kayel

yup, i can definitely relate to this! good luck on your upcoming exam!! ours was approx. 300 questions .. no breaks for us .. lol .. ugh ..

I was hired for a very busy medical floor. I also want to do my masters in a few years and feel that this will be a great learning experience and help prepare me for many things. I still do not know what type of specialty area I want to pursue!

i am an "older" (46) may bn graduate and i'm just signing in to allnurses for the first time in a while and just wondered how everyone was doing. have you graduated? is it all you had hoped? i graduated :yelclap: on may 30th, wrote the crne 4 days later and have been working on a medical floor for the past month and a bit in a days/evenings full time permanent position. as expected, it is challenging and we are overworked but i am still liking it. we don't hear about our exam results for another 6.5 weeks .. how ridiculous and nailbiting. the exam could have gone either way for me -- seriously -- but i am resigned to my fate and will write again, if necessary. just as an atypical, shameless brag, i did manage to graduate with greatest distinction, was my nursing class valedictorian (not of all grads and was elected in a class vote so don't get too excited lol) and got a bronze medal for academic standing in my program. :thankya: i almost don't know where to go from here. it feels like i have been a student for so long and now, while nice, it is a bit of an identity crisis!! there is still so much to know and so many directions in which i could go. feel free to message me and catch up and/or just talk! :smilecoffeecup:

I also graduate in May and have accepted a full time permanent position on a medical floor on which I did my senior practicum! I am still waiting impatiently for my grad license which should be here any day.

Doing a happy dance!!! Congratulations!! I am graduating May 30th! Whew!

No, I can't say I have ever wanted to marry a doctor -- well, I'm already married -- but I would like to have the money to throw around that some doctors seem to have. Since I have been in nursing school I have met many nice doctors but many more horrible ones. I don't think I could handle the hours; I am spoiled by my non-doctor husband running around doing things for me whenever I need him to. Anyway, I guess it's wherever your heart takes you ...

Me! Me! I am in a 4 year BN program and finally can also say I graduate "NEXT YEAR"!!! Awesome!! Here is one more thread https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/any-class-09ers-out-there-post-here-159948.html that you can drop by if you get a chance! My graduation date is May 30/09 but we are finished in mid April!!!! Yippee!!

Me! Me! I am in a 4 year BN program and finally can also say I graduate "NEXT YEAR"!!! Awesome!! Here is one more thread https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/any-class-09ers-out-there-post-here-159948.html that you can drop by if you get a chance!

While "nursing staff" may refer to several parts of the health care team, the term by itself -- "nurse" -- doesn't. As I keep reading here, I see "support staff" is another way to refer to it and I have heard that before also. Anyway, as many have said, each job is so valuable in the team ... who knows why someone would stretch the truth but maybe the situation pushes someone to feel it it true at the time. Loved nurseby07's campfire story!

That is just plain bizarre!!!

Hi, Malia!!! Great to see you again!! Bleah, you bring up the fact that maybe I should be checking to see if I have homework for the first day of classes on Monday. Ewww!! lol Have fun at the childbirth class tomorrow!

hey, danielle! well, i think you can still fit all that other stuff in but, like mel said about her full-time job, you have to plan for it like you maybe didn't before! i know i need to get better organized this term .. maybe i will get writing up a schedule for my entire life today, not just for school! gl to you in your studies!! when do you start?

Hi, Mel! Nice to see ya! I think it's amazing the people who work full time and go to school .. I know it can be done but I am not sure I am disciplined enough to do both things well! Anyway .... I also am just wide open to where exactly I want to work -- still ... in fact, I am thinking I might not decide until much after I graduate!

Hey, guys! How is everyone doing? I am starting back to school on Jan. 7th after 3 weeks off!! I would be glad to hear how your studies are going! Mine are going well and last term wasn't terribly challenging and busy, although I admit busy enough. It was nice to have a little bit less hectic schedule than last year! Next term I have another gender and lifespan course, clinical, nursing research and some foundations courses ... I'm on vacation and too lazy to look up exactly what! lol

Our facility is (slowwwwly) moving toward this as well and I can't wait until it actually completely takes effect! We computer chart things like BG and wound assessments but still writing in the pt charts. (and personally I like the chart by exception rule, although some of our instructors disagree.) There are still seemingly a LOT of bugs but hopefully they will continue to work it out .................... but it will be a long time I'm afraid! It's certainly not a seamless transition lol!!