Good luck with your interview! Don't fret about a new grad position. I start next week to mother/baby and I haven't worked on that unit is over 12 years. They are giving me 6 weeks of orientation...
If you're looking to ease up in the lifting and moving patients, then L&D doesn't sound like the best move. There is lots of bending, lifting, and twisting...and yes, you still end up lifting of...
Mumto4 replied to 1naturalhealer2016's topic in General Students
Baby #3 was a surprise (birth control and I didn't see eye-to-eye, that one was an IUD baby)....anyhow, I found out I was pregnant with her the same week I was accepted into my school's nursing...
Mumto4 replied to NotAllThoseWhoWander's topic in General Students
Yep OSHA doesn't allow due to potential contamination. Also some states have laws against it. Plus it's usually against hospital policy--do you really want to potentially risk biting the hand that...
The course was self-study via modules and recommended reading. Then I had a written test. They sent a copy to me and the original to my BON. Then my BON approved me for a temp license. The number of...
Mumto4 replied to britthohenbrink's topic in General Nursing
Congrats on the job! Don't fret over how things go right out of the gate. You are working med-surg in a hospital setting. They know you are a new nurse and they don't expect perfection from you. You...
I was hired into an L&D/mother-baby program immediately after school, but I originally graduated right in the middle of a nursing shortage in my area....back in the time of sign-on bonuses, lots...
I can understand how you feel. However, aside from the fact that you may need to work someplace other than your desired specialty after school, you need to recognize that you need some sort of...
I applied in June. Interviewed for 3 different units....one at the end of July, the other two in August. All three times the jobs were marked as closed/filled before I interviewed. That hospital...
Mumto4 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing
Favorite...hands down, L&D. I love the one-on-one care, the pacing, the autonomy...everything. Least...psych. I only ever had to do psych through my clinical rotations, but I hated it. Med/surg or...
Thanks! It varies by state and how long you've been non-practicing. I took the online course thru nurserefresher.org. It was a lot of reading, but because I've been working from home, I didn't have a...
I'm an RN who recently did this. I got my RN in 2001 as an ASN. I worked for 2 1/2 years until I couldn't continue. I had a 4th, very unexpected, child and a slew of medical issues and it was too...
I'm planning on starting an online ADN/ASN to BSN program in January. When I spoke to them a few weeks back they said that as long as your program is "core certified" then it's a simple process and...
Mumto4 replied to amberlee9233's topic in Nursing Career
Definitely start the application process before you graduate. From what I've seen, the new graduate programs are competitive and tough to get in to. However, where I live, the new grads are...