caslas32

I worked as a CNA before becoming an RN on the same unit so obviously I know how to do all the CNA work. I have to go in the room around the same time that CNAs go around checking vitals to assess the patient. I will save vitals for them to do not because I am mean and refuse to help but because I have a million other things going on and that is something they can easily do to help relieve a little stress from my load. As a CNA, I couldn't even begin to understand the amount of charting I would have to do once I became an RN. Sometimes I just need to sit and tune out for 2 seconds as my body and mind are aching or I just feel so overwhelmed with tasks that I just need to breath. There is so much more overwhelming responsibility and mental fatigue being an RN compared to a CNA that is hard to understand until you make that transition.

Chill you will do fine it's super easy. The skills portion is the only part to be nervous on. I already finished up my first year in nursing school so I didn't have to take the class and just took the exam. An experienced NA like you will have no problem. I only studied the night before and I looked up a bunch of videos on the skills portion on YouTube since I had never practiced them in class or anything. Then I just acted out the pretend steps to get the muscle memory of what to do in my head. Just breath and go slow and remember not to dump the fake pee in the sink and to count when you are washing your hands! I was nervous too but it was a piece of cake compared to the NCLEX haha

Hi, fiancé has moved out to Seattle for work and I will be moving from Wisconsin to there in August. Trying to get an idea about what hospitals people recommend as good to work at. I currently work at university of Wisconsin hospital which is a 565 bed teaching hospital with magnet status. I am finishing up my first year of nursing before moving so I will have at least 1 year experience under my belt. Currently work in a Neuro/neurosurgery/stroke general care unit. I would be interested in doing that again but am open for something new too. I just don't want to work for a hospital that treats their nurses poorly, has poor staffing ratios (currently take care of 4 patients on days and infrequently up to 5 on nights and I refuse to take on a heavier load than that), and has too much turnover (I'm still new and depend on more experienced nurses at times). I know University of Washington hospital would probably be similar but I would like to know about some of the others too. And any units that people recommend applying for that might be similar to mine. Thanks!