Jeckrn1

If it was a position in the Federal system it takes a lot of time. The hiring process is one step at a time not like civilian positions which are shot gunned to everyone involved in the hiring process at once.

Just because you take nursing courses does not make you a RN. You need to graduate from the nursing program and pass the NCLEX. Not sure what you are trying to say in your post.

This is being taught at some schools that only BSN's and above will be any type of supervisor. Back when I was in a RN-BSN program I had a conversation with 2 young nursing students who said they were told they would be supervisors because they were getting their BSN. I put it back on them and asked if all their classmates would be supervisors and out came the deer in the headlights look.

Leadership is more than a degree. Degrees teach you the basics not how to apply them in real life.

Yes it can be done; it will be tough. When I completed my ADN I was working full time nights in a factory, involved in my kids sports etc plus an active volunteer firefighter/EMT. There were many nights/days with only a couple hours of sleep. In someways it helped me because I could not fall back on my school work and say I would do it later because there was not any other time to do it.

This is why you never do a field sobriety test including breath test (not a breathalyzer) they can not take your license for refusing it. But never refuse a breathalyzer or blood test if you are arrested. Most of us at the end of a long trying shift will fail a field sobriety test.

Very true.

After working in civilian, military (DHA) & VA hospitals one big difference between civilian & government hospitals is there is no call offs no matter how low the census is. Also, the benefit package is way better on the government side. At the VA you start off with 26 days of vacation & 13 days of sick leave a year, defined pension, matching TSP (401K) up to 5%, multiple health insurance plans. DHA has the same benefits but vacation days start out at 13 days a year. Wages can vary by location and years of experience but generally if you are in the system long enough your wages will be higher on government system. One big draw back is the red tape and trying to improve how things are done.

I have worked at places that if you call off the shift before or after the holiday you do not get holiday pay for the holiday.

To use your train analogy how many people were traveling by train that year and how many died in train wrecks? You did the train both trains also have the same type of wreck? Just the responses I expected.

Maybe before you start calling people who have not received the vaccine names etc. why don't you look at one many reason people think they do not need to get it. Could it be the conflicting mandate from the president which exempts members of congress along with their staff, the US Postal Service, companies under 100 employees, public assistance recipients and illegal immigrants. Some might see these exemptions as a reason that the vaccine is not really needed. Can any of you who are getting on the unvaccinated say why they must get the mandate with leaders & their staffs of the US do not? Many posters on this blog have stated science behind the reason to get the vaccine but can you show the science behind the exempts that are in the mandate. Everyone knows that the answer is no, so until the powers to be use science to make mandates people who think for themselves will question why do I need to get it when the person standing next to me does not. This mandate as written basically says I have the power to say who has to get the vaccine and who doesn't. Before everyone jumps all over this post with their self righteous responses take a look at yourself to see if maybe, just maybe your actions/comments are also drive people away from getting the vaccine.

1. My word of caution was not directed at you or anyone else but just a reminder that some poster will be offended if you do not agree with them or question their post. 2. Thanks for proving my point

Because some people get their feelings hurt if you don’t agree with them.

What you do not see is that often these types of injuries will arrive at ED at your facility before being transferred to a level I facility. There are times that the surgeon has no choice but to take the patient to the OR at the level III because the patient can not wait for the transfer to a level I because their only chance is to go to your OR. There was no way the patient with the GSW could have been transferred out even if a helicopter was sitting on the pad at your facility with active CPR. I have worked at level III's both in the ER and OR, both in the south & north, and at times there was no way to transfer patients out because of weather.

Love the response. Better be careful since you might hurt some feelings.