Then: all I had was ACLS
Now: ACLS, PALS, soon RN-BC
Then: no experience
Now: 2 years' experience
Then: underestimated the value of networking
Now: learned how to cultivate (and am trying to maintain) contacts.
Then: had the "you'll have no problem finding a job" mentality that they spent two years of nursing school drilling into our class' heads.
Now: even with two years' experience and better preparations, I know it will be a hard fight.
