Rockclimbingnurse

I'm 5'1, 110 pounds. I usually wear grey's anatomy, 5 pocket pants with mock wrap scrub top. I have Figs jogger pants as well and I like them, but I definitely don't feel like I own em as well as the ladies with longer legs LOL

They didn't give me too many options (either appeal or accept) and when I called, they gave me the option of a bridging course. I was able to get transferred on the phone to a registration officer, and she said with 720 hours, I can't get full regis...

They received my application in May and gave me a response 5 weeks later requesting more documents. I requested an extension due to needing stuff mailed over from the US. That was due July 21, and they gave me my final decision mid-September.

I never adjusted to sleeping well on the night shift, but that was because I did a lot of swing shifts also. I had some luck with Trazodone, but I really disliked having to rely on a pill to sleep. I mostly relied on coffee to get through the night...

You can always go back into nursing if it doesn't work out. Just because you leave nursing doesn't mean it's the end. I took a break to travel and go work at a ski resort and it was the best time of my life! You are lucky that you have a husband to...

Definitely, my old nurse manager worked in L&D for decades before she switched over to psych. I absolutely loved working in mental health and also drawn to this population. I worked with many nurses who were judgmental against this population a...

I have a BS in another degree, and went for a Master's Entry to Nursing program (which is basically the same as an accelerated BSN). I'm pretty irritated that my program didn't meet the required 800 hours. We focused a LOT on theory and research......

I know this is an old thread, but I had 720 clinical hours. However, they must've changed some things because they granted me registration but with with restrictions. I have to be under direct supervision for 3 months full time. Therefore, I'm pret...

Hi there, I'm a US RN that went through the process of applying and would like to share my experience. AHPRA granted me registration HOWEVER, with conditions. I fell short of the 800 required clinical hours in my nursing program. My university confi...

I managed to secure two different RN jobs. There are different background check services out there. I came clean for my first job, because after reading the background check paperwork, it only looked for felony convictions in Wisconsin, while I onl...

Hey all- I recently passed the NCLEX, but I'm having trouble with some parts of my resume. I don't know if I should list the hospitals I did my clinical rotations in. I left them out because I went to school in Illinois but I'm moving to Colorado. ...

Thanks! I ended up getting a job offer a month later. In the end, my manager told me it was me dressing in a suit and printing it on nice paper (not computer paper) that really sealed the deal. Hopefully, it will be a while before I'm job hunting ...

Now that you mention that, I feel like I should probably get that book too. I just got hired in corrections and I feel like I might be in over my head. I also work in a psych hospital and bought a book for it, and that was greatly helpful. It wasn...

The place I'm at requires you to wear scrubs. Even if they didn't, I definitely would not want to wear skirts. If the inmates made the rules, the answer would probably be yes LOL

I agree- it NEVER hurts to get the A!! I worked very hard in nursing school and got a high GPA. It was also horrendously stressful for me, because I was in a Master's Entry program and they kick you out if you get below a 3.0. You also fail the cl...

Of course you should try. I'm a new grad working in psych, and I work with other new grads. You should not have to start out in med-surg especially if that is not what you want to do. I will caution you that not many new grads get their specialty ...

It depends what state you decide to get your license. Some states may straight up deny your license or put stipulations on it. Others will be more lenient. I had three misdemeanor charges, and I had to wait for the final disposition then send in co...

Late reply, but please do not beat yourself up over it! Easier said than done, I know... I have an interview this week actually, hence why I am on here, and I am afraid that the same thing will happen to me. I am sure many people have been in your ...

I thought about it. But July is so far away..

You could try rural areas.. I hear they are more open to new grads. I'm also a newly licensed nurse with the same problem. I feel like I have a better chance winning the lottery than being chosen over a nurse with actual experience. My strategy is...

I was able to figure out the identities of some of my classmates who were on here due to a thread pertaining to my nursing school cohort. They did not have pictures up. No big deal, the conversation was pretty harmless. I also realized that my for...

I think it depends a lot on the facility. When I did my preceptorship, one of the techs had full sleeve tattoos and none of the patients seemed to care.

I used Saunders, Kaplan, and the LaCharity book. The questions I had on the test were most similar to the LaCharity book... Kaplan's questions were harder than the actual NCLEX.

Same thing happened to me! I swear half my questions were SATA and I was beginning to panic. I think I felt confident (like for SURE I got them right) on maybe five questions. It shut off on 75 questions for me too... was out of there in under an ...

After reading a lot of posts on this forum, the majority of people say that an objective is not helpful. Makes sense I guess. All the nursing managers and HR people know that you are looking for a nursing position so why waste space telling them tha...