unbalanced

unbalanced has 2 years experience.

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1. Which job would you take?

   unbalanced posted a topic in General Nursing

   Job 1 $45/hour 45 minutes to 1 hour commute. Three 12 hour shifts per week for a total of 34.5 paid hours. Every other weekend and alternating major holidays. Very high acuity. Job 2 $38/hour...

2. Job Hinderance vs. Just Annoying?

   unbalanced posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I am a triage nurse at a busy inner city community health center. The way the job works is: a patient calls the practice and a secretary takes a message and forwards the message to the nurse to be...

3. Silly nursing license question

   unbalanced posted a topic in General Nursing

   This might be silly but I haven't received my license in the mail yet. Is there a spot to sign it so that it is valid or is it just good as is

4. First nursing job help!

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

   The summer position was for a camp as an RN and officially starts in July. The training starts mid June (getting oriented, staff bonding and whatnot since I would be living there and its a couple...

5. First nursing job help!

   unbalanced posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Hi everyone! I finally made it through nursing school! yay! I take my NCLEX next week. I am not trying to get ahead of myself but I did go on an interview for a summer position that starts next...

6. Should I allow tuition costs to dictate my education? HELP please!

   unbalanced replied to unbalanced's topic in General Students

   Yup one year of pre-reqs and two years of clinicals, books and other

7. New here! First semester of nursing school advice

   unbalanced replied to JNcCole15's topic in General Students

   Hello!!! I am in my last semester of school and also work as a PCT! You will be so happy you did. You have so much more experience already that you don't even realize!!! My best advice would be to...

8. What was/are the 3 things that got/get you through nursing school?

   unbalanced replied to crushlush's topic in General Students

   Classmates, coffee and

9. Should I allow tuition costs to dictate my education? HELP please!

   unbalanced posted a topic in General Students

   So, I will be graduating with my ADN in May. I am super excited and want to immediately continue on with an RN to BSN degree. My problem is the cost. I am trying to weigh out my options as far as...

10. Last semester of nursing school, should I move out?

    unbalanced replied to unbalanced's topic in General Students

    Yes, you are definitely correct....I am just at my breaking point....I guess I have to choose the stress of living here over the stress of paying for a new place.....the lesser of two evils

11. What can I do to raise my self confidence?

    unbalanced replied to doxielover304's topic in General Students

    Hello! I hope I can help! When you get to your clinical, immediately go and introduce yourself to your patient and make sure they are breathing (thats what my teacher says). Then go to the patients...

12. Last semester of nursing school, should I move out?

    unbalanced posted a topic in General Students

    So, I had been living on my own for years but decided to move back in with my mother when I started nursing school. It has been three and a half years and I think the time has come for us to part...

13. How can I not feel so overwhelmed at clinical?

    unbalanced replied to unbalanced's topic in General Students

    Thank you guys so much for the encouragement! I am going to stick it out! One of my major downfalls is not having confidence. Maybe if I show that I have a little more confidence in myself she will...

14. How can I not feel so overwhelmed at clinical?

    unbalanced posted a topic in General Students

    The past two semesters clinical was great. My instructors were encouraging and truly seemed to care about us all learning. This semester my teacher is intimidating! She asks me more questions...