janice_c67

janice_c67 BSN, RN

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  1. Torn rotator cuff one week before starting first nursing job :(

    janice_c67 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, I was all ready to head to Texas from California to start my first nursing job in an emergency room... took almost a year to find a job. So long story short I fell on the stairs at home and tore...

  2. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    janice_c67 replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing without ratios will suck the life out of you. My first job was in Texas and it was murder and it was extremely unsafe. I am in California now, and I don't hate nursing now that I know I won't...

  3. When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    janice_c67 replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    I always keep it around my neck instead of leaving it at the nurses station because if I put it down I will either forget it and it will magically disappear, or something will come up and I will need...

  4. Am I too old to be an RN.... or should I just stay an LPN?

    janice_c67 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I didn't start nursing school till I was 41. I was a phlebotomist before that for 15 years. You are not too

  5. Help! I can't decide!

    janice_c67 replied to hopfrogger's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been a floor nurse for years and I'm still not good at it! JK Only you can decide which to pick, they are two very different jobs... I would think the laser job would be less stressful than OR,...

  6. disappointed with job offer

    janice_c67 replied to remotefuse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You should take it. You will be great at time management by the time you are able to transfer into the job you really

  7. Desperately need advice please help!!!

    janice_c67 replied to skittles, GN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    RN to BSN isn't that difficult while working, I am doing it right now and I work full time. Do not wait to finish BSN to start looking for a job, I would find a job first then start the BSN online....

  8. Statistics and BioChem at WGU

    janice_c67 replied to niteshift_mister87's topic in Western Governors University

    I don't know if you have taken Biochemistry by now, but I took it last term through WGU and it was hard (because chemistry is hard for me) but not nearly as bad as I was anticipating, and the course...

  9. new grad jobs

    janice_c67 replied to antmissy's topic in General Students

    I graduated in 2010 and it took me over a year of applying to anything that didn't say no new grads to find a job half way across the country. Although I do see that there seems to be more new grad...

  10. NAS baby care plan and nursing diagnoses

    janice_c67 replied to heather91093's topic in General Students

    Well I am fairly new to well baby nursing (formerly med surg) but I am thinking that with opiate exposure they may have difficulty with feeding/latching/swallowing, so they would be at risk of...

  11. How long does it take to get a Hawaii RN license?

    janice_c67 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad in CA, licensed in california in August. I have two questions actually, how long would it take to get licensed in HI (someone told me it takes like a year to get a HI license!) and...

  12. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    janice_c67 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It will get better I promise! I absolutely hated my first year, wanted to walk off the job so many times, even called my old phlebotomy manager to beg for my job back. Fortunately, it was a holiday...

  13. Torn rotator cuff one week before starting first nursing job :(

    janice_c67 replied to janice_c67's topic in First Year After Licensure

    They expect you to go back to work after two weeks?!?! I think at 3 weeks I went to my first PT, just having them attempt to move my arm at all was so painful I saw my life flash before my eyes! Two...

  14. what Bachelors degree can I earn besides BSN (from RN)?

    janice_c67 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello, So I am going on 3 months into my first nursing job and I am not loving it. I know there are alot of new grads that can't find work that would like to choke me for sounding ungrateful for...

  15. Almost Off Orientation And Scared

    janice_c67 replied to babysteps25's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been at my job now for about 3.5 monnths, I had about 8 weeks of orientation and didn't feel ready to go on my own either. i get asked questions that I can't answer all the time too and I feel...

  16. New Grad No Job- extremely depressed.

    janice_c67 replied to michelle9655's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Definitely look further than two hours from home. I graduated June 2010 and just started working Oct 2011, had to move from CA to central TX. If you can move, do it... get your experience and then if...

  17. Is the hiring prospect really that bad out there for nurses right now?

    janice_c67 replied to esunada's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I lived in the SF bay area, worked for 15 years at a large hospital as a phlebotomist, and couldn't get a job there. So, after 15 months post graduation I moved to the boondocks in Texas and started...

  18. Feeling extremely frustrated :(

    janice_c67 replied to danarooo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated June 2010, started working in Oct 2011. I left CA and came to TX after applying to well over 1,000 jobs. I would recommend taking a refresher if you are able to, and hopefully there will...

  19. Area of hospital with minimal vomit...

    janice_c67 replied to alxndria.mrqtt's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's safe to say every area of nursing deals with vomit :/ at least every area that has direct patient

  20. When will I stop dreading going to work?!

    janice_c67 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello all, I am just wondering how long did it take most of you to stop having major anxiety about going to work every day? I am a new nurse about 9 weeks on med surg now and it is very stressful to...

  21. When will I stop dreading going to work?!

    janice_c67 replied to janice_c67's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't give up either! I came home from work after a rough shift last week and my niece had posted on FB how she is tired of school, bills, work etc and wanted to give up, to which I told her "don't...

  22. what Bachelors degree can I earn besides BSN (from RN)?

    janice_c67 replied to janice_c67's topic in Nursing Career

    There are alot of other types of nursing I would be happy in I'm sure, but the job market being what it is for newbies, I can't have what I really want. The unit I'm on is about as far from what I...

  23. what Bachelors degree can I earn besides BSN (from RN)?

    janice_c67 replied to janice_c67's topic in Nursing Career

    I was a phlebotomist for 16 years and I definitely love healthcare, but I think I would be happier in a different type of position. I want to get at least a bachelors but I think I want to do...

  24. is it hard to get into clinical nursing with only floor nursing experience?

    janice_c67 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello all, I am actually a new nurse, 2 months on a med/surg oncology floor, I am suspecting that I may not want to do floor nursing forever Anyways, I am wondering how difficult it is to transition...

  25. New grad willing to work anywhere

    janice_c67 replied to iRNman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I finally after a year and a half of rejections was fortunate enough to get a job in Texas (moved reluctantly from CA but hey its a job and it isn't that bad here actually) I have a friend that moved...