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I meet a lot of people coming into nursing school with other degrees, they’ve all said it was the hardest part of their lives. Nursing has only been my career and nursing school is very difficult, it challenges you so many ways and I think it definitely prepares you for real life nursing. We are dealing with peoples lives and I feel like everything I learned from nursing school drilled into my head safety and quality care.

Thank you. I read a post I’m required to do 15 post. I was thinking to switch to per diem at my other job if I get into a call center just so I don’t completely lose my skills.

By 2025 NP’s will need their DNP, if you receive your NP before that you will be grandfathered in. I choose the DNP route, I might as well go for the highest degree possible in nursing and be satisfied that I don’t have to go to school after there’s no other way up except your salary. But it also I want to make sure I’m educated enough to give the best quality care I can to my patients. A DNP prepared nurse also opens up opportunities away from bedside you can get into administration, teaching .

You should probably check the requirement from each school as they all differ. Some school’s require a BSN or higher prior to starting DNP, but some DNP schools will take ADN with a Bachelor’s degree in discipline (some school make exceptions some don’t, case by case basis) your best bet would be to go with the school that will accept your bachelors in psych and just take the required class, you’ll save time and money. Having your BSN will be helpful and prepare with your DNP because of the BSN theoretical classes, and evidence based research and essay papers, but the DNP program will go over all that, mind you their are a lot of nurses that received their BSN 5 or more years ago so writing research papers will be the same struggle.

That’s so amazing! I’m glad you followed your passion for NICU, I also have considered switching over to NI after working in adult cardiac. You will have a steep learning curve but you already have experience with the “nursing stuff” med passing, assessment, arrhythmia interpretation, time management. So the learning would be NI diagnosis, specific assessment. Hope your transition is going well.

Hi I work at a step down unit right down. The man differences is the nurse to patient ratio, I can only give you information about California though since I do t have experience working in other states. ICU is 1:2, step down 1:3, and med surg/tele is 1:4 or 1:5. , patients at a step down unit needs closer monitoring of V/S and ECG, non titratable drip. The acuity the patients also depends on the hospital you choose to work. At smaller, rural hospitals you can have a step down patient in the ICUs. I know at bigger cities the acuity is higher. Some Kaiser Hospitals got rid of their step down unit and labeled it as “tele” but your basically taking care of step down patient with your ration being 1:4. The pay is higher but your also working harder.

Hi, I hope your experience with the job interview at Kaiser went well. I was messaged by one of the nursing managers to interview with the staff, she said it was going to be a brief 10 minute interview. It definitely caught be off guard. First I met with the nursing manager, then she brings me into their conference room and introduce me, then she invited most of the staff to feel free to look at my resume and ask me questions. The overwhelming thing about it is I was asked over 20 scenario questions from over 10 nurses. The staff were also in and out of the conference room so it distracted me, I was even asked the same questions at least 3 times because the staff asked their questions and then left and a new staff members comes in and ask the questions. Maybe some Kaiser’s are different but this was my experience. It ended up being a 45 minute interview.

I came from a hospital that did 12’s, and I moved back to the Bay Area and most hospitals including Kaiser does 8hour shifts. Most 12 hour shifts in the Bay Area is critical care, mostly ICU. When you apply to a job position at Kaiser it tells you on the job requisition what your hours will be and days will be which is usually a set schedule with most having alternating weekends.

Glad you’ve decided to get your BSN, although I did not go to Aspen (I considered it) I did do an online BSN class. It can be difficult because of discussion boards, meeting deadlines and lots of reading. But once you manage your time around school work it does get manageable. What I enjoy most about online learning is the flexibility of it. I hope it’s going well for you:)

Thank you so much for the feedback, @ILoveHorsesRNI always wondered why there is a big turnover rate for call center nurses. I work as a critical care step down unit right now and it can be very stressful and busy. I just wanted to try a different type of nursing away from the bedside.

Is a call center nurse less stressful than being on the floor?

I would also like to get more information, I also cannot PM message yet so I’ll keep posting

Hi I also wanted to get more info about being an advice nurse