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4/4 of my cohort found out their results within 24 hours on the BON site that they passed - VA doesn't have quick results either but then again, they don't need to since VA BON lets you know literally the next day...one of my classmates tried the PVT trick and it worked. However, his test shut off at 75 questions, and I've heard that 265 mark is not as accurate with PVT...NCLEX is just stressful before, during and after. -_-
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Just took my NCLEX today and had all 265 questions...felt utterly devastated and attempted the PVT trick around 40 minutes after the test on my phone. I got the good pop-up but still felt unsure. Went back home and literally tried the PVT trick every hour, same credit card, just changed the CVC and expiration date...still good pop-up. I'm still apprehensive about how accurate the trick is and will follow up on my results tomorrow - I'm testing for VA and have heard results are available via phone-call within 24 hours so fingers crossed!
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Hi, thanks for the advise! This isn't an actual photo of me but an actor that I am a fan of - I wanted to use that instead of the default entertainment pictures that the site provided. However, I can see how it could be questioned - thanks for the input!
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Thank you for the advice and I apologize for the late response! Graduation and family events have kept me busy and unable to view and respond until now. I forgot to mention that I did send the nurse managers a thank you email, for future reference, is it better to send a physical card instead?
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I recently interviewed for an OR New Grad Fellowship position at my "dream" hospital. After a lot of thought and OR shadowing experiences, I am 100% confident that surgery is my calling and I absolutely want to be a scrub/circ nurse/periop RN. Prior, I literally had to jump through hoops to get in contact with the HR recruiter (attending career fairs and bugging the HR representatives to forward my resume to the HR recruiter for the OR, etc.) and felt confident after my phone interview. The recruiter stated that he was very impressed with my resume and cover letter and was eager to direct it towards the hiring manager. Two weeks later, I had my in-person interview with the hiring manager. It started to go downhill... 1) Interview was scheduled at 11AM, I come to the hospital at 10:00 (I'm always early), I wait until 10:45AM, I call the manager's phone number to let her know I was here (I was instructed to do so in the email) and she tells me if I can wait for 15-20 minutes because they were in a meeting. Oops, I quickly apologize and said yes I can wait..while feeling guilty. 2) One of the nurse leaders eventually comes to get me, it was 11:05 and the prolonged wait had made me anxious. 3) I go in and realized that I would be having a group interview with all four nursing leaders for each OR team...I thought it was just one and that threw me off guard. 4) The hiring manager that I called ended up not being able to make it and ended up coming for the next interviewee... However, during the interview, one of the question and first one was: "Why do you want to go into surgery?" I had that question asked during my phone interview and I was able to answer it exactly the way I wanted since I was in my PJs, with a cup of tea, reading off my notes on the computer...I didn't anticipate that I would get choked up in the middle of answering the question. I have a very personal experience related to surgery as well as the hospital and really wanted to share it. However, I felt myself choking up near the middle and didn't want to cry in the middle of the interview and ended up awkwardly saying "and, yeah...". There was an awkward silence from everyone and they were very gracious to continue with the interview. Throughout the rest of the interview, all of the nursing leaders were kind but I felt that I had let the opportunity slip. I really don't want to let this opportunity go but I am unsure with how to redeem myself...I plan on applying to a different hospital within a week if I don't hear back but I'm just so disappointed in myself. I felt that I should have just continued with the reason even if I ended up bawling my eyes out, at least I would have been able to explain why I want to be a Periop nurse. I apologize for the long 'rant', and really appreciate any advice or insight. Has anyone ever had this experience, what happened and did you get the job? I really want to email the HR recruiter for the OR and ask for a redo, or even the hiring manager directly but I don't want to come off as rude or creepy...What should I do?
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I have the same question as you do and throughout the entirety of my nursing school career, they constantly tell us "There is a nursing shortage". The hospital that I had clinicals said the same thing - the RNs that I shadow would tell me how a friend they knew quit the profession within the first 5 years due to burnout, etc. and it's a relatively good hospital too. I am currently applying to a different hospital (I love the hospital that I went to clinicals for and was a patient care tech there too - they were more than willing to give me a job as a new grad RN but I plan to move back home so it would make sense to find a job closer to home) and one of the units had rejected me, even though they were saying that they were constantly hiring new RNs...I went to their career fair and the HR recruiters were telling me over 400 new grads attended and application/hiring process is taking longer...so yeah...is there really a nursing shortage? I see my classmates getting jobs in their dream units (some in ICUs) at their dream hospital left and I'm here crossing my fingers...
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I have heard that some NP programs are really ambigious when it comes to accepting students, some look at GPA, some look at experience - I will be graduating with my BSN this coming May but my GPA is not much to brag about (I had some family problems that impacted my performance my first year of nursing school and I've been playing catch up ever since). However, I do know for certain that I want a Masters in the long run, unsure of whether I want it in NP or MSN/CRNA. My dream job is to be a scrub/circ. RN in the OR and am currently applying for an OR position. I really want my Masters to be surgery/OR oriented but not 100% sure if I want to pursue CRNA (I heard of too many of my classmates wanting to be CRNAs because of $$$ and I don't want to be like them). I plan on pursuing my MSN in about 3-5 years - based on your experience, would you say 3-5 experience in the OR/ICU (if I end up transferring) can help cover up my ugly BSN GPA? Thanks!
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The hospital that my nursing school is affiliated with has new grad RN starting salary of $22, $23 if you have UAP/care tech experience. The average starting salary in my state that I'm aware of is $24, the more north you are, the higher. The hospital that I am hoping to get an offer from has a base starting rate of $26.
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I am a senior in Nursing school and in school, we are taught to be empathetic and that nursing is not a job, it's a career. The professors sugarcoat to some extent, how wonderful nursing is (they admit it's difficult but the patients are worth it, and emphasize how important you are as a nurse - which we are, but just underappreciated) and really make it sound like the best profession in the world. However, my clinical preceptors offer a glimpse on the reality of nursing. They love nursing and tell us how scewed our healthcare system is, the brutality of some interventions we perform, etc. but, at the end of the day, they are passionate about their patients. I currently work as a CarePartner/Nurse tech. and I will admit that some days, it's a literal crapstorm - I find myself stressed and ready to leave, but thankfully, the unit I work in has a really supportive ecosystem where nurses and doctors work relatively well together in a respectful manner and are grateful for one another's work. However, I know that this is not always the case in another unit, or hospital. So, what sort of mindset must I have to continue Nursing? One of the RNs that I was with during my clinicals said, 70% of nurses leave the profession usually after 5 years due to burnout. I have to tell myself to put work aside after I leave the hospital but there are times where they sneak up on you, or you find yourself mulling over that one patient. I really don't wish to be a part of that percentage, but I want to be able to call nursing a professional career and not just a job.
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I see, thank you for the insight - I'm currently at 80% of applying to the OR right after I graduate. I'm still hesitating because I'm just afraid of closing off opportunities. One of my clinical instructor was in the OR but switched to an ICU floor due to school time conflicts and suggested 1-2 years of med-surg/bedside nursing before OR just so you have prior experience if you ever need to transition from OR to the floor.
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Thanks for the advice! I'll probably go ahead and do that. I was lucky to shadow the clinical administrator and was informed of an OR program that is offered for new-graduate RNs. Some preceptors I've been with tell me that there is a 'guarenteed' pathway if you work on a med-surg floor for a year and then apply for the OR. A lot of my preceptors tell me that they suggest 1-2 years on a med-surg floor instead. However, OR's always been something of interest to me and although I enjoy bedside nursing during clinical, the idea of OR has never left me.