Pinky16

I can feel your pain OP and empathize. I worked nights on medsurg/hemeonc for two years and then switched to days on the same floor thinking the shift would make a change. It did for a while and then I went back to hating my job again. I ultimately left for outpatient endoscopy which I love. I work 4 ten hour shifts. No nights, weekends or holidays and no call. I took a small pay cut but with working 40hrs instead of 36 it really is marginal. I still get to do all of the nursing stuff I love (IV starts and then assisting with sedation, procedures biopsies etc) but I have no more than 1 patient at a time in prep/procedures and only 2-3 in recovery. There are other options out there and don't be afraid to make a change.

Hi all - just looking for an outsiders perspective on an opportunity that came up! Currently I work 3 12hr day shifts on a busy inpt med/surg floor. I've been doing this 3.5+ years. Hospital nursing is burning me out so I've been looking for other avenues to pursue. I had applied for an outpatient endoscopy full time job and had a great interview. I've been looking into this for some time as the scheduling is great and it's the perfect mix (for me) of acuity and skills but without all the psychosocial/insurance/etc of hospital work. They did tell me that they filled the FT spot but were still interested and offered me PRN position in the mean time, with potential for FT at some point. My question is does PRN work out for you guys? I'm a little concerned about the orientation period as I would have to work a little more during that time to train on top of my shifts at the hospital. I understand and would never want to compromise my hospital job during this time. After orientation the commitment is 1-2 shifts a month. Is it best practice to let your supervisor know that you will be starting a PRN job? I've heard mixed opinions on that. Any other advice or tips? thanks in advance!:)

Thanks everyone! These are great tips!! :thankya:

Thanks everyone! I've gotten a lot of good advice from you all, and I'm going to start using it ASAP! Although I was pretty down about my test grade, I do agree that nursing school tests are WAY different than other tests I have taken in the past ... I also went back several times and began second guessing myself which led to changing answers and I WON'T be doing that again! :smackingf Thanks so much to everyone! Your advice has helped a lot! =)

Hello everyone! So today, I received the results for my first fundamentals exam .. a rough 77.27%. 77% is the passing grade so as you can see, I just barely passed by a hair. I'm just so down about it .. one the one hand I am really happy just to have passed my first nursing test. But at the same time, it makes me wonder if I can really do this, which upsets me because I want this so badly; nursing is my heart and passion and what I want to do with my life. My reason for posting is, can anyone give me some tips on studying/note taking? What do you do that helps? I know that everyone is different, I just want some input as to things that I can try and see if it helps me. We just have so much reading, and I feel that a lot of the reason I did so poorly is because I don't feel like I really retained anything that I read. Thanks! :)

Hello ladies (and gentlemen!) :) I am in my first semester of nursing school, and I'm just wondering if anyone has some useful tips for studying? A lot of the stuff in my nursing program is all about READING and I personally can't just read something one time and retain it. Our teachers do give us power points for each chapter, so I take notes on those during lecture. Yet the more I read, I feel like I'm not retaining anything. So my question is, do you have any study habits/tips you would like to share? What works for you? Any suggestions? Any response is much appreciated, and good luck!