I RN A

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1. if you had to do it all over again, what profession would u choose?

   I RN A replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

   Any profession where I could find a job and not to hear:"No new grads".

2. Dear Precepting Student:

   I RN A replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Students

   People get irritated to easily.This is why nursing is so difficult. Nurses compete with each other in professional and personal life. Why can't we just respect each other and try to understand each other?

3. Dear Precepting Student:

   I RN A replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Students

   According to you a student who is rubbing the entire staff wrong doesnt deserve a chance to be a nurse?! What about a patient who is rubbing the entire staff wrong? He/she doesn't deserve to be your patient? A lot of nurses don't want to admit that n...

4. Dear Precepting Student:

   I RN A replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Students

   OMG! Nurses are mean! Not every person is the same. Do not volunteer to be a preceptor if you don't have patience to handle different personalities. The first nursing experience either makes or breaks a nurse.Have you ever considered that this studen...

5. Question for new nurses

   I RN A replied to long26's topic in New Nurse

   1. Please, don't tell your students they would be able to find a job anywhere in the US and right after the graduation. Tell them to be prepared to be unemployed and to take a job anywhere else to pay their bills. 2. Cut down on nursing theories and...

6. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

   I RN A replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in New Nurse

   graduated in dec 2008, in CA, got my BSN, licensed in Apr. 2009, still looking for a job, had 3-4 interviews, no job

7. New RN, not interested in bedside nursing

   I RN A replied to nf87654's topic in New Nurse

   Why did you go into nursing? Right now it is very hard to find ANY nursing job. I'm RN, BSN with ACLS PALS graduated in 2008 and I'm still looking. You need 1 year of experience to be able to land a job. Where do you get it? Employers don't care. The...

8. Dear Precepting Student:

   I RN A replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Students

   It is very true that nurses eat their young, dear Preceptor. Have you ever been a new grad yourself?

9. Nursing Career Questions

   I RN A replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, what state do you live in? In Cali most of the nursing jobs start at $30.00-$35.00/h. $20.00 for LVNs.

10. Laid off after 38 years

    I RN A replied to Ckwil1948's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry to hear this. Have you considered per diem or travel nursing?

11. Need some reassurance.

    I RN A replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Go with your gut feeling. A lot of times it is right. You did the right thing, at least it sounds right to me.

12. Nursing Career Questions

    I RN A replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    How did you get into nursing? I've graduated with BS in Kinesiology and got into DPT program. It didn't work out. I wanted to be in healthcare and a lot of my friends told me I should try to get into nursing. I enrolled in community college, complete...

13. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    I RN A replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Once I have worked for a nursing home, and was responsible for pushing meds to at least 50 pts. Most of them had GT and I had to flush all of them, hang feedings, do boluses, do accu checks, give insulin. I also was responsible for hanging IVs for ev...

14. Dilaudid

    I RN A replied to dscott76's topic in General Students

    It is out of the scope of practice for LVN to administer IV drugs, unless the LVN Iis IV certified. At least in Cali this is. This actually is NCLEX question.

15. Why did you if you hate it ?

    I RN A replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    I love nursing, but I hate politics that come with the job. I hate being treated like it is a high school, I hate gossip and cattiness, I hate backstabbing and competitiveness. I hate that nurses eat their young and forget that they were new nurses a...