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  1. My feet HURT.

    My feet have always hurt due to them being flat. The only nursing shoe that works for me are Klogs. The soles are so cushiony and even when I'm running around on the floor all night my feet may hurt...
  2. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    I work as a home health nurse & have to call Dr's offices to get orders. Lots of times the "nurse" is the one getting the order from the doc & calling me back or okaying orders. Once I had a...
  3. Going back to get my BSN soon too & I'm in CA. I need 3 more gen. ed classes I'll take @ the City College level. Will apply for admission to BSN program next year. Thought about doing it online...
  4. all cali jobs time and 1/2 after 8 hours?

    At one hospital they paid time and 1/2 after 8 hours. They paid a straight pay which was the 8 hours pay plus the 4 hours time & 1/2 divided by 12 hours. Example: $22 per hour for 8 hours=$176....
  5. New Nurse Burn Out...

    I'm a nurse with almost a year of experience. I recently went from FT to per diem & signed up with a local agency. Worked @ the same hospital all this time but got burned out FAST! Right after...
  6. Hospital student loan repayment

    Definitely do your homework when it comes to hospitals that will pay back student loans. This one hospital will pay back a loan up to $4000 for a 2 year committment. if you decide to leave before...
  7. New Nurse Burn Out...

    Thanks for the info & encouragement, jahra. I've been told by traveling nurses that agency work will give me more control of my schedule & if I don't like a facility I'm assigned to I can...
  8. New Nurse Burn Out...

    The agency I'm going to start working for is in another town so I won't be assigned to the old facility. I'm thinking that you are right & that talking to the supv. won't change much. I...
  9. I'm so happy for you! I only pray (and pray) that I can find a "home" like that. I'm really not wanting to work in a hospital anymore but if I could find a unit that has open arms like yours then I...
  10. Help with confidence

    Wow, hunny_pye. Your post sounds as if I wrote it. I'm a new nurse with just one month of experience. I understand about going home and worrying & wondering if I did this or that or if I'll get...
  11. Officially off orientation!

    Congratulations, Jen. I work in neuro also on nights (7p-7a) and have two more weeks of orientation. I can't believe you have 8 pt's. Here in CA we have 5 pt.'s max. It works out great. I...
  12. Help!!!!

    I feel for you daytonite. I don't understand why the experienced nurses are so negative to the new nurses. I think what she should've done was told you what she expected from you and what you needed...
  13. Pay Rates?

    Here in S. Cal where I work as a new nurse my base pay is 21.45. With a 12 hour shift I get time and a half for the last 4 hours. They add it together and come up with a standard rate of pay of 26.45...
  14. i always felt like i would never make it through nursing school. it took me a year longer than i had planned but i did it. i just learned to take it one day at a time. at my school we had to pass...
  15. Thanks for the new forum. I'm a new grad waiting to get NCLEX results. Every time I think of my first REAL job as a nurse I get a little scared. I'm afraid everything I learned is going to go out...
  16. I got my NCLEX results today...

    I found Saunders to be a good book to study from. The study questions were
  17. I got my NCLEX results today...

    I took my boards on July 11th. Today I found out that I passed!!!!! I got 265 questions so it can be done with all 265. Whoo hoo
  18. yes, helene. thanks for your words of encouragement. and by the way...i just found out....i passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rotfl: :roll i am now an rn. denise,
  19. Thanks to everybody for offering advice on first year nursing. I know I need to have more confidence in myself. I just get scared because in nursing school it seemed like everytime I asked a...
  20. nursing other than hospital

    Hi Jr. I'm a recent grad and some of my friends have obtained jobs in other than a hospital. I was told by a nurse in ER that you should apply for whatever specialty you are interested in because...
  21. I got my NCLEX results today...

    Congratulations to you! When did you take your exam and in which
  22. thanks, amy. that makes me feel better. i know i will only have to test again if i don't make it this time. the thing that bothers me is that i'm so bored withthe thought of wait another 3 months!...
  23. I really do hope that the number of questions you get is no indication of whether you passed or failed. I had a friend fail at 265. I just took the boards and had 265. I have heard so many rumors...