vanilla bean

Do NICU nurses attend high-risk deliveries at your facility? If so, try to make a good impression. Try to get to know them a bit. Be friendly and helpful. They may just be the ones that can assist you to get in to the NICU by talking you up and telling their nurse manager what a great nurse you are and what a good coworker you'd be. Master your NRP skills and make every effort to become highly skilled in newborn care/assessments.

I think the OP meant more in the operational sense (separate bank accounts, etc) rather than the legal sense of their finances.

Sorry Emergent, sarcasm is my default setting. I'll make an attempt to contribute something productive to the conversation. Here goes: personally, I don't feel any obligation or desire to share the decisions regarding my professional life with anyone, whether they feel entitled to that information or not. If my coworkers/work friends become upset, feeling that me not sharing that information with them is me being secretive and/or wondering why I would try to "hide" it because they'll find out anyway, I would be confused by that perspective (and legit would probably say something sarcastic to them in response, unproductive or not).

Sounds like a great reason to have multiple per diem jobs; more opportunities to work one's desired shifts. I can't believe "Karen" didn't keep you in the loop with her employment plans. What could she possibly have been thinking?

If all they're asking about is a gap in employment and you weren't working while in college, why not say exactly that? As in, "during that time I was in college and decided not to work so that I could focus on my studies." If pressed to elaborate, traumaRUs gave examples of great responses.

What would I do? I'd find another job. If you exude even a fraction of the contempt for your coworkers you've shown here when you're with them, trying to establish any kind of functional relationship is going to be a steep uphill battle.

Have you considered going back to school and pursuing an advanced degree for an APRN role?

https://allnurses.com/whats-your-best-nursing-ghost-t79490/

This is a *very* important factor to consider. I relocated to CA last year and knew I was moving to a competitive market but was still surprised that it took me a year *a year* to get a job. I have my BSN and 3 years experience as an RN and it was still a struggle to compete with all of the other applicants for open positions. When you have exposure as a student to facilities, staff, hiring managers and faculty that have local connections you have the opportunity to network and cultivate relationships that could help make that new grad job hunt a whole lot easier.

No, we don't. You need to address your concerns directly with the facility in question.

I have no doubt some of our very smart and seasoned friends here will have suggestions for resources for you. Even though I don't have any of that helpful information, I just want to tell you how sorry I am that you are having to deal with this trauma and to let you know that we're all here for you. ((((hugs))))

It's been almost a year since I did a big interstate move. I still feel stressed, lol. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to talk details/specifics. Good luck with your new adventure!

It's excessive behavior. If you want to continue with this behavior, at least be consistent and wipe it all down after leaving your home and going out in public at all. Disgusting shopping carts, door handles, handling money, touching your children (I mean kids are like walking petri dishes!), your cell phone! Ewww! That last bit is obviously meant as a joke, but do you see my point? Wiping your car down after working is excessive. I would think it would be a lot more reasonable to wear your own clothing in/out of work and only wear your scrubs while on the clock. If you launder your own scrubs then just take them home and wash them.

What words of wisdom are you looking for? Are you wondering what experience and/or education you need to land a job as a school nurse? Requirements will vary by market so one thing I would suggest is to seek out job postings for the job(s) you want and see what their requirements are so you will get a better sense of what's required in your area. In case you haven't found it yet, AN has a very active school nurse forum that you might find helpful (you can find it under the specialties header). There's also a search function which may help you find some of the info you're looking for. Good luck

Not necessarily. The CA BON will only be satisfied when you have met all of *their* licensing requirements.

I can't imagine that it would be a problem that you haven't been vaccinated before as long as you're willing to receive the vaccines required by the nursing program you choose. Perhaps you can investigate some of the nursing programs you're interested in applying to and find out which vaccines they require and get started from there. As Ruby Vee mentioned, if your parent(s) is/are on board, you can get started or you may have to wait until you're an adult and able to consent to your own medical care without parental consent.

Is there no middle ground there that you can settle into between pretending it's your passion or being an "ungrateful a**hole"? I second what Sour Lemon said, as far as I'm concerned, I don't care if you don't love your job or it's not your passion as long as you don't visit your misery on me while we're trapped at work together. Why not just try to go to work with a fairly pleasant attitude, keep your head down and do your job, and continue looking for work elsewhere until another opportunity presents itself?

The good news is that their students can sit for the NCLEX exam. The bad news is that, according to NCSBN, from 1/1/18-3/31/18 they had 52 of their program graduates took the NCLEX-RN exam and had a less than 10% pass rate. Here's a link to that report - it's long but in alphabetical order, so keep scrolling down.

Dr Google tells me that the CD in a medication name means controlled delivery.

In addition to what beekee said, be diligent about spelling and grammar. Granted, this is just an informal nursing forum and you may not be taking the same care, but you've got spelling errors in your post.

My heart is aching so much for you right now. Thank you for sharing this with us Ruby Vee.

Wait, are you also the OP missnursingstudent19?

Sure have. I simply try to be mindful of the danger these surfaces can be to those vulnerable patients in our care that have immature or compromised immune systems. I'm also living well and seldom sick, but not going to tell my age

I always assume every fabric surface in the hospital is covered with every conceivable body fluid and the bugs that can grow in them.

It certainly sounds like you have issues. If you choose to blur the boundaries between family and provider, then I think you've got to accept the "crazy train" with the "great." All aboard! Woo-woo!