Moosey32

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  1. okay i tend to ramble so i will try to make this as short as i can... i'm new grad rn and have been looking for work since october 2009. well i was finding nothing in my area. so i considered...
  2. hello, so i'm a nervous wreck and just needed to vent a little and maybe get feedback... or prayers at least! well my background is that i graduated in aug. 09 and passed nclex-rn oct. 09. and have...
  3. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    good luck!!! i will be praying for
  4. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    so i finally had an interview feb 2nd!!! i interviewed with human resources and then with the clinical director of the med/surg floor. i will know something this coming week because they have to...
  5. HELP Interview Tips

    My advice is to look at the sites posted above, and just play around on here and google stuff like "interview help" ect. DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!!!!!! Take the time to look over multiple questions and...
  6. I didn't read through the other comments, but I am in the same position as you are. I have applied to numerous hospitals and LTC in my area, but when I call to check on my applications, they are never...
  7. after 7 months of working as a new grad RN...

    There's no harm in looking around?? You do have SOME experience, so I wouldn't worry about the jobs that list that you need experience, because you have some. A lot of jobs that say "experience...
  8. Thank you everyone for your good wishes! I'm just keeping my fingers crossed at this point and
  9. When to apply?

    I don't think Feb. is too early. It gets your name out there at least. I say go for
  10. If you cold called nurse recruiters, etc

    I agree with the person above ^^^ Take the time to write out what you might say that way you aren't tripping on your words or sound unprofessional whenever you do get a hold of someone. You can also...
  11. Please offer persepctive for new grad

    Another area you might consider if you want the feeling of making immediate changes in someone's life is maybe like EMT/Paramedic stuff because being first on the scene, you could be the one who saves...
  12. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    I know exactly how you feel. If you can afford it, you should see your doctor and try to get on an anxiety or depression medication temporarily until things ease up. I have become increasingly...
  13. I graduated school in Aug. 09' and obtained my RN license 0ct. 09' and have not had any luck landing a job in my area. Well long story short, while I was in nursing school there was a hospital that...
  14. Starting NS w/ no prereqs = suicide?

    You are the only person who knows "YOU" best. Do you think you can handle it? If yes, then do it. I started the RN program without any of my gen. eds. Once my RN advisor found out that I didn't have...
  15. Are there Jobs for New Grads?

    I'm a new grad nurse near the Fort Wayne area... and the job market in the area is terrible. There are jobs avaialble but they all want experience. Also, in my area, Lutheran Network owns like 5+ of...
  16. October NCLEX takers: MOTIVATE

    try the pvt. it works believe me. it eases your stress a lottttt! good
  17. 2nd go round

    what is your study plan the 2nd time around?? i used kaplan, and the online stuff is only a 3 month subscription, so that finally got my butt in gear because i didn't want to pay all the money and not...
  18. i took my nclex last friday and passed. i only had 75 questions and was done in 45 minutes. i agree, i think there is nothing you can do to prepare for the pharm. part of nclex. the reason you got so...
  19. 2nd Nclex on WED HELP ME

    seriously... do not let your kaplan scores bring you down. kaplan is generally harder than the nclex. i didn't do well on qtrainer 7 either... but don't let it bring you down... it's 265 ?'s so you...
  20. i agree with flames9. i think the questions prepare you the most. and you learn a lot from the questions alone by reading all the rationales also. i also had saunders, but i only used it to read areas...
  21. i have heard the videos are good... however, i didn't get to use them because the videoplayer wouldn't even work on my computer. so i just used the book, the q trainers, and q bank. i think you will...
  22. i took the whole kaplan course because i got a discount through my school. believe me, you aren't missing much with the in-class part. the best part is the online stuff. i had access to qbank, which...
  23. Kaplan scores! Need help!

    i think you will do just fine if you take it now. i was freaked out to take nclex because i didn't think my scores were high enough. kaplan questions are way harder than nclex questions in my opinion....
  24. NCLEX 2nd time and PASSED (8-tips)

    i totally agree with waterpaint. i don't think saunders is a good book to use soley in nclex preparation. it is great to review content, but not to prepare you for nclex. saunders mostly gives...
  25. My background... I took the Kaplan Course and I passed on my first time with 75 questions. I thought Kaplan was amazing. The QBank questions really got me prepared. Now, my question is, the Kaplan...