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  1. Visitors on Working Days

    APRN. replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    If I were in your shoes, I would post a notice on the front door, as well as a mass email/text to all of the offenders that let them know that your ability to recharge between grueling shifts is cut...

  2. what to do if you are told not to come back to clinical site?

    APRN. replied to HoneybadgerFTW's topic in General Students

    What program are you in? You must already be an RN, because it is in your title "CplRN". Are you talking about Graduate school clinical a for an MSN

  3. I'm a freshman nursing student with a B+ !!!

    APRN. replied to bigdreams01's topic in General Students

    I forgot to drop an elementary algebra credit before the drop/add deadline and found out too late to avoid a big fat F on my record. I still got into grad

  4. Advice needed, trying to stay per diem

    APRN. replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in Nursing Career

    I recommend a meeting with the Director of the SNF and ask for Per Diem status. Find out what the requirements are for Per Diem/On Call at your current place of employment. You may find out that it...

  5. Don't like nursing at all, what can I do with my BSN?

    APRN. replied to lostrnugh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My sympathies to your plight. Regardless of what you decide to do, know this: It is easier to get a job when you have a job, than it is to get hired when you're unemployed. See if you can go down to...

  6. Per Magnet Directives, Nursing first Cleans Bodily Fluids, then Housekeeping

    APRN. replied to taraytara's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    #1. (Takes a deep breath) #2. The day that the ANCC starts relegating the management of bodily fluids into the realm of MAGNET, is the day that pigs start flying. #3. Perhaps you would enjoy a...

  7. CLinical Nurse Expert

    APRN. replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!! As someone like yourself who has spent a lot of time behind a desk getting to where you are, I would like to say "Way to insult all of the education that I went through for the past 18 months...

  8. Don't like nursing at all, what can I do with my BSN?

    APRN. replied to lostrnugh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where I come from, Medical LOA can be requested by the patient. Time off gives perspective and allows one to think more clearly, instead of constantly being reminded of all of the negatives. Coping...

  9. Don't like nursing at all, what can I do with my BSN?

    APRN. replied to lostrnugh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Can you go out on a medical leave of absence for a few weeks in order to get a breather? Like a stress leave. Sometimes, all it takes is a little perspective gained after

  10. Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

    APRN. replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought it would be cool to be a ship nurse for a cruise line when I

  11. Tech allowed to just sit at desk most of day doing nothing

    APRN. replied to cdsavannah59's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Pull up a chair and sit down beside her. Tell her, if you're not going to do anything, I'm not either. See what she

  12. Salary and Benefit of ADN vs BSN

    APRN. replied to fab_angie's topic in Nursing Career

    At my Magnet hospital in the San Francisco area, a BSN makes $3 more per hour than an ADN, and a MSN makes $5 more dollars an hour than an

  13. Am I going into the right profession or should I just

    APRN. replied to Soon2beStudent's topic in Nursing Humor

    My advice to you is: go in to nursing. Get your MSN (because, really, you want maximum upward mobility), and then volunteer to work for me, but give me your paycheck, as well as a $3000 per-shift...

  14. New Grad ICU Interview: Clinical Scenario Questions

    APRN. replied to M_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on numerous interview panels for ICU positions. Be prepared to discuss how you handled a critical patient and what was wrong with them. Talk about how you used your critical thinking to...

  15. Who really wants BSN degrees?

    APRN. replied to demford's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I work for a Magnet facility. They hire BSN's only. They weren't that way when I first started there back in the early 2000's. When they decided to go for their Magnet status, they implemented their...

  16. Drug seekers

    APRN. replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Drug Seeking. How's come we have to change the name of every single other label, except for this one? How about "Narcotic Challenged"? Until I work in Psyche and have a focus to rehab someone's...

  17. Social media and nursing don't mix

    APRN. replied to jackhensy's topic in Nursing Career

    Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Dear OP, Why don't you start here for your data on lpns and lvns? Lots of prospects...

  18. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    APRN. replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    .....Let me know how that works out for you

  19. Mom of 2 looking into becoming Lvn put down by recruiter at kaplan

    APRN. replied to Rose90's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OMG. THAT IS MORE than it cost me to go from an RN to a MSN at a private University in California of all places RUN away! Don't took back at that

  20. Thoughts on the "doctor's stethoscope"

    APRN. replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Leave it to Nurse Ratchet to give it to the

  21. Document Everything!

    APRN. replied to pcatorn's topic in General Students

    18:04. Patient resting quietly in bed. Alert and 0x3. PERRLA. Able to make needs known. Verbalizes no c/o. Respirations even and non-labored. Afebrile, with VS WNL. Skin warm, dry, pink and...

  22. CNL vs APRN?

    APRN. replied to Farawyn's topic in Advanced Practice

    The only thing left in this thread is to invoke Godwin's law. I am going to bow out before this thread enters that

  23. CNL vs APRN?

    APRN. replied to Farawyn's topic in Advanced Practice

    I am going on record, right here, right now, and will put my nursing license on the line on my honor: My friend has an ADN, works day shift in the ER, DOES NOT WORK OVERTIME, at the bedside, and makes...

  24. CNL vs APRN?

    APRN. replied to Farawyn's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hey Buddy, I hate to burst your bubble, but there are RN's who make over $90 per hour on the left coast working at the bedside with an ADN. My friend is an ER nurse, and is one of them. She likes to...

  25. CNL vs APRN?

    APRN. replied to Farawyn's topic in Advanced Practice

    If you are comparing your income as a NP to a new grad CNL, since all of the CNL's where you are are new grads”, then I can completely understand why you would make twice as much. You mention...