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Hi CardiacDork: "I came into nursing extremely scared and humble. I came with fear in my heart and worry on my mind. I endured sleepless nights and crying fits in the utility closet. I was a young, quiet, shy, and naive nurse. .... Please remember th...

Hi I just thought I would reply with my experience as a student and RN. Although I think people vary on what will mentally or physically exhaust them. The level of exhaustion I felt as a nursing student commuting 1.5hr+ far exceeded the level of stre...

Thank you Rebel Nurse! I chalk it up as experience to get me to where I need to be, hopefully at a place I like more! I would love to be in the ICU actually. We'll see what doors open and what is meant to be will work out. Jade RN - thank you for sug...

Hi fellow nurses: I'm a new grad about ready to complete a 9 week orientation on a tele unit. I'm really struggling with time management. First I was orienting 5 weeks on days (-1.5 weeks for hospital orientation/classes). My day preceptor expected ...

Thank you for all your feedback and valuable input. I appreciate having some nurses understand why I want to use a brain sheet and not look at me like I have two heads! I actually was let go because I could not improve my time management in time befo...

Here is the deal. In nursing school, all I could afford was Student Accident & Sickness Health Plan which is basically low-end "insurance plan" that has a $2,500 deductible and will only cover a max $10,000 of an emergency/sick health care bill. ...

Asystole - what a excellent response! Being a visual learner this analogy has helped me greatly! Perhaps you are a visual learner too?

As a new nurse I'm constantly trying to understand the difference between time-saving real world practices and what I was taught in nursing school. I come here to better understand the TONS of conflicting information. It is better to be a young nurse...

This question is similar to the one posted. In school we learned to push the med for the time stated then push the IV flush for the same push time. A teacher told us that is not how things are done in the real world. She said the patient IV port (not...

Thanks for the input. I'll talk to my bankrupcy attorny then make a final decision. Tenebrae - What do you mean by the same procedure would cost you only a taxi ride home? Do you not pay for healthcare where you are from or is it much less costly?

In NJ when I worked in Casinos myself and other employees were allowed to collect partial unemployment for weeks we dropped under full time hours. This was often for most employees in my department since we were on-call workers. I was SHOCKED I quali...

In California I was able to collect 6 weeks of disability pay that I applied for through that same office unemployment is filed. In addition to that I had 6 weeks of paid maternity leave that is required in CA. It was hard to live on a reduced payche...

Thank you for your informative post RNinthemaking1986. I was wondering if employers were allowed to check your credit if the application only requested consent to perform a criminal background check. I've been waiting to file bankruptcy for 4 years b...

I know this is an old post, but I found it truly helpful in discussing the pros and cons of bankruptcy and how it can potentially affect getting a job.

I agree with RunBaby. You don't really need to list everything you did at clinicals. But I agree not all programs have the same clinicals so its good to list them if you have room. I only listed tasks I completed during my preceptorship. I kept it s...

Follow your passion! Get into the ER ... I think you've waited long enough to follow what you REALLY want to be doing. If you spend 30 years in the VA for great benefits and never follow your dreams you'll regret it. Life is short. The way I look at...

Thank you for posting this question about telemetry units! I was looking for posts on new grad orientations on tele/med-surg units because I just completed an interview for a position on a tele unit. I was so happy to see this band new thread!!! :) ...

Such a good, deep inspirational post. I think you successfully described so many of my feelings about balancing family and work. I wish I had been able to financially do that when my kids were young. Now that they are in school I seriously need a bre...

Another thing to consider is a job at a VA Hospital. They have a loan forgiveness program that will pay your federal loans, but I'm not sure about your private loans. Another teacher suggested if your healthcare employer offers tuition assistance, as...

Mgandy87 - I feel for you. Although I haven't started paying back my loans yet I've been concerned about it since day 1 of taking them out. I have close to 90K in loans despite NOT going to a crazy expensive private out of state college. How??? I've ...

About the RN-BSN program, I completed it through Penn State and is a collaborative degree through my nursing school. Basically I took Bachelor level Penn State classes all through my 2 years of nursing school for my RN diploma. These classes also qu...

I've been a member of NSNA for two years during nursing school. Can I still be an active member after graduating and getting my RN license? I'm a student pursuing my BSN. I tried to look up the answer for qualifications of membership, but the NSNA we...

Ditch the objective statement as it is pretty self explanatory; my school always told me to put one but most of HR says its unnecessary. I agree that you have unique language skills that you should move to the top to set you apart from the crowd. Add...

I ran out of time at 176 questions and was certain I failed. But I passed too! I don't know why the test kept going if I was at passing level for the last 60 questions! Just don't understand how that works. lol

Congrats that is a huge accomplishment!!! Sorry to hear about your grandmother passing. It is hard to focus in school when we have things to deal with in our real lives! I still will vouch my micro class was harder than any nursing test I ever studi...