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  1. Is Giving 2 Weeks Notice Ancient Practice?

    staple1027 posted a topic in General Nursing

    There are just some jobs that do not work out. If I've been at a job a decent amount of time and plan on including it on my resume, I give two weeks. A couple times in my career I walked into a frying...

  2. Fired on my first day of work

    staple1027 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OK, so here it goes..on interview, full time night shift at nursing home, sub acute unit. Told I am RN supervisor, no assignment , just house supervisor. Little did I know, they were preparing to fire...

  3. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    3 years post graduation and still no nursing job (working as a hospital CNA) , BSN still looking, works with me at target, cannot get hired anywhere. I could go on with example after example....

  4. Unsuccessful New Graduate Nurse Job Hunt

    staple1027 replied to Ar201's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    sounds like a saturated market , same as PA...new grads getting churned out, even BSN prepared, and they are out of work a whole year after graduation. Any experience better than none, and hopefully...

  5. Scared.....No Nursing?

    staple1027 replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing has a whole lot of cattiness that goes on. Ever hear of the expression "nurses eat their young"...its a conundrum that has existed in this profession for decades. My best guess is because you...

  6. Scared.....No Nursing?

    staple1027 replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

    May I ask what area you are in? I've walked in your shoes, and have seen this happen to so many other nurses six ways to sunday. What happens around here is that the hospitals hire a whole bunch of...

  7. Anybody else feel this way?

    staple1027 replied to Rocketskates's topic in General Nursing

    There is a new grad BSN I know who cannot pay her student loans, because the hospital she is working for is paying piss poor wages, because they can (saturation point reached years ago for RNs, and...

  8. Anybody else feel this way?

    staple1027 replied to Rocketskates's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. BSN classes are exorbitantly expensive if you go the online route, and the traditional classroom instruction at this point in my life/ career is like sucking a rotten egg (sorry) ....it does...

  9. Is Giving 2 Weeks Notice Ancient Practice?

    staple1027 replied to staple1027's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, its hapenned a whole lot around here, where the market is over saturated and nurses are a dime a dozen, regularly abused, and often sent packing when a cheaper new grad enters the

  10. Anybody else feel this way?

    staple1027 replied to Rocketskates's topic in General Nursing

    I went into nursing as a second career, after having achieved a BS and an MA in other fields. I am ADN prepared, and not so happy that this degree is being locked out of hospital nursing in place of...

  11. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    The job listings are a major part of the problem here in northeast PA. If one went by the job listings, one would see dozens upon dozens of jobs, problem is they are listed by shell companies that do...

  12. Places with most demand for RNs??

    staple1027 replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    can you tell me where in NE PA there is a need? been dwelling here for decades and cannot find work anywhere.

  13. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    You should head out to PA, where each and every hospital has it plastered on their website careers section, BSN required. It does not matter if you have an alphabet full of letters, degrees, certs,...

  14. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Thank you for the info...when its time to relocate I will consider

  15. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Its also important to say that I went into this to be the sole supporter of my household, not make side money. I have told people considering this as a career, to think long and hard before taking out...

  16. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    I was let down over the years because I believed the false propoganda that nurses were in very high demand here. To this day (Ok if you want to call me a conspiracy theorist) I do believe that there...

  17. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Hi ehayes... I do not want to burst your bubble in any way shape or form, but as an RN to a prospective RN, I must tell you, that from many years of experience, being treated like a professional is...

  18. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Whenever I talk to someone who is going into nursing school, I tell them to get the BSN. This is because I got burned with the ADN, which is now about as useful as a pharmacy tech certification....

  19. Places with most demand for RNs??

    staple1027 replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Aliens...cannot speak for other areas, but we have a surplus of nurses here in PA...and that includes all disciplines from LPN all the way up to

  20. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Its basically a state wide problem here in PA, a nursing surplus, with the worst areas being Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown. Does not help that PA does not belong to the nursing compact...

  21. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    I know. This false propaganda of "nursing shortage" is one of the greatest hoaxes that was ever construed and perpetuated upon the workforce. Over the summer I saw a new grad BSN who told me that not...

  22. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    I have a feeling your area does not have 26 nursing schools in a 50 mile radius, churning out about 2,000 new grads each year...with the unemployment bureau actually paying for nursing school tuition...

  23. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Thats really great, unfortunatley where I am ADNs are phased out except for LTC and homecare, and the region is saturated with nurses as is. Starting wages are less than they were 18 years ago because...

  24. Fired on my first day of work

    staple1027 replied to staple1027's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Not much to report other than the DON is a bitter , nasty woman who has pissed off the staff so badly she is now working about 24/7 to cover for all the call offs. She has only been there about 2...

  25. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    I am going through this problem as a 2 year RN degree is being phased out everywhere, except for homecare. For 10 years there was work for the 2 year degree RN, but the last 8 years, almost nothing. I...