CNMtobe2012

I am in Class 78. I used my current manager, prior supervisor and a co-worker. Yes they are no longer conducting phone interviews. I is more like an information session and last approximately 15-20mins. Hope this helps. :)

Thanks. I heard the Frontier experience was exceptional. I can't waite for Frontier Bound in June. Good luck and best wishes to you both as finish up.

The economy has changed things tramendously. I graduated in May 2007. I started the interview process at the begining of my last semester. Interviewed in January 2007 and accepted the position 6 months before my start date. Started July 2007. Good luck!:)

Hi all. I just thought I'd reintroduce myself. I have been a member for a few years now and in the process changed by Username three times LOL.....RNTOBE07 (During nursing school), PerinatalRN07 (When I graduated) and now....CNMtobe2012. Recently found out I was accepted to Frontier School of Midwifery!! Excited , scared but ready. Anyone else in Class78?

Hi all, I am currently in the process of getting my application together for Frontier as we speak. Would really love any additional insight on your experience with the school and the quality of the education being provided from your perspetive. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks for all the advice. I do have a few certifications under my belt (BCLS, EFM, NRP). But as said by one poster I try to get at least two more. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. :wink2:

Hi rnWinn I am think about relocated to Cali (LA area) and I ran across Cedar Sinai and am really interested in the hospital. I too am a ob/gyn nurse. I was hoping to take a travel position out there first (God and economy will :wink2:) to see if its a good fit. What travel agency are you with if you don't mind me asking? Any other insight into the hospital would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi all, needed some advice. I currently work in Baltimore, MD at a large teaching hospital with 17months of experience in L&D, antepartum, postpartum and NBN. I was hoping to do travel nursing this summer as I will be approaching my 2yr mark. I have spent most of my life in MD and would really like to relocate but I am to chicken to do it cold turkey. I thought travel nursing would be a good oppurtunity to "test drive" without the obligation to "buy". I started the application process with 2 agencies so far (AM and Access Nurses). My first choice right now is souther CA. AM flat out told me I was being too picky and it would be hard to place me when I told them I wanted something within an hour distance of LA (I have family there). After reading alot of these post I am afraid to leave my current position to travel with the economy is such turmoil. If I am able to secure a 13wk assignment I am afraid of what will come when the contract ends. Do you think its even worth the time, energy or effort? I travel to Cali about every other month and would really like to relocate but I'm not sure if this is the time to be taking chances and experiementing. Any advice is appreciated.

Graduated in May 2007 and went straight into OB. I work in L&D/mother/baby/nursery. If L&D is what you really want, go for it. I have no regrets.

On our pp unit our max is 6 couplets and yes it can get to be overwhelming especially when we are short tech support. But for us 6 is the norm. We never get anything over that because our pp unit only has 12 beds and 2 nurses and a tech scheduled to work the unit. Any couplets beyond that are transfered to the antepartum floor for their recovery. In the event that we are short support staff we usually pull a tech from the L&D or ante floor to come and at least do our 8pm VS. Another option is if the NBN only has 1-2 babies we will coordinate with the Nrsy nurse and have her do some of our baby assessments.

I've never had to give it but with the countless pts. we admit for IOL due to PEC its always in my pocket. Per our policy we give it IVP.

Suprise to hear so many of you received such long orientation phases. I graduated in May of 07 and took a position at a large teaching hospital on a high risk ob unit. Where I work nurses are trained as perinatal nurses meaning I work ante, post, NBN, and L&D. Initially when I started I was given an 8 week orientation (total) on ante, post and NBN. I felt pretty comfortable after 8 weeks. I worked these units indepedently for about 6 weeks and then I was cross trained to work L&D for 6 weeks. I definitely didn't think 6 weeks was enough time to learn all that needed to be learned (L&D is an ER for pregnant women in itself) but management was pretty good about making ajustment so that I could sharpen my skills in the areas I felt uncomfortable with. I think you have to decide whats best for you. The learning curve your 1st year is going to be huge but its doable. Just keep an open line of communication with your preceptor and if towards the end of your orientation you don't feel prepared don't be afraid to say so. When it was time for me to end my cross training on L&D I was terrified, because I didn't feel confident in my skills. I had to learn that when you come off of orientation you have to be "comfortable" with your skills and "confident" in yourself. The only way you are ever going to gain confidence in your skills is by getting out on the floor.

Hello to both of you. As it was said previously the most important thing is reading the rationales. I took boards Friday 13. Kaplan questions are extremely extremely simulare to NCLEX style questions. I would even venture to say the Kaplan questions are hard than the NCLEX. If you have not already, try to exhaust the Q-Bank to get in the habit of answering questions. READ ALL RATIONALES. Believe me, it really helps. You may not see that same exact question but it may be something in the rationale that will help you to anwser a future question. Read all the rationales. You want to understand why the right anwser is right but more importantly why the other choices are wrong. Good luck!

Come back to reality!!!! Thats is quite good. I took Kaplan Complete Review course last month and took boards last Friday...Pass with 77 ?'s. The course was really good! Hands down. The key is to understand the process of eliminating incorrect answers to get to the correct one. Kaplan will teach that. The other thing is reading every single rationale even the ones you got right. Kaplan would like for you to score at least a 65% on the question trainers so a 60 isn't bad at all. My instructor told us that we would score low on the first few, which are lower level exams. It is eaxams 5-7 that you want to score the minimum of a 65% on. Kaplan will tell you that if you score a 65% or above on exam 7 you have a 99% chance of passing. I scored the following on my question trainers: 1-58% 2-60% 3-58% 4-65% 5-63% 6-63% 7-65% Just get in the habit of consistently staying in the sixty. Also do ALL of you Q-Bank if you can. Sounds like you are on the right track. You will be fine.

i had a question about looking for my first rn nursing job. i will be graduating in may 20, 2007 ( pary over here!!:):yelclap:). ok back to my question.... when should i start applying for jobs, before or after i take and pass nclex? i have definitely began looking at several job announcements for the hospitals i am interested in working at, i am in the process of sprucing up my resume', and i have scheduled to attend a few open houses. any responses are appreciated.