katie6126

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1. RN BSN to...? Did you pursue a different degree?

   katie6126 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all! I'm an RN BSN with a little over a years experience in the hospital. Lately I've been wanting to go back to school but I am stuck as to what for. I don't see myself working at the bedside for the rest of my career but at the same time am not ...

2. New Grad in NICU - Advice?

   katie6126 posted a topic in NICU

   Hi everyone :) I got my BSN in December and was hired for a large hospitals NICU floor around April. Orientation began in June and I've been there almost a month now. I am doing rotations with another orientee in the Postpartum floor, then will rotat...

3. BSN Grad - Venting, Frustrated with Job Search

   katie6126 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone! I just got my BSN in December. I've had my Associates in Nursing and license since 2014. During the time I was enrolled in my BSN program my job hunt began but I now see this has only exhausted me emotionally as hospitals didn't conside...

4. plea for collective wisdom -- new grad RN nurse struggling badly

   katie6126 replied to vespera186's topic in General Nursing

   How long have you been there? I think many new grads starting on their first RN job, regardless of the floor, can relate to you. You should not compare yourself to your preceptor because she/he has have years of experience already and obviously that ...

5. What counts as psych experience?

   katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Nursing

   That would be another goal, and I have applied to hospital inpatient settings, however it is just difficult to land that hospital job (I figure it is largely due to the fact I do not have my BSN yet and might be also related to lack of experience). I...

6. What counts as psych experience?

   katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you both for your comments so far, it does seem the most related would be substance abuse. I would definitely be grateful for any type of experience though, even if it is mildly related :) The correctional facility is in dire need of nurses and...

7. What counts as psych experience?

   katie6126 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I thought I would post this in general nursing, as it applies to my career as a whole :) Hi everyone. I am a new grad (got my license December 2014) and only have two more months of my BSN program to go! I am excited for a lot of doors opening and ha...

8. Help? I regret this career choice?

   katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

   A lot of assumptions: - I have actually not gone to many parties, I'm quite more of a bookworm then anything else. Idk what about my post made you conclude I was some lazy, degenerate club rat but m'kay - Wasn't expecting an 80K a year job - So beca...

9. Help? I regret this career choice?

   katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

   Why so?

10. Help? I regret this career choice?

    katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

    I will definitely look into ultrasound tech, perhaps it will be useful to wait until I get my BSN to get the training. Thank you for the suggestion. In the long run I was considering a Master's in perhaps Nurse Informatics or maybe I could go for a m...

11. Help? I regret this career choice?

    katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

    Thank you, I'll look into it.

12. Help? I regret this career choice?

    katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

    You're assuming a lot of things and creating a whole bunch of fallacies towards my case. ALL professions end up working or bringing home work on the weekends, it's a fact of life. I'm not crying over the fact that I'm going to have to work weekends, ...

13. Help? I regret this career choice?

    katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

    Notice how I was wondering if there was any suggestions in what other field to work in with a BSN degree, not to not work at all. Maybe before you go on and throw a condescending rant at me on how I don't want to be an adult, you might want to take a...

14. Help? I regret this career choice?

    katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

    You're completely on the mark, even mentioned it in the paragraph lol.

15. Help? I regret this career choice?

    katie6126 replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

    That comment you're quoting was not in response to yours.