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I can completely sympathize with what you are going through (except for the pregnant part!). I think that securing preceptors is the most difficult and frustrating part of my FNP program. My advice would be first to keep calling. This semester aft...

Threads like this are depressing to me :) When I tell people that I am going to school to be an FNP, they all respond that I must be excited about making more money. I have to tell them that in all likelihood I will make less than I currently do (...

We get double pay on 12/24, 12/25, 12/31 and 1/1 plus the weekend diff which is $9/hr plus my night diff which is $5/hr. And we also get paid the 8 hrs of holiday pay (if you're off that day).

My advice: take it. Have you read all the posts here about new grads who can't find a job a year after graduation? If you absolutely hate it, you're at least gaining valuable experience you can use to move to another position later.

I'm kind of appalled at a lot of what I see in "education" lately. Way too many schools that will accept (and pass) people who can pay the tuition but have learned absolutely nothing and now have the title Nurse. Scary. So many threads here with the ...

This thread has been a reminder of why Press-Gaineys shouldn't be tied to reimbursement. Some people will never understand why the ER can't cure them. :hdvwl:

I've always really liked the Incredibly Easy series of books. I'm not sure I know of something that would lay it out better for you. If you have a few weeks, you should be able to get through it. Or, if you have a more specific area that you have ...

OP, I am glad that your manager called and cleared you for work, but be prepared for them to look for a new avenue of attack. I agree with the other poster above that you should put some feelers out for new employment.

I can remember when they increased our load from one patient to two thinking "how can I possibly get all this done?" It's a normal anxiety to have when you are getting ready to graduate and be responsible for your own practice. Give it time, and de...

From what I read on these boards, you would be lucky to get a hospital to hire you, let alone pay your education costs back to another hospital that you ran out on after they put you through school. I don't get that. Why would you take money from t...

I will concur with dixieredhead that ER doctors usually work more collegially with the nurses - we're all in it together kind of thing. If you demonstrate competence, they learn to trust you and value your judgement. As to whether that makes them n...

With the disclaimer that this is JMO: 1. Qualities: I would say assertiveness - you need to be able to anticipate what will be done as more times than not by the time the physician is there, you've done most of the workup. 2. Aside from those, maybe ...

That stinks. Unfortunately most places won't take any returns that have been personalized or monogrammed. I've had hit or miss luck with allheart and think their shipping is ridiculous - I prefer amazon and they have a ton of nursing supplies plus ...

Am I the only one who has always found it serendipitous that the badge lands face down?

Oh, it's pretty darn common for sure. Some managers are complicit, some are just ineffective, and some don't care. I've seen it too many times and it p****es me off. I've found the higher the male nurse ratio, the less this occurs, but that's not ...

I went through something similar several years back. There was a concerted effort by a small group of nurses to get me to quit or be fired. I tried to fight back for a while, but after some time with increasingly horrific things being said about me...

I probably wouldn't. Just can't think of a way to do it and not come off bad. JMHO. If she wanted to add her influence, she should do it on her end and not tell you to drop her name. Good luck with your interview.

I don't know about your particular school, but I found that my high GRE score and my recent coursework with A's combined with my experience made up for my GPA from when I was 20. :) My advice would be to start taking a course maybe through a CC that...

Had a patient tonight who, while I am doing an EKG for their CP, asked me for a pillow to prop their legs on. First, there are never any pillows to be found in the ED, and number two let's make sure you're not a STEMI first, then you can make comfor...

Uh...no. So, hospitals have decided that nurse, tech, housekeeper, culinary, PT, secretary aren't enough job descriptions for its nurses and now they're going to be coders as well??? What are they thinking? To answer your question, I have never been...

I work at least 36hrs/week and usually 48-60. No choice really as I am paying for school as I go along. So, in my opinion, you could definitely do 24hrs/week and attend full time. This semester, I took Advanced Patho and two of my bridge classes f...

Well, I am actually already registered for Spring :) so I know exactly what I am taking. I will be in Advanced Assessment, Nursing Research, and the last undergrad class I need which is Nursing Leadership. Hope to see you around, even just on the b...

Hi Karen, Not sure if you read the whole thread, but I'm in the Post-Bacc RN-MSN program at TWU FNP track. That's a mouthful, huh? I will be finishing the "bridge" in Spring, taking two graduate courses and one last undergrad class. Chances are we...

I guess what I'm saying is you haven't got enough information. You could calculate a safe dosing range, as the poster above did, but it still won't tell you what the doc ordered. If you don't have that info, then I would make a note of that, along ...