NewestRN_OnTheBlock

Oh my. It's as if I've written this myself. I JUST completed a critical care training program a few weeks ago. Just like you, I cried and everyone saw me. Give your preceptors a chance. Ultimately, I was grateful to have the toughest preceptors beca...

Has anyone else applied for the University of Southern California FNP program? The decision for applicants that submitted by the early deadline was supposed to be given within 21 days. They're now overdue by over 2 weeks! Has anyone heard back from t...

I was also notified that I was not accepted into their program. I received the notice through e-mail only (no snail mail to my home) during the last week of July. Their 21 day turn-around for the decision turned out to be a 50 day turn-around! Good l...

I'm starting a new job tomorrow that required a phone interview as the first step. They also told me to be available for 30 minutes. It lasted just under 30 minutes, and that included my long answers and many questions. I think the 30 mins is just a ...

I'm interested to know what the GCU program is like as a whole. I recently went to a nursing conference that had different schools giving information about their programs. the GCU representative only stressed 3 points to me before I hesitated and bac...

This will be my first time working an 11-7 shift (i usually work 3-11). i know there are certain things i need to do during this shift that i need to ask about... like switching out the syringes for the gtubes, and checking the accucheck machines, et...

i'll be there! i'm not sure how i'm going to handle working wednesday night and then being in class all day thursday... but i have no other choice. i guess i'll see!

I must say i feel your pain! I started off as a SNF supervisor too... in a 180-bed SNF and only 1 RN supervisor at a time. I'm also trying to find a way out of there lol... I feel like all the skills I learned in school are gone!

I have a formal one-on-one interview with the nursing recruiter for Providence Tarzana Medical Center, and it's coming up pretty soon! She told me it would be one-on-one and then we would see where it goes from there. This is my FIRST interview since...

i remember when i was still in school, i once had an instructor with that policy. she told us not to call her to call in sick for that day of clinicals. instead, we had to show up prepared to work... and if she felt that we were too sick to work, THE...

that's what i was afraid of survey started today. of course i freaked out... but they didn't follow me during my med pass so i survived. they actually canceled my shift for tomorrow just so i won't be followed during the med pass. sucks for my paych...

i realize that everything you pointed out is all wrong. that's my problem. i'm a new grad and tend to try to go more by the book than anything. but the more i try to do things right, the more the bosses pull me aside to say that i'm in the real world...

WOW!! thanks for all the responses. i survived my shift... but not without the help of my supervisor. she didn't have any admissions or discharges to prepare for the day, so she helped me and the other new grad with our assignments (the other new gra...

i got my "letter".... they sent it thru e-mail...

for my actual preceptorship, my preceptor was a female... i think all throughout nursing school, i've only worked with 2 male nurses. and they were both AWESOME. i'd pick either of them as my preceptor if i had the choice... a lot of the female nurse...

i know!!! especially when they've just been out of school for a couple of years... you would think they'd be more understanding. i guess not. good luck to you though... communicate with your instructor and push through your preceptorship!

i had 4 days of orientation. i was hired as a floater with varying shifts... sometimes 3-11, sometimes 7-3, sometimes 11-7.... i usually have anywhere from 30 to 40 patients on any given day.... i've been here less than a month and i'm so overwhelmed...

oh and btw, my preceptor is the same age as me, had been a nurse for about 2 years... in case you were wondering. and my instructor told me that the school has no intention of asking her to precept any other students from now on.. lol

i had a bad preceptorship experience as well. my preceptor didn't want to teach me anything. if i didn't perform procedures as fast as she would have, she would belittle me in front of the patient while i was in the middle of the procedures. she aske...

Hey everyone, I'm just wondering if any other new grads out there have tried working at a nursing home. I've been at my current job for less than a month and I'm having a hard time dealing with it! I get paid for 40 hours a week when I really put in ...

first off, good luck to all of you still searching for jobs. i also searched for about 6 months before finally landing this job (although thats because i ONLY wanted a new grad position in a hospital, and wasn't applying at nursing homes before). so ...

i was hired in an LTC to be a charge nurse.... but i'm also on the schedule as a supervisor for a few 7-3 shifts. i oriented with a supervisor for one 11-7 shift. but i'm pretty sure 7-3 will be crazier. i wish my workplace felt the same way you do a...

the gift? that lil name tag thing? its gonna sit in the box! lol... or did you get something that i didn't get? i graduated from an ADN program as well. but my interviewer was really sweet. she assured me that she remembers how it feels to be in our ...

well... it said cumulative... but i know places like usc university hospital only consider the grades from the nursing program. so i think you'll be fine. why didn't you think you had a positive experience? i was really happy with my interview... but...

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but here goes... I interviewed with them on June 9th. I called them this morning because I had something to ask them... The recruiter mentioned that the only information given to them by the nurse managers w...