katie6126

Hi all! I'm an RN BSN with a little over a years experience in the hospital. Lately I've been wanting to go back to school but I am stuck as to what for. I don't see myself working at the bedside for the rest of my career but at the same time am not ...

Hi everyone :) I got my BSN in December and was hired for a large hospitals NICU floor around April. Orientation began in June and I've been there almost a month now. I am doing rotations with another orientee in the Postpartum floor, then will rotat...

Hi everyone! I just got my BSN in December. I've had my Associates in Nursing and license since 2014. During the time I was enrolled in my BSN program my job hunt began but I now see this has only exhausted me emotionally as hospitals didn't conside...

How long have you been there? I think many new grads starting on their first RN job, regardless of the floor, can relate to you. You should not compare yourself to your preceptor because she/he has have years of experience already and obviously that ...

I thought I would post this in general nursing, as it applies to my career as a whole :) Hi everyone. I am a new grad (got my license December 2014) and only have two more months of my BSN program to go! I am excited for a lot of doors opening and ha...

That would be another goal, and I have applied to hospital inpatient settings, however it is just difficult to land that hospital job (I figure it is largely due to the fact I do not have my BSN yet and might be also related to lack of experience). I...

Thank you both for your comments so far, it does seem the most related would be substance abuse. I would definitely be grateful for any type of experience though, even if it is mildly related :) The correctional facility is in dire need of nurses and...

I really regret choosing nursing and lately idk what it is but I have been having breakdowns dreading the brutal schedule I'm going to have as a new nurse if I ever find a job. I'm going to have no social life or time for myself. I know this professi...

A lot of assumptions: - I have actually not gone to many parties, I'm quite more of a bookworm then anything else. Idk what about my post made you conclude I was some lazy, degenerate club rat but m'kay - Wasn't expecting an 80K a year job - So beca...

Why so?

I will definitely look into ultrasound tech, perhaps it will be useful to wait until I get my BSN to get the training. Thank you for the suggestion. In the long run I was considering a Master's in perhaps Nurse Informatics or maybe I could go for a m...

Thank you, I'll look into it.

You're assuming a lot of things and creating a whole bunch of fallacies towards my case. ALL professions end up working or bringing home work on the weekends, it's a fact of life. I'm not crying over the fact that I'm going to have to work weekends, ...

Notice how I was wondering if there was any suggestions in what other field to work in with a BSN degree, not to not work at all. Maybe before you go on and throw a condescending rant at me on how I don't want to be an adult, you might want to take a...

You're completely on the mark, even mentioned it in the paragraph lol.

That comment you're quoting was not in response to yours.

Yes, I've passed my NCLEX. If you read the paragraph you would have seen that I unfortunately came to this realization AFTER nursing school.

I'm gonna have to decline after the horror story validation. It doesn't mean it's because it's your first year that it sucked, it means that its just a sucky profession. I hope there are things I can apply for once I've obtained my BSN, it's probably...

I find it unfortunate too, but it is what it is. And, you are very right - to each their own, I don't enjoy working when everyone has their 2 days off and being off when everyone else is busy, I mean I really don't care if the grocery store will be l...

No, I can't even find a job. It doesn't matter I heard plenty of horror stories around the internet and real life to get a feel of the brutal hours nurses get to go through. No time to pee, eat, no time for yourself. Nurses sound the like most stress...

Hey everyone, I'm a fairly recent grad of an ADN program (finished in summer 2014) & finally became a RN on 12/01! I come from a family of nurses (my mom and sister both work as nurses) and am going to start a BSN program that's 3 semesters start...

I guess nothing at all.

I'm sorry, I do respect your point on this, but I completely find it hard to believe managers really care how many times you took to pass your NCLEX - besides I was told this by several of my professors. One of the best students in my nursing program...

Wherein did I say I started to apply for jobs w/o my license? Like most people, I had to wait until I got my license to apply for jobs.

I appreciate the advice all except for that bit - some of the best nurses have took this test multiple times, I don't think most managers really care how many times it took me to pass the NCLEX - what matters now is that I passed and I'm licensed to ...