Dear BettyBoop01, My first thoughts are: you have a sense of play about you, and you chose the # "1" which tells me you strive to achieve~! Establishing one's self as a new nurse is critical in the...
Hi Wahini - that's wonderful you decided to do~! I know the feeling - tore my rotator cuff - having surgery soon and know it will be a bit of time before I can return - will say never gave it a...
Great advice - you're absolutely right - use one's age to the maximum as there's one ingredient we have the younger ones do not - "a healthy balance of life's seasonings"~!
Dear Eyeball ~ Congratulations~! I completed an LPN program in 2008, I was 54 at graduation. Ok, so I should have invested an extra year and done the RN route, but hindsight is always 20-20~! Being...
You are very wise to do especially if you're comfortable in the work environment...only caveat I'd say is with role change...yet I can tell you'll be 'right at home'~! Best regards to you and your...
Indeed, this is true. I'm 55...I have moments of joy...most times...stress levels off the charts, too much work between med pass, tx, charting & documentation + reports, etc. - long hours -...
Thank you as well for your comments...utilize network support...continue to plug along...do consider furthering on to RN...options are out there and it takes time to find one's niche...gut instinct...
You've passed your Boards...you're excited with the prospects of being a nurse, your earnings potential, etc., etc. You've no experience and you muster through interview after interview. Then you...
I too am a new grad with just under 6 months experience. Does it get easier, I surely hope so...remember...we have a "choice" to view things as stress or as frustrating...we must choose to "focus" on...