I feel your pain... I am an experienced RN and can't get a job in CT. Thankfully I am employed in KY, but my wife's job transfered to CT. So Now we are living 700 miles apart and making frequent trips...
Hospitals have never liked hiring new grads. It usually is expected when you enter nursing school that when you get out you will have to work in a nursing home for a few years. The new grad thing...
I don't think the "trick" is valid. You can't retake the exam for six weeks if you don't pass, so it isn't going to let you register anyway. You also already used your ATT when you registered the...
We are considering a move to the Waterbury CT area and I am wondering how the job market for RNs is in the area. I am currently a night shift RN on a post/op floor. I want to stay on nights and in the...
RUN!!! If you are the only RN over seeing 3 LPNs and they say you are not the one liable for the decisions you make they are not being honest with you. If you are uncomfortable with the situation then...
I work nights and our shift goes like this: 19:00 Get report 19:30 start passing meds and doing assessments, BGs, Changing past due IVs left over from days, Check charts for orders left undone by...
I think the review courses are a complete waste of money. New grads just spent the last 2-4 years of their lives prepping for NCLEX. I know people who used review courses and the pass rate didn't seem...
If the ANA has their way by 2025 we will all have to have a Doctorate of Nursing to even work with patients. We wait long enough maybe we all will be upgraded to a DR. without going back to
One thing to keep in mind is that generally people do better on a comprehensive final than they do on a general test. The general test is 50 questions all on related material so you have to know a lot...
State school instate tuition costs about 7 K per semester counting everything, tuition, books, room and board, travel etc. I currently have about 48 K into my nursing
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Why waiting until Fall? I passed level one on my first try, but I have a friend who did not. At our school when I started if you did not have a 77 at mid-term they kicked you out of the program... He...
I am male and had no problems in OB with patients refusing me because of it... I saw three C-sections...the day I was supposed to watch a vag delivery none occurred while we were there. I spent 4 days...
I really liked OB and love pediatrics. C-sections rock.... My OB advice is do not forget Risk for Maternal Injury; Hemorrhage and Risk for Neonatal Injury; thermoregulation on your care plans. For...
Write a letter to the dean of your school, they can override the readmission board decision. Follow the chain of command and maybe you will get re-admitted. I know how you feel, I am exactly 3 days...