Maddiex13

Thank you again :)

@duskyjewel Thank you for the advice! :) I had my 2nd interview today at the preferred job and was offered the job! So I will be most likely contacting my other job and telling them exactly what you said. I am a bit worried about burning a bridge though. "/ @anh06005 I did take your advice and pushed the orientation date out at the less desirable job and actually didn't even need to since I was offered the preferred job today!! YAY! @amoLucia Thank you for your response. I am sure it sometimes does work out when you get hired on the spot. But I am a brand new nurse and the interviewer didn't ask me any questions at all! Not one question. Just explained the position and the first question after, "How are you?" was "Would you be able to start orientation Sept 16?" It just scared me. All my other interviews they wanted to know so much about me before investing their time in me and this interview kind of just threw me off. Left me with an unsettled feeling. "/

I am a recent LPN grad and have only been licensed for one month. The job hunting process has been pretty difficult. A month ago I went for an interview at my job of choice. I have called back every week since trying to get an update. While waiting to hear back I of course continued to job search. This past week I got offered a job, on the spot at another facility that I am not particularly fond of. I was a bit thrown off considering the DON didn't ask me any questions in the interview and did a whole lot of explaining the position and then offered me the job. I am a brand new nurse and she didn't ask me not one question aside from are you interested in a position. I am not sure how to feel about that. I am kind of nervous because clearly they are just hiring anyone. YIKES. Any who, the next day I was called back from my choice job and asked to come in for a second interview. I have an interview this Friday but start orientation for the job I am not fond of next Tuesday! I am nervous that I will be offered my job of choice. (That would include: 36 hours/FT, benefits, tuition reimbursement). The job I am not fond of offered me 24 hrs/PT no benefits but with the possibility of benefits/FT in the future. If I am offered the other job I will most likely have started orientation at the job I am not fond of. Would it be unprofessional to tell them I am no longer interested in the position, once I have started orientation. That is if I do get offered the other job at my job of choice. Has anyone ever left a job during orientation?

I personally did an ATI review (2 day, live). I felt like it helped me a lot. I learned a lot of testing strategies. Since the NCLEX is nothing like the tests I took in nursing school. She went over some content but majority of her time was spent on tests questions and strategies for answering certain types of questions such as prioritizing, SATA, etc. At the end of my 2 day review, I got a list of codes to take online quizzes online which I used for a few weeks leading up to my test. I found these tests very helpful! The little content she did review was also very helpful. She went over a one or two things that I actually did see on my NCLEX. So I was thankful for that. She also provided me with a study plan that helped me zone in on my trouble areas based on a predictor test I had done in school and I followed that plan using the codes she gave us. All in all, I can finally say I passed the NCLEX this week and I am officially an LPN! :) Good luck, don't be discouraged cause what you said is true, You will pass! Just relax do lots of practice questions and believe in yourself!

I say yes go for it. It will only make you a better nurse and also help you appreciate all the hard work CNA's do for us nurses. After all, the CNA's work is the Nurses work. I think it would give you a lot of hands on experience with patients regardless of the setting. The hospital setting would most likely have better pay than a nursing home. I would say choose the setting you think you would most like with the population of people you would like to work with. Nothing is worse than working with a population of people you absolutely don't want to work with. I love the nursing home/geriatrics setting but that is my personal choice. You may like the hospital environment better. Which ever you choose I wish you lots of luck :)

I am a recent LPN grad and when I first started my program I was working 2 part time jobs working roughly 20-30 hours total a week. It worked for me up until Christmas break (4 months into my 10 month program) and I realized that I needed to cut back as much as I could and still make some money but have more time for studying. I left one job and stayed working 10 hours a week at the other. It was the best thing I could have done. Although my grades were not going lower working the 2 jobs, the stress of juggling all of the studying and working along with trying to maintain decent relationships with my loved ones was tough. 8 hours a week is perfect if that is something you can manage financially it really frees up a lot of your time to be flexible enough to study and still have some time to live somewhat of a life. I also would suggest having one day a week where you don't study and you hang out with some friends or catch up on your favorite tv shows and relax. Nursing school will be your way of life for the next year or so but when you get to the end of that very long and dark tunnel the bright light will feel so GOOD! Good luck and congratz!

I really don't see why you wouldn't want to read the fundamentals of nursing book. I learned so much my first term in LPN school and this was a book I basically slept with every night. Yes, a good amount of it may be things you already know from your practice as a CNA but you may currently have some bad habits that you may recognize by reading a fundies book. I was a CNA before going into school as well and I learned so much from reading my fundies book. I gained a lot of basic nursing knowledge that gave me a great foundation to build upon. I wouldn't spend a whole ton on it if its not a required text book or if you are just trying to read up on things prior to school but if you can find a cheap used copy or better yet one at a library Id say go for it. What bad could come from it? Are you taking any prereqs right now such as A&P or anything?

The PVT does work. I took the NCLEX-PN in MA on July 21st @ 2 pm. I finished the exam @ 4 pm. I shut off at 85 questions and I was not sure how to feel! So I went right out the parking lot (about 5 minutes) and tried to reregister and got the "Good Pop-Up"! It did not help my anxiety over the next 48 hours. I had about 15+ SATA questions which I hear is a good sign also, but I still wasn't convinced. July 23rd @ 330 pm I got my quick results and I PASSED! Many of my classmates tried the trick and it worked for them too! Good luck everyone! Just relax and take your time after all this what we all worked so hard to get to.

@kayyyyyd I pm'd you my email if you can add me. Ty.

@kayyyyd - I couldn't find it.

& @Hurryupandwork you better get your butt a good alarm because there is no being late! LOL! You heard what they said about locking the door. HAHA.

I just finished the modules all printed and ready to go! I am so excited for tomorrow. See you all then!! Do you think we will be there for the full day?

Vitiana and I sat in the back together the last few nights in the middle row. I probably talked to both of you LOL. What a great deal for that book Nakiwala!! I am going to look for that book soon. I think it will be helpful.

Nakiwala, where did you sit?!

Anna, You didn't miss too much from not going to boot camp. It was just basically a whole lot of test taking techniques and note taking techniques. The best thing about boot camp week was meeting with the former students that was what made it all worth while to me. It helped to see that you can actually survive this and that it is all very doable! I was so overwhelmed with the info they had for us but at the same time so grateful to have the opportunity to talk to people who have been in our shoes! Less than 2 weeks and we will be starting! Rest up, do something fun, and try not to think about school because before we know it that is all we will have time to think about! :) See you all very soon!