drawingarak

Hi everyone ok heres the thing i just graduated from nursing school in may and took a job in the ICU at a trauma 1 hospital on june 8. i may be just over reacting here but i cant sleep at night and when i do get to sleep all i dream about is work and the patients i have had. i always dream that something bad is happening to my patients. and lately my bf has been telling my that im talking in my sleep and i dont mean saying small nonsense words i mean full out conversations with myself. im worried about not sleeping at night. is this normal? has anyone gone through this? does anyone have any suggestions on how to help? Thoughts and comments are much appreciated. Thx. Kara

I just graduated from nursing school in Pittsburgh. it was a two year program and i took a year to do my pre-reqs. i came out with an associates degree. anyway i worked as a PCT full time through out the whole 3 years it took me to get my degree. the hospital was not a small community hospital either we are a trauma 1 hospital so we were always busy. my manager was very flexible with my schedule and understood that i was in school and that was my main priority. i know in PA if you are a nursing student most hospitals will let you work as a PCT without taking CNA classes. i dont know what it is like in other states. my suggestion would be find a job that is close to nursing and that you can pay your bills with. one of the first questions i would ask the manager during an interview is are you willing to be flexible with my school schedule. but like i said i would 40-44 hrs a week for the whole 3 yrs its tough, but you do what you have to do, bills need to be paid.

Hi, I took the RN predictor march 26, 09. i must say that i did not really study for it i work full time and was busy with my mentorship so i was kinda nervous. i also did not pass any of the ati tests throughout the program so i was nervous about that too. anyway i got a 74% on the predictor which gave me a 94% chance of passing the nclex on the first attempt. all of my co-workers who i have talked to that have taken the predictor and had in the 90%'s of passing the nclex did pass on their first attempt. i am still a little skeptical about how accurate it is thought, but i think thats just my nerves.