FutureRNKKP

So I have officially passed nursing school!!! It feels so unreal. I have had a lot of things happen through out the course of school, some of which held me back. Starting school in Jan 2013 and after failing my second semester and having to get back in I did not think I would make it out. But I kept going giving it my all, I was always very good in clinical but I did not know how to answer test questions. I buckled down and practice and never gave up. So my advice to those who are struggling please don't give up, keep going, don't take no for an answer. This feeling is unexplainable and I know I wont feel like a nurse until I pass boards but with determination the sky is the limit. **How I changed my study habit, I found out what my learning style was ( I am a reader writer) so I was studying the wrong way for 2 years) I re wrote all power points and notes given to me, on top of putting those notes on flash cards as well. I gave myself time to study flashcards. My test grades went from low C's barley passing to high B's. Hope this helps.

YES! its not a good feeling at all, esp when you work so hard and go above and beyond to only have your work ethic get over looked by something that's out of my control.

Well the reason is I know its tough to get a job as a new grad straight out an on a specialty unit AND on a specialty unit I actually want to make my career. So when I got the job as a tech in the Level II nursery and LOVED it, I worked hard stood out from the rest of the techs just so I can continue my passion of nursing in field I dreamed of. Just this new manager is the a negative.

Oh trust me I know I've seen it happen on my very own unit (different manager though) so I take it with a grain of salt.

I do over think...I just wanted to be treated like the other techs now nurses when they secured their position 3 months in advance. If my manager would have just been honest and not lie and say its a hospital policy. That just seems shady to me.. And a nursing student im friends with my current manager was her old manger for over 6 years and she also verified that she NEVER hired AA nurses on her previous unit only AA techs.

I understand that and I am going to start applying else where; I was just going off what my DON said about me having a guaranteed position. But the manager that's under her saying I have to wait until someone quits

Thanks!

Hey All, I am in my last semester of Nursing school..YAYYY! and it has been a HARD road to get here but now that I'm almost done I'm starting to think about working and applying. I have been a tech on a specialty unit for 5 years now and I love me job and would like to continue working there as a RN. I am a hard worker and I know my unit and it shows because the DON for our unit told me personally to go speak with my new manager of 4 months about what positions they could offer me, well I did this and to my surprise she said I had to wait until AFTER I passed my boards to apply:(. At this point I was shock because 3 of our techs who just graduated from nursing school in May were all offered positions in March and didn't take their boards until June. So I mentioned this to my manager and she said "oh the policy has changed you have to wait now". An because she went on a hiring frenzy we have about 15 new nurses on the unit, so I have to wait until someone quits in order to have a position. Well after our meeting I decided to call HR for our hospital just to ask about the new policy and if it was the entire hospital, I was told she didn't know anything about it and its up to my manager and she could hire me up to 6mths in advance and if I was not already an employee there I could apply up to 2mths in advance. This entire thing had me in tears, I didn't understand why I have to wait and why she lied to me. FYI I am African American and the other girls where Caucasian. Is this discrimination?? Also we do have about 6 out of 15 African Americans on our unit as Techs but only 2 out 45 +nurses are African American. (Who have been there for 40 + years) And NONE of the new nurses she hired are AA either.

And by no means was I prying into her business, we BOTH were very close to failing and she asked me what I would do if I had fail before we took the final, and I let her knw I would re apply because I worked so hard to get into the program. We talk nearly everyday before this and as her friend and sis in law, I just wanted her to keep pushing even though she acted like she didn't care. And I was no way pressing her about it, I asked her just twice did she have any idea what she wanted to do and I was there for her if she needed to talk. And I haven't bothered her since about it, she will reach out to me when she's ready. Or when she decides if she wants to continue to pressure the career. But had it been the other way around I would still talk to her like we been doing even if deep down I felt like crap.

Thanks, she still isn't really talking to me, but it's ok, I'm just going keep pushing on to graduate.

It's hard and time consuming too me. It's a lot of work. I enjoy learning the skills though. Ready to be an RN already.

I tried to reach out twice since the class ended one week ago, I ask her if she would re apply and try to get in for fall...and each time she says "we'll see" never an answer. So I'm not going to talk about the program with her anymore I'll let her come to me. And yes she may be embarrassed.

Yes I'm learning this. I'm in the next semester now and it's already a whirl wind.