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Ok, tomorrow is my big day as a new RN! I start my first day on the floor beginning with L&D. I'm very excited but a little nervous as well. What can I expect? Tips? Advices?

Help! My back hurts from standing all day for a 12 hour shift. When I get to sit for a brief minute or two, it feels good to sit but sometimes if I bend over, my back really hurts. I'm not used to standing for so long. Does it get better as time go?...

I'm a NG and just got hired into a hospital unit. I accepted their offer. Now that I"m thinking about it, they have also mentioned to me that most likely in a pay period (2 weeks) I will get at least one low census and will be called off. There ma...

I will be starting my new job soon (as a new grad) and I am afraid the subject of "significant other" will come up soon. I am afraid if my new co-workers know about my long time boyfriend who lives 3 hours away, they will automatically assume I am o...

Brush up on the calculations

Reason why I ask or am a little concern is because I was offered a job a few months ago and the job was rescended (I had a posting about this). I had worked there at that unit as a student nurse for a preceptorship. When I applied to the position, t...

Every semester can be different. Some semesters are very demanding than others. You can expect at least one clinical day per week. Full time job will be hard to manage because the school work load is pretty heavy. I worked only PER DIEM as a CNA and...

I was one of them... didn't get much hands on experience. And I was worried just like you. What I did was... worked as a CNA for 1.5 years, and I also completed 2 preceptorships outside of nursing school. I think with that it helped me gained a lot...

You can just ask the supervisor how they're going about verifying the certifications instead of "accusing".

I can understand how much of a toll LC can be. I worked on a unit as an CNA and we had our lows there. Nurses were getting 2 LC in a pay period and most of them weren't happy and complained about how that is half of their paycheck. They worried how...

Yes I understand that LC can be a gift from heaven, just wasn't sure how it would be like it to have it on a regular basis. I mean at least once a pay period. But yes, I understand, it the best offer I have. So I am keeping it.

LOL, it's being ORGANIZED :) pssst...and hey, on another spreadsheet, i had the hospital's website listed and the user account login and password as well so I can get back in... bc you know, every website has different requirement.

I agree with the previous post. You can volunteer or choose to work as PER DIEM and go in when you can. That way you would already have your foot in the door. For the rest of us, it's pretty much start now for a year or two and start having kids to...

There's hope. It's been almost a year since I graduated and of all the applications I sent out, I got interview 3 times. Yes, it definitely took time and patience. But I applied everywhere all over the state. I looked at each city and looked into th...

What do you say? I accepted an offer but another offer came up weeks later while waiting for physical exam and background check to clear? I would like to make a phone call rather than email. I could make it easy and notify Personnel but I think it w...

I've been jobless for 8 months now as a NG... still wondering how others were successful landing with a job...care to share some tips? I have 1.5 years of CNA experience while in nursing school as well as completing 2 preceptorships outside of nursin...

I feel the same. Can't decide which is better. I would like to take my kids to their activities after school too, but I think the M-F 8-5 job wouldn't allow that either. But I would get every weekend and holiday off and dinner time with the kids... ...

volunteer, do preceptorship outside of nursing school, yes, become a CNA and work PER DIEM while in school is a bonus.

I love public health but definitely not ideal to go into as a NG... I have a public health RN job offer and I have accepted it. I haven't start it, but I feel like my foot in the door to the acute care will be forever gone... I have a whole mixure of...

I will soon work for a county job that's why I'm a little worried. I just always pictured CE classes as an actual classroom you have to attend, but it doesn't sound like that's the only route. Thanks.

I'm trying to take CE courses but unsure how because I will be working a 8-5 job M-F, and not sure how I fit in CE classses? Do I take work off for this? I'm not even sure where to take these courses. I've looked at hospital's offerings but they are...

Would the same apply to me??? I love public health but definitely not ideal to go into as a NG... I have a public health RN job offer and I have accepted it. I haven't start it, but I feel like my foot in the door to the acute care will be forever g...

JW how important salary is??? I like this job offer, but the pay isn't so great... it's a $10 difference/hour than from the first offer I could have gotten or what is in the market. Am I'm thinking too much? Of course, everyone wants some $$$. How...

public health vs hospital job... pay is definitely different. just can't really decide if i want to wait around for a NG RN position (grad. dec. 09) or just take the PH job....

Well like you I"m also a NG... but still out in the market looking for hospital experience. I would do anything to get an RN position. In your situation, I can suggest, school nurse, county jobs, state jobs (of course in the field of nursing) or ...