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1. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

   chelbelle replied to chelbelle's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks for the support & advice everyone. Nursing is TOUGH but it's great to have a support system here. And don't worry, I still want to be a nurse... :) Realized the next day there are more...

2. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

   chelbelle replied to chelbelle's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Another thing I realized once I got home... My nurse manager leaves for the night at 8 and by that point I was too busy to even think about where she was. Once she was gone the nurse in charge was...

3. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

   chelbelle replied to chelbelle's topic in First Year After Licensure

   No criticism taken! I even thought when I woke up the next morning, "Wow, I could have done last night better...I should've done this first & then that & everything would've gone much...

4. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

   chelbelle replied to chelbelle's topic in First Year After Licensure

   My goodness I didn't realize this was so long, I just kept typing away & never really looked at how much I said. My apologies,

5. My first "Why did I choose nursing?" shift

   chelbelle posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I was lucky enough to land a job on a Medical-Tele unit in August after graduating with my BSN in May. Although I know it's not my "dream job" I was so excited to start working in a broad area that...

6. Apply or NCLEX first???

   chelbelle replied to chelbelle's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I have similar feelings - plus the idea of being unemployed scares me to death - but so many places I'm trying to apply for won't accept your application if you aren't licensed yet. Did you work as a...

7. Apply or NCLEX first???

   chelbelle replied to chelbelle's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Thanks for the replies! That's kind of what I was thinking - that if I don't have a license they won't even take my application seriously so I was leaning more towards waiting until I at least have...

8. Apply or NCLEX first???

   chelbelle posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Hello everyone! I am graduating with my BSN in a little over three weeks! SO excited but I can't get over this nervous feeling I also have about getting a job... I live in small town in MI and the...

9. Beginning of last semester!!!

   chelbelle replied to Shandra2008's topic in General Students

   I graduate on May 3rd! So excited to be done but I better not be the only one that's also super nervous! Reading forums about waiting 6 months or more to get an RN job on here scares me to the core!...

10. Very discouraged...I regret not becoming a CNA during RN school.

    chelbelle replied to Cynnie24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in the same position as the OP and this advice really helped! Graduating in May 2014 with four years of experience in an office & teaching dance at a local dance studio. Can't change it

11. New Grad Internships in Midwest

    chelbelle posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi all! I'm in a BSN program in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and I graduate in May! :woot: So excited but also so very nervous. If any people reading don't know, the UP is a very rural area with...

12. Preceptorship Decisions

    chelbelle posted a topic in General Students

    I'm about to start my last year of school. WOO! The second half of my winter semester is 90 hours (ONLY) of an internship. So far, I haven't really disliked a clinic so I'm having a hard time...

13. Patient's responses to students during clinical days

    chelbelle replied to QueenAnnissa's topic in General Students

    Our teachers always go into the room before we get to clinic and ask the patients if they mind having a student. More often than not, all of them are more than happy to have a student in the room!...

14. Unbinding books?

    chelbelle replied to Jaynie_Marie's topic in General Students

    I leave all of my books in my car! Sounds crazy but a friend of mine did it simply because she was too lazy to always carry them back and forth from class to her car into her apartment but I thought...

15. Psychiatric & Community Nursing Semester

    chelbelle replied to chelbelle's topic in General Students

    truckinusa - I'm in a BSN program at Northern Michigan University. Thanks for your input, I've heard that clinics for Mental Health can be boring but the patients can be interesting at times. We'll...