noemi04

I was invited to a hiring event at a local hospital. I've been looking around the net and brushing up on disease processes. Just wanted to know if anyone had any advice about interviewing or what I should bring other than my resume?

I got my nursing license in Sept 2014 and I took a position at the local PSA healthcare in my town. Now I ended up not really enjoying my position because the father was a bit overwhelming, the MAR wasn't updated so I had to go by what mom wanted, there wasnt any ppe, and I felt like the company in general didn't really make an effort address my concerns or even just hand me my paperwork or get back to me. Either way, i just don't think home health is for me. I think I'm more comfortable with being in a facility. So I'm thinking of putting in my two weeks notice. I was only with that company for less than a month. Do I still have to put it on my resume? It was such a short amount of time. How do I account for the experience I gained? I became pretty good at straight caths because of it.

i didn't tell them that i was a nurse. i really needed a job at the time and i was afraid that they wouldn't let me in if i did. my mom is really upset with me for keeping it, but there really is no saying that i'll get a job right away. my mom and i have a good relationship but i just feel so bad because i can see how disappointed she is. i just don't want to be so broke that i cant even afford to drive to an interview or to my job. I just want to somehow be able to stay afloat for a little while. my plan was that after a month at the hotel, i would ask for only 3 working days and use the other 4 as my availability to apply to other jobs. i wanted to at least stay 3-6 months so that i wont feel so guilty for wasting their resources.

I graduated 6 weeks ago and I passed the nclex last week so I am officially an RN. But my problem is that during that 6 weeks, I was in desperate need of money so I applied to all sorts of regular jobs. One of them being at a hotel that was willing, so i took it. I had applied to a graduate nursing program but I was denied. and because of that I feel really discouraged about working as an rn. Like i feel that no one was going to give me a chance. to tell the truth, i've been afraid to apply for jobs because a lot of my friends who graduated a term before me haven't been able to get a job either. but i realize that i haven't really tried. my mom really wants me to apply at her job, which is a nursing home, but i really don't know if i should. my mom treats as if i'm a shoo it because she put a word in for me and I know its obvious to take the job that pays more, but i feel like its a bad move for me to just drop the hotel job because i am a new hire. they went through all the trouble to do the background check, get me a uniform and train me. and for me to just leave after a week or two is super bad. i had an idea to work both jobs part time. so that way i have managerial experience and nursing experience. i just don't know if i should go fill out an application or not. anyone have any advice for me?

well i ended up passing it lol. i had 77 questions and finished in ~90 min. thanks for all the feedback and well wishes!!!

That's actually what I have been saying too. I either know it or I don't. I've been exposed to this stuff for 2 years so I should be able to pass it with latent knowledge or something. I would have taken it earlier but all the slots were taken already by the time I got my ATT. At least in my town anyway. I wasn't really willing to drive out of town for the test lol

I know that there was a thread on that before but it was a couple years old so I wanted to ask if there was anybody current, but has anybody winged the NCEX and passed? I'm taking my NCLEX tomorrow morning and I graduated exactly 5 weeks ago. I haven't done much preparation. Just only did a couple questions here and there. I also read over maternity and newborn but that's about it. Everyone has been telling me to study but in my mind, I'm kind of treating this like the SATs. I'm just going to read over test taking skills, lab values and developmental milestones and then call it a night. I get nervous before any test but I'm not feeling stressed or worried that I'm gonna fail. That's probably the only thing I have going for me. If I do, then oh well try again. It was my fault for not preparing in the first place.