CrystalClear75

To everyone, thank you for your kind support and advice it means alot. Good luck to you all :) I can't even explain in words how much peace I've felt these past few weeks.

If I have to live with a few hundred dollars less a month then so be it, it's like paying for something like saying "here help me." I want to get into massage therapy and work on my own. I really think I'm done with nursing, it's a shame how much crap we put up with.

Stay at home mom:)

Very true...or more :) I plan on working my way up. :) Thanks.

I'll keep an eye open...but for now nursing is out :)

I had enough in the nursing field. With the economy being the way it is, it's very difficult to find a hospital/med surge position without any hospital experience. Sooo I worked at a nursing home for 2 and a half years. The first place I worked at was a LTC facility scheduled the graveyard shift. Got tired of that and bid on a daylight position at another facility since I had a difficult time finding daylight hours at the facility I was at. So this "facility" was in the city and in one of the worst neighborhoods(high crime) but that was alright by me, I grew up in a similar area. Well the establishment was horrid, I won't go into detail. I can take a lot of crap but I wouldn't even know where to start. Quit there... moving forward(making this short). Got a job at a Catholic facility, worked there for 3 months and got fired because I was told to speed up on my med pass since there was no secretary...I told the supervisor I am trying my best...she was well aware that we were short on aids ALSO(and secretart(. So, again she said you need to speed up. I had frequent fallers, screemers, it was a hell beyond hell night I was running literally with a bladder full and had it. I told her if you don't like the speed I'm going and the help I'm giving this poor CNA which should have at LEAST one more down this hall, fire me. Well they did. I got a job today at TGI Fridays, back to waiting tables. I can get insurance from my husband...and made good money as a server in the past and was MUCH happier. I'm SICK of being miserable and forcing every part of my being to go to work in those places. It sucked the life out of me, I CHOOSE not to live my life that way. Forget the idea of having a prestigious position as an RN, most of my coworkers were unhappy and miserable. I give those of you credit who stick it out with and I mean with a fair positive attitude. I've been looking for a job for the past few months and nothing. I'm done. Maybe I'll go back in the future when the working conditions improve. When I went into the restaurant to the interview I felt a sense of peace knowing that if I don't want to, I never have to go back :) BYE nursing industry, most of the administration topped with the laziness of many of these places sicken me. Feels good to say PEACE. Much love and luck to all of you. I hope your not miserable and just fake it to maintain your status as an RN...if your unhappy, get out. Life's too short to be miserable over a piece of crap job(the places are a piece of crap). PERIOD.

I have anxiety and take xanax when needed only under very stressful circumstances...if I don't my performance suffers due to increased heart rate, being all diaphoretic etc. This job is very stressful and I think that if you feel the need for something due to anxiety and it makes you feel better and able to perform your job better...by all means do what you gotta do. Now benzos are very addictive and withdrawal from them is horrible just from common knowledge I'm sure your aware of that...so I only take when absolutely needed. Your not the only one, trust me there's nothing worse than some days going into work with your stomach hurting and driving there in complete panic(one example for me). As long as you have a prescription you have no worries what so ever...they can't hold that against you.

Yes I guess it is a good sign...I will be there for 8 and a half hours though...I'm wondering what the heck I'll be asked or what this 2nd interview will entail. yhan they asked me about how I dealt with a conflict of some kind with a co worker and how I handled it. why i wanted to be a psych nurse. during my experience as a nurse what did I do that I felt proud of? not too many questions...things like that. :) Good luck

Well I got a second interview is that a good sign?

I just wanted some insight I wasn't going to write word for word it's been so long since i've studied this and i have no experience, i just wanted to hear what other people had to say and perhaps put in into my OWN perspective :) this is what i really want and i dont want to mess this up. 10 am wish me luck :)

Please I am so nervous and ready for bed in an hour...if I can get these down packed with confidence i'd be able to sleep soundly...what do these interviewers want to here. Tell me about yourself. 2. What led to your interest in nursing? 3. Describe a challenging problem you faced on one of your clinical rotations. How did you solve the problem? 4. When you are experiencing a stressful work situation, how do you relax? 5. Give a specific example of a time when you knew you did a good job as a nurse. 6. Have you ever been burned out? When? What did you do about it? 7. How would you respond if asked by the head nurse to do some of the menial tasks for patients that are normally not your responsibility? 8. How do you relax when faced with stressful work situations? 9. How would you respond if, in a rude and haughty tone, a doctor questioned your work, which you knew to be top-notch and absolutely accurate? 10. Do you think you will be a career nurse or eventually look for another profession? Why? 11. Why did you decide to become a nurse rather than a doctor? 12. Describe a situation in which you found yourself working with someone who was very sensitive and thin-skinned? 13. Can you describe a situation connected with nursing that mad you angry? 14. We have all tried different ways of showing consideration for others. What are some things that you have done in this respect? 15. What are some ways that you feel that nursing can become more professional? 16. If you were told that the nursing field was closed and that you could not become a nurse, what would your do? 17. What type of colleague do you least like to work with? 18. What type of nursing tasks do you find most objectionable? 19. Describe a situation connected with nursing that you experienced in the last year that made you angry. 20. How many years do you se yourself staying with this hospital? 21. How do you go about making a decision? 22. Are there any questions that you have for me?

Get a lawyer a good one that specializes in these cases...your not guilty and they can prove it.

Start by getting some inclex books just to get youself familiar with what the whole program is getting you ready for. If you need help in a certain area, such as I did with chemistry take full advantage of the tutoring program. Read books that are positive and uplifting...my favorite, "Change your thoughts change your life" by Wayne Dyer. I swear as soon as I read that there was no stopping me. Do alot of praying and BELIEVE in yourself, you CAN DO THIS. They will put you in classes that you tested into and just do your best...if you can't handle four classes go down to three and so on. If you have to take your time...time is going by anyway...do it the best way you can do it. BIG TIP, everything you learned that day as soon as you go home review what you learned and always try to understand what you didn't there are many resources such as this for one to help you understand. Take things step by step don't think of the whole picture...although looking through the inclex books is a good idea to do when you get into the program maybe just glance now but really put effort into when your in the program. ANY questions you have there is always help available. YOU CAN DO THIS. Congrats to you, DONT GIVE UP!

Hello, I have an interview at a psych hospital on Wednesday for the job I've always wanted since graduation. I applied persistently but most hospitals wanted some kind of experience. I have 2 years experience working with the elderly and many of them also had co existing mental disorders in addition to alzheimers and dementia. Anyways, the interview to get in there was brief and it was like "here you got the job." I know this is going to be more intense. I just bought a book "Esssentials in Psychiatric Mental health nursing" and also have an old inclex book to review. I need help in how to answer these questions and knowing what they want to hear and what kinds? Please help, I am jobless right now. I had to quit LTC because the working conditions were so harsh...we were down to ONE aid on my floor when there should have been two and they were wondering why my med pass was taking so long. I am afraid of the danger I'm posing to these patients trying to monitor these frequent fallers I had on top of helping out just so it all got done, I was so burned out and stressed I felt like I was dying so it was a mutual agreement for me to get the hell out of there. I've been so depressed, but got lucky to find that there's a psych hospital hiring close to me and they called me for an interview. PLEASE any help or websites for interview tips is so appreciated. xox Crystal

Calitor3 your right, I was thinking the same thing I'm not even going to bring it up...just worried that they'll call for some sort of reference but I was on orientation the whole time....like I said got sent home not called off that one time...and this place is not on my application....so I'm hoping that is the case that they won't even ask. I am so excited to be working in a spirit filled place...I am a very spiritual person and love to be "in spirit" in everything I do at all times if possible...and during my time at work is even an extra bonus. I'm always watching Christian or Catholic television...so I'll be a perfect fit( I hope). I even listen to religious stations on the radio...always praying...I just feel the need to be as close to God as much I can if that makes any sense...:redbeathe: I'm just really HOPING they don't call for a reference and ask me about putting the two weeks in. I've been through HELL and I mean hell the last few months I just want to be at peace...and include the lord in everything I do.:heartbeat