kellilou3

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1. anyone else changing careers to go into nursing?

   kellilou3 replied to amyrae76's topic in Career Support

   There appears to be some strange relationship between accounting and nursing, because many people on this board are leaving jobs as accountants to become nurses. I know someone who actually went in the opposite direction-leaving nursing for accounti...

2. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

   kellilou3 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

   Stitchie, I laughed out loud when I read the part about the fax machine, because the exact same thing happened to me while working a temp job after being laid off. After several unsuccessful interviews, the final straw was when, during a lunch inte...

3. Don't shoot me for asking but...

   kellilou3 replied to Hopegirl's topic in General Nursing

   If a nursing student works in a hospital throughout school as an aide or patient care tech, does he/she have a better chance of being hired on at that same hospital as an RN straight into day shift?

4. Should I work as an aid this summer???

   kellilou3 replied to nurseRNtobe's topic in General Students

   I was thinking of doing this once I'm finally able to start my nursing classes. What are the duties of a patient care tech or aide? nurseRN2B, I wish you the best of luck in your decision. I can understand how you would be torn, but to me the best ...

5. Rude Cna To Nurses

   kellilou3 replied to inna's topic in Relations

   I think what you have on your hands is what experts are now calling a "workplace bully". Maybe you should just flat out ask her why she feels the need to degrade you in front of patients. Why does she get satisfaction out of doing that, when it jus...

6. registering and scheduling woes

   kellilou3 replied to CVnurse08's topic in General Nursing

   A similar thing happened to me this semester (also my first semester), and I was told by an advisor to keep checking the schedule over the next few months, because people will drop "like flies" before school starts. I was told by another student to ...

7. Taking out the trash

   kellilou3 replied to VAC's topic in General Nursing

   RNPATL, you're right, I have no idea what a typical day will be like for me as a nurse, and I would take offense to having trash duty added to my list of responsibilities if I didn't even have time to perform the basic necessities of the job. The po...

8. Maxed out student loans??

   kellilou3 replied to tennyson's topic in General Nursing

   I have only heard of bridge programs that take about 3 years to get your MSN. I don't think there are any that take only one year. Also, doesn't getting non-profit consumer credit counseling give you a ding on your credit report? Seems like I have ...

9. Taking out the trash

   kellilou3 replied to VAC's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't even started nursing school yet but hold the idea that my job as a nurse will be to fulfill the patient's needs, and if the trash is nasty and overflowing, then I will empty it as a courtesy to the patient. The thought that I may have to e...

10. Maxed out student loans??

    kellilou3 replied to tennyson's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I thought--my degree is in Psychology as well, and I wasn't able to find a good paying job with it. I got a job right out of college doing data entry making $10 an hour. Do administrative assistants make better money there than $10 an h...

11. Need advice please - Nurse shadowing

    kellilou3 replied to sleepymom's topic in General Nursing

    I called a local facility and asked how I would go about shadowing a nurse, and they said that I couldn't due to HIPPA laws. I only called the one facility, though, so maybe you should call several in your area, ask for the human resources departmen...

12. Maxed out student loans??

    kellilou3 replied to tennyson's topic in General Nursing

    What are your degrees in?

13. Why are you a NP rather than an RN?

    kellilou3 replied to kellilou3's topic in NP

    My only concern is that I won't even like nursing or won't be good at it, and will not realize this until after I've spent thousands of dollars for my MSN. Plus, the only university in this area that offers a bridge program is Vanderbilt, and it wou...

14. Maxed out student loans??

    kellilou3 replied to tennyson's topic in General Nursing

    If I were in that situation, I would put off school until I could pay off some of that debt. Or at least go for the ADN while working as much as possible to keep my head above water, especially considering that you're currently living off of credit ...

15. Nursing Avenues

    kellilou3 replied to MrsK1223's topic in General Nursing

    What type of education/experience is required to become a patient educator? I looked it up on the internet but wasn't able to find anything. I'm sure there is some type of certification you need to obtain, but do you generally have to be an RN, and...