Aaron-RN

Hi myty23 - During the 4 years of my BSN program, I worked 7P-7A as a Patient Care Tech in the Emergency Department/Trauma Center in my town. I would work every friday night and every other saturday night. I made sure that the mondays that I had a te...

Hi buffscotty- First, CONGRATS on passing boards! Second, there are many discussion postings regarding the differences between PAs and NPs - I think a search of the site would give you lots of the information that you are looking for. Good luck beg...

I understand your situation. I would accept the job at the hospital. I am a senior in a BSN program and have worked in both a Pediatric Medical Office and most recently at a hospital for 2 years. The hospital experience has been invaluable to me. I l...

Hi NrsJena, I am currently a BSN student in Maryland and I too had some of the same questions that you have. I was offered $6,000 for the last 2 years of the BSN program, $3,000 a year. This would require me to work for the hospital for 2 years full...

Hi, in Maryland on the Eastern Shore, our hospital is starting new RN's @ $21.05. This is before shift differentials, they also offer scholarship money and a generous sign on bonus. Hope this helps. P.S. the rate is the same from BSN's and ADN's

I currently am a Nursing Student at Salisbury University and love it! The program has recently been changed, but only to better the program. The collaboration with our local hospital: Peninsula Regional Medical Center, I believe is outstanding. There...

On our Ortho/Neuro/Uro unit, our ortho patients recieving coumadin have daily INR's. Then we have a protocol where we take 1.5 and subtract from the INR. This gives us the coumadin dosage. For example if a pts INR is 1.2, they would recieve 3mg couma...

I am not sure if you are interested in attending a 4 Year institution, but I have found that it is somewhat easier to get into BSN programs. I applied and was accepted my first try without any wait list. However, they only took 50 students and had 22...

Hi everyone! I am new to the site and a Nursing student. I just had a quick question. My school offers a Bachelor of Science with a major in Nursing, rather than a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I have read some previous postings and noticed that th...

Hi Tri- I wanted to respond to your reply. The reason that I was asking what the intitials would be is because of the advertising of the school. As I stated before, they indicate a BS with a major in Nursing and a BSN. So, as a Nursing Student, I w...

Hi Gennaver, Just posting a reply to your post. This will be my first bachelor's degree as I hold no other degrees. Thanks everyone for your replies, and any more opinions would be greatly appreciated! - Arbys1595:specs:

Hi tpacrc, Although I am not a nurse yet (BSN Student), I work at a regional medical center in Maryland as a Patient Care Technician. At the hospital where I work, LPN's start @ around $15.00/hour before any differentials, etc (without any exper...

Just thought that I would add the starting pay for RN's @ my hospital. They just gave a 6% cost of living increase to be $21.02 per hour (base, not including evening, night, weekend, or holiday differential). Not too bad in my book.

Hi everyone! I am new to the site and a Nursing student. I just had a quick question. My school offers a Bachelor of Science with a major in Nursing, rather than a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I have read some previous postings and noticed that th...

Hi Everyone- I have been reading this thread and some posters have indicated that all PA programs now offer Master's Degrees not Bachelors Degrees. However, this is not 100% correct. I live in Maryland and a local University- University of Mar...

There has been a lot of jokes made regarding the "extra" classes that a BSN nurse must take to graduate. However, all of these classes are not "filler." I am just a BSN student, but where I go to school, we take extra classes in: 1. Health A...

RN, WCCM Worker's Compensation Care Manager.

CNS can mean Clinical Nurse Specialist, which requires a Master's degree in Nursing. Hope this helps!

Hi- At the hospital where I work, we use the initials in two different ways. 1. PCA- Patient Care Assistant; our unit secretary who also has their CNA license and if the staffing is short takes a group of patients, and then we have...

J/W Why not apply for a NP program, rather than a PA program? This way, in most states you can run your own clinic, rather than work under a physician.

Has anyone had a change to look at Salisbury University's website to see what I was talking about with their confusing language by both indicating a BSN and a BS with a major in Nursing????

Thanks again llg for your reply. I now understand what is appropriate and what is not. I think that one reason that I was confused was due to the advertising of the Nursing department itself. The website of the department has heading with links to pa...

Thanks llg and Future_RN_Jess. So, since the degree offered by my school is a Bachelor of Science with a major in Nursing, I would put my name, R.N., BS. However, I would like to become a nurse manager someday and a co-worker told me that writing ju...