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"Should I continue on with the LVN job, and work home health part time while finishing my BSN if my plan is to work acute care as a RN?" Good plan. Stick with your fairly secure job which still...

"You have what it takes, you should never give up" I see a lot of this sentiment on AN. Thing is, how do people know this? The only thing we have to go on is a posting. Not everyone can do...

"The other concern for me though, and this has nothing to do with you, is that you are told that you can't hack it at the bedside but you'd be great running the show and telling others how to do the...

...then they should have the RIGHT to endure the consequences of their actions without the taxpayer being beholden to pay for the medical expenses of cleaning up their behavioral messes.

You could always respond by asking them how much they weigh...

Some people in my nursing class had NEVER done patient care and hit a kind of wall the first time they had to do something personal like toilet or bath another adult. CNA experience can help you get...

Not always; I've found three jobs (reputable) on Craigslist.

Funny, I thought they were called "Nursing Homes" because you got nursing care there. These types of ratios make it impossible. Get out while you still have your sanity.

"I want to be on top, I do not want to be at the bottom any longer than I have to" Ouch. Is this what you think of nursing before you've even become licensed?

****************************** Stop preaching and getting off the real topic. There are multitudes of underemployed or never-employed American nurses, new grads, current students. We have no need...

"ANA recognizes the seriousness of the nursing shortage especially in this economy, and our emphasis is on investment in our domestic nursing workforce. ANA is deeply concerned with expansion of...

"By the time you actually graduate and take NCLEX, some time will have passed, and you will have a "clean slate" on your credit anyway." I believe the bankruptcy discharge shows up for seven...

************************* And so it begins. Funny the self-identified Jewish responders weren't offended...

Does the job that you're on leave from currently know that you're not returning? Are they holding your job open for you? That could affect what kind of a reference that they will give a prospective...

"Come and work LTC for even one day, and I guarantee you would change your opinion. We perform many of the same skills as acute care, and then some. You have a whole rainbow of psych issues to...

It is impossible to give truly good care in LTC. The ratios v. expectations are obscene, and when push comes to shove, management is more concerned about the paperwork. That's probably one of the...

People have spoken a lot about care plans in addition to diagnoses. What does a care plan really do other than take time away from actually providing care? Do nurses really get out of report, and...

...doing dressings with 1/4 strength Dakin's solution and sometimes diluted betadine.

-I acknowledge that it's illegal to discriminate and not hire a pregnant women. I also didn't say that people shouldn't post this question, I wrote that obviously people feel that it's not the nicest...

I am SO sick of the "it's illegal to discriminate" being used to justify doing a crummy thing to your department and co-workers. 1. It's a six month orientation; they're putting a lot of time and...

In general on most floors, a full pt assignment is MORE than enough. To be expected to take on other duties is insane. Hosp. admin will hang you out to dry if something happens to one of the charges...

"Furthermore, none of the areas of this site are restricted. If I see a question that I am qualified to answer, then I will" Exhibit "A" as to why they SHOULD be restricted...

"I don't care about candy coating what I feel, so you will all need to learn to deal with it.:redbeathe" You'll be a real joy to work with, IF you pass your boards and get a job...

Yet another reason why it would behoove a nursing site to be restricted to actual nurses....

People need to realize though, that 12 hr shifts are NEVER 12 hours. If you can tolerate three 13-14 hr shifts a week, go for it.