buttercup9 ASN, BSN, MSN

Hello all, I am in need of some advice. I an AGACNP graduate (6/19), I did not take my exam until Nov 19 and the job search started after the Holidays were over. Little did I know that there was a pandemic brewing... Fast forward 7 months I am sti...

I worked multiple types of units prior to going to the ED, including med/surg tele, solid organ transplant & thoracic (I am in a non trauma ED). My co workers in the ED look at me like I am crazy when I tell them that the ED is easier. Its a dif...

Seriously, you need to find a new job. Ashagreyjoy You have clearly put a lot of thought into this issue. Very well said!!

I have heard good things about Vanderbilt from a co worker whose spouse just finished.

I read this article with great annoyance. One of the things I love about nursing is the flexibility. The best staffing options that I ever had was a floor with a mix of 8's and 12's. While it may have been a headache for staffing (no sympathy, your...

While this may be true, very few post certifications NP residency's exist. Good luck finding one. For what its worth, I graduate in a few weeks from a well known AGACNP program. I have 11 years of RN experience from bedside to ED and I am terrified....

I am really sorry this happened to you. As far as this company goes, it is lousy that they own such a large part of your market, but as they lack integrity and ethics, they are not a company worth working or in the first place. By your description, ...

My ASN program required an 82% for the semester to pass. It was not per exam, but by semester. At the time, it really stressed me out, in hind sight, I am really glad they had such high standards.

As a per diem RN with 10 years experience, in SF I can get somewhat close to 200K IF I work 36 hours a week. I would have to do a lot of OT and pick up shifts to cover that difference. However I work days, but I don't think the differentials would...

Have you spoken with admissions counselors regarding what you need to do to get in?

I don't think this is true. While those grades will be on a transcript forever, it does not necessarily reflect your current ability. I would ask some admission counselors about retaking some of the courses (ones especially relevant to nursing) to ...

Ahhh, but she is a slayer, so mere mortal rules don't apply. What bothered me more about Faith being in a coma, was that she was in a coma in the 1st place... with all the slayer healing superpowers an all.

You don't need to apologize!!! I had (and sometimes still do) have a difficult time with boundaries. Maybe it is because both sides of my family avoid conflict at all costs (and often to their cost) and it is difficult conditioning to shake. Howeve...

Absolutely true

Not a school nurse, but if you are required to have clothing available, can you: 1. Get the same model shirt/ pants/ gloves in whatever sizes needed 2. Make sure it is the ugliest thing you can find. 3. As for undies... maybe get pullups instead--- t...

They fired you for reporting a med error? Isn't that what admin keeps telling us they WANT us to do??? I thought that was the whole thing with trying ti minimize "systems errors"

Utility of scripts like AIDET

I got married about 1.5 years after becoming an RN. Changing my name was not a big deal (other than the tedious process of making sure every single document was changed). It had no bearing on any professional connections I made.

So, I recently had an NG, not for suction, but for outpatient manometry and then 24 hr pH testing. I knew it would be bad, terrible in fact. What I did not expect (and I am not being hyperbolic) was that I basically found the testing to be torture. ...

1. being able to get a difficult IV 2. Patient / family member finally understanding the education that everyone has been trying to provide them with 3. Seeing a transplant patient come back (to visit) and not being able to recognize them because the...

ohmygod...... nightmare. I'd rather give an enema

I have cried a few times in my career, all but one have been in response to a death, the other was when an MD doing a paracentesis took off a significant amount of fluid, wrote a written order for albumin and the went off to do another procedure down...

OP- I have been in your shoes too many times with suspicous/aggresive/ passive aggressive family members. It isn't just the obvious violence against heathcare staff that contributes to moral injury and distress. This behavior (I think) is huge prob...

This is one of the silliest things I have heard. I actually laughed when you said that you took an outside course for med terminology. THAT was a waste of your time. You said yourself that it was memorization. All you really need for med term is a ...

There are a lot of questions regarding all online NP schools across allnurses. Try looking some of them up. There is no shortage of strong opinions. If you do go this route, be VERY VERY careful about how they say your clinical rotations are structur...