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I don't know how to approach my resume, applications now. Most of my training was in the hospital and size never mattered. I feel like vomiting.

I took a job this past July for a home health company. I had worked 9 months on a really tough med surge floor. I worked 2nd shift, and this was difficult with my 2 children. My husband, fiance at the time, also a nurse, had just accepted a 12 hour night shift position. So, I needed to make a change for the benefit of our family- life balance. I took a home health job, recommended by a relative. It was Monday through Friday 30 hours a week. Seemed like a great change. However, I realized during the course of the orientation (3 weeks) that it wasn't going to be a great job. I worked more than 30 hours, and then would find out that I could have a day off, after I had already struggled to work out childcare. They also changed the story for on call duty's. Last, I found out that they just had a really poor state visit. Communication was poor, training was poor, the company was extremely unorganized. I could tell the fish stunk upstream, so I quit. They begged me to stay, prn. I hesitated, but thought why not. I didn't want to be completely unemployed after all. After working my tail off, I suddenly hardly had any hours. I was completely ok with this. The Director stepped down and they hired a new one. I had high hopes. The new Director was organized, supportive, and was a real advocate for the nurses, many of whom were working 50+ hours a week. That director quit at the end of her orientation and moved into another position for the company. Seemed like another red flag. The company hired a new director, but it was the person who was acting as Director and who hired me this past summer. She is not a good communicator, not an advocate for the nurses, and isn't even qualified for the position. My availability for hours was always Tues. and Wed.'s but she was doing everything she could to change that. I spoke with HR about it, and was backed up. The director was not happy. Many days I would drive well over a hundred miles in my car. I was tired, and never got much training. I was incredibly uncomfortable with the situation. This last week I inserted a 18fr catheter. THe order said 16. I screwed up, and didn't look at the order. I realized i made the mistake when I pulled the old one out. I shouldn't have done it, it was stupid. During my hospital experience, that was not something that was a big deal. I feel sick to my stomach, the patient somehow retained urine and was very uncomfortable. When I inserted the catheter, I had no problems and got 10 ccs initial output. The daughter called and complained, as well as the ALF where the patient resided called and complained. They fired me. There was no course of action, they just let me go. They also said they could file a complaint with the state regarding my license. Over the last few months, many nurses said I had done a great job and had exceptional charting. The state surveyed again this fall (3rd time this year), and it went better but not perfect. The company has been unorganized, and it's been frustrating. I've been wanting to find something else, but I don't know what that is. I believe I am a good nurse, and other nurses and prior company's can attest to this. I am sick to my stomach. I am currently still in school for my MSN. I've always been a hard worker with good reviews from other companies and have a 4.0gpa. Has anyone ever experienced this? How do formal complaints play out? Can you still work as a nurse? Is this a sign to get out of nursing and pursue something else?

Hi, I have some questions regarding my Masters. I actually want to go the family nurse practitioner route, but saw there were alot of comments on Frontier. I think I'd love to do primary care and have some ability to incoorporate my natural/"hippie" side. I'm an associate degree RN. I have a year of experience as an LPN, and a couple years as an aide while I was in school. I recently applied to Concordia University, since they have an ADN to MSN program, and it's all on line and I don't think I have to screw around too much with finding clinicals/preceptors. Concordia transfers my ADN really well. Today, during my health assessment for a new position on a medical floor, the nurse suggested looking into Frontier. I had never heard of it, but saw it was ranked high when I looked it up. Is the money worth this school? How rigorous is it? Does it ultimately matter where you get your degree from, in regards to finding work/pay/passing national exam? I will be working as a .6 and working on the side independently. I am divorced with 2 grade school age children. Would love to hear some thoughts on this.

I'm still panicking I think. My trainer 6 I got a 58, I still feel like I don't know anything. There is no way I can get through all the qbank questions by thurs.

Looking for a little feedback I guess. I am schedule to take NCLEX next Thurs (6/21). My Kaplan scores are all over the map. My diagnostic test was a 61% on no sleep, my readiness test was 62%, finished it in the evening after spending 6 hours at Kaplan course. My trainers (1-5) are averaging around 60%. If I understand correctly, the odds of passing NCLEX are in my favor? I have 2 kids and am a single mom, so I can't spend all day studying. We have a family vacation planned at the end of June, so that's why I wanted to hurry up and get this test done. However, I am wondering if this is unwise. I feel like I am generally good at test taking, and my analysis questions I do better at than basic comprehension/content. Would it be in my best interest to spend more time studying with the Saunders book? Should I finish the last 2 trainer tests? or just use qbank? I work part time also, so my time is somewhat limited. I feel like I'm good at picking the best answer, but I forget basic things sometimes. poor memory I guess? Looking for input? what's the best way to spend my time? apart from labs, what things should I commit to memory?