travelcat18

Indiana - SICU

I've been working in SICU for a month as a new nurse and I've noticed that I need pens, stethoscope, scissors, 2 hemostats, penlight and a carpuject injector...oh, and I've got one of those mini sharpies that attaches to my badge...very handy. I also...

Had an interview for an SICU position yesterday. I thought it went really well, but it is torture waiting for a call. I know it may not even be til next week that I know anything. I would be THE luckiest new grad ever to score this position. I know i...

Just wanted to follow up to say I got the job!!!!!!!! I'm super excited!!!

I'm a new grad RN (already licensed, yay!) and have been invited to have a shadow experience after my interview last week. I am really excited about this opportunity and would love to land this job...it would be a dream (as well as a lot of hard work...

Thank you for your help! I shadowed last week and used many of your tips. I got the offer and accepted today!!!

My school does the same thing, but some instructors will work with you on this. Try a different clinical instructor. If they still say no, there's just not much you can do. If there is a nurse at one of your clinical rotations you worked closely with...

Well, the shadow experience went great (from my point of view). The nurses I shadowed seemed like a family...one I would like to join. I asked a lot of questions....they seemed to just roll off the tongue, because I was honestly interested and wanted...

Thanks!!

Congrats on the alternate..I hope you get a letter/call saying you get an ASN spot! As far as CPR, I know that Lawrence has a stipulation that you have American Heart Association BLS for healthcare providers. You can search local hospitals or go to A...

My husband got acceptance letters for ASN at Anderson and Lafayette!! Score of 166.4. I'm so proud of him!! Good luck to everyone who's waiting!

Woohoo! I got a call back to go shadow on the unit next week... and we'll go from there after that! :w00t:

Waiting, waiting, waiting.... lol Still applying for other jobs, too... And I should focus this nervous energy into cleaning the house since it's been neglected since I started nursing school!

I am the same way. I just had an interview and when asked to describe my personality, I said organized and professional, yet laid back, easy to get along with... and I was sure to say that I am assertive when I need to be (because I am)... but I don'...

LOL! Ironically, I do drink more and I've gotten some gray hair since the beginning of nursing school. I guess it comes with the territory! Good luck!!!

Thanks! I know my husband has been anxiously awaiting his Anderson letter. We live close, so I hope we get it tomorrow!!

bsnstudent - Good Luck... sounds like the first one should be calling at any time!! KellzRN - Good Luck to you too!! I hear ya on the fumes!

Thanks!! I've been half-heartedly putting in other apps....cause I really want this job, but I can't put all my eggs in one basket as they say. Congrats on your job!!

I don't think we brushed each other's teeth, but we did give each other bed baths. It's so not a big deal and it's something you'll need to do in clinical. It will help you learn to brush someone else's teeth, and as a 'mock' patient, you'll learn wh...

Congrats and Good Luck in your new RN position!! Thank you for posting, because I'm constantly reading about how hard it is to get a job...it's nice to hear some success stories! I graduated May 4th, passed the boards last week, and had an interview ...

Wow, I could not be happier!!! Took the NCLEX-RN yesterday at 0800 and got the good pop-up about 1200. Hubby called me today cause he found my license number on the BON website. So I started re-applying for jobs and got a call for an interview on Tue...

I guess I felt like they were all relatively similar (ATI, NCSBN, & Saunders). They are mostly critical thinking and very few knowledge-based questions. The NCSBN were harder than ATI and Saunders, but I don't know if that helped me or not. Yes, ...

I completely agree with you... there is no doubt about the incontinuity between campuses and even at the same campus. In a perfect world things would be as you describe. Sadly, at least at Lawrence, I've found that, at times, there's the same jacked ...

Thanks!

Okay, so, the months are going to pass whether you decide to do what you're doing now or whether you get thru your NCLEX and pursue work as an RN. Why did you go to school to begin with? Pull from that motivation and build some momentum to get throug...