SAHMStudent

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1. Dont wanna be a floor nurse..

   SAHMStudent replied to Meese.C's topic in General Nursing

   Many non-bedside nursing positions posted (from what I've seen in my area) in public health or case management or even school nursing require a BSN/MSN.....OR one year experience in exchange for those higher degrees. Stick with it longer than 6 month...

2. Should I stay or should I go? I don't know.

   SAHMStudent replied to newSN's topic in General Nursing

   No kids? go for it. Especially if this job opportunity for him could lead to more relocation. If you give up your dream job for his, and he gets another job offer to move again, you'll really start resenting your missed opportunities. As a mom and w...

3. Nursing students...I can't believe...

   SAHMStudent replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

   OP, I was you in nursing school. After a year in a very busy trauma/ICU I find myself thinking about going back to school. NOT because I cannot handle the workload, but because I feel very disconnected from my original nursing goals. I am really le...

4. How old were you when you finished nursing school?

   SAHMStudent replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

   Second career for me- graduated at 31 with my ADN......BSN is going to be a lot slower Est. grad 2014 (one class at a time) if I start in 18 months. Mayyyyyybe I'll do an RN-> MSN program with a similar timeline. Once I figure out what I want that...

5. How valuable is speaking Spanish in health care?

   SAHMStudent replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

   Depends on where you live. In the D.C. Metro area, I wish at least once a day I was fluent in Spanish.

6. Watch your manners please..

   SAHMStudent replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry to hear that you had to encounter such a rude tech while in a very stressful situation with your grandfather. I'm hoping the nurse reported the tech, or contacted the tech's supervisor. People joke to cope, but this person was desensitized ...

7. Critical Care to start

   SAHMStudent replied to Scubascott94's topic in Critical

   Do you work on my unit?

8. Relationships with Doctors

   SAHMStudent replied to G in Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

   No romantic relationships with anyone you work with ever!!! I say "don't get your honey where you get your money"....MD's, PA's, other RN's, PCTs, PT's, OT's, LPNs, Lab techs, xray....the list goes on and on. It almost never ends well, and yes, every...

9. Night Shift For Newbies

   SAHMStudent replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all the tips. I am scared about the drive home more than anything else. I have an hour commute, and am freaked out about the driving. Does anyone take a quick nap in the car before driving home, or does the sleepy feeling hit halfway thro...

10. Mother/Baby VENT!!!

    SAHMStudent replied to BaByNuRsE07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry to hear you are going through this. I just started working, so have no experienced words of wisdom. ((hugs))

11. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    SAHMStudent replied to Loux's topic in Career Support

    If I was your age and could do my life all over again, I'd go to med school. I'm smart enough, but went through a lot of crap as a teen, and ruined my grades. I didn't go to college until I was in my 20's. I love my life, my husband, my daughter, and...

12. Vertical Violence on the floor

    SAHMStudent replied to lobianm's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! I'm sorry but that is hilarious. Not the rest of your story, that is sad and scary. As a new nurse I feel like I have plenty to worry about, never mind looking over my shoulder all the time. Yikes. No wonder they practically brand us with "docum...

13. DC Area Job Opportunities

    SAHMStudent replied to Conan the Nurse's topic in Washington DC

    I have no inside connections anywhere. I had some clinical rotations at the hospital I was hired at, but I knew nobody when I applied. I used LinkedIn to find the correct spelling of the RN recruiter's name and researched them, used good resume paper...

14. DC Area Job Opportunities

    SAHMStudent replied to Conan the Nurse's topic in Washington DC

    I got a job, just graduated last month with my ASN. I consider myself very lucky. The problem with this area is that while there are a lot of medical facilities, there are also a lot of RN programs. Both BSN and ASN; about 15 total within an hour-1 1...

15. Just got ATT-gonna hurl!

    SAHMStudent posted a topic in NCLEX

    Seriously trying not to hyperventilate right now. I did not expect to react this way to permission to test- never mind taking the test. "I will Pass, I will Pass, I will Pass"- my new mantra for the next month or so.....