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hi all experienced home health nurses! i'm a new grad about to start my first job in home health and i'd like a little advice. to start, i am very aware that home health is not the best place for a new grad, but it is my only option right now and i...

Wow, really interesting about the POLS test out option. I don't know...I'm skeptical you'd really need to study all the books for the course in order to pass the test. Aside from the WY gov open book test (which was based on the WY gov book that yo...

i would write about exactly what you wrote about in your post. the question asked not only about community involvement, but also activities and personal interests. well-your family and school were your activities and personal interests and there is...

Call HR, like the first poster recommended. Not only with that give you the straight scoop on how to proceed, it will also give you an excuse to not only get the name/contact info for a nurse recruiter, but talk to them first-hand and hopefully set ...

I've been accepted for this Fall too. Likewise, I've sent in my confirmation and done my background check, but haven't seen anything more official yet. My impression though is that the nursing classes aren't just open for general enrollment because...

I'm confused....are you deciding between getting an associate's in nursing vs. a BSN OR are you deciding between a BSN vs. an MSN. Regardless, you are not currently an RN, right?

Central VA, Charlottesville specifically. I'm not saying that this a place to relocate to though.... I think my classmates did so well in getting some great positions because of connections they made during clinicals. Without those connections I t...

Where in MN??? I am in Minneapolis and in the exact same position as the OP....applied to hundreds of positions since March and not a single bite. I'd love to do home health but all the positions I see posted require at least 2 years of experience....

Unless it is an area that is super super desperate for nurses right now, I think ANYWHERE you move with no connections is tough. I just moved from VA to Minneapolis and am having a horrible time finding a job...every nurse recruiter I've managed to ...

Community colleges are the way to go to have your exams proctored in my opinion....especially if you don't have an avenue through an education dept. at work. Just call around to the testing centers of the community colleges in your area. Some will ...

I just wanted to get a little insight from those more knowledgabe. Here is my situation: I have a previous Bachelor's degree in Social Work and I am about to graduate from an ADN program in nursing this May. Based on the reality of the job market...

Thanks for your helpful reply!

I am a student RN and I recently had one of my patients in clinical (a very sweet older man who sings in a bluegrass group) ask me to write down my name and phone number so he could call me and let me know when his band played at one of the local res...

You might want to consider researching and doing your presentation on the "bath in a bag" products-they are basically an 8 pack of wipes-they make Peri-Care wipes with special skin protector built in, and regular bath wipes with moisterizer built in ...

I don't know about your program, but for mine the score on the TEAS didn't matter, you just had to have passed it by some ridiculously easy percentage (like 40% I think). Anyway, I used the Unofficial Practice Guide that is at the link the last pers...

Several of my coworkers had sore arms after getting this year's regular flu shoot (nothing like the OP describes though!). When I went to get mine, the nurse that gave it to me told me that the more I moved my arm afterwords the less likely I'd be t...

I'm in Virginia. My understanding is that the majority of hospitals follow a very similar shift pattern, although I have heard of some people talking about hospital shifts that are an hour difference in the start end time. I'd call the staffing dep...

Most hospital settings have both 8 and 12 hour shifts-on my floor as CNA's we work a combination of both...typically 2 8's and 2 12's...it's nice because you get an extra day off a week. However, I know of some floors on the same hospital where the ...

Am I wrong with this information-I was told by a doctor that except for a few select meds, the majority of meds do not truly expire despite the fact that they have an expiration date. This doc told me that the authorities basically felt like the con...

Uh oh...I think we are talking about a different PVCC... I am talking about Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, VA. I've never heard of John C. Lincoln, so I'm guessing you must be talking about another community college program...

My advice would absolutely be to go for it. I just started the nursing program at PVCC a couple weeks ago. When I decided I wanted to get into nursing last year, despite a sizable paycut, I made the decision to take the PVCC CNA class and work as a...

I've lived in Charlottesville for about a year and a half now and I love it here. It is a college town, like someone else mentioned-the town really embraces the school. I really enjoy it because it's not huge and congested, but has almost a progres...

Hi All, This is my first post, but I've been browsing the forems for quite a while now and want to thank all for the help that this has provided! I have bachelor's in social work and am very interested in going back to school to become a nurse-I am ...

Thanks all, I really appreciate the feedback, definitely makes me feel much more comfortable proceeding. I'm going to call the college to verify how much time they say to account for outside of the class, but feedback from real people that have done...