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Does anyone here work for the Henry Ford Best Choice program. Trying to learn more info about it....pay per hour? how many hours are required per month? are weekends or holidays required? how do u like it? any info at all would be helpful.

I've only been a nurse for 9 months so I of course got sucked into working the midnight shift (7pm-7am) and honestly I hate it! I feel like calling off everyday I work. I have lost weight unintentionally. I am always exhausted. I never see my family. I feel so depressed on days that I work that I cry instantly - and just have an overall poor attitude. When I was orientation on day shift - I loved it. So I know it iIs midnights that is really getting to me. I'm currently on the wait list for days, but don't see anyone leaving anytime soon. I dont know what to do. I keep trying to just tough it out until a day shift comes along, but I honestly dont know how much longer I can do this. My family isn't very supportive they always say "its only 3 days a week"... which it is, but to me it is more than that because of all the adjusting. It is truly a lifestyle change. On my days off I switch back to normal schedule where I sleep at night and am up in the morning... then on 3 days I work, it is totally opposite. I have to do this in order to keep some sort of life going... just wondering if anyone else feels the same way? and how do you get by? I am trying to keep a positive attitude, but it is really hard.

20 days of orientation, 2 of which we sat in a classroom. so only 15 days on the floor

i was in your same position. i am new graduate RN, passed my NCLEX this past october. i applied for hundreds of jobs and nothing came along until a nursing home/rehab center called me. i took the job with no hesitation as i needed one. it was great money and full time. so i started there in december. right away i knew this job wasnt for me. i weighed 133 when i started and quickly lost 10 pounds because of stress and not eating. no time for breaks. no time to pee. no time for lunch. stayed after 2-3 hours a night on the days when i had an admission come in, just to finish filling out the ridiculous amount of paperwork. working the crappy 3-11:30pm schedule, 5 days a week. basically not even having a life outside of work. some nights i would just cry because of how much i hated it there. i would literally get a stomach ache walking in the door of that place. i wanted to quit so bad, but knowing that i am a new RN and it would not look good on my resume that i quit my first nursing job. i toughed it out, and began looking for new employment. i am still currently there, but accepted a new job in a hospital and put my 2 weeks in. i am so happy to be leaving. it is very tough, and i totally understand where your coming from. my advice is to tough it out, until something new comes along. you have to be persistent and something will come.

I am a new graduate nurse who will be starting my first job in the hospital on a rehab unit. I am very excited, but am curious of many things. So for all you rehab nurses who work in the hospital setting: what does your day typically include? alot of heavy lifting? how many patients? variety of age, or mostly elders? alot of tube feeds? alot of dressing changes? toileting patients often? hoyers? ive heard rehab nursing is truly hard work compared to med-surg... and its kind of scaring me. so why is it hard?

I am in need of some advice: I am faced with a challenge and am having difficulty making a decision. I am a new grad with two job offers: one at Henry Ford Main and the other at Beaumont Royal Oak. I do not want to say what units for security purposes. I have no idea what hospital to choose, and need to make up my mind fast! I have heard plenty of negative things about Beaumont, and only postitive things about Henry Ford. What are your experiences?? Have you worked at both?? How do the benefits compare? Managment? Overall?

Hello all, Yesterday I had my first RN interview on the unit I applied for with the unit manager, interview went well. Today I was called by the HR department for a second interview with HR, and they told me to bring a copy of my licence, degrees, references, and so forth. I still havent been offered the position but this is definetely a good sign. Does anyone know how the 2nd interview with HR usually goes? Is this a good sign im getting the job? do they ask more interview questions? what is your experience??

This may be a really dumb question but I am just curious... I am a new grad who passed my nclex just this past October. I really want to keep my freshness as a new grad and get offered a job at a hospital, but no calls. I love that hospitals give you a around a 12 week orientation with a preceptor, and I love that, because as a new grad I feel like I would need that. If I took a job at a dermatologist office as an RN, I would no longer be considered A new grad anymore if later down the road I got hired into a hospital... so would they still offer a preceptor to me with orientation??? because I doubt you really use your nursing skills in an office setting, and i feel like if i got hired into a hospital later i would need to brush up my skills a bit.

saunders 5th ed: http://www.amazon.com/saunders-compr...8336105&sr=1-1 exam cram: http://www.amazon.com/nclex-rn-exam-...8336070&sr=1-1 prioritization and delegation :http://www.amazon.com/prioritization.../dp/0323044077 i also used these same books and passed with 75 questions as well. i also took the online kaplan course

they must have lowered the price, because i just paid $375 for the full course (through a discount my school offered). i def recommend it! best thing i ever did. it is time consuming, but well worth it. i did every single question/lecture/practice test they offered and recently passed nclex on 1st try with 75 questions. i only studied kaplan for nclex

I am new grad who recently got my RN license. I have only "clinical" experience from nursing school. I have probably applied for over 100 jobs at local hospitals in the last month, and havent even got one phone call. I am starting to get discouraged. However, I keep seeing these staffing companies for nurses that say they offer excellent pay and what not, Ive already gotten a call from one of them. Is this a bad idea? anyone have experience with these? or should I just continue my search and hope to get a call for an actual hospital? any advice would be greatly appreciated.

i passed on first attempt, i used la charity, kaplan online classroom, saunders, and exam cram. i studied for about a month straight for several hours (6-8 hours) a day. hang in there, third time is a charm right! good luck.

i think they went "green" and no longer send out a hard copy. i just took my nclex last week and only recieved the email version, so i printed it and they accepted it with no questions asked

just passed my nclex with 75 q's... i used saunders, kaplan, la charity, and exam cram... all really great books

just passed my nclex with 75 questions. i studied for about a month straight for several hours a day. i took the online kaplan course (which was really helpful, i found the nclex to be most like the kaplan questions, kaplan was harder than nclex), saunders 5th ed. (which the questions were way too easy, nclex was harder), la charity, and exam cram book. good luck to you :)