studies, tutoring, mind maps, & study guides to your textbooks to get a good foundation & make sure that you grasp the concepts. Some people would record lectures, & listen to them while driving to class or clinicals. For online classes, you could do that, as long as you are very self-motivated. I've never taken them, but for me, I personally would struggle with it I'd wind up on FB or something, lol. But as long as you know yourself, or if you've done online classes & been successful, then why not? What works for some people may not work for everyone. You just have to figure out your style of learning, and what works best for YOU. It is very difficult, and unlike any classes I had taken before. I remember thinking A&P or micro was hard, but this is just a WHOLE new level. You'll get it though, at first it may be a bit of a "culture shock" with the studying and what's expected, and it will be overwhelming, but just keep pushing, and don't give up (Trust me, we all have that "moment" where we feel like it!). Once I figured out the studying by the things I mentioned above, I started doing much better. I used to think that just reading the texts would be enough, but doing other things to actually implement what you've learned because you have to learn how to put it all together and apply your knowledge. Good luck, and feel free to email me if you have any more questions!!