Yay for finally loving a clinical rotation! If my school offered a clinical there I'd be in heaven! Unfortunately we go to OB and peds but not the NICU what was your clinical day like? What did you...
Yea I think you are right...I think ED sounds awesome BUT I think I should give the float a chance...work a few months and then see where my mind is then. Another hospital near me has offered me a PRN...
I just started a job as a tech in the float pool at a large hospital...so far I have worked 4 shifts and although I like it to some degree, I feel like I want MORE. The floors I work on are Med/Surg,...
I applied on CB's website and they mailed me a packet..what are the requirements and necessary documentation for SPICEE? I know they sent me 2 forms for clinical instructor recommendations and that we...
I am in my final year of nursing school and I really want to work in the NICU after I graduate...one problem, I have a hand tremor. I'm not sure the cause of it..if it's nerves (although my hands...
sophie<3 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students
I'm in my 3rd semester of an ADN program, today was my first day back actually! I am taking Psych, Peds, and Med/Surg classes..it is only a Med/Surg and Psych lecture, the Peds is incorporated in the...
So I have been applying for every hospital job under the sun for the past year. I have applied for Unit Secretary positions, CNA positions, Transporter, Registrar...EVERYTHING I could possibly be...
thank you! and you are right, it sounds like A LOT. after my orientation time i did realize i can draw blood..but i know that i cant do foleys, dressing changes, etc. we do get seperate 12 lead EKG...
well i went to the peds interview...only to find that their orientation dates interfered with my school schedule (ugh!!!) so within the first 5 minutes of the interview I knew the float position that...
WOW! i haven't been on this thread in awhile...i didn't realize so many people would be interested! i hope everyone is finding pen pals through my thread..i'd definitely like to get to know some of...
the same thing happened to me this summer...i originally was going to do a BSN program..took all my prereqs for it and just wanted to take nursing courses and focus on them.. i was denied from the BSN...
I have a job interview next week on a pediatric floor and it is a job i REALLY want because i know it will be extremely beneficial when getting a job in peds as an RN. any advice/tips on preparing for...
sophie<3 replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students
honestly mine were pretty boring. the L&D unit could be interesting if you had some mom's ready to deliver but in my case, no one did. i did observe a CS which was awesome from the student's...
So i am a 2nd semester nursing student in an ADN program and so far I have heard mixed things about life after nursing school. Some say that it is COMPLETELY different when you become an RN and you...
thank you all for the responses! i hope that through more clinical time and as I progress in the nursing program things will start to "click" more for me. I guess I just worry that although I am...
Also, i was just thinking..instead of doing pairs we can all just kind of email or message back and forth...surely there will be 1 or 2 people out of the list of interested who we will really connect...
ok so those of you who e-mailed me, i got your messages :) some of you i haven't heard from and i apologize to some who i havent gotten around to emailing. but anyway, for those interested.. now i am...
well im glad other people actually think this is a good idea! i will PM each of you my e-mail and we can go from there! i think it will be a great experience and i'm really excited about this!...
Hi :) So I am almost halfway done with nursing school (yay!!!) and I am looking for jobs as a Patient Care Tech/CNA/Nursing Care Tech in hospitals nearby to help out with my patient skills and to help...
thanks for the information! did you like working as a tech in peds? i have applied to soooo many tech positions on any floor just to get some kind of hospital experience outside of clinicals and so...
i think the subject says it all...what kind of nurse do you want to be when you grow up and why? :) for me- either NICU nursing, OR, OB...maybe Peds?? still figuring it out i LOVE babies/children-...