Xance

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1. Is 63 to old to start nursing school?

   Xance replied to Mallory Sunset's topic in General Students

   We are RN here and not star-eyes idealists. Age is only a number? Sure it is indeed a number but it’s a very important one. We know age increases risk for all sorts of major ailments, and higher age generally means less endurance. Sometimes older...

2. Am I pigeonholing myself?

   Xance replied to TSquares's topic in Career Support

   If those two options are your only two options then the choice is obvious; you should pick psych. You mentioned you liked it better, to include your potential boss and the salary/benefits that go along with it and you mentioned that medical benefits...

3. I've Been Employed at 7 Facilities as a New Grad RN

   Xance replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

   Job hopping that much makes me seriously doubt that they even considered organizational costs. Most likely the OP is a very young person to be acting so irresponsibly, or they are an immature adult. Either way they will likely have to take a job an...

4. Is 63 to old to start nursing school?

   Xance replied to Mallory Sunset's topic in General Students

   Most of these suggestions seem to gravitate towards you going to nursing school. I will be the voice that says no you definitely should not, but there are valid reasons for that. 1. More than likely you have decades of experience in another field an...

5. I've Been Employed at 7 Facilities as a New Grad RN

   Xance replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

   I think OP ran off due to the criticism. Some job-hopping is ok, but 7 in less than a year, with several walk-offs? Unacceptable. Eventually the OP will run out of places to apply to, having left/fired from all of the others. The OP should seriou...

6. Odd Plans: ADN or BSN?

   Xance replied to Kaylee_'s topic in Career Support

   The second option would not be wise imo. If you were to transition to the reserves most of those are in the US somewhere and you would then have to travel internationally every month. the only way the second option would work is if you can guarante...

7. Unsure if I should continue with my nursing career

   Xance replied to coffeecup's topic in Career Support

   Many people are drawn to the field for a 'higher calling', but do not think only those can gain entry into the field. In fact many RN's I meet like to spout off those common things that you mentioned, and yet when talking about another position it a...

8. Fired from 1st nursing job

   Xance replied to WildflowerFairy's topic in Career Support

   What do you mean you 'couldn't pick up on things'? What exactly were those 'things'? That question is directed at everyone here. Sometimes it depends on what that thing is, and should it be expected to be basic or not. I have seen people struggle...

9. side gigs for OR nurses

   Xance replied to CAnewgrad2016's topic in Operating Room

   Most likely it would be best for you to pursue OT in the current hospital you are at, whether in the same department or elsewhere. If you go outside the hospital network any work you do is straight time, yet if you found additional work in the netwo...

10. PACU orientation nightmare

    Xance replied to Mahalo2all's topic in PACU

    Disciplined for what? What could you have possibly done in your less than 3 weeks in the unit that warrants such punishment?

11. $200,000 salary as a RN, it's true

    Xance replied to guest416560's topic in NP

    Public transportation vary wildly from city to city, and in many cases a car would be a requirement or a hindrance as LilPeanut said. I've been to cities like Singapore where if you used a car it was purely a status symbol as it was far more difficu...

12. $200,000 salary as a RN, it's true

    Xance replied to guest416560's topic in NP

    Excellent breakdown of how things can be done in SF or other comparable city LilPeanut. Hearing things like that put in that way causes me to rethink how I view the higher costs of living in CA. However my current job would not allow me to live the...

13. "Not sure what unit you will be hired into..."

    Xance replied to TitaniumPlates's topic in General Nursing

    I believe this was mostly due to manning issues and for some reason HR thought it was best to keep the applicant in the dark. Be that from a workload standpoint, or simply apathy the applicant was kept in the dark about a position. The real issue t...

14. Feedback appreciated

    Xance replied to jinct's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say run from that employer, and fast. If a mistake like that doesn't rate AT LEAST some sort of corrective action on the part of the other RN then there is more to this than you may realize. Some politicking was probably done and she was probab...

15. Newish nurse continues to hate job after the golden "one year". Normal?

    Xance replied to newrnonthefloor's topic in New Nurse

    If the hospital controls all of the hospitals in the area you may consider moving. Go to another large city in your state and you won't have a problem finding a job there and you won't have to deal with that stuff you are dealing with. I suggest th...