sleepyjane

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 experience they will consider you although having ...

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 assured that rehab would get me my experience. Yes, I ha...

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 looking. All new grad positions are taken, and th...

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 3 month orientation as opposed to the six weeks I...

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 when they go home bone tired and emotionally spent, ...

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 rehab/musculoskeletal unit. As a new grad, I really ...

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 month and a half with 3rd degree burns over 80% of her...

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, but it sounds like rehab is a little bit of everyt...

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 joint replacement, amputees, vascular, SCI, burns...

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 prepare myself? Thanks!!

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 experienced nurse, for the last week or so. I did the ...

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 areas and A&D to closed. The wound nurse helped...

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 which is great. Like all of us, I am constantly runn...

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 have been stablized for the most part. I am currentl...

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 of my patients was admitted with a s/p aortic valve...

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 schedule was my last day of orientation so I need to ...

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 I desperately wanted the job! Now I'm kicking my...

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 their first RN job. My first day I went on the flo...

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 and not being able to eat because my stomach feel...

WOOOOHOOOO!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!:balloons:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I passed too!!!!!:balloons::balloons::balloons:

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 (check all) and the rest were multiple choice. I...

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 know I was in full panic mode when I finished thi...

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 questions.

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 wore earplugs so my nervousness was just amplified! A...