FutureRN2005

I cant really help w/ L&D M/B or NICU questions since I have never worked in these areas. But I did go through the ER residency program upon graduation, and can share some info about piedmont overall. All the nurses wear any combination of navy b...

I found it was best to apply in person. Go to the HR office and ask to speak with a nurse recruiter. Almost all of the hospitals in atlanta have new grad residency programs.

I am in the same situation. After graduating I worked about a year and a half in the ED, which I love most of the time. But I never quite feel comfortable with the critical patients. Thankfully we have a good team, and you always have help with those...

I work in Piedmont Er and Im sure that there are several openings right now. So I think you will hear something soon. Good Luck.

Georgia participates in quick results so, 2 business days after you take your boards you can check w/ pearson vue online or by phone to get your results. it takes 2-4 weeks for it to be posted on the BON website.

Im sorry that you are having such a rough time, but it helps me a little to read these posts and see that I am not alone. Having a good preceptor can really make or break you. My problem right now is that I feel as if I am being tossed between differ...

My suggestion would be for each student to have his/her own personal list of things you want to work on during your preceptorship and share this with your preceptor at the begining of clinicals. Also it helps if you can be paired up with a nurse who ...

I took Hurst Review and I loved it. I passed NCLEX on 1st time w/ 75 questions. The review is 4 days and covers med/surg, ob, and psych and you get a 5th day dvd that had mgmt/delegation and pediatrics. Marlene makes learning the test strategies real...

Also just found out that I passed today!! Congrats to everyone else who found out the good news. And good luck to those of you still waiting for results.

Just took the NCLEX this am. Since no one has anything positive to say after the test I am not going to talk about the test. I would just say for the day before your test stop studying and just relax. It really is the best advice. But if it helps I ...

Just try to keep a positive outlook. I am in the same boat. Also took NCLEX this am and I am in so much stress. I dont know how i will make it through the next 48hrs. All my friends and classmates assume that I will pass. But I just dont know. I had...

I hated ERI in school. It always seemed to be these wierd questions over things we hadnt heard of. We took ERI's throughout nursing school and had 2 chances to pass in order to graduate. Well I just took NCLEX... (currently awaiting results) and I ha...

My suggestion is not to wait. If you want to work in a "specialty area", many times they only will hire a limited number of new grads. I graduated in Dec. and waited until nov. to apply and caused myself alot of unnecessary stress. By the time i appl...

The last question determining whether you pass/fail was also a myth. Because this can also be one of the pilot questions and not even count. The thing they emphasized to us was that you must get more questions right than wrong to pass. Good luck to y...

I dont think that is anything to worry about. I just attended a week long NCLEX review course and on the last day they went over several "myths" about the NCLEX. One of the myths was that the computer figures out your weak areas and you get more ques...

Apply early! Don't make the same mistake I did. I just graduated in december 2005 and I did not begin to apply untill the begining of november thinking that with so many nursing jobs out there I would not have any problems. Silly me. Most specialty ...

Just out of curiosity what area do you work in? Maybe a change to a lower stress area (if such a place exists ) within the same hospital would help. That way you would still probably make the same salary and maybe a different environment would work ...

:balloons: I am also finally done!!! We had our graduation and pinning ceremony last week. It is still just kinda unreal. I cant believe that I have free time again- no homework, papers to write, clinicals, etc. Now I guess I need to get started stud...

I know just how you feel. There is not one day when I go to work and some one does not say something like: You look like you should be in high school. And I am not even that young. I am 27 and when I finish nursing school, it will be my 2nd bachelor...

I feel the same way. It seems like everyone has their job lined up. We only have 4 weeks untill graduation. I am so excited to finally be here, but I feel like I am the only one who hasn't gotten my plan together for post graduation. Well, I have fin...

Its just not practical. I am a nursing student and I work as a tech. I know how to do manual vitals, and when I am at clinical with my 1 to 3 patients and all the time in the world I take them manually. But when I work as a tech and am responsible fo...

Hang in there. I am also getting ready to begin my last semester in 2 days. And I was in the same boat you are in. Previously I would get so nervous about clinicals that I wouldnt get any sleep the night before. I also feel like I am missing skills t...

:biggringi Me too!! I am soo excited, yet so nervous. I start my final semester next monday. I have already bought NCLEX practice books. Good Luck to you all.

I think it depends on where you work as to whether it is worth it or not to get your PCT. At one hospital I worked at PCT's and CNA's did the same job but PCT's got payed a little more money. But there is definately a demand for PCT's and CNA's. From...

Our school does the ERI testing after each semester. The ERI also serves as our exit exam. You have to make the national average to graduate. From what the seniors in our class have told me, the ERI (exit exam) is much worse than NCLEX. They said tha...