Chazzie_Made_It ADN

Location: Az Experience: New grad ADN Facility: Community hospital Unit: Tele/PCU Pay: $27/hr, nights/weekend diff: $3/$2/hr

ONET website is helpful.

I think you have a good plan set up. I will tell you how things worked out for me. I got my BA in 2006. I worked a few years and found the degree was pretty much useless to support my family. I decided to go back to my ADN. I graduated in Dec. 2017 a...

We are all allowed to watch whatever we want. We can listen to whatever we want. Its disturbing. I'm also disturbed when people are watching Fox News, but I don't do anything other than provide the care they need.

You did the right thing! I wouldn't have done it either.

I graduated in December 2017. We were given our paperwork to submit to the BoN and Pearson Vue. We were told we can submit BoN as early as 2 months from our graduation date. It can take as long as 6-8 weeks to process the application. We were also to...

@flightmed I graduated in December 2017, and passed boards on Feb 7th, her in AZ. We were given our BoN applications and Pearson Vue info about 2 months before the end of the semester. We were told that's the earliest we are allowed to submit our app...

I signed papers for my first RN job - full-time 1 month to the day after NCLEX. I was offered the position 2.5 weeks after NCLEX.

I added my clinical rotation information to my resume. When I went to my first and only interview they asked me about my clinical rotations. I pointed out that they were listed on my resume but would be glad to expand and verbally list them. They wer...

I was in an accelerated ADN program. I am a single parent and have two kids, one was in HS at the time, the other in daycare and then K. I had a ton of support from my parents. And when my daughter would get out of school she would watch her brother ...

I worked as a PCA for one network. I was a part of their float team. I floated to all the different facilities, theres like 6 of them in our network. I was able to see and get a feel for the different facilities and units. I really loved this one hos...

I just took NCLEX in February and passed with 75 questions in less than an hour. I was an A/B student through school and have years of experience as a PCA. So those may have worked to my advantage. As to preparing for NCLEX, I really took the time to...

I had two instructors like that. From then on it was always anti-platelet or anticoagulant.

New nurse here, but I would have called the pharmacy. I think they would have been able to give a better answer.

Good response, Beth. I worked per diem as a PCA and was hired on as a new grad RN after passing NCLEX. I was fortunate not to be in the same boat as most of my other classmates. They are currently still looking for a job as an RN. The beauty of per d...

Hello everyone! I am a new grad RN and about to start my first job as such in about 1 week. I am going to be working on a PCU floor. I am wondering, I see a ton of sad and depressing stories about new grad experiences, are there any positive, encour...

@Kaisu, thank you for there response! I am excited to get started at the facility and unit I am hired for. Not looking forward to night shift but I wanted to get my foot in the door. Anything will do for me. As a new grad, I am happy they hired me an...

What really helped me was changing the way I approach questions. I love TootRN videos on youtube. I also used UWorld and LaCharity Delegation, Prioritization book, and Lippencott's Alternate Format Questions. I felt those really prepared me for the e...

"Baby Nurse" - omgoodness! In all of my years of being a Patient Care Assistant have I never called myself the nurse. I even made sure to inform patients or staff who assume I am the nurse that I am not. I didn't want to open myself up to questions o...

Hi there, I am about to start my first job as an RN on a tele/pcu floor. I will be going through a novice nurse residency program for 12 weeks followed by a bridge to telemetry program for 4 weeks. I am hopeful this will help me be successful. But I ...

I live in Phoenix. I graduated in December 2017 with my ADN and passed boards at the beginning of Feb. I got offered a job this past Tuesday (Feb. 27th) and start on the 12th. I applied for for a position that preferred BSN but also said will consid...

I took NCLEX on the 7th - did the PVT and got the "good pop-up". Checked our Board's website this morning and there was my license number next to my name!! í ½í¸„í ½í¸

Only thing I wish I started doing my first semester was - Concept Maps. If I could go back I would start making them. They have helped me a lot since 3rd semester. Also, start practicing NCLEX style questions asap. That's it for me. Oh - and compr...

I'm not the one you responded to but I am planning on doing an ADN - MSN program once I am done. I am currently looking into University of Arizona's program. Its all online.

Hello there!! My schedule has been a busy one. Started out the first 2 weeks going in 3 days/week. Since then we have been in class 4 days/week. We have been having pre-clinical lab at twice a week out of our 4 days. And theory and pharm lectures two...