WanderRN

Good luck!

Yep, this. The leadership on my unit is 2/3 male. The unit staff is 20% male, including ancillary, 10% if you count just RNs.

I get what you are saying, having dealt with my fair share of BS. As conveyed, it feels like there is something off...about their relationship, his affinity for the CMAs opinion, her role. I don't understand why the person that makes the schedule would be called for a meet and greet. I don't understand why this one person's role would even be brought up in the interview, especially when talking about the high turnover and other seemingly negative issues (the full disclosure part). Gut tells me that others have had issues with CMA in the past.

While we do not have many male nurses on the floor (maybe 1:5 male to female ratio), I do see more male nurses that are unit managers, clinical resource and other leadership roles. I do not know what to attribute that to and it is strictly anecdotal, but it is what I have noticed.

I had a similar experience. I had an arrest but no charges were brought. The BON let me take the NCLEX but then came back and had me write the letters, get references and prove there were no charges ( a letter from the police department ). The personal letter I wrote regarding the situation was telling the story of how I learned and grew from the arrest, how my life had changed, etc. I also put the part of the BON application that stated that you do not need to report arrests if there were no charges brought and no further actions taken. Take a deep breath and go through and do every last thing they ask of you. Don't cop an attitude, don't get defensive, don't try to make excuses, just show the mature, responsible person you are now. If you did have charges brought, and you were found guilty, that doesn't mean you cannot get your license, it just means you have a few extra hurdles. Good luck. I know this how you are feeling, that depression that threatens to wash over you and the pit in your stomach. Just take one step at a time and you'll come out on the other side.

Student loan payments don't start for six months, take the part-time and then keep looking for full.

The BON in your state will have a website, maybe under Dept of Health Professions, that will have extensive info on the background check and requirements and most likely a contact that you can ask.

I'm still stuck back in the first paragraph when you say you only need 4 classes to sit for the NCLEX. Aside from prereqs, our program was 2 each semester and 3 classes one semester. What classes are your four?

I just graduated from community college with my RN, will get the RN-BSN started next year but I wanted to get started working sooner.

Where in VA? I just graduated a few weeks ago in Roanoke. It just means that you passed the classes and fulfilled the requirements of the program and are waiting on the ATT. At our local facility, you can work in a CNA role prior to receiving the ATT.

Go in with a good attitude, a good work ethic and don't let yourself get bogged down in the politics and bs and you will do fine. It isn't that it is so hard, as it is not like any classes before. I had As going in and did not get straight As throughout but made it through (unlike over 50% that started with me). It is fast, it is challenging and it is not black and white, so go in with an expectation that you will change your way of looking at exams and such. I didn't work during school, just work study at the library and I graduate tomorrow at 50+ y.o. :)

Our school (Community College) has an advising office just for the Health Professions. They will tell you everything you need to do to get into the program, what classes, what records, etc.

After several complaints, the hospital rethought having an employee Halloween costume contest.

No, an 89.999 is still an 89. But 90 is a B anyway in our program.

Wow, with the exception of #6, this stuff won't fly in our program. We have one instructor that said at the beginning of the semester, if I see your phone, you must leave class, if you talk in class, you must leave and it counts as one of your allowed absences. I am glad for it though, it would drive me nuts to go to class with students you are describing.