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  1. What would you do?

    APP replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to your school as see if you can get a 1 ir 2 week delay in your exams for medical

  2. Am I the only one not getting a raise?

    APP replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Ask for a performance review. if there are any issues with your job performance that are behind your lack of a raise, the review should make them apparent. It also gives you an opportunity to...

  3. Tips on how to grow a thicker skin without losing yourself

    APP replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure ignoring your preceptor is a good idea. Why not set up a meeting and ask her if there is some way to constructively address her issues? It sounds like she does not really know how to be...

  4. I am an RN but am NOT getting training. HELP!!

    APP replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    By all means, keep after the NM for training, and start looking for another job if that seems appropriate, bit in the meantime, learn as much as you can: all those things you are not allowed to do...

  5. Nursing Residencies?

    APP posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    In another thread, someone mentioned nursing residencies. are these common? anyone here dne

  6. Books that show what nursing is like in real world

    APP posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone recommend books, fiction or non-fiction, that give a realistic picture of what nusing is like on a day-to-day basis? (Or movies, for that matter) I'm considering a career change into...

  7. What IS travel nursing?

    APP posted a topic in Travel

    what exactly is travel nursing? What settings do travel nurses work in? Whp hires htem? How long are

  8. When circ's go bad...

    APP replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here is a site that will make anyone re-consider circumcision (warning: graphic photos)

  9. want to help out a friend BUT.....

    APP replied to hhrhrn41's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a social worker she can talk to to find out about med assistance programs? Some pharma companies have reduced cost med programs for the low-income. Helping her as has been going on is not...

  10. Great performance review/poor raise

    APP replied to joyflnoyz's topic in General Nursing

    "... she told me that she had been instructed NOT to give out any "4"s because that would make the raise over 3%...." The REALLY sucky thing about this practice is they are down-grading your...

  11. Do all nurses wear scrubs?

    APP posted a topic in General Nursing

    Not a nurse (yet, amd considering it). I am old enough to remember when nurses wore uniforms! Back int he late 80s I volunteered at Gearge Washington University Hospital, on a gen med unit. There,...

  12. Direct Entry NP programs: enough clinical experience?

    APP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would be interested in hearing the opinions of experienced nurses. For someone with no nursing background, would a direct entry NP program provide sufficient clinical

  13. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    APP replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Screw nursing... I'm going to make my fortune making and selling full body-condoms for

  14. Silent birth? Anyone see one?

    APP replied to Sis123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    here is a site that talks about silent birth: http://www.silentbirth.org/ I am not a scientologuist, know nothing about it, have no opinions pro or con, just passing this

  15. Virginia Student Nurses?

    APP replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Virginia Nursing

    To whom was this directed? what info do you feel was too revealing? What risk do you see? I don't see anythign that looks too revealing in this

  16. question for EXPERIENCED NPs, please!

    APP replied to APP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    "Think back to when you became an RN..." well, I haven't become an RN - I am considering a mid-life career change, and am looking at direct-entry NP programs, hence my concern. My problem is that I...

  17. Not sure if nursing is the right field for me...

    APP replied to jgriff650s's topic in General Nursing

    I am thinking about going to nursing school. I volunteered for 6 months (1 evening per week) at a urban hospital on a general medical ward, and it gave me a great deal of insight (some of which was...

  18. Virginia Student Nurses?

    APP replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Virginia Nursing

    If so - what program are you in? I am not in nursing school, but am consdering a carrer change (from IT into nursing). I start my first pre-req at NVCC in May. Unfortunately I need to work while...

  19. What W.Virginia towns/cities do you recommend working in and why?

    APP replied to fd5151's topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I own a second home in Shepherdstown WV. I;d move there full time in a heart-beat if I could get full-time work (I am not a nrse, but I am planning to go to nursing school. It is the...

  20. What Virginia towns/cities do you recommend working in and why?

    APP replied to fd5151's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I live in Northern VA, close in to DC. VERY EXPENSIVE, and bad traffic. I like it, though (grew up in small rural town, been there, got the tee-shirt). If I were you, I'd consider Winchester. Large...

  21. A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

    APP replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

    Somewhere there is a thread entitled "Too Old?" on allnurses - read it. You'll see people in their 60s and 70s are going to nursing school! This is one advantage of the nursing shortage! Not to...

  22. Does it have to be such a hostile environment?

    APP posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a middle-aged professional considering a career change. I have been thinking about nursing, but many of the things I have read about on this forum are beginning to give me doubts. The whole...

  23. what is the difference?

    APP replied to LAROSILIERE7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just want to add, if you think you might want to go on to a Masters degree (in ANY field) you'll need a Bachelors degree

  24. Does it have to be such a hostile environment?

    APP replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    "If I were lookING FOR A JOB to retire from I would look for a desk job ." I've been sitting on my butt, in front of a computer terminal, since 1984. I feel like I could die at my desk and the only...

  25. Shanandoa University

    APP posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is anyone familiar with Shanandoah University? Specifically their Accelrated 2nd degree program in Northern VA? If so, impressions? I have also posted this ont he Virgina forum, but it does not seem...