handmaiden08

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1. DiscouragedRN

   handmaiden08 replied to RNmclen's topic in General Nursing

   I used to work in a toxic work environment where the senior nurses were super cliquey and made every other nurse not in their clique feel incompetent. It is not you, it is them. Transfer units if you have to, don't leave the profession over it. I am ...

2. Nursing school isn't preparing me for the real world

   handmaiden08 replied to yesrun's topic in General Students

   If you have the required hours of clinical required by your Board of Nursing, there should be no reason that you would be any less prepared than any other new grad nurse. It is only your first semester, you will be amazed at how much you will learn b...

3. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

   handmaiden08 replied to FullGlass's topic in NP

   From working with PAs who do not know nursing and NPs who have nursing experience...NPs with nursing experience are much more pleasant to work with because they write orders as if there is a person on the other end fulfilling them! But I guess work r...