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A week from Wednesday will be my last day at the first job I have had as an RN. I work on a med surg floor since April of 2013. I love my co-workers and my manager is fantastic, but an opportunity arose on a cardiac stepdown floor at a hospital sig...

I have my first interview on Thursday for Piedmont's new graduate med surg residency program. Has anyone here had experience interviewing for this program or hospital and can you give me any pointers and any insight regarding what to expect? Thank y...

I've been a nurse for 8 months, 5 months of NOC. I love my floor and have adjusted well to the night shift hours. I've always been somewhat of an insomniac so sleeping in the day has been easier for me. I don't love not being able to get a lot of ...

I'm honestly worried that I'm liking nights TOO much. I've been an RN coming on 2 years now, all nights. I've always been a person who has had some night time insomnia. During nursing school there were times when i'd toss and turn all night before...

A little background. I'm a 28 year old male who has been an RN working nights for a little under 2 years. I've always been pretty health conscious and in decent shape. Over the past couples years I have packed on about 10 pounds (not the good kind...

The long commute is killer. My old hospital was 20 miles north and if i hit traffic at the wrong time could take 50 mins to an hour. That makes things difficult. Definitely making sure you're getting enough sleep. I find that when i'm sleep depri...

Just because she bases all of her life choices on a piece of fiction doesn't mean you have to... hate people jamming their religious beliefs down others' throats

no offense, but it sounds like you're someone who needs some tough love. I have/had about 35K in student loans that i started paying immediately once I started working as an RN in April of 2013. I worked a lot of overtime and really cut down on my ...

"When I'm done with school, I want to fulfill my lifelong dream and move to Connecticut!" Said no one ever I say this tongue-in-cheek as I spent the first 26.5 years of my 28 years of existence in CT. All seriousness though, what makes you want to m...

*was in your shoes.

congratulations on landing the job. I wasn't in your shoes too long ago. I got my first RN job in April of 2013. It was a night shift job. Once you're on nights, I'd suggest scheduling your days consecutively. I find it much easier on my body to g...

sorry, but why in God's name would you post that on Social Media? It blows my mind some of the personal/professional dirty laundary that people air on facebook/twitter/linkdin.

Thanks a lot for the thoughtful responses. Like I said, they have been good to me. Deciding to leave wasn't easy. They hired me as a new grad and I have only been there a year and a few months. Ideally I would have stayed at least 2 years, but I d...

I got my BSN in January of 2013. It was my 2nd bachelors so I'm a little older (just turned 27). I'm starting to think about my future and the options that I could potentially pursue. I'll be working as an RN for at least the next 2 years, as I've...

I'd advise working as as CNA during nursing school. I was working about 32 hours every weekend while in my ASBN program. On top of giving me money so I didn't have to further burden myself with more student loan debt-I think that it made me more ti...

I'm sorry to hear that, that is brutal. I still think that you should go see your doctor and maybe bring these concerns to the unions? 90 minute drive you've become a threat to society, not to mention yourself. Good luck

That is horrible, and I'm really sorry to hear that. I fall into the description of your co-workers. I've always been a night time insomniac (would go to clinical on literally no sleep-tossed and turned all night). This might not be feasible, and mi...

That's great that you're considering joining the ranks. Most schools that I looked at prior to applying had a statute of limitations on science courses of 5 years, unfortunately. I would start by enrolling in a community college to knock out the sci...

Glad to hear you're considering moving to ATL. I've been here for a little over a year (relocated from Connecticut). A lot of it depends on what you're looking for. Do you want to live inside the city limits (or inside the perimeter, as us ATLiens c...

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I accepted the offer for the CV position. I can provide some insight. In January of 2013 I applied for the residency at Piedmont. I wasn't ever able to get a definitive no, I tried calling and emailing. Needless to say, I didn't get the job back t...

welcome to the dark side I'm a new nurse too. I've been working nights in a hospital a little over a year. Here are some observations and tips. 1. There will be an adjustment period. For me, i'd say it took a solid 2 months before I was really ad...

Or maybe PRN jobs are advantageous to people, such as myself, who would rather provide their own low premium, high deductible health insurance because, we, you,know, take care of ourselves. It's ridiculous that healthy people have to subsidize healt...

I'm a new RN (Feb 2013) and I've been working NOC since about July. It's definitely an adjustment and I have the utmost respect for people that are able to do it with kids. There is a huge adjustment period and the only thing I can really stress is...

the geriatric, medicare recepitient 80 year olds with 20 co-morbiities who are full codes, but expect the moon when it comes to medical services (no procedure too expensive for grandma or grandpa!). It's easy to treat hospital stays like an all you c...