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Also, keep in mind that most childcare facilities have after school programs where they will pick your child up from school, so you can keep both children in the same facility. You may also qualify for a subsidy program depending on your income. Childcare gets ridiculously expensive. Good luck!

12 hour shifts are awesome in a two parent household, because it can almost eliminate the need for child care. If one parent works M-F and the other works 12 hour weekend nights (like so many of my co-workers with children), you rarely need to arrange for child care. My husband works out of town, so I'm often a single parent. I shifted to a M-F 8 hour position so that I can use a childcare center and be available to pick my son up. We have no family in the city we live in, so our childcare options are limited. 8 hour shifts, in my opinion, work bettter for the single parent because the hours are conducive to you being able to drop your child and pick-up. I feel guilty having such limited time in the evening too, but it's the quality time that counts more than anything. You can make those evenings count by sitting at the dinner table with your children while you have dinner and ask them how their day was. I wish you the best of luck with your decision, I know how hard that transition is because I recently did the same thing.

Everything is perception. I'm sure you have every good intention and that many of your patients are able to take the feedback and recommendations positively. We also tend to be a little thick-skined as nurses, so certain things don't bother us the way they may bother others and we can come off as being a little direct at times. One way I frame things with patient education is to have a discussion from a team perspective. I'm a member of your health care team and I have some information and suggestions to offer you to improve your health. We're all human and we all have struggles, so I'm going to be here with you and help you with this in whatever way possible. I think patients take things a bit more positively when they feel like you're informing them of their options and what they could do to optimize their health, but you understand they struggle with other problems that may inhibit their success. Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

Lunah, this is awesome!

I think I've picked up my first hospital bug too. Headaches, nausea, diarrhea, weakness, and a fluctuating low-grade temp. Luckily, I'm off three days this week. I guess this is another warm fuzzy welcome to nursing, lol

This is a great thread. Not quite in the ED yet, but hoping to be within the next year. Congrats OP!

It really sucks to be so close and not quite make it. I'm sorry I definitely support what others have suggested. I did a few thousand questions over my prep period and really made a mindful attempt to successfully answer the questions, read the rationales and understand the concepts. Saunders and Kaplan study guides were really helpful. I've also spoken to some real "characters" at the BON where I registered as well. I understand that it's a very busy time of year, but the rudeness was uncalled for. I was referred back to the website for information that was not updated and had to call back be passed along until I found someone who acknowleged the error. It's very frustrating and time consuming. I wish you all the best in your prep for the next attempt

Took NCLEX on 1/21. Got the good pop up this morning, which is so reassuring. I'm like everyone else, I won't officially believe it until my license posts. But it sure was nice to have some type of reassurance. Good luck to everyone yet to take the exam or nervous about trying the PVT. I've included a screen print to show what it looks like so that you guys have a visual ?

There's been difficulty for new grads finding positions since roughly 2008, when the big recession started. We no longer live in the world of selecting jobs and specialities; we often have to take what is offered and be happy to have employment. That's been my experience, and I just finished NS. I also witnessed the same situation with the last cohort in my program back in 2009. Good luck with whatever you decide to do...but please know that nursing has evolved and will continue to evolve. I'd say keep up on the message boards and to see what the tone of the profession is like. New grads have been complaining about difficulty finding jobs for 3 years here...that's pretty hard to miss.

Pitt Memorial is in Greenville. I hear great things about the area an I had a classmate who interviewed and was offered a position there. It's worth exploring :)

NC was pretty tight last year, but has gotten better. I just graduated a few weeks ago and had two firm offers before graduation and one pending from the place I precepted. I accepted one of the firm offers and will start soon. Try looking at the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill). Good luck with your search :)

Please enjoy yourself. I'm wraping up my last semester and I would kill for a break. Take one for me... :)

i don't discuss grades. very occasionally, i may reciprocate with a close classmate who discloses her grade first (and without my prompting), but i do not participate the majority of the time. after exams, i take a walk to enjoy the beauty of campus, the day and life. i don't participate in the "what did you put for the question about blah blah blah" talk. it has saved me a lot of anxiety and unnecessary grief while waiting for grades to be posted. of course, if you choose to not share your grades, it’s important in all fairness to not ask about the grades of others i balance a full-time job, school involvement and classes successfully and i am very proud of my academic performance. i also find that classmates can let competition and insecurity bring out some ugliness; so i avoid it by refusing to participate. it works well for me and i have been consistent about it. i try to live by the motto of "what people think of me is their own business." i sleep like a baby each night :) good luck with your decision!

You go girl!

I wish people would do the research before posting things like this. The online DNP program is for those who have already completed a master's degree the traditional route and are practicing CRNAs. It is program designed to enhance the leadership role of the CRNA and possible prepare them for academia. See this direct quote from the ad (University of New England University of New England's (UNE) online Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse in Anesthesia (DNP) prepares Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) for clinical leadership positions in a dynamic and diverse health care system. CRNAs who desire to grow professionally as leaders, clinical practitioners, and educators will find this post-master's online DNP a convenient and stimulating educational opportunity. Here is a link to the actual didactic and clinically based master's degree for the entry level CRNA student, which is definitely not online: University of New England - Nurse Anesthesia The MSNA curriculum is designed so that students are based on UNE's Portland campus for the first eight months (two semesters) of the program. The majority of the basic science didactic courses are offered during this period. The remaining 19 months of the program are hospital-based, with an emphasis on advanced coursework, clinical training, human patient simulator lab experiences, and completion of a capstone project. All students are required to complete the entire curriculum with passing grades. As someone who is interested in pursuing the DNP someday, misrepresenting the degree and the training is definitely no going to help mass appeal. Please do the leg work before misrepresenting this concept to the masses. Thanks!