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I like what she does, but the OT programs are very competitive. She suggested becoming a PA.

Ok. We all know MA and nursing is not the same. The pay is not the same... and the education is NOT the same. BTW, MAs are only trained, therefore, a monkey can do that job. I need your advice!...

Actually, some programs require some kind of direct patient experience. CNA is the perfect way to get it. Medical assistant is a bit harder to find a job...and the training is longer than the CNA....

The only people you'll probably have a problem with: the other nurses. I find that the inmates are mostly respectful. The people you work with are a big problem. I once had a doctor ask me to...

Mary, inmates don't have access to anything sharp, pointy, hard...ect. Most meds that you'll come in contact will be oral. You're also required to keep count of all your sharps...and anything...

Are you a new grad?

I'm at the other end of the spectrum. I graduated with a B.A. in Psychology with a 3.9 and when I took my nursing prereqs I got "Cs" in a & p... and an "A" in Micro. I don't know what to do at this...

The BLS is 5minutes longer and most of the time is good for 2 years. The Red Cross's is good for a years...and usually $25. Most hospitals prefer the BLS from the American Heart Association.

Why would she want to join a nursing forum when she's an occupational therapist? :uhoh3::confused: I never log out of my account...and told her about all the people going into nursing.

I let the owner of house use my account to post. Her brother and his girlfriend graduated in 2009 from a great RN program. They haven't found a job and since they all come to hang out here she's very...

There seven people in my house, and we all use the same account to post. The owner of the house is an accupational therapist whose brother and his girlfriend graduated from an great RN program in...

I would encourage you..or any one to be a president! Don't tell me you wouldn't .

I started my prereqs with my roommate and some of his classmates. They help me through Anatomy and Physio. I graduated from OT and my employer had a 60k job waiting for me. I also work for a hospital...

My roommate is the unemployed. Well, I now have two. They both graduated from a great RN program. They're now working at the school where I work as an occupational therapist. I'm trying to get them...

Why don't you go and respond to ALL the post where the new grads can't find a job...and tell them not to discourage you. When you're all done come back and tell me. Begin with the home page if you...

How am I to be encouraging. I see my roommate depressed all the time for what they were required to do to get into the nursing program...and not have a job. I hear hi's classmate cry at night because...

...so that you don't come back crying to the site when you graduate, I'm posting this. I'm an OT ...and love my job working with preschoolers in a school district. You're no competition. I just hate...

...so your husband trains another sous chef for a whole year so that he doesn't kill the people he serves?:uhoh3:

Tell me what other career takes a year where a hospital needs to take a nurse from her patients to come and hold the newbe's hand until she/he can be trusted? The hospital is paying two salaries for...

I was ablet to get her a teacher aide position, so she could help with the rent in the mean time.

My roommate and 15 grads of class of 2009 haven't found a job! Please help

The economy will probably pick up but not enough to absorb the new grads. You think there will be more and more new grads each year? Yes. More than jobs available? yes. 3 times that amount in 5...

I have a roommate who graduated on 2009. She and 75% of her classmates haven't found a job. Go to the newgrad NPs they're also having a hard time finding a job even with years of experience. Just be...

Why do schools do this to students. Every single pre-nursing student in this school thinks there's a SHORTAGE whe the area hospiatals don't even have openings for experienced nurses.

opsss!