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My only interest was ED too. Over a decade ago, my cohorts were offered 8 weeks on 7 days/2 weeks work periods. I was the only one that asked for 2 more weeks. Many were always helpful even after my 10 weeks.

Used to wear ASICS nimbus that were over $100. Many days of getting my shoes and uniform of vomit, blood, and even IV fluids. Now wear crocs bistro, the ones without the holes. Continue to get various fluids on me and shoes, but a rinse under the sink, cavicide wipes and I'm back on the floor. More comfortable than ASICS too.

1. Jump on every opportunity to start an IV, even your colleagues patients. 2. Start with your body alignment. I hardly bend down or stoop to the patient. Instead, I raise the bed to my level. 3. Have the patient’s arm relaxed on the gurney or bed. But have the arm at angle or as far down gravity as possible. Gravity helps greatly. 4. Inquire with the patient where they last got poked. They may know their body better than you.

Consider payment forgiveness or scholarships because there are lot more opportunities. Don’t wait, follow the BSN to FNP track. When you graduate, you’ll have MSN FNP. Work in rural or low income for loan forgiveness.

There are a lot more contagious illnesses than corona so you are limiting your ability. Take a maternity/family leave and consider your career options

Don’t know what happens in the back end but here is the problem. I can see that scanning everything is important for documentation/charge purposes. I would hope facilities factor in costs of additional flushes and other supplies considering the patients situation. Then the next crew comes in or admins have to consider raising prices for whatever reason. One Einstein will see previous documentation and say that flushes used are not factored in black and white and therefore should be in black and white, and therefore comes up to be scanned to justify raising prices. Next will be, wait, just one flush to be scanned?

As blueskies have said, I’d go with NCLEX pass rate. There are two local schools where I work. One ADN, one BSN. Many nurses I work with come from either while some are not locals and therefore attended schools of their choice elsewhere, both ADN and BSN. Not a statistician but I could not distinguish a prevalence toward one school from my coworkers. My suggestion is to go with ADN, then do RN to BSN online. As ADN and passing NCLEX, you are a RN. The RN to BSN program is pretty much as rehash of the ADN program. Why? Both ADN and BSN program teach you to be a RN. RN to BSN program teach you to be a RN, which you would already be from the ADN program. Imo and experience.

Have you tried social media and contacting local organizations for donations? I am surprised by the amount and support by various organizations coming through together in this pandemic.

Hospitals are just like people, and some nurses. There are good hospitals and some bad. My opinion is that your hospital is a bad one. Hospital has a business to run. They are not there to provide you a job because you have a “calling” to be a nurse. They are there for the patients and if the census is low, you are flexed, but not terminated so they can keep you when they are no longer slow. If you travel and not available, they could just end ties and look for someone who will be there. There are some travel assignments that are local. You won’t benefit as much but it may be better than staying at the bad hospital. You’ll gain experience at the other facility and there may be opportunity to join as staff. It may be better than your current place, it may not. You get to try them out. good luck.

The admins are seeing this as you trying to avoid work. That is why they are threatening you. If the admins and employee health are on the same page, you should be fine.

I paid one year. Before my coverage was over, I called several times and left messages. Never got a person on the phone when I called and never got a call back. I emailed a few emails I could find on them and never received a response.

With only 2 responses, I would go towards nurse sms. You are new and your old preceptor is teaching you. Taking it as another teaching moment to learn instead of worrying about how bad you look because she is pointing things out. The directive is the patient, not you or the old preceptor. Klone is direct and sometimes being direct is better. I am better with nurse SMS’s approach.

I went the route of ADN and therefore recommend it. My school had prerequisites in the sciences so I took them. B or above were required in all the sciences. As others suggested, the requirements may be different in other school/program. Pick a school first and then find out their requirements. For my school, it was favorable if I did prerequisites there and continued the RN route. Being local was also in my favor. My grades were like 3.0 so not sure that was a factor. Others may disagree. I think I met the minimum grade requirements so I was in from the grades angle.

Been there, and here is what I did. I applied to my local community college, which had an RN program. Got in and excelled. Obtained a job in the hospital and enrolled in RN to BSN online school while working full time. Much easier because you are an RN, and the BSN courses are very similar to the community college RN classes. I recently started my Masters's online, and it's, so far, a rehash of the ADN and BSN classes. Need to focus on your strength and weakness as far as being a student and get that ADN (or ASN, whichever your community college offers). BSN and Master are easier because they are pretty much repeated.