#209: Q&A For Soon-To-Be-Grads

Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

Straight A Nursing

Education, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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I get so many questions from students that are nearing graduation and wanted to share some of the most recent ones here with you in this Q&A. In this episode, we’ll talk about: * How to deal when everyone tells you that you have to start in Med/Surg but you really don’t want to * Maximizing learning with limited clinical hours * Demystifying what those first crucial few months will be like as a new RN * How to manage multiple job offers with professionalism * Tips on gaining confidence as a new nurse * Advice for how to talk to patients with limited clinical experience * Specific areas to focus on for NCLEX studying * Choosing between the specialty you love and the general route most nursing schools advise * Red flags to look for while interviewing * How to keep a positive mindset when so many people are talking negatively about nursing right now A big “thank you” to HCA Healthcare for sponsoring this episode. Click here to learn more about HCA Healthcare’s robust nurse residency program. Check out the article here. RATE, REVIEW AND FOLLOW! If this episode helped you, please take a moment to rate and review the show! This helps others find the podcast, which helps me help even more people :-) Click here, scroll to the bottom, then simply tap to rate with 5 stars and select, "write a review." I'd love to hear how the podcast has helped you! If you're not following yet, what are you waiting for? It takes just a quick moment and the episodes show up like magic every Thursday. And, when I release a bonus episode, those show up, too! You'll never miss a thing! In Apple Podcasts, just click on the three little dots in the upper right corner here. Know someone who would also love to study with me? Share the show or share specific episodes with your classmates...when we all work together, we all succeed! On Apple Podcasts, the SHARE link is in the same drop-down as the follow link. Spread the love! Thanks for studying with me! Nurse Mo __________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm so excited that you're here with me today for episode 209, which is something I'm really excited about.
0:24.0	Before I dive into what we're going to be talking about today, let's take a quick moment
0:29.0	to give a shout out to my San fam, and this one goes to Cynthia, and Cynthia says,
0:36.0	thank you so much for everything you do for nursing students. I have listened to your podcasts,
0:42.0	read your book, and signed up for study session. Today, I found out all my hard work paid off. I passed the NCLEX.
0:50.0	My journey has been challenging as most nursing school journeys can be,
0:54.0	but with your encouragement, I kept moving towards my goal, one podcast, one class, one exam,
1:00.0	one clinical assignment at a time. I want to encourage all of those who are struggling with school not to give up.
1:07.0	I'm so excited to see where my new career takes me. Cynthia, thank you so much.
1:12.0	I am so proud of you for passing your NCLEX, and I'm honored to have been a part of your nursing journey.
1:19.0	So thank you for the update and all my best to you.
1:24.0	So today's episode is going to be a Q&A, and I get a lot of questions from nursing students,
1:32.0	and lately I've been getting a lot of questions about what to expect after graduation,
1:40.0	how to do that transition a little more effectively, and I wanted to address some of the questions
1:48.0	that I've gotten lately on that topic. So this is hopefully the first of many to come asked and answered episodes.
1:59.0	So the first question is, how do you deal with everyone that tells you that you should start with
2:05.0	at least one year working on a med search floor before going into a different area?
2:11.0	And this is from Lori, and what I would say to Lori or to anybody else,
2:16.0	and students often ask this question because they didn't love their med search clinicals.
2:21.0	They're not excited about that specialty. It can be an amazing specialty,
2:27.0	but you definitely have to have that skill set and that mindset, okay?
2:32.0	So what I would say to someone who doesn't want to work on a med search floor
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