SqrB3ar BSN, RN

I've heard good things. It's definitely a hospital I'm considering on my list!

I agree with JennaAnn23. Depending on the last date to drop and your third exam, if you're able to take your third exam before the drop date then try your best with the test and see how your score is from there (though this also depends on how fast y...

We all make stupid mistakes. Skills check-offs were very daunting. - Tip 1: practice practice practice - make sure you have that flow down and your alcohol pad(s) ready if you ever have to re-clean. An extra lancet is good too. - Tip 2: Gravity is yo...

She's in her FIRST semester (stated in second sentence). If they fail her with no explanation to why she is deemed "unsafe", then they would have to show proof of how and what time, when and where. Forgetting to put a lancet in the sharps container ...

Thanks dude! Will be looking back at this when my time comes

There are nurses who have specialized right out of nursing school and never looked back. There are nurses who specialized and switched. If ER is what you want, go for it, many people jump right into it despite the whole "do med-surg first" saying. Be...

I am unsure if your program can ask you this (will it violate HIPAA??) but if the board did, I would be honest. Falsifying information may result in not being granted a license. If you were being mistreated d/t your mental history, I'd take it up wit...

This is why people think they should do FNP, the "marketability". There's even students quick to apply to these programs straight out of nursing school not knowing what NPs do with zero experience. I would think an acute care NP would be able to perf...

Why did you choose to go into nursing if you have completed your "pre-med" degree? BTW, there's no such thing as pre-med, but I guess that's what everyone in medicine calls prerequisites. Nursing school isn't rocket science. I think what makes it tr...

Just say you've been working with them for 8 years. If you think it's dishonest to say you've been employed with this very company for 3 months as an RN, say so. I don't think it'll look bad if you've stuck around with them for eight years.

Seems you're still pretty fresh if you've been licensed last month. Extend your search, don't limit yourself to 4 hospitals. Check out smaller community or critical access hospitals in the area. If you're unwilling to relocate, think about commuting....

You're still pretty fresh, the good thing about you working as an RN at your current facility is that you're being paid (hopefully there was an increase). I'd broaden your search to hospitals away from the big cities if you've had no luck.

My mom was 20 with two kids (me and my brother) and unexpectedly widowed doing pre-reqs and then nursing school. All I remembered her doing was work and study. She worked two jobs and had school. She'd sleep on the couch for naps with her books out a...

Yeah ... that's kind of weird to be hanging out during summer vacation with a professor taking "selfies". Makes me wonder if they would do this with a former patient. Perhaps these classmates are kissing her bum for their own benefit to passing nursi...

There was a recent new grad this year that started in ICU and shared the same exact feelings of stress like you. She resigned and now works Urgent Care. Perhaps floor nursing isn't for you or you need to talk to your manager about transitioning to a ...

Exactly. I knew they were going to be short-lived. Course, you may see them around if you stay in the same area for years to come. For me, I'm a nomad at heart and don't intend on staying locally for many years so I can care less if I make "besties"....

Did you apply all over CA prior to looking at AZ? Most people forget there's a whole entire northern part of the state, everyone focuses on being in the cities. Either way, a friend of mine has moved to AZ and absolutely loves it. It's normal to feel...

Seems to me most quit before getting fired when things hit the fan. High-risk job. You have to have strong leadership skills to engage the nurses and work well with others to get them to do what you want for (+) change, otherwise they won't listen, c...

Do exactly this and see if it is boring still. Really, it's what you make of it. If you choose to sit around at the nurse's station all shift, then you make yourself bored. Get up and speak with the nurses, interact with the patients, assess the envi...

I'm currently a student and will say there is a huge group of students that are the loud bunch who go out drinking on weekends together. Our cohort had just been split up into 2 for peds, psych and OB and the majority of the more quiet and calm stude...

If you're in Northern CA, HOH seems to always be hiring new grads! I'm just about finishing up my clinical rotation there - place can use a little TLC but lately I've been interested in this population d/t the stories to what got them there in the fi...

I meant it to be figurative, hence the quotation . OP had numerous chances of accessing the patient's info beforehand (kind of like a sign to stop) and finally there was the chance "trap" that led to breaking the law. I'm sure the CN didn't do this ...

Yep, you fell for the "trap" ... it's crazy how doing something that seems so little can lead to big consequences. Just make sure not to investigate patients that aren't under your direct care for the shift. You'll most likely never do this again. Be...

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Congrats!!