frankyfern22

Rock on! You'll do great. It sounds like you have a good, supportive team. I think that's what definitely makes or breaks you. I'd be a lot more nervous if the providers were less than helpful to me. I didn't get new patient's until I told them I was...

I agree. #1 Littmann is a must. I'd go for the lightweight for school. The cardiology steths are heavy! I would wait to get those until you're in your first job. I had a littman classic and worked in the CCU and could hear everything fine, over all t...

Wow, 60-90days! lucky duck I shadowed for 2 weeks! They started me out with 1-2 patients and I took as long as I wanted with them and built me up to 30 min appts for rechecks and 1 hour for new patients. In 1-year I'll have 20min appt rechecks and 1 ...

Hi. I graduated May 2015 and am a Family NP whose first official job was in neurology. I started at an OP Private Neuro Practice in March 2016. I had no neuro experience other than what I saw in the ER as an RN and what I learned throughout school e...

I have worked in 4 hospitals and you know what....nursing is nursing is nursing. Same stuff, different setting. I recently took a job in the CCU, thinking that I needed more of a challenge and change of pace from my previous job (which wasn't too bad...

Are you only applying to large facilities? Have you tried applying to rural health facilities? I worked in a critical access hospital and they hired pretty much whoever had an RN license. We had a lot of new grads. Orientation was not so great (sink ...

Yesterday, I met with a director of a CRNA school in NY, and she didn't care that I got a "C" in acute care med/surg lol. That was one C on my entire transcript. I think if you made it into Critical Care, that C doesnt mean much to a science based pr...

Wow, you're so new and fresh to nursing and you already want out of direct care? If you don't mind answering, what makes you want to get out of this aspect so soon? I just ask this because when I first started, I thought the same thing. I thought I ...

Hi Blessed87! I have been out of school for 2 years after my BSN and I have had SO MANY opportunities in nursing that I never thought I would. They're not always immediate, but with patience, they do present themselves. Job prospects in Buffalo we...

Repetion, experience, and mistakes will help you retain info, mistakes will make you retain it faster! Not to scare you,we all make them... I guess I'm not being funny, sorry! But seriously, repetition and the more time you spend with patients. You ...

I don't work nights anymore, but I just want to say that as a fresh new nurse, I think it saved me from running away from nursing altogether and I'm glad I did it. I loved my night shift crew and made some great friendships in a short amount of time...

Help! I have been communicating with three travel nursing agencies for jobs. I am an RN with over 1.5 years Tele experience, going on 2 years in June. I am at the point in the application process where my application is being submitted to facilities ...

Hey all! Whew, you're literally lifesavers (I'd insert a candy lifesaver here lol). It's crazy, I gave my resignation letter to my supervisor ( she didnt know it was a resignation letter though) to give to the DON and called that night at 2 am and s...

When the cops bring a 'patient' in to ER and admit diagnosis is "intoxication", no iv needed, MD plan: "pt will metabolize ETOH". oh since whe are we the drunk tank and security guards! Grrrr!

Thanks for your input everyone! I still have not put in my two weeks. I'm getting cold feet now, I'm thinking too much. In my financial situation id be cooked without a job, in limbo. Thinking about traveling another time now ;(. Idk but maybe its a...

You don't need chem. I was in BSN program and they took my HS chem...hallelujah! And I had no problem passing microbiology/A&P/Nutrition/pharmacology...etc w/o it! The only chem I remember is learning the basic stuff, like the first chapter of a ...

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I am looking to possibly attend graduate school for NP. Now the question is, which NP? I was interested in Geriatric NP for a long time because I like to work with the elderly and this is a hot area since this population is on the rise. My profess...

I took my NCLEX RN July 23rd ( little slow on posting) and tried the "trick". I got the popup. I kept trying the trick almost every hour for that day!!! and continued to get the popup ("please contact your review board...err w/e that said). Called o...

OneNJen, I think you might as well get the DNP. From what I've seen in my area, all the universities and colleges are jumping on the DNP program like white on rice, and this is late for them they say. I don't see why other schools wouldn't join in. ...

Oh Boy! I have been doing research on the new requirement for the DNP. Anyways, after reading many posts, certain medical professionals certainly show their arrogance and inability to understand the medical and healthcare process. Most importantly, h...

Great! Thanks for the advice. I think that by deliberating, Adult NP would certainly be a better option. The floor I work on now is Telemetry and it's pretty much Geriatric clients! I don't think you need a special GNP to care for older clients. T...

Take out loans. Don't worry about how much you WILL owe, think of it as an investment in your future. Don't let loans stop you. You'll def be able to pay them back with a career in nursing. In the meantime, work all you can until your program star...

woops i didnt realize this was in 2005! hahahaha

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