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1. Nursing Stress & Relationships

   thinkingpositive replied to thinkingpositive's topic in Health, Stress Management

   "You need to do what makes you happy. I know from my last relationship that your man probably doesn't understand your stress level. Mine expects me to work full time, plus overtime if its available,...

2. Nursing Stress & Relationships

   thinkingpositive replied to thinkingpositive's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Thank you for your responses. I appreciate it. There really is no salvaging the 6-yr relationship at this point. My former fiancé wrote a letter with elaborated demands of our separation. What sucks...

3. Nursing Stress & Relationships

   thinkingpositive posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

   Hi everyone. I guess this post comes out of a place from a relationship that succumbed to nursing statistics. I am in FNP school, part-time (but feels like full-time with all the assignments and...

4. Three-year RN BSN, Still Having Great Difficulty Landing Hospital Job

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

   HI Man Nurse2b. Yeah, unfortunately, my one and only hospital interview went really awry. The interviewer was very unprepared, and somewhat unprofessional. I am not saying this to spite her in any...

5. Three-year RN BSN, Still Having Great Difficulty Landing Hospital Job

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

   Hi Olivia, (and everyone who replied) I appreciate your response(s)!!! Yes, I am willing to relocate. So long as the position I receive is a 12-hr/3 days (or nights) a week, I WILL relocate. I have...

6. Considering a move to acute care from LTC..but confidence is simply shot

   thinkingpositive replied to RNsteve's topic in Nursing Career

   Hi RNSteve. Thank you for sharing. We are on the same boat; I work in a sub-acute unit, and will have been an RN for 3 years in January -- and still have not landed an acute care job. Like you, my...

7. Three-year RN BSN, Still Having Great Difficulty Landing Hospital Job

   thinkingpositive posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Hi everyone. I have been bottling my thoughts for a while now, and I am desperate for advice/opinion about my situation. None of my RN friends share the same experience, and I want to know if there is...

8. NPs with no RN experience: How'd you do?

   thinkingpositive replied to SlyFoxRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I feel very relieved just reading all of the posts above. I have a very non-acute care setting RN experience, and have only been a RN 1.5 yrs before getting admitted to the FNP program part time....

9. Taking a Break from FNP Program

   thinkingpositive replied to ChristineN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Hi Christine, You are not alone. I am a fairly new nurse; somewhat burned out; in the FNP program and have contemplated on either quitting, or taking a year break; the latter being more of the case....

10. SNF job is a barrier to getting into the acute setting

    thinkingpositive replied to PeacockMaiden's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I agree with you sour april -- you can be a great nurse anywhere. And yes, there is nothing wrong with home health, SNF, public health or other field of nursing. I enjoyed my SNF days, although, it...

11. SNF job is a barrier to getting into the acute setting

    thinkingpositive replied to PeacockMaiden's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi PeacockMaiden, I'm in sort of in the same boat as you. Graduated in Dec 2011, licensed in Jan 2012 with RN, BSN, PHN -- couldn't get into any kind of New Grad Program. I am in Southern California,...