Lio-RN

Why you did not call them or just come in the office and ask them? In my school, when I was a student, placement office accepted just receipt from the Police office.

IMHO an e-mail is something you can ask only the owner of this e-mail, especially if she is your patient. If you know her phone number why do you need e-mail adress to congratulate her?

Probably you not clear understand what does it mean "nursing shortage". It is not the situation when there are many nursing jobs on the market and nobody wants to fill it. Nursing shortage it that we have overwhelmed workloads every shift, number pts for one nurse is like we are short staff. We are exhausted, tyred, complaining all the time, do unsafe job because of extrimelly busy, but hospitals do not increased number of nursing positions.

I was in the same boat with you, my first year was soooooooo overwelming that I had a terrible headache every day due to stress. At the first semester I had 7 classes, the second semester 6 classes. But reality is that, next year was more stressfull then the first, the third year was very boring with tons of dry, boring, and sometimes just stupid papers. I thought that the forth year would be better, but I was wrong. Now I can say that the fourth year was the most difficult from all four. My advise to you would be simple, just stop thinking it is stressfull, just do your classes, do your best.

I am a new grad, graduated in 2010, passed exam from the first trying. I had only 2 interviews and have got a job as HFO in August. Since that time I still sending my resumes because my HFO will done next week and I have only 6 weeks of full-time job (better then nothing). Since August I have NO ONE interview:crying2: I am in Toronto.

....and more, some A students in my class did not pass the exam.

I took my exam in June 2010 and our class was first who took the exam with new rules. Yes, now it is not a bell-curve, you just should pass sertain percentage (actually 63%), but you should pass in all 4 categories os questions. So, if your average mark is 90%, but you have 62% in one part you would NOT pass. Good luck.

I am a new grad RN and most reason for me to become a nurse was a Palliative Care. By now I work on medical floor and wait an opportunity to be back in Palliative care. Why "be back" (I told, I am a new grad), because I had been worked in palliative as a PSW for 4 years, and my consolidation placement was in palliative. I kind of know both fields (acute medicine and palliative) and they both so different. I think it is not enough to have only excellent communication skills and experience in medicine. You also should have life experience and special passion. If you not finish your school yet, I would recomend you to take more psychology courses and ask for a placement in palliative. If you elaborate your question more, I would be happy to answer all your questions.