NurseKate

I took my boards last Monday, July 19th in MA for my license in NC. It's been 10 days and I have not heard a thing! My name isn't on the website, nor have I received a letter. I studied hard for my test and it shut off at 75 questions, but this wait ...

Is anyone a psych nurse here in NC? If so, how do you like it? What don't you like about it? I am unsure if it's an area I want to go into, but it's an area that has always interested me. Anyone here work at the state hospitals? I appreciate any...

I PASSED. I got the letter in the mail today. The license will be issued once my results from the Criminal Background Check come back. I am so relieved! I jumped up and down in my apartment and couldn't stop after I read the letter. I was expect...

Thanks for the belated wishes! Congratulations to you! Good luck with your career. ~kate

Hi Anna: I read your reply and kept thinking, "I felt that way, " or "I still feel that way" while reading it. When I first graduated I wanted to be Superwoman (and sometimes I still strive for that). I want to know everything about my patient, do e...

Well, I have been out of school for a year and do not consider myself "experienced," but I have worked both surgical/trauma and med-surg and would be happy to be a sounding board for anyone who wants to talk. I know that the transition from student t...

**WARNING: Long-winded post** I started on a surgical/truma unit right out of school when I moved to NC. Like you, when I was preparing to graduate I heard "You need at least a year of experience on med-surg before specializing." BUT...I also heard, ...

Definitely ask your preceptor for help!!! Your preceptor is there to help YOU. If there is something you have not done before then you need to ask for help. Maybe say, "I learn best if I watch it first and then do it." or "I learn best if you're ther...

I concur with what the previous poster stated. What you're feeling is normal. Confidence comes with time. I think med-surg will be a great place for you to work (but maybe I am biased being a med-surg nurse myself). Try it. If you don't like it the...

Like quite a few students, med-surg scared me and I had no interest in it after I graduated. After graduation I worked on a Surgical/Trauma unit at a Level I trauma center and absolutely hated it! I learned a lot and got some great experience in the ...

I worked on a Surgical/Trauma unit right out of school and ended up feeling so overwhelmed and discouraged after a few months. I began feeling as though I was not the right fit for that floor (or maybe the floor wasn't the right fit for me). I weighe...

PCS ( a company in TN) reviewed the licensure paperwork and verified my other license, etc. Once the paperwork was in it took maybe less than two weeks for them to notify me that I had met all of the requirements and they were going to let the MA BON...

Hi there. I just received my MA nursing license by reciprocity. I used to work as an RN in NC. I found a job in MA while my application for my MA nursing license was being processed and reviewed, but I could not start actual work until I had the MA n...

Sounds like your friend is stressing you out...and from experience I know that you don't need any more stress than you are probably already going through! I didn't get any new format questions and I passed in July. The computer gives the next questio...

I read your post thinking, "Wow, this sounds just like what I have been thinking and feeling." I am coming off orientation soon and I am terrified! I worry about the same things and feel the same way you do. It was so reassuring reading your post bec...

I read your post thinking, "Wow, this sounds just like what I have been thinking and feeling." I am coming off orientation soon and I am terrified! I worry about the same things and feel the same way you do. It was so reassuring reading your post bec...

:):balloons:CONGRATULATIONS!!! :balloons: :) Good luck with your career as a new nurse! Best of wishes to you.

GOOD LUCK!!!! :)

:):balloons:YAY! CONGRATULATIONS! :balloons::) All of that hard work has paid off and you did it! You should be real proud of yourself. Congratulations again, RN!

Yes, people do pass with 265 questions on their second try. As people have stated in other posts...if you go to 265 questions it means you fluctuate right around the passing standard and the computer has a hard time telling if you are at the standar...

I was nervous and scared too. How long have you been studying? How have you been doing with your review? Are you setting time every day to practice and study? It's a trying experience, but you will get through it. Have you used other resources when s...

first question, how long have you been on orientation and how long do you have until your are on your own? if you are starting out then your confidence should come with time. the good thing is you are recognizing that you are being real dependent on ...

I am still on orientation and have about 6 more weeks to go, so I am not aware of what the feeling is of being alone without a preceptor and all that. However, I work on a Surgical Intermediate Unit, which is considered critical care and have only 4...

No, unfortunately for me my state doesn't participate in that. It took me 11 days of hell until I found out my results.

I agree with what everyone is saying...focus on what's in front of you right now and make the most of it. You will find, however that your education really builds on itself. There will be things you will learn and not retain, but there are so many th...