WDM08002

WDM08002

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  1. That seems odd, robinson. I have never seen an employer use hours of work to determine your experience. They usually just ask how long you were employed. To nurseeducate, sometimes people are forced to take jobs that are less desirable or jobs t...
  2. I agree, to be sure. Would never trash a prior place of employment publically or to a future employer.
  3. There are a lot of new grad hospital jobs in central NY

    The only other hospital in the city itself is Community General. That and the ones I listed are pretty much most of the hospitals in Syracuse, if not all of them!
  4. People keep talking about how 1 year of experience will open up the job market to you in a huge way. I often do see job postings that ask for 1 year RN experience or 1 year acute care experience. But my question is, how strict is that requirement t...
  5. OK- Freaking out about TB now!

    TB is not as scary as it seems, truly. To get an active infection, it requires chronic exposure to somebody or to multiple infected people in very crowded areas, like in a refugee camp. Multiple exposures are required. Even if you didn't wear a mas...
  6. Yeah, decided to take the full time job. Will do BSN part time on the side.
  7. Getting an MSN without experience is odd.
  8. Already passed boards. I would try to look for a job in the area I want to live in, closer to my family. I would be happy with LTC, if I can find it.
  9. Fictional vital sign charting

    I can't even count how many times I've witnessed RNs, LPNs, and CNAs all writing in vital signs that they didn't take. Often they just use the previous set of vital signs and maybe change a few numbers.
  10. The thing is I really hate the areas where the jobs are. One is very rural, about an hour from a small city and about 5 hours from anywhere substantial. I won't know anybody there. :/
  11. A combination of reasons. I decided late in the year to go to nursing school and an ADN program was the only location still admitting people in my area. Otherwise I would have gone into a BSN program. I also had a lot of pre-reqs to take that the ...
  12. Okay, but I do already have a couple of job offers from hospitals. I am thinking of forgoing them in order to continue my BSN full time. Part of that is because I don't like the areas of the facilities.
  13. Most RN to BSN programs don't have a clinical component. How would places be able to offer an online RN to BSN program if there were clinicals? The exception are those that have like a 45 hour volunteer component.
  14. I just graduated from an ADN program in May and passed boards and I am enrolled in an RN BSN program. I want to go full time and just get it over with. But on the other hand, I am 24 years old and have no real work history. So my dilemma is if I s...
  15. All interesting views. I know orientation times differ from facility to facility, and especially are prolonged in specialty areas for new grads, but what would you estimate is the minimum time required to see a return on the investment in general me...