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I've been an RN for almost a year but worked similar settings as an LPN for 3 years. I'm very aware of all the opinions on low experienced nurses traveling. An agency wants to send me on my 1st assignment mid-July. That's great but I need a good reference from my salty charge nurse. She is pretty much the only charge nurse I work with. My situation is complicated by the fact that recently I had weightloss surgery, something that my charge nurses wants badly and is a process they have started but has had at start all over again due to not being able to have time off work. I was able to get uber amount of time off with breeze. She has very noticeably changed in her behavior towards me and has also asked me a few times how I was ale to get so much time off work but she wasn't able to. I'm sorry to say, but I do believe there is a level of jealously. It also doesn't help that she also has a very heavy background in traveling. I feel in someway, if I use her as a reference, she is going to sabotage my trajectory into travel nursing. I do feel she would be very critical of me. I have always been highly critical of myself, although I know that I am smarter than I give myself credit for. I live in a small, hell hole of a city and I need to leave! I love what I do! I have endured different environments lacking in common technological advancments and in areas of scarcity where I had to come up with something quick and on my feet. I'm ambitious and I feel that traveling will give me more of a challenge and keep things more interesting in my life. I'm set to speak to my charge nurse by phone this week. I figured I could pre-warn my travel agent. I know that references mean everything but for those of you who have been in a similar situation as mine, how have you handled it with prospective employers and your travel agency?

I'M HERE! (Pinch myself...yep I really am) I just got my acceptance letter today. I will start at Amarillo College August 2012! :w00t: I feel GREAT! A lot going on right now in my life. I've been making it a lifestyle to take care of myself and making time to workout and NOW I've just been accepted to nursing school. This is great! While in school, I'm going to keep a 36 hour work week so we shall see how that goes. I'm real anxious to know what all I need to do, buy, etc.. This site has been an incredible help to me as a nervous wreck. I remember my first post about 2 months ago about having to look certain people in the face, who have known me as a CNA for a while, and having to tell them I got rejected, knowing they would be so happy to hear me fail, but now...I think I'll keep this information to myself and whoop it up with the people I love; thank God for them. I'm so excited to move on to the next chapter of my life. This is going to be a wild ride! Luck? Honey, who needs luck? Blessings to each and everyone of you!! I can't wait to see what you guys post...I certain plan to post when I can.

hey everybody...i appreciate your kind words of encouragement! guess what? i got in!!!! whooo hooo!!

:) Hi everybody! This is my first post here, but I've known about this site for a long time and it's very helpful. I'm a pre-nursing student, and looking forward to being accepted into the ADN program at Amarillo College. One good thing is, AC does not have a waiting list. To be short: I've been a CNA for 7 years. I have 7 out of 9 pre-reqs completed; scored overall an 88 on the HESI entrance Exam (plan to re-take for an "A".) and I'm a "A-B" student. I heard that 60-65% of the students that apply get accepted in the program. If I get accepted and graduate as an nurse, I will be the 3rd generation in my family to be a nurse. I know that 100%, if not, 99.0% of you who applied to the nursing program were anxious about being accepted. I've begun to worry quite a bit about not being accepted into the program, not just because I want this sooooo bad :heartbeat but also b/c of I know that a few people are paying attention and I feel that there are a few who would get more enjoyment out of my failure than out of my success. I'm grateful for the people in my life who are genuinely routing for me and love me. Please do not think I'm in nursing just to be seen as a "successful person". This is where my heart is and I've always wanted to be in the medical field. Any encouragement?