CrescentLuna

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1. finding a job before moving to another state

   CrescentLuna replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

   I went from NY to PA and all I did was apply to the hospitals I was interested in. Although I don't doubt that it would help to get your license ahead of time, I never got the impression that the only thing holding me back was the out-of-state licens...

2. How To Become a NP?????

   CrescentLuna replied to saerakay's topic in Post Graduate

   there are a few different routes! Basically, you need at least an RN. Some schools require a few years of practice as an RN prior to beginning graduate coursework, between 1-5 from what I have seen, but your chosen specialty makes a difference in t...

3. SUNY DELHI anyone?

   CrescentLuna replied to LaxNP's topic in Online Learning

   Hi, I'm attending SUNY Delhi now, I'm in my first semester. So far it is pretty good, although it'd be nicer if I already had a bachelors in something so I wouldn't need a lot of general education classes on top of the nursing classes. It is a lot of...

4. Do I need to keep my nursing school textbooks?

   CrescentLuna replied to elee86's topic in General Students

   No! I wish I'd sold mine while I was still in school. I've been a nurse just over a year and never ONCE dug back into my books - I used some of the NCLEX computer software for my NCLEX but mainly my Saunders book. Otherwise my work provided drug book...

5. medication aids

   CrescentLuna replied to ebutler1953's topic in General Nursing

   I don't like it. I think instead of hiring more qualified staff, they're hiring more people to 'help' and the more people information has to go through, the sketchier the information is and the more the accountable person gets blamed. I'm in a hospit...

6. Finding preceptors

   CrescentLuna replied to CrescentLuna's topic in Online Learning

   The coordinator of the program is supposed to get back to me about whether a contract is already in place at the facility local to me, she thought there was but wanted to double-check. Did you just start calling units or offices, ask if anyone was wi...

7. Wife with BSN with NO drive, what to do??

   CrescentLuna replied to Tony1790's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly, I feel for the OP. Several months ago I was about ready to leave my SO when he turned down a better paying, more gainful job over his (12-hour a week) cashier job because it'd be "too much work" when I "made enough for both of us to be hap...

8. Wife with BSN with NO drive, what to do??

   CrescentLuna replied to Tony1790's topic in General Nursing

   I'm identifying with the poster as opposed to the wife a bit. Definitely he needs to bring this issue to her and there is probably something more going on (why would anyone go through nursing school and the NCLEX if they didn't want to work as a nurs...

9. Finding preceptors

   CrescentLuna replied to CrescentLuna's topic in Online Learning

   sfrek1214 - I don't think preceptors are a job position in the hospital, it is supposed to be an RN with two years experience who will guide and work on several goals with you independently of their job (as they wouldn't be able to work in all the ar...

10. Finding preceptors

    CrescentLuna posted a topic in Online Learning

    I'm doing SUNY Delhi's RN-BSN program accelerated. This Fall I'm taking the classes that don't require a preceptor, but I'll need one for four classes total in future semesters. Anyone else in or graduate from online programs that require clinical? H...

11. Starting Salary.

    CrescentLuna replied to indiawhitaker's topic in New Nurse

    Upstate NY here, started at $20.40/hr (position states 24/hrs a week, but I've been working 40/week since January), I think new grads now start at $21. That's for days, evenings is +$2.45/hr and nights $4.50+/hr. Rate is the same hospital-wide, no di...

12. Beyond Meds and Charting

    CrescentLuna replied to DaFreak71's topic in Psychiatric

    Actually when I had my three-month "so how is this job that you chose out of nursing school?" my response was "Seriously? A lot more paperwork." Depends on what happens during the day, a patient visitor who isn't stable themselves ended up with 2.5 h...

13. Pros vs. Cons: Starting Career in Psych?

    CrescentLuna replied to JerseyGuy2's topic in Psychiatric

    I went straight to psych but did 10 weeks of med-surg nursing as part of new-grad orientation, and I'm just past the one-year mark now. While I appreciated the skills then, my IV-starting (which were decent at the end of my med-surg part) are pretty ...

14. SUNY DELHI anyone?

    CrescentLuna replied to LaxNP's topic in Online Learning

    I'm starting this fall. :) I live in Binghamton but the online part attracts me. I'm hoping they'll work with me to accept CLEP or EC for some of the gen. ed. credits, as I'd really like to get done in a year-ish. I just got registered for classes an...

15. Opinion on Nursing Field

    CrescentLuna replied to jcozart's topic in New Nurse

    I had to led out of the OR twice when I was a student, once during a back surgery and once during a C-section (I got through a hysterectomy and a c-section later) - I wouldn't judge your ability to be an RN on your love of surgery! I'm in psych now a...