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They all expect too much. They have all been doing it for so long that it is like breathing to them and they cannot comprehend why others have difficulty with the overwhelming amount of knowledge and...

I was let go after 3 months from a LTCsituation. I have a BSN but could find no other work I live in NY and no hospitals, home care agencies respond to resumes. I have applied within 100 mile radius....

There is also the issue of skin breakdown from lying in your own sweat for weeks on end, not to mention other body excretions. I would personally do body audits to be sure no resident has suffered...

If you think that's bad, I graduated with a BSN and 3.5 GPA in 2010 and am now back to a dead end job in med transcription which I have years of experience in. Comically, the hospital that hired me...

Sorry about typos. On mobile device that has a mind of its own.

I too was looking for IV verify class. Adelphi has them but they are only one day and the cost is $225. When I asked if they gave out IV certification certificates at the end they said no, just...

Fact is, none of these people has ever seen the HIPAA law. Why? Because it can' be bought anywhere nor is it online in its entirety. Since 1996, it has undergone at least 6 restores and is probably...

I grad in 2010, BSN, RN, 3.5 GPA, still no job. Have now taken job as med transcript which is what I used to do before. Got hired by hosp I applied to for nursing (got no ans) but they did ans my...

I am a BSN, RN grad in 2010 and have never found a nursing job and I am now working in a med clerical job. And I grad with a 3.5 GPA. No one seems to care about GPA, however. In any event, I work in...

I am an RN BSN grad from 2010, 3.5 GPA, dept honors. To date, I have never even been called for an interview for a hospital and I have sent resumes within a 60 mile radius from where I live. I cannot...

It is easy to say study nursing interventions and do not memorize book, but the prior poster did not offer any specifics as to HOW to study. Students need a system for studying and a system for...

This situation has never happened to me but I know people that it has happened to; some of them dropped out of nursing school and others retook the course, finished the rest of their coursework, went...

yet another piece of the intricate puzzle that is the “nursing shortage” i have been doing a great deal of thinking about this as it affects all of us, but new and recent grads in particular who...

Agencies will not hire you unless you have a minimum of one year experience. I graduated with someone who had a 4.0 and she tried to apply for travel nursing and was told to come back in a year when...

The situation is the same in New York State, where I lived. Grad in 2010, BSN, 3.5 GPA, still no job. Told by local hosp my grades not good enough to be hired, need a 3.9 or a 4.0. Have to be in top...

Lindarn: I hate to say this, but I have already tried to warn nursing students in several schools where I have tutored nursing about the job market and have even tried to give them advice as to the...

I would like to offer the following: http://nymag.com/news/features/68991/ This is an article about the precarious state of NY hospitals. Here is a clip from the article: "Unlike St....

When I got my first LTC job, I had an application that I had had for months from a job fair they had held. I called and asked if they were still hiring and was transferred to the DON, who invited me...

A bed alarm is only as good as the nearest person who hears it and responds. I have not seen bed alarms the alert the nurse at the nurse's station if she/he is far away from the patient's room nor...

I have heard similar nurse patient ratios for new grads from some of my former colleagues, i.e. 7-10 patients per nurse. It looks like this is happening in alot of places.

If it was me, I would show up, let them see how sick I am and then have them elect to say "go home".

This is not the only place this scenario is playing out. I live in the Hudson Valley, upstate NY, and the Hudson River Psych Center has been an institution here for years. Several years back, they...

I don't understand why you think it is too late to become an M.D. A doctor I saw years ago, who was the most wonderful physician I ever had, went to medical school and graduated at the age of 35. ...

We all know that there are alot of errors made in all nursing environments, some are accidental ommisions, some are comissions, some patients may not get meds or treatments by accident or just...

I had a similar, although not so horrific, situation with a patient who had a living will while I was in clinicals. He also did not have a DNR and apparently thought the living will would be enough,...