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Thanks to all that replied. You had some great info, just what I was looking for.

I am considering applying for a correctional nursing job (RN), and one of my biggest worries is endangering my family by having prisoners exploit me by threatening my family. For example: "sneak in these drugs or my gang will go visit your pretty dau...

I am not sure if anybody knows what the 1000+ page bill will do to health care, especially from the nurses point of view. I doubt if most of the people who voted in favor of it even know what it contains. -mandate everyone to purchase heath insurance...

Just wanted to know how you pass meds in an isolation room. You must check the 7 rights with the med sheet at the bed side but you can't take the med sheet in the room with you. Any paper (second med sheet, printout etc.) taken into the patient's roo...

the seven rights include expiration date (of the med, not the patient), and allergies

Thanks! We are in the process of making a policy for this and everything just seemed like a catch 22. It helps to know how other people handle this situation!

Thank you all for this great information!! I have been looking for stuff like this for years!

I am looking forward to the days of "free" health care for all. I can quit my job and spend all day with my kids. I will be able to sleep in and stay up late (no more 03:30 alarms going off.) My wife and I are busting our a$$s trying to get ahead and...

Thanks so much for posting this! your story gave me a very slim glimmer of hope after I was POSITIVE that I failed with 75 questions. Most of which I had no idea about or never heard about, and the test taking strategies that I learned seemed to be o...

Congratulations for getting into the program and taking the first step to becoming a nurse. I just graduated and nursing programs can be a meat grinder for students. I am not sure how many people we "lost" but there were a lot. The biggest thin...

Thanks, new grads need all the help they can get this year.

I live an hour south of Chicago, and this year is not going to be good for new grads. So far there are more new grads than open positions. This economy is going to be tough for a few years.

Stay with the NICU, if you found something that you love stick with it. even if you have mad med/surg skills now, you can always get them back easily. If your med/surg skills are lacking now than you have nothing to lose. I know that I could improv...

I applied two months before we graduate, and I was still behind the curve. I had to call HR to help my application along so I could get one interview. Most people that applied early have had 2 or 3 interviews so far. A few weeks into your last ...

Go for it. Your ultimate goal is to be in the OR and they offer you a position in the OR? Sounds perfect to me. Getting out of an OR is easy, getting into an OR is hard. With the economy crunch coming up, hospitals are hiring new grads less and less....

I concur that this is a poor idea. The agency should not put you in this position, it is not safe for you or your patients. You maybe able to pull it off if the staff really helps you out, but there is no way to guarantee that. The charting, supplies...

36/hr/week X 52/weeks = 1872hr/year $100,000 / 1872 = $53.40/hr Just to give you an idea how much per hour equals $100,000, without overtime. There are some nursing gigs that pay that kind of money; like agency.

Great thread, thanks for posting. I am in the same boat. I feel like I have all the pieces but putting them together takes me too much time. Has anyone noticed that males have a tougher time multitasking? One of my instructors mentioned that she has...

Seems fair to me. I am going to be a nurse, but needles, blood, urine, poo, talking to people, and charting are against my beliefs. So give me my job and don't make me do any of these things or I will sue you for discrimination. I expect all of my co...

This is how John Edwards made his multi-millions!

It is harder to recruit doctors/doctor's families to rural areas, so pay must be higher.

This is one of the biggest problems with our health care today, and it is not just in Florida either. It is a sad time when there are more benefits to being an illegal than a legal, tax paying citizen. This should also be a case of hate the game, n...

Inserts never seemed to stay put, after awhile they would start getting bunched up by my toes and causing problems. I have not tried any recently though, maybe they have improved?

I don't think your school is that unusual. I know of a school (ADN) that fails 50% of students the first semester, "weeds out" some more during the rest of the two years, and still ends up with a 82 to 88% NCLEX pass rate. How does that happen? It is...

The class you want to take sounds very interesting and valuable (not just for nursing, but life in general.) You are wise to avoid instructors you don't get along with. Your transcripts are forever and risking a poor grade is not worth it. I always u...