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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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,

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  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...

  16. Psychiatric & Community Nursing Semester

    chelbelle posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, everyone! I'm in my final year of my school's nursing program and my fall semester is Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing & Community Nursing... I don't know how to prepare! I have loved...

  17. Which watch to buy

    chelbelle replied to nursinghopeful2013's topic in General Students

    I bought a small white watch with a leather band from WalMart for six dollars and I LOVE IT. It's waterproof (which is obviously necessary), but not only that it's very slim. A lot of my friends have...

  18. Taking Notes (BEST WAY)

    chelbelle replied to indiawilliams's topic in General Students

    Concept maps are my savior! I take notes in outline form in class and compile it into a concept map afterward... It makes everything click as I'm making

  19. How much hours in the day to study!

    chelbelle replied to Studentnursesofly's topic in General Students

    Sometimes I feel like I'm not retaining any information either but doing little reviews always makes me realize that I know more than I think! I wouldn't say you're not reading enough, but maybe not...

  20. Nursing school still makes me nervous

    chelbelle replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I am so glad I'm not the only one that gets anxious about nursing school! I remember being so excited to start in the winter of 2011 and those emotions quickly turned to anxiety. I loved being in...