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Thank you! I am currently working on a medsurg floor now, and I am locked into my job under contract, so I will it be going anywhere for a while. You gave me a great response to my dilemma. I really love bedside nursing and would still love to do that while teaching as well. I just did not know if that was possible or not!

I am going to do both but I am looking at which program to do through first. And the area I live in is in desperate need for professors; I have already received two nurse educator job offers in nursing programs. I want to know which track I should do first.

I have recently graduated with my BSN in May 2018 and passed boards in June 2018. I have now been working at my local hospital for about three months now. Although I enjoy what I am doing now, I want to go further with my education. I would love to get my nurse educator and nurse practitioner licensures. The problem I am having is choosing which one I should get first because I do not have the time or the money to do both at the same time. Also, if I get my nurse educator license first, I still want to be able to work as a floor nurse. Would that be possible or could I only work in areas that my master's is in?? Thank for any and all suggestions!!

I just recently took the NCLEX-RN and passed in 75 questions. And I was someone who nearly didn't pass nursing school! In my opinion, NCLEX mastery is not enough to study for the exam. I had the app and it did not mimic the exam at all. I utilized Hurst and NCSBN and those are what helped me the most. They both had content and questions. As far as format, the exam looked very similar to Hurst. If you are nervous because of inadequate studying, then you should push it back to the next week. But if you feel as though you have it a great shot at studying and did as many questions as you could then keep the date. In all honesty, you might not ever feel absolutely ready because the test is so nerve wrecking.

Hi! I'm a new grad as well and just recently took NCLEX. I am starting my hospital's new nurse grad residency program. This is how mine is set up... I have a total of 4 months. The first week I have hospital orientation. The second, third, and fourth week I have unit orientation. This is where I have two "clinical coaches" that will help guide me through learning how to work on the unit. I have one coach for day shift and one for night shift. I also have a day shift mentor and a night shift mentor. The clinical coaches are similar to preceptors but you are not working under them. They are more so go to people when you get stuck with something. The fifth week I have classroom education, which involves refreshing on concepts and skills from nursing school. After that it goes back into the cycle of three weeks of unit orientation. And one of classroom education. Two of the four months I will be working day shift and the other two I will be working night shift so I can get a feel for both. They do not simply throw me into being a nurse. They work with me and help me understand everything so I can be confident by the end of my time in orientation.