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  1. New grad desperation: What should i do to get a job???

    barlowjb replied to keakea's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Thanks I'm actually in Wisconsin, but I lived in NY up until 2004 and worked at the NYU medical center for a number of years - I have always used unconventional methods to get jobs. With so many new...

  2. Is Psych Nursing Easy?

    barlowjb replied to resilientnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    LOL!!! That last comment was way too

  3. Am I crazy because I love med surg???

    barlowjb replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I like Med Surg so far because I like the feeling I get from knowing that no matter how complex the pt's situation is I can think it through and do something to help make it better, and I enjoy...

  4. first day off orientation should i feel bad about this

    barlowjb replied to barlowjb's topic in Medical-Surgical

    No, I don't have an assigned resource nurse, but my 8 week orientation (on three different floors - i.e. a surgical cluster) was set up to where I had a main preceptor (in addition to 7 or 8 others),...

  5. New grad desperation: What should i do to get a job???

    barlowjb replied to keakea's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Try to contact someone directly instead of "To whom it may concern" in human resources, that's what i did and it worked. I wanted to get into a nurse residency program, so i contacted the program...

  6. first day off orientation should i feel bad about this

    barlowjb replied to barlowjb's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for the advice, I will bear that in mind if I ever have two crises at the same time. My first three days so far have been ok and I am learning more and more each day. Turns out I am way more...

  7. confused new student

    barlowjb replied to RN_Moe960's topic in General Students

    I am 37 years old and just completed nursing school. I switched careers too (Lab Tech to Nursing). This time around I was a way better student than I had ever been at other times in my life and I did...

  8. ATI for each class

    barlowjb replied to KathyRN2B's topic in General Students

    2 yrs before i graduated from nursing school they implemented ATIs. at first it was mandatory but worth 0%. Then for other courses, it was worth 5% - in this case if you got say below a level 1 you...

  9. Is Psych Nursing Easy?

    barlowjb replied to resilientnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi I am a new med surg nurse one day out of orientation. Anyway, I genuinely like psych nursing and I had my preceptorship in psych nursing. The easy part is that it doesn't get as technical (skills...

  10. Taking a break from Nursing

    barlowjb replied to Schmoo1022's topic in General Nursing

    have you considered trying another area of nursing such as nursing administration, research, insurance etc? remember there are other nursing jobs that do not necessarily require direct patient

  11. Best NCLEX Books

    barlowjb replied to Carrie_MTC's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The Kaplan online course and text is all you probably need. The Kaplan strategies tells you step by step how to go about answering NCLEX questions (It almost seems as if the people who write the NCLEX...

  12. New Grad starting in Med-Surg

    barlowjb replied to Michelle123's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hey Im at the end of my med surg orientation and its going good. Here are some tips: Maybe you can refresh yourself on the basics of a head to toe assessment, but honestly you probably should just...

  13. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    barlowjb replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    In nursing school I was one of the "slow test takers". I was generally one of the last ones to complete exams. I always took my time, and did well. We had ATIs in school and I did poorly on those...

  14. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

    barlowjb replied to DonovanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a friend who just got fired from her first icu job at the end of orientation, she just had a crappy preceptor. i think seasoned nurses forget how it was when they first got started. I am a new...