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  1. Need advice Please- Call Center RN job?

    I would take the call center job in a heartbeat. Less risk to you and your future child & less stressful than running around like a chicken w/ your head cut off on these hospital floors. Where do...
  2. Help, I hate my job

    I too am in my first year of nursing & working my first job as a new grad in LTC, 7 months in. I can say I am as miserable as you sound and think about calling off everyday I have t go into work....
  3. I need to vent :(

    Well said bigmamma. There are many good reasons why 80% of new grads quit their first job within 6 months, lol.....a stat from an old, crotchety nursing instructor meant to warn us about what lay...
  4. Is this normal?

    I NEVER answer my phone anymore, ringer off permanently, I am not a good person to call in an emergency,
  5. Is this normal?

    Oh, I forgot the staffing issues.....I am called constantly to come in early, stay late, work another shift....all for STRAIGHT time, they will offset your overtime by having you work half your...
  6. Is this normal?

    I share your pain, I too am a recent grad (May 2014) and accepted a full-time 11-7 position in a LTC facility because simply I needed to work asap when I finished school. My orientation was 2 weeks of...
  7. 2014 Pearson Vue Trick (PVT) Poll

    Got the good pop-up and
  8. Passed! NCLEX!

    Congrats, mission accomplished....this one anyway:-) I took mine yesterday and am waiting painfully for my name to show up on the state's site. Pure
  9. dosage calculation help

    When I first began nursing school, I was in a panic over med math. Practice a lot, use formulas that work for YOU and make sense to YOU, not everyone else and once you get med math down, you will...
  10. Testing SOON! Question.....

    I just tested yesterday, still waiting for results. In my opinion, just focus on subject matter in your own personal weakest areas.....I am sure grades on exams in school pointed these areas out....
  11. I am a nursing student with a graduation date of 5/2014 and was just wondering if there were some schools of thought on when I should begin applying for jobs. The job market in NE Pennsylvania is...
  12. How far out do you apply for jobs?

    Interesting the job market can be so different just a couple of towns away. End result: I applied to my first hospital mid-January (I graduate 5/14/14) for a GN position and was called within a week...
  13. My Fellow Nursing Students

    Sometimes it just takes an adjustment of perspective. Thank you for sharing. -Fellow third semester miserable
  14. How far out do you apply for jobs?

    Glad to hear I am on the same page with thinking about Nov for applying. As per first poster, yes, I do know I need to pass NCLEX, I think we are ALL painfully aware after multiple semesters of...
  15. I am in my third semester of nursing school, graduating in May. My tidbits of advice: Do a little bit ALL the time, cramming does not work, too much info. to try and cram it in last minute. Ace the...
  16. Senior Student - staying motivated till the end.

    I am an "OWL" also in my senior year of nursing school & I totally empathize with your sentiments. What I do for motivation is focusing on the end result, I began a "pinterest" board of grad...
  17. ADN's being pushed out

    The well hidden fact is it takes 4 years to acquire the ADN, and that is if you are lucky enough to get ALL your pre-req's completed in that amount of time- yes, A&P 1 &2, Micro, etc....all...
  18. In my first couple of weeks of nursing school we were warned of the legal liabilities once we identify ourselves as a nurse. Our legal instructor warned us more than once about giving unsolicited...
  19. Anyone else bad at math?

    If you can mulitiply, divide and move a decimal point, you are capable of succeeding with nursing math ;-) When learning nursing math, seek to understand, not memorize and it will all come together...
  20. The waiting game

    I spent that time creating my back-up plan, knowing what I was going to do if I did not get accepted into nursing school alleviated some of the stress of
  21. Heads up to all new nursing students:

    Last year at this time, I was just starting nursing school and I have to say the "horror stories" really were just that.....stories!! Like a giant whisper down the lane that at the end has no truth...