luckyfortune

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1. Fellow Filipinos who took up Nursing

   luckyfortune replied to mtopolinski's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Lisa_usa, I'm also Filipino and moved here to the US in 2002. I had a BS in Marketing Management and decided to go back to school too. I proudly finished Nursing in 12/2007. I'm now a Registered Nurse :) Here are my suggestions: 1) Make sure you d...

2. Night shift: Tired all the time ?????

   luckyfortune replied to TangoLima's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks to all for your suggestions! I'm a new grad RN and will be doing 12 hr. nights in February. I'm starting to worry about my sleep schedules but reading all the stories helped me a lot to feel positive :) I'm new to this site and it's great to ...

3. New Grad & New Oncology Nurse!

   luckyfortune replied to flygirls2's topic in Oncology

   scadams29: Best of luck with your NCLEX! I live in SF bay area and will be working in the Oncology unit in one of the hospitals in the East Bay. Where are you from?

4. 12 hour Shifts?

   luckyfortune replied to Guest296136's topic in Operating Room

   Hi Mercy65, Are you working 12 hours on days or nights? I'll soon be working nights (12hrs too). How do you manage with your sleep schedule? thanks!

5. Nursing Grad still looking for a job

   luckyfortune replied to machita's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Machita, You can call the operator and asked to be transferred to the unit. Once you talk to unit clerk, introduce yourself and let her/him know that you are a new grad..Then ask for their manager's name. Then write a cover letter addressed to th...

6. HELP! Failed NCLEX several times

   luckyfortune replied to markeesmomma's topic in NCLEX

   I suggest the Kaplan strategy book. It helped me a lot too aside from the actual Kaplan course study. Best of luck to you!

7. Nursing shortage my !! (Bay Area)

   luckyfortune replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, There is HOPE! I graduated in Dec. '08 in the Bay Area too but took a very long break. I thought at first that it would be easy to find a job. But NO..it took me four months of seriously searching for a job. I applied online, sent out my resumes,...

8. Nursing Grad still looking for a job

   luckyfortune replied to machita's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Machita, Just a quick note. I too am a new grad but graduated in 12/08. I had a long break last year and searched for a job for 4 months! I got so frustrated too. I tried to apply online so many times, sent out my resumes, went to job fairs and ha...

9. New Grad & New Oncology Nurse!

   luckyfortune replied to flygirls2's topic in Oncology

   Thanks for the link scadams29. I'm a new grad too and will be soon working in an Oncology unit for a hospital. I was hoping to get a med/surg position but with the economy today, it is so difficult to just get a new grad job in the acute care setting...