PedsRN2005

Thanks Timefor, the clinicals were tough, and looking back, I'm not sure how I did it all knowing I had some clinicals i had to be at at 6:30am. I think I depended on the help of friends. For some of the times, my youngest son's friend's mom ran a day care and so she would take him in the am of my clinicals and get him to school. I had another friend that would take him after school on Mondays (darn short days). It seemed like it would never end. My two other children are older so after school they were able to come home for my youngest, but the mornings were hard. It seemed like it would never end. But you do get through. NOVA still has 5 openings left? Is that their daytime program or evening weekend program?? When I applied in 2002 for an opening in 2003 it filled up by January and had quite a large waiting list. Maybe that evening program is opening some spaces for daytime people. Good luck, Gayle Actually,

Hi! I just graduated from NOVA this month and will be starting work tomorrow. I'm a single mom of three so 2 years was definitely the way to go for me. I did here, however, when out in clinicals, that many hospitals liked hiring NOVA grads because of the clinical experience they had. Also, you can always go to NOVA and get a job in two years and then have the facility that you work at pay for your MS - most in N. Virginia do. Good luck to you.

Suzanne, Hi again. The practice is a regular Pediatric Office practice - sick visits, well visits . . . We're in N. VA, very close to DC so the patient population is very diverse. I don't know as I'll have questions to post once I'm started as I'm pretty sure I can get them answered there. I was just looking for suggestings, information, helpful hints that anyone had experienced when they were just starting out in a Peds Office. Thanks, Gayle

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and new to nursing. I just recently graduated and will be beginning my orientation on Monday. I will be working in a Pediatric Office. Being a brand new nurse, I'm looking for any and all pointers, helpful advice, information, websites . . . that you have to offer that can help me as I start on this new career. Thanks! :)