RNYC

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1. Scared Pre-Nursing Student: Is Nursing as Bad as I Hear?

   RNYC replied to Ivy Black's topic in General Nursing

   I'd love to hear where they pay nurses 50/hr..lets give the new nurses a realistic bellweather.....if they are new RNs and lucky enough to land a job we're talking 18-34 (high end in California). I agree with 50/hr isnt enough most days, but traveler...

2. Male going into nursing (hopefully)

   RNYC replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

   6% of RNs are men....why do women get so territorial about nursing? Male doctors don't get territorial about female MDs!

3. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

   RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

   I agree its not often reliable but, I personally know people who make far more than what they are saying as NP...but I only have experience with New Jersey/New York and California. From what I hear the south is extremely low paying across the board :...

4. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

   RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

   Right but your not comparing two careers that are of equal education. Entry level for RN is BSN, ADN, Diploma...PT is masters level. The appropriate comparison is Nurse Practitioner, CRNA, Midwive, Nurse Educator etc vs PT - then we have a level play...

5. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

   RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

   PTs make a lot more than some nurses?...don't assume the career doesn't have earning potential on the RN side once people get experience. Also CRNA vs. PT there zero comparison in compensation CRNAs make out double PT salary.

6. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

   RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

   I'm BSN and even I found that comment to be way off color...its like a bad joke budumpdump ching! (crickets)

7. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

   RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

   and 3...2...1 - cue the ADN vs BSN debate!

8. New Grad who doesn't feel ready....

   RNYC replied to morningland's topic in New Nurse

   I know huh? lol...I am glad I can laugh about it now. Couple months ago it didn't seem as funny right after graduation! The good news is the following - because nursing is so diverse and encompasses to many different jobs, the likelihood of finding s...

9. New Grad who doesn't feel ready....

   RNYC replied to morningland's topic in New Nurse

   This is a great post and the take home point is, school+NCLEX preparation and passing NCLEX = your trained as a broad practitioner and to be safe (but de facto your not trained specifically to do much of anything). Nursing is, the more I think about ...

10. Question for the fellas....

    RNYC posted a topic in Men

    I am asking this directly of the male RNs in this forum (not female sorry)...I am 2 months from getting my BSN and I am doing preceptor hours in an ER. The people in the ER seem to think I can get a job there after graduation easily...there is sooooo...

11. Hopeless New Grad

    RNYC replied to Rojo2030's topic in General Nursing

    Try Alvarado? The top tier Sharp, UCSD, and Scripps are really tough...you have to know someone, or be insanely experienced. There is a lot of military nurses too in SD, and their experience is solid.

12. Going straight for my RN

    RNYC replied to Nurse Rodriguez's topic in General Nursing

    Another FYI --> RN definitely opens doors, and the pay is higher. Job prospects are a little sunnier these days but, the curriculum is apparently much much more demanding than LPN curriculum. I know several LPNs that began the RN then stopped, not...

13. Going straight for my RN

    RNYC replied to Nurse Rodriguez's topic in General Nursing

    Anatomy and Physio is helpful, but you will need to just be a sponge. You will want some basic skills like how to take vital signs, change dressings, and med calc.

14. Going straight for my RN

    RNYC replied to Nurse Rodriguez's topic in General Nursing

    Go for the RN...loans are easier to pay off when you have a 70k in income. LPN just prolongs the inevitable if you want the RN. BTW the whole bit about LPNs being "so far ahead" when they begin RN program? Not buying it. BSN programs offer hundreds o...

15. Don't know if nursing is right for me.

    RNYC replied to cloudy817's topic in Career Support

    Nursing school, especially in the accelerated BSN format, is very very time consuming. I am not sure if the material is necessarily hard to comprehend for most, but the volume is shocking. Not sure about LPN programs.