WittyUsername

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1. What does a male nurse practioner do?

   WittyUsername replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Men

   BMWs and electrical problems??? shocking....

2. (RN) Salaries

   WittyUsername replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in General Nursing

   BSNs may not get paid more, but they will get first dibs on jobs assuming all else is equal. I think more people are feeling the pressure to do BSN or RN-BSN given the economic climate.

3. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

   WittyUsername replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Hunt

   The problem is hospitals live in the moment, meaning the current fiscal year. Over the next decade, there WILL be a huge increase of older Americans needing care. Schools graduate nurses and then wash their hands of them, hospitals are reluctant to t...

4. Vague Information

   WittyUsername replied to luvmyfab5's topic in Criminal

   The big issue will be with the BON because they can see everything, although I imagine you will be fine. Your background for clinicals and future employers won't be able to see arrests w/ no charges filed

5. Have felony in michigan. Applied for Florida Licence, it was APPROVED...

   WittyUsername replied to nursester's topic in Criminal

   what was the crime? Some HR managers may be willing to look past it if it's unrelated to your profession.

6. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

   WittyUsername replied to agent's topic in Male Students

   Anyone have experience doing an RN-BSN while working? I have a B.S. already but it will only cost~$10k to do ADN (+ another $10k for an online RN-BSN) compared to ~$35k for an accelerated BSN. I'm concerned about BSNs getting selected over ADNs with ...

7. Advice plz!!! New in Nursing

   WittyUsername replied to dkim4429's topic in Male Students

   Without going into too much detail here is the rundown of NP/PA: -To start, almost all PA schools require hundreds to thousands of hours of hands-on experience-your time as a corpsman may suffice. NPs are a bit more relaxed from what I've seen. -NPs ...

8. Please help me!! New in nursing

   WittyUsername replied to dkim4429's topic in Men

   Not true, there are direct entry MSN programs for people with no nursing experience. I am not a fan of someone with zero nursing experience being able to transition into a Master's level program, but they do exist.

9. I'm a CNA just because I want experience

   WittyUsername replied to blessed2bfree's topic in CNA/MA

   Yeah, I'm hoping the CNA will be a nice way to get my foot in the door. Possibly even at the hospital I will be doing clincals at. The only downfall is ~$10 does not go very far.

10. 84% = Failing Grade?

    WittyUsername replied to WittyUsername's topic in Pre-Nursing

    wow pretty surprised to see such a big spread in GPA scales. 3.0 is pretty much the standard for scholarships, BSN, and a million other things. Big difference between a 90% and 80% average.

11. 84% = Failing Grade?

    WittyUsername posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    I talked to a friend early today who just started an RN program and is already worried about getting kicked out. Her nursing calculations and nursing funds has the following grading scale: A=95%, B=90%, C=85%, anything below is failing. Has anyone e...

12. Staff RN's earn more than Nurse Manager?!

    WittyUsername replied to haitianrn's topic in Management

    This is not exclusive to nursing everyone. I worked in a restaurant in college where the manager made ~$50,000/yr but ended up working 65 hrs/wk to cover people. Most of us were part-time wage, but if we had worked full-time we probably would have m...

13. I'm a CNA just because I want experience

    WittyUsername replied to blessed2bfree's topic in CNA/MA

    has anyone used their CNA cert for a different job within the hospital, say some kind of lab assistant? I have a B.S. and won't be starting my accel BSN program till next summer. In the mean time, I'd like to get healthcare experience, but CNA pay i...

14. Low 1st year GPA, how do I explain it?

    WittyUsername posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    Here's my story: -Completing a B.S. this spring and looking to apply to an accelerated BSN program this summer. (Apps due mid-June to July) -I currently have a 2.7 GPA. I had an absolutely HORRIBLE 1st year, there really is no excuse for it, I was ...

15. explunged record and got hired?

    WittyUsername replied to angie22's topic in Criminal

    the board can see EVERYTHING, expunged or not so disclose it. By the time you're done with school you'll be around 25. I imagine that 7 years of a clean record will be fine.