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I just graduated from nursing school and I start my first position (on a med-surg floor) this week. I have a desire to work with children, but I'm not entirely sure that peds (in a hospital) is for me. Therefore, I was thinking about becoming a schoo...

I graduated from nursing school in June (I'm working on my BSN now) and I passed my boards in early August. I have been working steady nights on an ortho unit for the last three months and I am bored out of my gourd. I had the concept of critical thi...

I took ten minutes this morning and read a lot of the recent titles and some of the messages. WHY are nurses SO miserable? I am a new graduate and I OFTEN do not like my job, but I FULLY realize that we, as nurses in 2007, have SO MANY opportunities....

First off, most of you missed the point of my posting. I understand that this site is a venue for nurses (and nursing students) to rant and rave. I work with SO MANY nurses that hate their job and I am trying to understand why. I STILL maintain that ...

Thanks for your input! I don't mind working steady nights. I make more money and it's not nearly as hectic as day shift. This may sound odd coming from a nurse, but I don't want to work with sick people. My interests are primary prevention and wellne...

Thank you, Jess, for the congrats! As for tips, well, hmmm... Remain calm! Although you may perceive some of the questions to be "easy" during the exam, the folks at Pearson Vue may not. So, DO NOT allow yourself to become nervous if YOU think the q...

Howdy, ALLNURSEers! I learned this morning that I passed the NCLEX with 76 questions! I studied A LOT for this exam and I am SO HAPPY to know that it wasn't in vain. Congrats to those who just passed and good luck to those who are taking the exam in ...

Kaplan was part of my final course is nursing school and it looks like we had very similar scores. I passed this week with 76 questions. Ideally, one will have adequate knowledge, etc. to determine the correct answer when debating between two choices...

Howdy! I'll be done with nurisng school in less than two weeks! I have accepted a position on an awesome floor. However, my ultimate goal is to work as a nurse for a large (medical) NGO or the U.S. government in a developing country. What sort of pos...

I was in the Peace Corps. So, I picked up French and a lot of agencises need French-speaking healthcare providers. However, should I think about heading to the ER or the OR or...?

Several weeks ago, I posted a new thread regarding diversity and cultural awareness (please see below). Well, I was threatened, again, by the same classmate. He reminded me, in front of approximately 20 of my classmates, that he threatened me before ...

Again, thank you all for your support. I will be meeting with the director on Thursday and I plan on telling her that I would like to be released from my contract. I would like to think that there is a VERY slim chance that this individual will ever ...

Kan (and everyone else), Thank you for your kind words of support. I would be lying to you if I didn't say that, at times, I wonder if these incidents are "much ado about nothing." I left a career in the performing arts to join the Peace Corps becau...

Our student handbook explicitly states that both intimidation and threats are grounds for dismissal. As much as this student deserves to be dismissed from the program and barred from nursing, I don't want to feel THAT unsafe. We're eleven weeks from ...

Sadly, this student acknowledged to the course coordinator that he said that he "wanted to punch a hole through my chest and hope that I die" and that "the emphasis was on me dying." He "didn't think anything about it" and attributed it to stress. I ...

Wow! Thank you ALL for your support! The lawyer I contacted works for a non-profit organization (with offices in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia) that specializes in issues affecting women. As a lesbian, she also fights for the rights of the gay and...

This is a VERY interesting question. I LOVED my peds and OB rotation. There are probably 150+ nurses employed in either L&D or PP and only one is a male. Because of my interest in public health and health education, I would LOVE to work in either...

First off, I passed peds/OB. I LOVED peds! I'm headed to my last clinical rotation, psychiatric nursing, on Monday. YEAH! So, can anyone recommend hospital systems that are recognized for their diverse workforce and cultural awareness? I attend a dip...

Anagray, he said that he could "punch a hole through my chest and hope that I die" and then continued by telling me that the "emphasis was on [me] dying." The spoke with two of my instructors and the course coordinator insisted on the three of us dis...

I'm scheduled to finish nursing school in June and I'm starting to arrange interviews for my first position. I know it's in MY best interest to take a position on a med/surg floor. My final med/surg rotation was on an ortho floor and I REALLY liked t...

Meloney, The health system paid for my education. So, that's why I owe them the two years. The $2,000 is icing on the cake. I'm afraid to accept a job too early because I don't know what my remaining rotations, peds/ob and psych, will be like. At th...

I could interview for numerous positions. The health system has multiple hospitals, etc. and 40,000 employees. I am in my fifth rotation (with two more to go) and I didn't like any of the other four rotations enough to work on any of those floors. A ...

Thanks for the info! I managed to earn an 88% on today's exam. Now, only three more exams left...in 3 1/2 weeks!

I have my third critical care exam (of six) tomorrow on respiratory management and assessment, acute respiratory failure, ARDS, and ABGs. I have been studying (alone and with a classmate). Can you seasoned nurses share any information that you think ...

Thank you for the information. If you, as a nurse, had to take care of a patient with respiratory problems (which may or may not include ARF or ARDS), what would be the most important things you would look for in terms of s/s and interventions? Thx!