TheRickster

I believe that I will do alright. No misrepresentation and I will look at every assignment as a learning opportunity.

and I need to travel. I know that MOST travel nurses recommend at least 2 years to avoid the pitfalls that inexperience can bring, but I need to get out of here for a while and travel nursing seems to be the ticket. I have been an RN at Jewish in Lo...

I certainly appreciate the advice. Whether I am smart enough to take it remains to be seen. As for self-confidence, I simply hate the thought of billing myself as "all that and a bag of chips" and then falling flat on my face -- bad for me, for the ...

Excellent moniker, I am quite the XD-9 fan myself having owned mine since the first year Springfield bought the distribution rights. I am at about the 5000 round mark without a problem. Oops! Better keep it nursing related so let me add that after 1...

I just graduated from Elizabethtown... took the NCLEX, passed it and have already been issued a license... all in the past 13 days. Good school.

Actually, Louisville is about 40 minutes from Ft Knox, Lexington is about 2 hours. Opportunities exist on base at Ireland Army Community Hospital, as well as the previously mentioned Elizabethtown area. The town immediately south of Knox is Radcliff,...

I will graduate in May and would like to have an ICU slot already set up before the NCLEX (I am confident that I will pass). Anyone care to advise on how early I should contact recruiting personnel? Sure, I have a handful of business cards from th...

Mmmmmmmm...beer....

Thanks for the pointers, kids. I guess I will make a few calls & send a few e-mails and see which fishie nibbles. R.

Thanks again for the tips. Every bit of sound advice helps. Rick

Hi Folks, As a lowly 2nd semester nsg student we are approaching our MOC trials (Manager of Care). I need some med-surg scenarios with specific data and meds to be given to practice on. What I need is a "Patient A / Patient B" type set of scenarios ...

I appreciate the idea, but the thing is...we are on spring break for 1 week and the lab is closed during that period and MOCs are the following week, so -- I have about 9 days to get procedures clear in my skull and practice picking out priorities......