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Many, including myself, are in the same boat. I've taken an expensive "refresher course." It was a waste of money, as far as being considered for employment. With the fable of "nursing shortage"...

Great, thank you much for the replies! I will look further into the postings before asking further questions. You've been great!

I did telephone triage for about 10 years, some 8 or so years ago. I understand most is now done from the employees home. Can anyone give me a ROUGH idea of how much telephone triage is now paying?...

Bravo! The ONLY thing wrong with that cartoon is portraying a nurse actually have time to sit down and NOT frantically charting...

I heartily agree... at least for the more desireable positions. To compete with the hoards of new grads, established nurses, foreign nurses flooding the market, you will need EVERY advantage you can...

Again, the REAL question is not "why should I NOT date him," but "why SHOULD I date him?" Statistics tell us he WILL stop taking his medication, statistics tell us he WILL believe he no longer needs...

Yes, yes it does. As nursing jobs become harder and harder to acquire, as part time becomes more the norm, anything... and I mean ANYTHING that make you more marketable is the way to go. Heck, if...

Tertpsych: wow! (Almost) unbelieveable! I guess I'm just jaded by my 2 stints in psychiatric settings. I hope the company you work for never stoops low to the greed and maliciousness that I've...

California nurses who work in hospitals, in my opinion, usually have good wages and little to complain about. If you work in other areas, i.e., mental health, home care, skilled nursing facilities,...

If you ask hospital administrators, they will tell you: "YES! Of COURSE!" as they want to tip the supply and demand axiom, creating only part-time and per-diem postions for nurses where we compete...

I've worked 2 psych units, one private for-profit and one county. Examples: night shift, 18 clients, me (R.N.) and ONE non-licenced staff to do admissions, medication passes, redirecting clients,...

I've never worked child psych, but I'm sure of the heartbreak. I've done my share of adolescent psych, though. Like any other age group, it's a mixed bag. Lots of difficulty understanding how adults...

I, too, would REALLY like to see some hard statistics, but my guess is that they will NEVER come forth. In both E.R. and psych settings, I hear from both nurses and "lay" persons the general...

I would agree with Creamyitalian, generally. Of the two facilities I've worked for (private "for profit" and a county facility) both were chaotic, hectic, dangerous. My days were spent desperately...

In California, for "for profit" acute in-patient psychiatric it is generally about $8 to $10 an hour less, or so has been my experience.

ChitownCna, you are right... except it is getting hard to get a job even WITH experience in some areas, especially if you want full time! Even Yahoo! hasn't been suggesting nursing as "hot" jobs...

If your boss is anything like the ones I've had in psych, I'm surprised they haven't taken drastic measures such as a mandatory class (taken on-line on your own, unpaid, time) about patient safety...

If you haven't "gotten" it yet, healthcare is, first and foremost, a business. Nurses, especially registered nurses, are "overpaid technicians" that are a necessity yet get in the way of profits. ...

Hmmm... well, your administration could always do what mine did... put up another safety poster in the "break room" (like there were times for breaks; I'd see the posters only when I had to use the...

For a CAN? Jobs are there, pay may not be enough to live on, though. The work, from what I've heard, is brutal. Check out Craigslist, etc.

California has "punked" us nurses. Hospital administrators have learned to use the Nurse/Patient Ratio Act to lure nurses in from all over the world, looking to ending full time employment, and have...

California's nursing jobs are TOUGH to come by for just about everyone, especially new grads. With the entire world of nurses wanting to come work here, full time positions are rare, even for those...

Thank you, Sarmedic70, for keeping this thread going. Sometimes, we nurses (and other healthcare professionals) can be our own worst enemies. We ALL must be ever vigilant against those, even in our...

Kimha: I would avoid either... LVN's are having a tough time finding work. RN's, especially new grads are having a tough time finding work. LPT's are having a tough time finding work. I hate to...

I've worked with LPT's, most are darn good, knowledgeable and hard working. The problem is jobs. They are a specialty that doesn't cross borders... RN's and LVN's can work psych, but LPT's can't...