IcySageNurse

IcySageNurse

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  1. Reactions to being a NP

    I apologize if I insulted you - that was not my intention. There are definitely many, many NP programs out there that do a WONDERFUL job preparing their students. Most of the reputable schools, especially those attached to large academic medical cent...
  2. Reactions to being a NP

    Unfortunately, I think part of the problem is that it's really easy to be a bad nurse - and bad nurses still make money. It seems every school in the country has a nursing program, including accelerated ones for people coming from a different career,...
  3. NPs: How did you learn clinical skills??

    Thank you! Very helpful
  4. Thought I would have a job by now. Getting depressed

    This is the reality. THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE! Every school in the US has cashed in on the nursing thing, spreading lies about the shortage to get more and more students. Hundreds of nursing schools seem to pop up overnight. They know there are n...
  5. Can you work straights days?

    I left my first job due to the long commute with the hours...I didn't leave my second job due to dissatisfaction. I quite enjoyed working there, but I HAD to move. It was a relocation issue.
  6. Can you work straights days?

    Well: 1. My previous hospital switched people from days to nights to evenings - all in the same week! I was a zombie, I can't switch that fast, and it was unsafe for me. I'm hoping in my new area, it won't be like that. I'm in a whole different state...
  7. north pay better than south

    Don't forget insane taxes in north vs south eats a lot of your take home pay! Sales tax is higher, property tax is higher, tolls are higher, state income tax is higher - that can amount to a 10-20% reduction in take home pay! Combined with cost of li...
  8. Can you work straights days?

    I have another thread on here about trying to get back into the hospital setting, and this is sort of related. After nursing school, I quit my first hospital job after about 3 weeks because I couldn't deal with the scheduling. I absolutely felt like ...
  9. Can you work straights days?

    So here's the deal: I started in a hospital straight out of nursing school. Left after a VERY short amount of time (like 4 weeks) because I couldn't deal with 12 hour shifts, weekends, etc. I then moved to working into a primary care office, where I'...
  10. Doctors serving fast food and providing cleaning services in US

    Yes, states should give NPs more autonomy. The lack of planning on the part some physician-immigrants from Latin America has nothing to do with whether or not professionals such as NPs should be practicing free of limitations.
  11. NPs: How did you learn clinical skills??

    Is there an FNP/ACNP combined program?
  12. MDs dont own the physician title

  13. north pay better than south

    It's not north vs south as much as rural vs urban. I know that in many parts of the RURAL north, they make less, and yet cost of living is higher. You guys are using Boston, NYC, etc as comparison. Example: I know someone living in Charlotte, NC who ...
  14. Does anyone else plan to stay in bedside?

    There's nothing wrong with using nursing as a stepping stone for other things. It just so happens a BSN is required to be an NP or CRNA, just like a BS is required to go on to graduate school. I know very few people who go to undergrad planning to st...
  15. NPs: How did you learn clinical skills??

    I was thinking of things like this: 12-lead ECG interpretation Chest x-ray interpretation Hemodynamic monitoring Suturing Spirometry & peak flowassessment Local anesthesia application Papanicolaou smear test Central venous line insertion Arterial...