BA_anthropology

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Starting BHSN in the fall of 2010

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  1. Let RN license lapse to get out of "Old" new grad rut?

    Thanks! I live in the metro area of the East Coast. Because we can get by on my husband's salary for now, me relocating and splitting up the family just isn't something we think is a good idea for us. I've tried evvvverywhere that I can imagine mi...
  2. Let RN license lapse to get out of "Old" new grad rut?

    Again, as indicated in the original post and explicitly stated above, I would never lie about it. That wasn't even on the table as an option. And the "sales pitch" as you put it is the exact and honest current situation. I do need to work and I do ...
  3. Let RN license lapse to get out of "Old" new grad rut?

    THANK YOU for this response. This sums up exactly what I was going to respond, too! Also, because I saw it mentioned a couple of times, I would have been extremely upfront with the hiring manager. That is why I asked how you all thought they would...
  4. 1.5 years after graduation and I have not a single nursing job under my belt. What is a girl to do after spending all that money and time and work on an education? I've come up with a plan? What do you think? What if I allowed my RN license to laps...
  5. Thanks for the responese!! Do you know, if I went back for a BSN would I be considered a new grad (and eligible for a job) even though I got my RN license after finishing my diploma program?
  6. I'm wondering if I go back for either an RN-MSN program or a RN-BSN program, will I still find myself just as unemployable? I gradated in Dec 2011 with an RN diploma degree. Right after graduation, I moved out of the country for 6 months due to my ...
  7. Advice about getting into critical care

    Okay, I'm sure there are a lot of posts asking a very similar question, but my situation is just a tad bit different and I'd appreciate any opinions. I'm a "new grad" nurse and I really want to get into critical care. I mean, really. For some compl...
  8. Just want to share

    I got 10cc's of residual the first time, gave 600 cc of free water because when I got there his Na+ went way up (600 to replace insensible water loss, I learned!), titrated up his feedings, then got 350cc residual. It was very cool!! Also got to suct...
  9. Just want to share

    Thanks, I still changed it. I'd rather not share at all than share too much. :-/
  10. Just want to share

    You know what, I originally used information that was not totally true-- you know, similar in the level of care it would require but the real story "story." I was definitely thinking about HIPAA. However, this scared the crap out of me and I edited ...
  11. Just want to share

    Today in clinical py pt has a foley that has been irrigated (perhaps it will need to be irrigated again), a PEG that needs residual check Q4H (never done this before) and has been having 300cc's of residual, a PICC line, pressure ulcers, and yesterda...
  12. Taking 6 months off nursing...right after graduation?

    Okay, thanks for all the suggestions and feedback everyone! I'm still not 100% sure what the next best thing to do is. Hopefully, something will pan out with getting experience over there (thanks for USA jobs suggestion-- I have looked there before,...
  13. Taking 6 months off nursing...right after graduation?

    Yes, that's the plan. Does it make any difference for finding a job when I get back?
  14. Hi everyone, So traveling for 6 months after graduation has been the plan since before I started nursing school, but I'm terrified I'm going to be 100% out of luck finding a job when I get back. Initially, it was going to be a full year but that seem...
  15. MD's orders

    Agreed! I actually tried REALLY hard to think of what I should say and do to make sure the patient felt safe with both the doctor and myself. Including just stating that it wasn't how I'd learned to do it, etc. I was just kind of dumbfounded!