MsBruiser

No, I would not do nursing. Even most day shift jobs in hospitals are from 7:00-7:30 pm. That does not work for kids in school who are on the young side. Yes, you could possibly get a job in a doctors office. Dental hygiene offers the more family fri...

Honestly, this is not going to be a popular answer (lots of threads about people doing studying groups before school starts) but: just relax and get your personal life in order. The vast majority of people who did not finish my program (30% drop rate...

Hope this helps.

I'm not complaining...easy money.

Get a new job. Any place that will put an LVN in Phase I is so unsafe it gives me the heebie-jeebies. A high school student could do 90% of my work as a Phase I recovery nurse - with training. It is that remaining 10% of critical thinking - that actu...

And I thought my hospital was the only one with this issue! An OR nurse working call with me this weekend put it best and actually answered the question about why they do not pre-op after hours - "I have not given an IV medicine in years, I cannot re...

Depends on the focus of the unit. I am assuming it is a predominately outpatient unit? In that case: 1) Ensure patient safety. That is always the number one. 2) Work towards safely discharging patients - pain management, nausea management, loading do...

Truthfully - there is no magic answer to your question. You need experience. Only by recovering many patients will you develop the confidence not to "suck." Work as much as you can. Take advice from co-workers who are worth listening to (not the one ...

Cursed - set your expectations low and you will always be pleasantly surprised. Are you at Good Sam?

In Arizona you pay the "sunshine" tax. For the price of not shoveling snow - you give up the basic protections offered by a union. We are "right to work." That means although a workplace can form a union you are not obligated to join. Life here is a ...

That doesn't really hold true in my experience. Most people I know (myself included) with about 2-3 years HOSPITAL experience (not LTC, MD office, etc.) earn anywhere from $28.50 to $30.00 an hour (not including overtime, call, etc). Top level at mos...

Things really are as bad as stated in these news stories. The best we can hope for – the 1% sales tax passes and some of the healthcare cuts are mitigated by increased revenue. Our legislature simply does not understand that you can cut health insura...

What is the toughest block in the MCC nursing program? Why? All thoughts appreciated.

In general, I would have a plan that can accomodate Monday-Friday, 0700-1800. The class times are fairly easy to plan. The problem consists of clinicals - sometimes they are all over the map and require a degree of flexibility. So class days may be 0...

Enjoy your time off. I would not waste my time with NCLEX questions at this point. You will get plenty of that, eventually. Everything you need to know you will eventually learn.

Bio 205 was a bit easier...but essentially the same process as Bio 201/202.

I would not expend too much energy with the classes. Frankly, to speak Spanish well enough to medically translate you would almost have to undergo a huge period of immersion language learning (i.e.: live in another country). College language classes ...

Totally wrong. One of my classmates got a psych job - with kids no less - fresh out of nursing school. Try St. Luke's...

Jolie - I think we are on the same page with regard to deductibles. So I guess that makes me the token proponent of universal healthcare that wants to see patients with some "skin in the game." That said, I'm too tired, old, and cranky to get any enj...

That is true. Also, include the cost of needless medical tests. My parents have excellent retiree health insurance that supplements medicare, and will do whatever useless scan their unscrupulous family md will prescribe (he happens to own all the ima...

I'm glad you agree, Jolie, because our opinions are very, very far apart on the subject of universal healthcare!

I'm just a dumb staff nurse but here are my two cents: The major source of revenue from hospitals are government sponsored (Medicaid/Medicare). Politicians of a certain persuasion are quick to denounce "socialized medicine" (they are idiots) but a hu...

Arizona law mandates 1:2 in an ICU. It's on the state board website. I was trying to be polite writing 5:1 is insane. I was actually thinking anyone who willingly works a 5:1 ratio is insane. What a great way to run yourself absolutely ragged...

Why would you be the first to go? Is the hospital a union shop? Only a union place would consider seniority. A job with a 5:1 ration is insane. Go to the ICU - mandated 2:1. Don't sweat the layoffs. Bedside nurses are likely to be the last to go - th...

You have an interesting point. I've been following the threads concerning employment in AZ quite carefully, and several posters have replied to the effect "you can always get a job in Yuma." I would not be surprised if they were to get saturated some...