Ashes172 BSN, RN

The postpartum nurses at my hospital are the ones who train and do transition nursery, Which means they go to all deliveries of babies over 37 weeks. Not every PP nurse is trained in transition nursery though. We have one "primary" transition nurse w...

At the hospital I was at it was the mom/baby nurses who were specially trained in transition who did that.

When I went into nursing school literally ever semester my friends and I would say "it'll be better next semester once we just get past this class".... It was never better. I know it's hard(not just the classes, the emotion mind games that is nursing...

Honestly, this sounds like it's well within the norm for nursing school. They work really hard to set up clinicals so there isn't much say in scheduling that they have hence not many options for you. You made it past the half way point. Just hang in...

You could get your EMT or CNA and get some experience during your year off of school. Help get you more comfortable in the field and start making connections. A CNA is faster but you can do more with an EMT

What about working in a GI lab? There are other M-F nursing jobs. Ultimately it's up to you and your priorities. How would it work for you if you had 3 12's, weekends and possibly night shifts? What do you ultimately want to do with your career?

I am finishing nursing school this coming week. This is my second career. I will attend pinning because I see it as specifically relating to nursing but I will not be attending the graduation ceremony. Many reasons- I've already walked for my first d...

I started nursing school with a 2 year old, I'm graduating next month with a 4 year old and 10 month old. Nursing school is hard without kids, so with kids, yeah, it's harder. Worth it? To me I absolutely think so. It's all about planning ahead and s...

I'd take the OB job where you currently are because it will be much easier to get a job in that unit in Boise after you have experience. If you move it could be a long time before you get your dream job, is that something you're okay with?

Nursing is my second career. First degree was chemistry/biology and I was naive and thought nursing classes would be similar to science class. Ha! Boy, was I wrong! My first semester when I was just in the intro stuff And pharm and patho I had simil...

Personally I would go for the EMT over the CNA. I have my CNA and wish I would have done EMT instead. To me it is more useful and will give you a better heads up. Also depends in what you want to do with it while you go through school. EMT can get yo...

Doing it right now with a 2 year old and honestly will probably have another baby before I'm done. I don't want my child to be 5/6 years apart. It's all about time management and have a good support system. My husband is amazing and I have both my mo...

I'm in school with two prego people right now, and I'm one of a handful of us who have small children while going to nursing school. Is it hard? Sure. But you can do it. It's all about prioritizing. I don't know if this is your first baby but really ...

How do you find out who the nursing manager is? Just call and ask? Or is this somethjng g you can find online (sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm new to all of this)

Following for future references.... And where do you even find a Nurse Manager? Just walk right up to the floor and ask? Do they has an office?

Thank you! Saving this for when the time comes :)

Following :) I'm in the same boat

I'm still waiting to get into nursing school, so I have no fun stories yet, but this is fun! I want to hear more!

I worked full time, took a class online, raising my little girls and taking A&P I as well this past spring. I got an A and it was pretty easy. Taking A&P II over the summer this past summer however was not fun. We covered waaaaay more info th...

I love Call the Midwife! Gonna go check some of these other ones out too!

I was a teacher, stopped in May and hopefully starting nursing school in Jan as well. I got my CNA but couldn't find a job with it but I did just get a job to Patient Access in an emergency department. It's a good foot in the door for me. Leaving tea...

hang in there, it will pass, just prove him wrong as time goes on.

I was hoping I could get some advice from all of you on here.... I just recently decided to change careers from teaching chemistry to nursing. I'm finishing up my prerequisites and starting the nursing program in the spring. I have also been lookin f...

Thanks everyone! I got the job, I'm pretty excited

I also volunteer in a hospital doing newborn hearing screens but from what I can tell no one counts that as actual experience