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I now work in a pre-operative area doing pre-surgical interviews both over the phone and in person. I still miss the rush of code, new hot-mess admission, all of the fun bedside excitement. It's a desk job and I'm able to work from home every now a...

I'm wondering if this is your first job? Because I think just about everyone who is employed has had these feelings at one point or another. That being said, I do think nursing has a different stress level and burn-out factor than others. Before be...

Thank you for sharing this and I'm glad there was a positive outcome. I am now motivated to find out if the staff at my children's school are trained. If they aren't, I am going to push for it. I am also going to look into what I have to do to bec...

Thank you for the clarification, Rose_Queen. I was told otherwise by an earlier preceptor and figured she knew what she was talking about.

Like you, I also left a career in Finance to become a nurse. Therefore I was precepted by an RN almost half my age. I never found the age difference to be an issue and the thing I tried to keep in mind throughout orientation is that what I did was ...

His new playlist is a bed-alarm.

I would also suggest that you ask to shadow on the floor where you are interviewing. If that is granted, pay special attention to things like the patient population (e.g. walkie-talkies vs. total care patients), how well do the techs and RNs work to...

Thanks so much, michlynn!

Interested to hear how things are going in your first few weeks. I start on what sounds like a very similar floor on Sept 8th as a new grad and while I had a clinical on a Telemetry floor, it was really more a med/surg floor so this is my first card...

Hi everyone. Reading these comments has been helpful for me since I now find myself in a similar position. I will be a new grad on a Cardiovascular step-down unit starting Sept 8th. I am going to be reviewing ECGs each day until I start and based ...

Thanks. I never got the message saying I had passed but I also never got sent to the credit card screen, so I was a mess for 3 days. Then saw my license on the Maryland BON site and cried!! So glad the exam is over. I really wish I had found thes...

What is the "bad" pop up? Is it "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Another registration cannot be made at this time?" ~~bracing myself~~