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There are men out here and REAL men to boot!! Welcome to the club. I've been warmly received by the female nurses I work with except for the occasional one who assumes I'm headed straight to management. Nothing could be further from the truth. I woul...

Maybe yours is just a regional thing seeing no difference. I know three areas who will all tell you the same thing and in this particular area, the ADN program really does have more experience -- 35% more clinical hours than the BSN program. It just ...

There are many areas that Professional doesn't require a Bachelors or a Masters, nursing is one of them. I've seen what comes out of the local BSN program and it's far from professional and it's all the same test. Don't worry, NY will be reversing th...

Reread the line. The point being made was that a masters degree doesn't make a good teacher and a BSN degree doesn't make a good nurse. I know good nurses with each degree and I know bad nurses with each degree. It's not the degree that determines go...

I've seen whiny newbies and b***chy preceptors and undortunately that is a management issue. First a preceptor should be wanting to train newbies or it won't work I've seen too many who do it for the 0.25 extra they make or because of the status of i...

I'm sensing it's the maturity of those you are hanging around with. I also have gotten the advances from those who believe a nurse will sleep with anything anytime. Well, we're not all like that. Most women I have met are exscited that I'm into the p...

I agree with the majority, give it time. Get through any way you can now and it will settle down. Vomit is the one that gets me and I can almost get through that after over a year. It does get better and you'll be in this job for all the right reaso...

I buy MOBB scrubs for the pockets and the price. Just google that. They are generally about $22 a set and you can never have enough pockets.

I relish the opportunity when I graduate! I spent one day in NICU and fell in love. There is one guy who works there and he fell into that position 21 years ago and hasn't left. I never thought I'd like it but can't wait. I have an interview this wee...

Another ADN student here, done in Dec 07. We have about 10% of our class male and what a great bunch. We're thinking about facing the recruiting world as a "team". Hey, the more the merrier out there. We can add some level headedness inb that crazy w...

I truly feel sorry for NY if they implement this. With the shortages coming in the next few years, NY will be further behind the rest of the country, forced to pay outrageous bonuses for signing. I say, same test -- same license. I was admitted to tw...

I had one of the greatest older guys one night with the most wonderful sense of humor. Working with an agency aid, he turned on the call light and she went in to see what he needed, she can't back out with a puzzled look on her face and said he told ...

Well, you might think about retaking those classes but what you should do is really look at what you really want to do. Sure grades aren't critical and that's not bad, but no one can argue that grades aren't a good indication of how you will be doing...

YES YES YES, but set your sites on a hospital. I work while in nursing school and have placed catheters, drawn blood, started IV's in addition to all the other NAC stuff. The nurses are super supportive and help answer all the questions the instructo...

Sorry about KMR's response but the one thing most on the coast miss is everything east of the mountains. I was raised in Seattle too and couldn't wait to get out. My housing is less than a third that in Seattle, it's the second largest citiy in the s...

I started out with Emergency too and it's taken me 30 plus years to get into the profession. Better late than never!!

What's really needed is a reality check for current nurses. No other profession has such a need for compassion and caring providers and yet too many nurses act as though the patients are just in their way. I know there's a nursing shortage that will ...

how about any other family in the area, maybe adopted "grandparents" or child sharing with another student -- different major

Try Spokane. Everything west of the mountains is too crowded and too expensive. If Spokane is too big, there are several small communities within a 2 hour drive that have hospitals of 20 - 70 beds. Tri-cities is a good place to stay away from but Wen...

Good heavens, be a little creative. I'm not a nurse yet and even I know there are far more options that different units in a hospital. How about case manager for health insurance companies? How about state surveyor? How about pharmaceutical or medica...

quite honestly i love SHMC and know many many other nurses that do. Management? not the best but I know places in Seattle and LA I would never work at either. SH has had some tough years and many of the nurses there are a little bitter over some thin...

Good for you, keep up the good work. One thing I learned was to get over the competitiveness of most prerequisite programs. Learn to work in teams to study and if at all possible, get a job in a hospital as an NAC. That's the best experie3nce you can...

I'm working as a NAC in one hospital while in nursing school (the best experience ever) and I do volunteer work in an ER in another hospital. I have one hospital designing a program for me to work as an LPN after the first year of school and another ...

Had a little 18 year old septic princess that pushed the call light to get someone to come in the room and move her glass of water closer for her to reach. Oh ya, the call light was farther away from her on the try than the water

Something other than walking!!! racquet ball, swimming, softball or whatever. And to think my wife wants me to tae walks with her......