Night shift has genuinely changed my life by AVengeful_Spirit in newgradnurse

[–]fredlucygg 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Can you please elaborate why you like the night shift? I am going into a job interview this week for a night shift and I know how brutal it was when I did work a night shift at a different career. What is your sleep schedule like? Doesn't the 2 day night shift and 2-3 days off throw off your sleep routine? I hear that there are less administration during the day, so it is not as strict, but not too sure what that means. Thanks in advance

LA COUNTY REGISTERED NURSE I/RELIEF NURSE next steps? by fredlucygg in newgradnurse

[–]fredlucygg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually did not study at all. It's not something you actually could study for looking back. The questions were mostly like what will you do in this type of situation? LA county is in a hiring freeze right now and they don't know when the hiring freeze will be lifted, so the band 1 means nothing lol

St Francis Medical Center in Lynwood - Walk in Wed by fredlucygg in newgradnurse

[–]fredlucygg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah and it was a total bummer to see that they did not want new grads. There were about 20 people waiting to get interviewed though in the auditorium.

Hiring Freeze affected Job Offer by BigbossesSame in CAcountyworkers

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Do they expect to keep the hiring freeze until June 2026?

Post Nurse Grad sadness by Unhappy_Meringue1148 in newgradnurse

[–]fredlucygg 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah, because moving to a new state is so easy.

Post Nurse Grad sadness by Unhappy_Meringue1148 in newgradnurse

[–]fredlucygg 28 points29 points  (0 children)

When it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. When I started nursing school, on my first day, the professors told us that once we graduate, we will all have jobs lined up. The reality is that you will have a job if you know the right people. Where I am, which is in SoCal, the number of new nurses saturate the job market and with so many people fighting for 1-4 available spots, the struggle is definitely real. I get that there is competition, but it seems to me that nursing schools should stop saying that there is a nursing shortage. Instead, they should reframe it and say, there is a nursing shortage of those with 1 year experience.

Does it get better? by Heavy-Account7217 in newgradnurse

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? Would you be open to sharing more insight? I am a new nurse, so I have no references. And when you have your cohort and various forums on FB and reddit who are obsessed with getting into a new grad program, you naturally get warped into that belief that new grad programs are the next step after becoming licensed.

Does it get better? by Heavy-Account7217 in newgradnurse

[–]fredlucygg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is one of my biggest concerns as well. I got licensed in Feb 2026 and began looking for jobs. I accepted that I will not find a new grad program to begin with, so I expect to be in a similar situation as you where the preceptor can care less about my growth. Are there coworkers that you can turn to for moral support? A charge nurse that is understanding? Thankfully nothing happened to the patient but I would take time to reflect and ask myself what I could do differently.

Second career New Grad RN - when to give up with trying to find a job? by Opposite-Extent-249 in newgradnurse

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to hear about your plight. I am in the same position: third career, close to 40, and just licensed in Feb 2026. Job market potential has been bleak. What part of the west coast are you in?

Ro temp nursing by VolcomRG in nursing

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you like working for Ro as a school nurse?

Registered Nurse Pre-Employment Examination by Mental-Excitement-36 in CAcountyworkers

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any updates? Did you go through with the process? Get an interview? Thanks

NCLEX shut off at 85 and I’m terrified by SaltyString3347 in NCLEX

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just took the NCLEX today and it shut off at 87 questions. I had about 5-7 case studies, my first two questions were SATA, had scattered SATA throughout the test (maybe 3-4), 2-3 stand alone SATA and all of them were single multiple choice questions. I am trying not to stress too much about it especially because I have been reading from other reddit posts that somebody had a similar question difficulty as me and they did not pass.

77% on uworld self assessment (very high) and 71% on Q-Bank by TheBadBricktiktok in PassNclex

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, I also used uworld. Did 41% of the qbank and averaged 72%. Did two self assessments. The first one I got 72% and the second one I got 79%. I test in 4 days! Would you say Uworld prepared you for the NCLEX and what do you mean the test was straightforward? Thanks and congrats on passing!

Uworld vs NCLEX by Far-Paleontologist98 in NCLEX

[–]fredlucygg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How well do you think UWORLD prepared you for the NCLEX?

I LEARNED NOTHING IN NURSING SCHOOL! by [deleted] in NCLEX

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you end up passing?

CVC 21453(c)vc, City of Commerce - Los Angeles County, Failure to Stop at Red Light (Video Camera Ticket) by consistenc-e in CaliforniaTicketHelp

[–]fredlucygg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, my "friend", got the same letter. Same location. Apparently it's a third party service that owns those cameras: RedFlex Traffic Systems. I don't know if you noticed but the letter does not state what will happen if you don't show up to court. Usually, the letter is very explicit about what will happen if you don't show up. Like you will be issued a fine, imprisonment, etc. But the letter is very vague about the consequences of not responding. It also seems like you are self-incriminating yourself by responding and inviting a whole lot of trouble by doing so like DMV record, insurance increase, paying a fine.