slave_diverRN

You can find a job in Florida, but please be wary of the 'we are now hiring' answers as many places are only hiring nurses with experience. I'm sure you've already experienced that in Ohio. Florida has a lot, lot, lot of LTC options and I'm sure you'...

Please don't look at classes as 'resume booster'. Instead look at them as NETWORKING OPPORTUNTIES! You'll meet other nurses....nurses who are WORKING and know where the job openings are and who make the decisions to hire! Don't got to classes with y...

Congratulations Haylee!!

Sounds like you need to find a way to be outdoors as part of your day....you could work at a camp or amusement park, or perhaps even for a sports team. Spend some time thinking about what you WANT to do and COULD do. BTW, accounting is the most soul-...

In general, Florida has a much slower pace than NY. With that said, you might find the pace in a metropolitan area like Orlando to be a bit more like home (as it is FILLED with people from other places). It wouldn't be the same as moving to a tiny ru...

And if he does get transferred, you could still stay behind and keep working until you have landed a job in the new location.

You know what to do. Consider yourself lucky that you've discovered that this career is not right for you after only one week. Life is too short to spend the bulk of it doing something you don't enjoy.....take a look at the things you enjoy doing an...

Isn't it awful that our insecurities don't end with graduation? It sounds to me like she was just inquiring how are you feeling, maybe even to offer some tips......it may not have been a good choice on her part to compare you to your peer, and perha...

I've spent the last decade or so in the corporate world, so take this with a grain of salt..... Really good managers listen to their staff and respect their staff's judgment. They are usually experts in MANAGING, thinking creatively and solving probl...

Wow....I'm sorry you are having such a difficult time in your new job. It sounds like there's three distinct challenges: 1. Coping with working nights and the impact to your life. 2. Time management at work and feelings of being unsupported by team 3...

Disconnect your doorbell! Or at least leave a laminated note that asks uninvited visitors to schedule an appointment prior to knocking. This has the bonus of ridding you of salespeople on your days off too!

Don't forget that the last question could have been a pilot question...and it might not count at all. Good luck with your official results.

There's also the Bay Pines VA in St. Petersburg. From a psych nursing perspective, that one may have more interesting cases and its closer to the beach!

that figure accounts for a lot of things: 1. the new grad's salary while in orientation 2. the preceptor's salary while working with the new grad 3. the extra staff needed on a unit until the new grad is 'efficient' enough to handle a full pt load. i...

This may not be a popular answer . . . . . Nicotine is a drug and as the RN you should only dispense drugs that are ordered. The commonly accepted social practice of bumming/giving cigarettes does not extend to your legal responsibility as a health c...

Both of those reviews are very different. I've very partial to the Hurst Review (since that's what I took and it helped me pass!) as its really a REVIEW. They go over the core content...and actually they give you JUST the minimum that you need to pas...

I stared my NCLEX review with this book....but I don't think this is the best tool to use. There's a TON of great information, but that's the problem...there's TOO MUCH, you don't need to know EVERYTHING to pass. One specific thing I didn't like was...

I'm sorry that this happened to you. The place you worked sounds very disorganized, short-staffed and horrid......but not unique. With the thought that every bad experience in life presents an opportunity you can learn from, can you share some of you...

CHill out! Yes, you'll get a few practice questions wrong....and you might even get a few questions on the NCLEX wrong....you can pass without getting 100% right!!! R-E-L-A-X.

Public speaking is a good choice....that will help you ease some of your nervousness An even BETTER choice is to take a class where you learn about communication styles. You learn your communication style and how to read the communication styles of o...

Congratulations! Now you need an updated screen name

A few years isn't really that long. It may seem overwhelming now....when you feel like you've forgotten everything, but you'll be very surprised at how quickly you'll pick up material that you have previously learned. Take a review course that focuse...

Four months into your contact is way too soon to say, "I don't like this, I'm going to leave.....and by the way, could you pay for a bunch of school while I count down my days left? Instead, I suggest you have a conversation about coping skills.....a...

Hallelujah!! I especially liked how you kept your cool after the 75th question rolled by.

Congratulations!!