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If you guys are new grads and they offered you a position, was it a hospital one? If so, was it St Cloud? They do train new grad nurses for med/ surg positions there. I sent a friend of my niece to that place as a new grad

Same here. I went straight to ICU. I loved it. I kept hearing that I should do med/surg first, but after a few years, I found that I made the best choice for myself

In a way I have to disagree with the poster above me. I was a nurse( and a good one) before I discovered this site. Honestly, I feel that I have learned alot here. Especially when I read some sticky situations and the advice given on how to deal with them. I have to basically give kudos to all the members and staff here for sharing their experience with the rest of us. I think that it is healthy to share differences of opinions (in an adult way)

That is true. Alot of the GN programs are on hold now. One of my colleagues gave that exact list to her students about two years ago --before the recession

That really is a good school. I was going to teach there but my ex hubby got a job transfer. The teachers are great, the classes are small, and they make sure you know your stuff before moving on. I did my LPN in MN many moons ago, but I wish I had gone there ( TECO) Best of luck to you. It will be hard work, but you will enjoy it

I started off with an ADN and went straight to my BSN (I had the time) I would not be a SRNA now if I didnt get that far. The BSN is for people that want to pursue a degree beyond undergraduate school. If a person is OK with an ADN, so be it. Nothing wrong with that. An ADN got my bills paid. :) I also was an OFFICER that lead and saw war in the military, but that only makes my experience different, not better than anyone else

The only difference in my experience between the ADN and BSN was the amount of papers I had to write.(More research papers for the BSN) I still got the same amount of clinical experience. However, I only chose the BSN route because I had dreams of anesthesia school which I am currently attending

I dont think that post was meant for you. There was a poster in here that made a post to look like they slammed BSN nurses for not being prepared. That post was meant for someone else

You should try Orange Park Medical Center. They are still hiring new grads. They are a teaching hospital, so you may have to deal with students, but after you get that first year of experience in, you wont be considered a new grad. Good luck to you:)

One of my neices went through South University RN to BSN online. She liked it.

In my experience, I found it easier to get my ADN and then go back for the RN to BSN track. (At least that's what I did)

Yes you can. It is a national test. Call the board of nursing in the state you are moving to and see what they require for testing there. Most states will let you take the exam once the fees are paid (BON and Pearson VUE) and they have a copy of official transcripts with an actual date of graduation on them (Most states) Good Luck!

Amen! I just got my BSN in April and I felt that way too. Hang in there.

Not true. At SJRCC (Palatka) the NS gets the entire Summer B off

I worked for me when I was going for my ADN

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I started off with an ADN, went directly into critical care, and just finished my BSN with no problems. So, it is more up to the individual. Many hospitals that I came across (so far) has "BSN preferred" in their list of qualifications for the critical care units

I am going to go with the majority here. I hated to have to wear wites during NS. I could not keep them clean. I had to keep replacing them. (Got very expensive BTW). At work, I wear solid loose fitting scrubs, but I do look neat, my mid section is not showing, my hair is up in a french roll, abd I have an extra thing under ny badge that says in big, dark letters, RN and I am as professional as a nurse can be. I have even gotton some comments on how neat I looked from my patients and I never wore white after NS. I think that quality of care is most important. I agree with the poster that stated that nursing has evolved. It has. In more ways than one. That includes dresses, caps and capes becoming obsolete. Kinda had for me to bend and move and lift while wearing a white dress. But in some ways, I do see why the people of yesteryear would like to see the old image of the nurse return, I am just not one of them. My grandma was a nurse back in 1942. She told me stories. I am glad that thing are the way they are now for us nurses, including clothing as long as a nurse looks neat and professional, it should not matter what color. I have to pose a question. I was not a nurse back in the 70's ( I only made my debut into the world in the mid 70's) My question is; Didnt the caps become obsolete due to infection control issues?

I didnt see this post :) I agree wholeheartedly

I am going to be applying to CRNA school this fall. I have worked on both MICU and SICU and found that there are vents and vasoactive drips on both units. (I am current working on an MICU) I just think that the one thing that they look for is the amount of hours of critical care experience you have. I believe there is a minimum amount of hours required before you can apply MICU or SICU. As long as it is critical care.

I got that from nurses that have been in the field for years when I was a new grad. Not just ICU nurses

I work in and ICU and when I occasionaly float to a Med/Surg floor, some of the staff are rude to me because they think what the OP heard, that us ICU nurses tend to think we are better than the rest. That is really not true. I used to think the same way about OR and older nurses, (ones that have been in the field for years, not their age) but not anymore. When we get a float nurse, I am tickled pink because that means we have an extra pair of hands to help us out. But that superior attutide cam stem from any nurse really. As far that med/surg nurse that tried to put me down( at work, not here) because of the fact that I have only two patients. Well I just assumed that she did not understand that my two patients were in more serious condition than the five she had that were able to walk, talk and breathe on their own. Now I understand why I get the hostile attitude when I call report to a med/surg floor for patient transfer. It's because of how we ICU nurses are seen. Unfortunatley for us, it is a bit unfair because not all of us are like that. I will admit that lucky for me I have worked on a telemetry floor with five patients at a time and sometimes even seven (wow), and that had really enhanced my time management skills, but comparing the amount of patients one has without looking at accuity/severity is like comparing apples and oranges. No type of nurse is better than the other, and frankly I have high respect for the fact that we as nurses are interested in different types of nursing. I for one could not do L&D nursing, I dont even know why I dont like it, I just dont. But one of my best friends loves it. She hates critical care, but I love it. This is what I mean that we are all specialists in a sense. What would happen if we all wanted to do the same thing? Edited for addtions and typos

I feel the same! I also want to add that they need to concentrate on their OWN lives and quit worrying about mine!! ( Oh ,I hate rumor spreaders!:angryfire )

I didnt read every single post in here, but I am going to ask anyway.:selfbonk: Isn't it illegal for a person to say they are anurse if they hold no license?

Here is a good site to start with http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/bloodbank/manual/bbch_6/index.html