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Got the Moderna vaccine earlier this afternoon. My arm is a little sore, but nothing too crazy. It didn't actually get sore until 6-7 hours later. I feel fine otherwise. We'll see how I feel tomorrow.

Before I became a nurse I worked in delivery driving a box truck for almost 9 years. The money was alright, but the work was just downright brutal, working outdoors at all weather conditions, rigorous and physical, lifting heavy stuff, working 45-50 hours a week on average, sometimes more. Nursing isn't a walk in the park either and sometimes it gets downright annoying dealing with the same people dealing with the same stuff, not complying, verbally abusive, frequent flyers, etc.... but I make more than I did as a box truck driver and I only work 3 12-hour shifts instead of 5 shifts....that is a fair trade-off for me. Just working on finishing my BSN program hopefully by early next year, I'll be golden. My work-life balance is much better.

I have nothing to add, but I hope your username is based on your love for basketball.

I work in a hospital in Connecticut. My unit along with many others have been converted to Covid-19 only. Yeah, it's real.

WOW!. And I was complaining about my job wanting us to re-use our masks.

I had no prior healthcare experience either and got my first job within a few months of graduating nursing school. One thing I did have going is most of my previous jobs I was at for some time (8 years, 5 years). Relax. You'll get a job. May not necessarily be your "dream" job, but you'll get one. I recommend reading up on how to answer common interviewing questions appropriately, reheorifice with a friend if you have to.

Graduated in May 2019, NCLEX in early July, started first job mid-August. I agree, start applying ASAP. Many in my cohort started their searches as early as April. I started applying and set up my first interview within a week or so after graduating, got lucky.

If you're aware of what you're doing wrong (Read the questions too quickly, don't read the whole thing, overthink) then not sure how other resources are going to help. You need to slow down, ease up on the anxiety, and focus. No NCLEX guide is going to help you with that. I used UWorld mostly and passed on the first shot. Read ALL the rationales even when you get the answer correct. Good luck.

I'm not gonna lie and say it was easy but I wouldn't say it was impossibly hard either.

You're better off leaving now before dumping even more cash into schooling you don't want to begin with. Your parents are being unreasonable. Not everyone is cut out for nursing, or being a star football player, or being a doctor, or a musician, and that's okay. I don't get overbearing parents that try to push their own agenda onto their kids.

Try applying to hospitals in southwestern CT. Stamford, Greenwich, Norwalk, Bridgeport. All are relatively close to the train stations and taxi/Uber/Lyft is popular around here. All are also fairly close to NYC.

Thanks for the tip!

This. I'm a very introverted person and do things mostly alone. The first semester and most of second I studied solo 100% of the time, and while it kinda worked, I felt I got more out of it when I also supplemented it with studying in a small group (there were usually 3-4 of us, anything more than that would turn more into social hour than studying). We'd cover 1-2 topics each session and quiz eachother using different sources (UWorld, Saunders book, etc). I feel my grades improved once I added groups into it.

I don't do it at work. I make time to workout on my off time. I'm a runner, so even if it means cramming a quick 3 miles after getting home from night shift, that's what it'll be.

I'm basically 3 weeks off orientation myself. I'll admit that there have been times where I thought I scanned a med and I apparently didn't, sometimes the screen times out and the administration is incomplete. Nobody is perfect. You didn't hurt anybody. Sorry this happened to you.