50caliber

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1. Does it bother you when someone wants to be a nurse just for the money?

   50caliber replied to KhloRN2be's topic in General Nursing

   Each to his own. If they can do their job, I'm fine with it.

2. is the cali market worth a try?

   50caliber replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in California

   4 years of LPN does help which is more experience than your typical new grad here in Cali. Like what everybody else has mentioned, go ahead and apply for endorsement but it ain't gonna be easy. Majority of the hospitals in SF bay area do not even ha...

3. New Grad with no experience feels like being discriminated

   50caliber replied to strawberrypie's topic in General Nursing

   Welcome to the real world. Its exactly like this in any other profession. Just because you are a new grad, that does not entitle you to anything. You must understand that its only going to get worst unless you have the right mindset/attitude to tackl...

4. Professional Liability Insurance

   50caliber replied to Theresa_RN's topic in General Nursing

   The saying goes: "you look out for #1". Your employer will hang you out to dry. At least you have some ammunition if anything does go down.

5. 4th day off of ED orientation...what have I gotten myself into?

   50caliber replied to oddaud's topic in Emergency

   I work in the ER and understand where you are coming from. Don't expect to do everything yourself and you need to get that "being perfect" or trying to be a hero mentality out of your head. If feeling overwhelmed which happens to even seasoned nurses...

6. Which Nursing Jobs are the Least Stressful?

   50caliber replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Career Support

   Post partum has to be the easiest nursing job in an acute care setting. Everybody is young, healthy, and happy. Famili members will do most of the care.

7. Germ fatigue...

   50caliber replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   I will never ever ever wear my shoes in the house. I work in the ER and I'm constantly stepping in urine, blood and other crap. I'll take my shoes off and put them in a bag and into my trunk when I go home. I keep my scrubs separate and they will ne...

8. santa clara valley medical center jobs

   50caliber replied to imo_newgradsrock's topic in California

   Are these new grad positions?

9. Most difficult to learn as student and nurse?

   50caliber replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

   Until you see it consistently in a clinical setting, it will be difficult to see the "whole picture". Once you start to get it and that light bulb goes off in your head, work starts to get really fun and your confidence starts to increase.

10. ADN: Is it worth it?

    50caliber replied to Confused New Yorker's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is. I have a ADN on top of another 4year degree. I'm made over 6 figures my first year in nursing while working in bay area. Makes no difference for me.

11. Which came first, the $ or the ♥ ?

    50caliber replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    I guess you and I found the perfect job. I'm not going to fault those who are driven by the money. There are terrific nurses out there who do this purely for the money and I live in the bay area and see plenty of this. As long as you can provide saf...

12. Burnt Bridges

    50caliber replied to Vossome's topic in General Nursing

    Its called Karma.

13. Which came first, the $ or the ♥ ?

    50caliber replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    The $$ helps but there is more to it than that. If engineers were offering 150k base starting salary, I wouldn't do it cause I could careless about it and it would bore me to death to have to go to work everyday.

14. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    50caliber replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in California

    What a bummer. I always envisioned myself working in there ER especially after the renovations.

15. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    50caliber replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in California

    I heard about the layoffs. Are they laying off RN based on seniority?