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In the last 10 years I have been down-sized, laid off, and company went out of business. At 52 I want to become an RN.
What are the prospects for a new 55 y/o male nurse?
Am I too old??
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I live in the DC/MD/VA area. I have applied for every med-surge and RN residency program. It seems you have to know someone to get these jobs. The only people interested in me is a reputable home health agency. I have heard on allnurses.com from home health nurses that new grads and home health is a horrible idea. Because of our lack of [...]
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I just graduated in May and passed boards in July. I found a job with no difficulty in a pediatric unit of a rural hospital. Since I was the only newly hired nurse at this hospital, I had a 4 hour "mini" orientation to cover JCAHO standards and basic hospital measures such as handwashing, etc. Nursing orientation was delayed until more nurses were available to [...]
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will age play a factor if i want to enroll in the nursing program; i am 56's?

Geneva
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Hi fellows,
I would love to hear from new grads and experienced RNs(Preceptors), why the precetors give hard time to the new graduates and the new grads that had experienced a negative experience with preceptors.
I graduated 2 years ago, and I was fortunate enough to get a job soon. The problem started once one of my former class mate found out I was working in the [...]
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Hello all.

I will be graduating with a BA in December and am thinking about my options for when I graduate. I am stuck between nursing, MPA or MSW.

I was diagnosed with MS last year and am pretty stable for the most part. Do you guys think it is a bad idea to do nursing with me having MS? I am trying to make the best [...]
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I am a freshman in college and also doing an internship at a local hospital. I have watch two IVs get put in and have either fainted or come extremely close. I have paced over other job possibilities and nursing is the only one i would truly love and enjoy doing. I want to help people but im not sure if i can get over [...]
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I am having a hard time adjusting to the transition from school to work.

I have had an orientation that was promised to last 12 weeks but because we are so short staffed, it is being cut short. I am terrified to be by myself, the honeymoon is over and there are more threats of being written up for things that I was NEVER taught. I [...]
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I am currently working on my doctorate and would love to hear from new nurses on how their first year of nursing is going/went. It is a topic we are discussing in one of my classes and I'd like to get it from the horse's mouth (no offense meant)to share w/members of the class. If you would like to add a comment, please let me [...]
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I am a new graduate Dec 2009, 51 yr old RN. I am working on a tele floor and to be perfectly honest feel like I don't know crap. My preceptor is awesome and a great teacher but with 6 and 7 patients I feel like I am doing but not understanding why I am doing. I am looking at lab results and don't understand [...]
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