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  1. Feelings at the three month mark! How do/did you feel?

    LETRN replied to juststartinout's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel like at this point I can make it through a shift without screwing up or killing anyone, but I don't feel 100% in some things. I compensate for feeling that way by making sure that I DO know...

  2. How easy is it to get the job of choice right after graduating nursing school?

    LETRN replied to smithjen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wouldn't let the crappy job market keep you from shooting for the areas that you really want, because those areas do hire even if it's few and far between at the moment. I agree with whoever...

  3. No Pay iincrease for new ACLS?TELE cert??

    LETRN replied to RunnerNurse09's topic in General Nursing

    It is a job requirement that I had ACLS, PALS, and TNCC within a year...so definitely no pay raise. More like, 'do this or you won't have a

  4. When is the best time to eat while working nights?

    LETRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been trying to eat dinner at a normal time because I am scared of putting on the pounds during my night shift with all of the snacking that goes on with my coworkers. So I'll eat a decent...

  5. Do nurses learn how to read EKG's and do phlebotomy?

    LETRN replied to TamTammers's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on where you work and in what specialty. I wasn't taught EKG interpretation (just 5-lead) or phlebotomy in school because the med-surg floors where we did our clinical time had...

  6. A question to new grads...how satisfied are you with your new salary ?

    LETRN replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    Not very! If it weren't for shift differential and percent plus pay ($4.00 extra an hour in exchange for opting out of benefits) I would be making a pittance. It's a good thing my husband makes...

  7. Straight nights or day/nt rotation for new grad w/ kids

    LETRN replied to LordHaveMercy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad myself with two school age kids, and I'm going to nights in a few weeks. The pros of nights (for me) is shift differential (extra $400is a month), plus it saves me at least $300 in...

  8. ER job- new grad

    LETRN replied to RN-Ella's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm going to go ahead and disagree with the person who said new grads don't belong in the ER. If you have the proper orientation time, preceptor, and availability to ask questions and have a mentor...

  9. New Grads - Share your success at getting your 1st Job

    LETRN replied to joifulgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in May, and in March began applying. The semester before I had a management class in which I was paired with the director of a local hospital's ER. We hit it off and when it came around...

  10. Quick ques. for recent new grads...

    LETRN replied to gaspasser2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I applied in March and graduated the second week of May. New employee orientation was the June 1st, and I was on the floor by the second week of June. I didn't take NCLEX until June

  11. How many of you NGs are on nights?

    LETRN replied to netglow's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I oriented on days and will be switched to nights soon. They handed me the 3p-3a shift.

  12. When did you start applying?

    LETRN replied to Lovelymo79's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It depends on the state in which you live. My state allows GNs to practice for 90 days following

  13. When did you start applying?

    LETRN replied to Lovelymo79's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Every hospital system is different...they start processing May new grad applications for the internship slots in March, which is when I

  14. Tuition reimbursement?

    LETRN replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    I actually just submitted an application today for loan forgiveness. They offer $2,500 for every year you commit to work up to $10K total. I've been in the health system for 5 years, I figured I...

  15. How did you pay for school?

    LETRN replied to mr.hustle's topic in General Nursing

    Federal stafford loans and federal grants. I was able to pay all $43K for my BSN with federal money...low interest rates and good

  16. Did you got placed into your preferred field of nursing right after graduation?

    LETRN replied to EatLoveNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I did...I was offered a job in the ER before I graduated. It's definitely not the norm to be placed in a specialty area of your first choice in this job market, I got a huge

  17. Do you moonlight somewhere other than your FT position?

    LETRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking of getting a job somewhere in addition to my FT position in the ER down the road. Several of the nurses I work with do this at a rehab hospital in town and make very good money....

  18. Do you moonlight somewhere other than your FT position?

    LETRN replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, just looked it up in a book and it's 40mg over 1-2

  19. Student Loans

    LETRN replied to velocity2325's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. Not everyone has mom and dad to back them up, sometimes life makes it necessary...must be nice. I had 2 kids and a husband when I got my BSN, and am now in $43K. Does it suck? Yep. Do I...

  20. Orientation, what's that like?

    LETRN replied to grateful2010's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ER and our internship is different than the med-surg internship. We have a 10 hour class once a week and then work the schedule of our preceptor the rest of the week. I'm on week 11 of...

  21. Do you moonlight somewhere other than your FT position?

    LETRN replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

    The answer is C and I'm pretty sure you're on the wrong

  22. Dealing with Death

    LETRN replied to 2caringRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had my first on the job death about a month ago...a 5mo old came in asystole and we ran the code for about an hour. It was my room, so I had to go with the doc to tell the parents. I still can't...

  23. How time efficient are you?

    LETRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I ask because I have been in the ER for 6 weeks now, and although I'm not dragging my feet by any means, I still don't feel like I'm fast enough in completing my tasks. Yesterday I had a patient who...

  24. Employed '09 and '10 grads: Are you where you wanted to be?

    LETRN replied to Lovely_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in May with my BSN and passed my boards in June. I was hired in the ED in April and started the first week of June. It has always been my dream, and I am so blessed to be where I am...

  25. When will the nervousness go away...

    LETRN replied to mama09LPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't feel like you're alone...because even though I truly enjoy my job, I have major anxiety every time I go to work. I've only been working for about 6-7 weeks, but I still don't feel like I know...