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  1. new grads in boston hospitals??

    sleepyjane replied to quincy24's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I was in exactly the same situation a year ago (BA in psych, AD in nursing). MGH and BWH will not hire new grad ADNs unless you have worked there as an aide preiously. However, once you gain a years...

  2. Changing jobs the first year

    sleepyjane posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Has anyone else changed jobs within the first year? I am currently working in sub-acute rehab and I am miserable for a variety of reasons. I wanted to go into med/surg since I graduated and was...

  3. Changing jobs the first year

    sleepyjane replied to sleepyjane's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree that waiting until my year was up would have been the best thing to do. Unfortunately, my year is up in August and I was afraid that I would run into the same problem as I did last year when...

  4. Changing jobs the first year

    sleepyjane replied to sleepyjane's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you everyone. I got a call yesterday with a job offer for the med/surg floor I interviewed with last week and I am going to accept it. The position is 40 hrs, 8hr shifts, and days! There is a...

  5. So...you give out pain pills?

    sleepyjane replied to maire's topic in Rehabilitation

    My nurse manager once in a meeting with all the RNs told us the other staff (therapy department mostly) think all we do is give pain medication. I would like them to walk in my shoes for a day and...

  6. 7 months in...not what I expected

    sleepyjane posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been a nurse for nearly 7 months now. After months of searching and countless resumes sent out, I reluctantly took the first job offered to me at and acute rehabilitation hospital on a general...

  7. Rehab "team"?

    sleepyjane posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    I've been working at a free standing acute rehab hospital for about 4 months now. I have noticed that in my facility, the nurse is not valued as a member of the rehab "team". I had patient for a...

  8. New grad-rehab questions

    sleepyjane posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    I am a new grad considering rehab nursing and after reading a previous thread I am very excited about the opportunity. I had really wanted to work on a med surg unit to start to gain some experience,...

  9. Not sure I like this...long

    sleepyjane posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have only been working as an RN fro 5 1/2 months on a busy musculoskeletal/vascular floor at a free standing rehab facility. I am on days, and my patient load usually consists of 6 patients some s/p...

  10. New grad-start job next week

    sleepyjane posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    Hi, I am beginning orientation (first job as an RN) in an acute rehab facility next week and I am really excited. Besides brusing up on musculoskeletal and neuro, is there anything else I can do to...

  11. Teaching students?

    sleepyjane posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So here I am, 4th week off orientation...one of my patients was severely burned (80%burns) and has a very time consuming dressing change. I have been doing her dressings, along with another, more...

  12. Need help with burn patient

    sleepyjane posted a topic in Burn

    Hi, I am new rehab nurse and one of my primary patients has over 80% TBSA chemical burn. She has daily wound care: cleaned with a gentle soap and water then tripple antibiotic and xeroform to open...

  13. exhausted!

    sleepyjane posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have only been working for a little over 2 months now in a rehab hospital and I can honestly say that I have never felt so physically and emotionally exhausted in my life! I work full time days...

  14. Feeling like a TOTAL loser (long)

    sleepyjane replied to Jen1228's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad RN, too and I can definately relate to some of what you are saying. Maybe you could look into an acute rehab facility. Not as stressful as med surg for a new RN since the patients...

  15. Am I a safe nurse? (LONG)

    sleepyjane posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad nurse just off orientation (4 days) after 4 weeks with a preceptor at a rehab hospital. I am on a general musculoskeletal/neuro floor and we see a lot of stable post-op patients. One...

  16. Am I a safe nurse? (LONG)

    sleepyjane replied to sleepyjane's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the words of encouragement. Even thought I am a new nurse, I expect to know everything and when I don't I tend to beat myself up relentlessly. My preceptors last day working a regular...

  17. Salary negotiations

    sleepyjane posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I was just wondering if anyone has ever negotiated their starting salary as a new graduate. I recently accepted a position in Boston without negotiating because I thought there wasn't room for it and...

  18. Just finished first week of orientation

    sleepyjane posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all. I'm a new grad and just finished my first week of orientation on an ortho/post-trauma floor. I am just wondering if anyone else has felt completely stupid and incompetant when they started...

  19. The wait is killing me!!

    sleepyjane posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have not slept in almost a week in the days leading up to and after the horrible test. I only took it on Wednesday, and it feels like its been a month! I have lost about 5 pounds just from anxiety...

  20. 203 i passed

    sleepyjane replied to scoobydoo32's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    WOOOOHOOOO!!!!

  21. The wait is killing me!!

    sleepyjane replied to sleepyjane's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I passed

  22. Help!!!!!!!!!! Took Nclex RN Today

    sleepyjane replied to emmsha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I can't say one way or the other what are passing questions or not. I just took the exam today and had 75 questions, some seemed really hard and others were easy. I only had 2 or 3 alternative items...

  23. Omg What Was That

    sleepyjane replied to scoobydoo32's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Taking the NCLEX is like an emotional rollercoaster...relief its over, fear that you will have to take it again, hope that you don't...from what I gather it's perfectly normal what you are feeling. I...

  24. How many got 5 or more all that apply

    sleepyjane replied to sistersweet's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I only had 2 but I have no idea what that means. I just took the test this AM and was wondering if the fact that I had so few meant that I wasn't up to par with the higher level

  25. taking nclex today

    sleepyjane replied to scoobydoo32's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You all are in my thoughts and prayers! I just finished with 75 questions. I balled my eyes out afterward because I honestly felt like I knew nothing!! My heart was racing the entire time and I...