Golden_RN

Golden_RN MSN

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  1. Question about nursing career schedule

    Golden_RN replied to AB1989's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Even if you were lucky enough to get a day shift position, you'd still be working weekends and holidays. It's a 24 hour business. And on those 12 hour shifts, factor in commute time, coming...

  2. Autonomy in nursing

    Golden_RN replied to Christopher McDowell's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You would have to pull back a lot as a nurse because working in a facility is a lot different than working in the field. For instance as an RN in the hospital, I was not allowed to adjust vent...

  3. RN to BSN dilemma (for an older RN)

    Golden_RN replied to tbmb90's topic in General Nursing

    I would encourage you to look at state schools to get the best value (maybe you are already going thru a state school...it's not clear). I did a mostly online RN-BSN program, and I found it WAY...

  4. I need guidance

    Golden_RN replied to vanilla_brownie's topic in General Nursing

    I cringe when a married couple opens a business together because if it fails or flounders there is no "regular" salary & benefits for the couple to depend on. There are plenty of 9-5 nursing jobs...

  5. Pre-nursing student

    Golden_RN replied to Olivia Holguin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with Wuzzie. Even with an MSN you cannot be a manager/leader without earning your stripes as a novice nurse, which is what you will be. You're in a great position to get an associates degree...

  6. A challenging & rewarding job.... but a "dead end" in nursing?

    Golden_RN replied to WildflowerFairy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What do you mean by dead end? Do you mean that you can't transition to another specialty? I know plenty of people that have transitioned from LTC to acute. Depends on the job market and the...

  7. MSN

    Golden_RN replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    If you are interested in being an educator, you could talk to your unit educator or nsg education dept and see if you could shadow them when they teach or orient. When I did MSN in education I had to...

  8. RN Starting salary per state

    Golden_RN replied to SarahRNs's topic in General Nursing

    https://nurse.org/articles/highest-paying-states-for-registered-nurses/

  9. OB Unit for Male Student

    Golden_RN replied to nurse2bguy555's topic in General Students

    It is so ridiculous for this to happen in 2020. Have you gone above the clinical instructor, to the program director, for guidance? Are you the ONLY student being asked to do clinicals in a hospital...

  10. Switching from hospital to LTC or other area?

    Golden_RN replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    After working in acute for years I made the switch to LTC & have always loved it. I've working in different areas of LTC, such as MDS, management, wound care, informatics, consulting and in...

  11. Continuing education

    Golden_RN replied to rn1255's topic in Nursing Career

    As far as I know there isn't an MSN for public health, but there is a Masters in Public Health (not nursing). MSN choices include specialization in education, administration or informatics. There...

  12. Torn Between Nursing Schools

    Golden_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Agree with the advice above. PLEASE don't choose a school based on your commute, which is just a temporary issue. Also, are Chamberlain nurses really getting hired, or is that part of their sales...

  13. What careers are there for working with special needs children?

    Golden_RN replied to lilbit_erin's topic in Nursing Career

    Possibly school nursing! I worked for a public school district that had a school for school-age students with various severe health issues. Their school nurse was an RN and there were also LVNs that...

  14. HELP! Need to make decision!

    Golden_RN replied to LaurynZara's topic in General Students

    I would also add that many times there IS NO CNA, and the more comfortable/efficiant an RN becomes doing these tasks (baths, other ADLs,

  15. HELP! Need to make decision!

    Golden_RN replied to LaurynZara's topic in General Students

    I fully disagree with anyone that says CNA experience is not valuable. Yes, it is using basic nursing skills, but if you are smart about it you can really soak up a lot of info from the nurses (and...

  16. Change from software to NP

    Golden_RN replied to MayaSwiss's topic in General Students

    The first thing to do is to talk to a nursing counselor at a local community college AND university. Know your options, which might be ABSN, or ADN>BSN>MSN. Find out how competitive your local...

  17. Jobs for RNs

    Golden_RN replied to NewGradRN96's topic in General Nursing

    Home health, insurance company, case management/utilization review, clinics, campus nurse at a college, educator at a hospital or college, corrections, government work (county, state,

  18. new job

    Golden_RN replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    A weekend trip planned in advance is not hard to work around for a new employer...even a week seems do-able. But asking for a whole month off when you're new is just too much. I would wait to even...

  19. Between a Rock and a Hard Place

    Golden_RN replied to StillSearchingRN's topic in General Nursing

    This probably doesn't help you at this moment, but in the long run you may benefit from a non-bedside job that has either some flexibility or less stringent absence

  20. RN Gives Patients Cell Phone Number and Home Address

    Golden_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I really resent this management style where all staff gets reprimanded or lectured due to the behavior of one employee. I definitely wouldn't leave a job that I really like over it

  21. Graduating MSN Education....now what?

    Golden_RN replied to SunSandSurf's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I worked as a clinical educator in a hospital, clinical educator in a SNF and as a clinical instructor at a community college. None required certification. The hospital job paid MUCH better than the...

  22. Is it normal that some nurses won't give out meds to their patients?

    Golden_RN replied to The0Walrus's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It shocks me that this question is being asked by an

  23. Second degree / career change

    Golden_RN replied to Nutritionturnednurse_tn's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm curious as to why you don't become a registered dietician? You could be working 1:1 as part of a health care team, work in hospital/health care environment and work directly with clients. It...

  24. Considering changing careers

    Golden_RN replied to ShannonMH's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you can do it while you're young and have the advantage of living with your Dad, assuming that living with him is a help to you both financially and with child care, then you are not being selfish,...

  25. CONCERNED & Nervous about how RUSHED program is

    Golden_RN replied to DaniVntoBsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You will not retain, and do not need to retain everything you are tested on. You should learn soooo much in nursing school, and, as you can tell from all of the new grads posting on this site, the...