BackInTheSaddle BSN, RN

BackInTheSaddle has 40 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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1. NP Preceptor Charging Fee

   BackInTheSaddle posted a topic in NP Students

   I came across a NP preceptor who charges a fee for precepting NP students. The fee is paid to the Preceptor's practice and the student pays it. Has anyone else had this experience?

2. Indian Health Service

   BackInTheSaddle replied to mb19's topic in NP

   Thanks, NomadikNurse, for the insight into working IHS as a FNP. I am interested in working in AZ, NM, UT areas for IHS when I graduate this Summer. I look occasionally at the IHS website for current job openings and also read local newspapers if the...

3. NP student considering med school

   BackInTheSaddle replied to The Good Nurse's topic in NP Students

   Your gut instinct is telling you. Go ahead & make plans to get to med school. In NP school, preceptors are where you are really learning yet finding preceptors is a burden put upon the student. I've known of other NP students who make it to the f...

4. Nevada Nurses

   BackInTheSaddle replied to thomasianbella's topic in General Nursing

   You may also want to research Phillipino nurses living in LV or Reno. There are some but I do not know if there is a formal group with whom you could form an association for support. Try to get some contacts either through a church or professional nu...

5. Experienced RN's cannot get new jobs!

   BackInTheSaddle replied to duca's topic in General Nursing

   duca, so sorry about your experience. Unfortunately, I have also heard this before. It's all about hiring the least expensive labor force. I wonder how unionized areas like CA handle this? Please keep a record of what jobs you applied for, the resp...

6. MAYO CLINIC 2017

   BackInTheSaddle replied to Lizeth92's topic in General Nursing

   Mayo Clinic is the best. It's just that simple. I am jealous. :) Good luck to you!

7. Assertiveness Training Needed

   BackInTheSaddle replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Davey Do, your avatar is so funny! I loved Johnny Fever. What a show. Regarding the original post, I am totally in agreement with professional behavior being taught in nursing schools. I'll look at the suggested videos later & hope they are good...

8. Contemplating on quitting my first RN hospital job

   BackInTheSaddle replied to beeg12's topic in Stress 101

   The responses above have good suggestions. I hope you are doing better. I do have to insert here that I am disappointed in the verbal responses you have received in front of others, if I read your post correctly. Corrections as to your pace, etc. sho...

9. June 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

   BackInTheSaddle replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   Umm...yeah. I did get a raise.

10. Nursing is not what it is made out to be..

    BackInTheSaddle replied to ModernRN's topic in General Nursing

    Consider yourself truly blessed and lucky to consistently have worked in pleasant conditions. I worked as a nurse in the clinical setting for many years then went to a desk job as I thought I was getting too old for the pace. I enjoyed my desk job bu...

11. Nursing is not what it is made out to be..

    BackInTheSaddle replied to ModernRN's topic in General Nursing

    Very well said, brandy1017. I am an older person who returned to clinical nursing to update my assessment skills as preparation for FNP school. I was warned about the current nursing culture and she was spot on. It is vicious. Nurses (not all but mos...

12. Job opportunities for new RNs

    BackInTheSaddle replied to JEStewart's topic in Job Hunt

    It seems that even though nurse shortages are documented in many areas of the country, employers will not hire them. I have experience and have received many "decline" emails in the Memphis area. Also, a nursing friend with a BSN receives the same em...

13. In desperate need of advice...being bullied at work.

    BackInTheSaddle replied to HeatherRNLove's topic in Relations

    One of the biggest disappointments in nursing for me is the lack of professionalism. Your experience is all too familiar and many of us can recite similar stories. The requirement for more education for nurses doesn't seem to be helping the professio...

14. Nursing job ideas after disability.

    BackInTheSaddle replied to Lov2nurse's topic in Disabilities

    You can review and analyze medical records for lawyers.

15. Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

    BackInTheSaddle replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Relations

    How horrible! Your pic with your eyes poked out? That's creating a hostile work environment if it stemmed from a harassment due to a protected characteristic like race, religion, etc and is not tolerated under the law. Different states take this diff...