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Awesome!!!!! thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for this answers, they help a lot. As well as the previous nurses, I will pretty soon start a perioperative program, and I am very excited but also nervous. I want to do my best in order to have a smooth transition. I know it will be hard but become a OR nurse is what i always wanted so wish me luck! Do you have some tips that can help us with this transition?

thank you for your comment, yes they said to wait until August 7th, but also said that that is the time they have to turn of the paperwork for the selected people. It has being about a 1 week since the last interview...and nothing, no call, no email, nothing

Hi fellow nurses, Well, I applied and got 2 interviews for the chance to be part of the perioperative program at Memorial Regional in Hollywood, Fl, and even thought, I think i did well in the interview process, I am now anxious to here from them, since I always wanted to be an OR nurse. Is anybody out there that perhaps had applied to this program recently?, are you still waiting to hear from them or if you already got the position how long did you have to wait before you got an email or a phone call? Any feedback will be appreciated. I was told they were looking to fill 5 positions for this program, I check their website and the position is gone, but when I check the status of my application still showed as open. Ayyy this silence is killing me . Please wish me luck.

Thank you guys for your feedback. Soldiernurse22 thank you soooooo much for your sheet. :)

5th week into my orientation at the Tele unit. I am taking care of 4 pt by my own (I know there are not as many as other nurses have to take care of) I am still under the supervision of my preceptor. She is there whenever I have a question. My facility is very big at customer service, and now they decide that as part of a good customer service we should anticipate the pts needs so they don't have the necessity to use their call bells. They said they will keep a track of what rooms and what nurse's pts use the call bell, in their perfect world if the call bell is not use then the pt was well serve. But how this can be possible. I want to anticipate my pts needs but it doesn't matter how well I explained then the plan for the day, or write on their boards when their next pain med is due, some of them still ring the bell to ask the same question over and over again. In top of that, to prevent falls is mandatory in my unit to set the bed alarm in position for all the pt at risk for falls, so as soon as my pt move to reach his glasses from the night stand, the alarm start beeping and guess what the call bell turns on. I want to do rounds every hour or even more often than that so, I can anticipate needs, but sometimes this is not possible, especially when pt in room A pull his NG tube, is depress, want someone to talk with and is also in pain, mean while at the same time doctor X want to talk to me in regards of pt J, and my charge nurse is telling me that a new admission will be under my care. Everything happen so fast during the shift, when finally I find some time to chart I do so. I am the last one to leave because of charting. And even so, when I am driving home my brain think about the whole shift and then I always find that I did forget to chart something, this is killing me. I feel sooo overwhelmed I don't know what I am going to do when the load of my pt increase...I spend most of my days off thinking in what I did wrong..scared for what I forgot to chart...mad with myself for what I did not do well..I can't sleep, and because stress my shoulders hurt...My preceptor say that I am doing fine, I have pts thanking me for the care I had provided them...but I am not happy with my performance... Sorry for the long post...Any advice??? Is this normal??? any comment will be helpful, please...

Nowadays, there is no more nursing shortage and getting a job as a nurse is becoming a harder task Did you wrote on your resume or application your clinical hours? they definitely count as experience. I learn this in school, and I wrote them as experience in my application, and I got the job. I also think that, it will help you greatly to know somebody in the hospital where you are applying. This person could give a good word for you to the nurse manager or HR. Network is an important tool. Good luck!!! don't give up..sooner or later you will get a job.

I am soooooooo depress and feel super stupid, more than stupid. The thing is that I am 3 weeks into my orientation and yesterday I gave my pt Aldactone PO without even checking his K levels and I just realized about that today (which is my day off) The worst part is that I can't find out if he is ok because he was transfer during my shift to another hospital because the procedure that he needs (CABG) couldn't be done at my hospital. He was transfer around 2 hours after a gave him the med and he was fine, and his vitals were HR 60 and BP 98/56. I feel horrible...I just hope he is fine...I have being praying all day for him and wanted to kick myself over and over again....tomorrow when I get back to work to my unit I will tell my error to my manager and my preceptor. I guess I just need some words of support...or maybe some of you chewing me up...I just DNK why, why in the world I did not think in checking the K levels before given the med....I am for sure not make this dummy dummy mistake again....

Maybe you can schedule the mandatory training in your day off. I hope you have days off

Thank you all for your feedback. Now, I do have an idea of what to buy and how to organize my night. I agree with Anotherone, TheCommuter you are impressive; my husband also think that it will be a good idea for me to go to the gym after the shift. I am still thinking about that lol

Thanks everybody for all your replies!! I am very excited to start this job. I also believe in positivism, so needless to say I will start my shift thinking positive. I will keep you posted on how I am adapting or I am feeling. Thanks again :)

Hi there, I was wondering what do night nurses eat during their shift? (when they are lucky enough to enjoy couple minutes of dinner time) If I would look at your lunch-bag what kind of snacks could I find in there?

Thanks Do-over. Thank you very much!!

Totally agree, the quality of nursing doesn't nothing to do with the gender of the nurse. I have 3 friends that are male nurses and let me tell you they are amazing. There patients love them and they are awesome team players. When I was in school I met a male nurse, in the ICU unit, who was taking care of a very ill elder women like she was his mom. This patient family was so please with him that they requested the nurse manager to have him as the only nurse for their love one.

Congratulations in your new job Avaloncar. I am so glad you posted this, since I am in the same boat. However I am a new graduated and the Cardiac unit will be my first job in an acute care facility. I also need my ACLS, and the nurse manager told me she will send me a to a Basic arrhythmia class :) I am also reviewing my EKG and cardio notes. I was looking for a good book to purchase but they are so many out there that I really don't know which one is the best. I am looking forward for the responses to your threat. Please, is there any book any one can recommend? Thanks.

I also graduated in May. Congratulations for your new job!!! I can understand how you are feeling because I also feel the same, since pretty soon I will start a night shift at a Cardiac unit and I have never work at night and my previous experience was in a surgeon office. One of my clinical rotations was in a Neuro-Tele unit. Patients over there were mostly patients who had strokes, spinal cord injuries, brain and spinal surgeries, brain injuries, neurological diseases (ALS, MG, GB, etc), even one time I had a patient who had a myringoplasty. All the patients where attached to cardiac monitors, so it is awesome you have your ACLS and NIH stroke scale. EKG interpretations will also be a good idea. Perhaps, you can review all your Ortho-Neuro and some Cardio notes so you can feel some how prepared for your first day. You definitely will learn a lot!!! How long is going to be your orientation? Hopefully you have a nice preceptor who you can bond with. Good luck!! you can do this!!! :)

Hi guys!!! As a new grad registered nurse I have been blessed by finding a job 2 weeks after I found I passed my NCLEX I am very happy since this new job is at the hospital that I love and on a cardiac unit. Yey!!! But I am scare, since I am no longer a "student," I am "the nurse" now. I think feeling this way is normal right? I am determinate to give my best and do everything in my power to take care of my patients with the highest standards as they were part of my family, and to be a good team player for my coworkers. My new job told me I would be having an orientation for about 6-8 weeks, which I think is awesome. My shift will be at night and I have never work at night, so I am hoping I won't feel tired some where in the shift Any tips? How did you (experienced night nurses) adapt to a night shift? was it hard? I would greatly appreciate your feedback.

I took the NCLEX last Monday and on Tuesday I got the official news that I passed the test!!!I am an RN now!! yey!!!!. I also wanted to let you know, that I believe the Person Vue trick really work because, an hour after my test I tried it and I got the "good pop up" that made my waiting more easy...I did not use Kaplan or other review materials of that type, because I did not have money to afford such an expense...like most of you, I was a broke nurse graduate (hahaha!! now I am a broke RN..but just until I found a job..but, pleas don't get me wrong..I am a nurse because I love this profession not for the money..) anyways I did practice a lot of questions from the NCLEX books I acquired while I was in nursing school, plus my school was taught too..anyways...to all of you out there, who are about to take this NCLEX..just trust in yourself, set yourself for success, think positive...and you will do this!!!good luck guys!!!

Hello everyone!..Did anyone registered for Peds for the fall? I have a question can we register to any nur 1304L? the one that they mention in the email that they sent us on 06/01/2011 is already full and I saw another that is still open andit is in the north campus as well. Please help me!!!

Well you still have some time to find the appropiate pants, if you are in the transition program at North campus, since I do not think we need to use our uniforms for regular classes. I was reading the web page of our NUR2000 professor (Dr. Mendoca-Cali) and in there she wrote that uniforms are mandatory for labs and hospital days. Please someone correct me if I am wrong . Anyways I will find out tomorrow since tomorrow is my first day back in school (I have math class and I am not going to wear uniform yet) Yeah!!!!finally we are going to start with this program I could not wait any longer.

Hello! First, I have to say that everybody is different, everybody has their own priorities, so at the end is up to you. I got my LPN first and now thanks God I am about to start my RN bridge program yeahh!!. As a LPN what I experience was a shortage of job oportunities. There are not to many LPN jobs available. I ended working mostly as a MA in a doctor's office. I will recommend you to finish the program, you are in already and I am pretty sure you already have your own method to study and to spend time with your family. If you and your husband do not want to wait 2.5 years to finish your RN and have a baby, maybe you and your husband should talk about the posibility of doing a sacrifice and have you finish your RN in a full time basis in less time. At least you guys already have 2 babies. My husband and I are doing this sacrifice, we are 5 years married and still we have about 1 more year until I finish my RN program so we can have our 1st. baby. We agreed that our education was first so then we could provide to our kids with everything they could need, meaning emotionally and economically. Believe me it is not a easy thing to do but it can be done. Hopefully this will help you a little bit. Good luck!!

You did not mention the college or state where you are trying to go to school, what I can tell you is that to apply for Browrad college here in south Florida, you will not nedd micro to apply but yet is a class that you will need to graduate. Physiology is ususally a class combine with Anatomy, so I do not understand if this is different where you are taking classes. B+ is not bad, I know the perfect thing will be an A but sometimes it is not possible. If you have all the pre-reqs done you should applied for the RN program and see how that goes, and if you want, you can apply for the LPN program at the same time and see which one will accept you. You never know maybe both will give you a chance. Again the info that I can give you is from what I know about my school. In my school the LPN_RN program takes about 14 months. It took me about 1 year to become and LPN and the pre-reqs that I need to apply to the LPN_RN program were A&P I and the lab, A&P II and the lab, Chemestry, and English, in addition I have to have my LPN license and CEU's up to date. Hopefully the info helps you, good luck

Sorry I forgot to mention that I am going to the North campus like you. Thanks for the information about the uniforms. Did they send you any email about the orientation day? I did not receive any other email since the one that we received before the registration.

I was accepted too into the transition program. Yeahhhh!!!:yeah:I can't wait to start!!!!!! I am excited and nervous at the same time. I have a question, do we need to wear our uniforms the very first day of class even though this is only a math class?

:yeah:Thanks!!!!!!!!!. It is a easy now to remember ..F.A.S.T.....I will teach this to my MAs at work!!! and the rest of the office and administrative personel.:bowingpur