saphira

saphira has 3 years experience and specializes in Med-surg, LTC, learning Psych.

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1. Is it TOO late???

   saphira replied to san073's topic in Career Support

   No! It's not too late. I started nursing school at 33, got my ASN. I am now 38, just graduated Magna Cum Laude from a BSN program and in 3 years will be an Adult Nurse Practitioner. In 3 years (as someone put it), I'll still be 41, but I'll be 41 ...

2. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   saphira replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   I worked on a Geriatric Psych unit. We had one lady who seemed to be making progress and then all the sudden get worse. One day she came out of her room, went up to the GN I was orienting and said, "Dan, take me to your leader. Take me to your lead...

3. BSN online

   saphira replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am getting my BSN through Stonybrook University (SUNY system school) and their online program. Great program, good instructors. Everything is online except the one time I had to videotape myself and send it in. I'm going to do the FNP the same w...

4. RN to BSN online

   saphira replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Learning

   SUNY (State University of New York) at Stonybrook. I'm enrolled now and it's all online RN - BSN. No clinicals. Must be licensed in the state in which you practice without restrictions. Can also be a GN, but must be licensed without restrictions ...

5. Is this a HIPAA violation

   saphira replied to avalynn's topic in General Nursing

   YUP!!!!!! It's a violation and illegal. And you should tell your friend to report it. Did she save any of the written/text messaged stuff? If she did, she needs to take that to them, too.

6. Should I look for another job - advice needed

   saphira replied to Wendy_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Heck, I'd look for a new employer. But if you're hesitant to do that, I'd absolutely transfer. You're not supposed to be counted as staff for orientation (or at least, any of the places I worked didn't). The hospital hired you presumably to train ...

7. Weekend BSN programs

   saphira replied to jewels31103's topic in New York

   I know St. Joseph's Hospital up in Syracuse, NY has a weekend only program. You graduate with an ADN and can enroll in a 4 year program. A nurse I worked with graduated from there with her ADN and was (still is) an amazing nurse. She recommends the p...

8. supportive envirnments

   saphira replied to cookielady,rn's topic in New York

   What a loaded question....the job I just took and started on the 12th will be wonderfully supportive, but then again it's a state facility and unionized with all kinds of benefits and they're begging people to stay and paying premium rates for upstat...

9. Starting income for ADN R.N.s in upstate NY?

   saphira replied to NewJA's topic in New York

   New grads in Binghamton up to Syracuse make between $15 and $19 base an hour. Depends on the facility and whether or not it's unionized. Nursing homes and doctors' offices pay less than hospitals. I started at $18.49, but they gave me credit for m...

10. Welcome, New York Nurses!

    saphira replied to Ted's topic in New York

    Hi all from Binghamton, NY I was born in Brooklyn, lived in NH and MA and came back here for school (not in nursing), stayed here in Binghamton and then became a nurse. Looking forward to "meeting" all of you.

11. Psych RN's, being phased out???

    saphira replied to Halinja's topic in Psychiatric

    That's true--there's a push to phase out advanced practice nurses to have them get DNPs or Doctorates in Nursing Practice. This would be for new advanced practice nurses. Any nurse graduating before the DNP becomes the standard would be grandfathered...

12. So how important is a Med-Surg background?

    saphira replied to amanda sue's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm starting a job in a psych center this coming Thursday. They hired me in part because I had a year of med-surg under my belt as an RN and 9 months in LTC as an LPN. They wanted someone with good basic assessment skills. It probably helped that ...

13. Business casual

    saphira replied to LadySugarBug's topic in General Nursing

    When I did my psych rotation, we wore nice slacks, modest shirts and blouses, sweaters, sneakers or other comfortable, closed shoes with nothing more than a 1 inch heel. Worked well. I graduated in May 2005 and that psych rotation was my last one ...

14. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

    saphira replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I went back to school at 33 after having gotten a BA in Romance Languages and an MA in Comparative Literature. I taught for a few years in my 20s, did some other things after I realized I hated teaching, then said "Ok, I'm going to do it." M...

15. RN's and the dreaded clinical experience...

    saphira replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from an ADN program in May 2005. Fortunately I went to a good program that tried its hardest to give us a variety of experiences. Unfortunately, I ran into a lot of experienced nurses who did not want to deal with me unless I was doing ...