Night Owl RN

If you get out of school at 50 you might be able to get ahead of the age bias curve and find a job without much trouble. I believe my experience would have been different had I finished school at a younger age. I started nursing school when I was 58...

Hello fellow nurses, I'm in the last term of my RN-BSN program and can't seem to come up with a Capstone project idea. I currently work part-time in LTC/Skilled Nursing but would like to be gaining acute care experience in a hospital work place. Th...

In our computer system, we are just verifying that we saw the new order. After it is verfied by the floor nurse, the order goes into the appropriate ques. If it's for a med, the pharmacy must review and release it.

If a year in med-surg is considered so "mandatory," it would be great if I could just go down to my local CC and sign up for it. As it is, I've been unable to get one of these "trailer trash" nursing jobs since becoming the oldest new grad RN in Jun...

I just finished my RN-BSN and I heard the instructors talking about the "nursing shortage" all of the time. This was very frustrating to me and about half of the class that were "new-grads-who-couldn't-get-a-job-so-went-for-BSN-to-fill-time." I ask...

I became an RN in June 2010 and like many others, couldn't get a job in acute care. I've been working in LTC/Skilled since January while I completed my BSN. I actually like geriatrics and LTC; having been inspired by caring for my own mother before...

Having spent the last 5 yrs earning my LPN, RN, and now, my BSN, I'd choose this field again.....if it was actally possible to get a nursing job. At the moment, I'm considering "retiring" because my self esteem can't withstand much more callous reje...

Until reading this thread, I didn't realize there were so many over 60 new grad RNs like myself. It's truly inspiring to read all of these encouraging posts. I started my prereqs at 58, got a place on the waiting list at 59, got my LPN license at 6...

Can someone please explain the rationale for not hiring ready, willing, and able new grad RNs over the age of 60? I actually had a verbal offer for one lousy LTC shift a week and since being fingerprinted (where you have to put your birthday on the ...

Just off the top of my head, I can think of eleven RN level nursing schools in my city and I probably forgot some of the smaller ones. Needless to say, getting a new grad job here is next to impossible. I graduated in June 2010 with a 3.3 GPA, pass...

The only LPN jobs I've seen advertised for TriHealth: a few at Hospice of Cincinnati and a few at doctor's medical practice. Nothing at BNorth or Good Sam.

DIV-99, based on what I've experienced, you will probably have more job opportunities as an STNA than an LPN. I got my LPN while I was on the wait list for the RN clinicals, thinking I could work as an LPN while doing the RN classes, but jobs are sc...

I just graduated LPN school in January about the same time all of the local LPN jobs vaporized. Even though I started RN clinicals (I'd been on a waiting list for 2+ years) in February, I was anxious to get started on my nursing career. I got my firs...

I, too, am a new LPN in the Cincy area. I haven't had any luck finding a job---in fact, of the 30 apps made, I've received one call back from an HR person and the hours conflicted with my class schedule. I keep reassuring myself I'd have better luc...

Actually, nursing is my second career. That means I didn't work at my first career (telecommunications management) for 30 or 40 years. Since you are v-e-r-y young, nursing may be your first career. I doubt it will be your only career. Hardly anyo...

I've noticed that many of the 20 and 30 year olds are not staying in the field for 30-40 years either. Many are having babies or simply wearing out and "retiring" from nursing. The other thing I have noticed is, the 40 and 50 somethings are not the...

Oh, please! Are you serious? I would give anything to be starting out at 30 instead of 60.

"A friend then told me that Blue Cross, the health insurance company she had for her business (30 employees). charged $1000/month extra for her husband after he turned 55 yo.(about 20 years ago). They paid it, rather than lose the "good deal" they'd ...

The hospital will not have breached the contract until you worked and they issued a paycheck that reflected the lower wages. What they are trying to do is force a resigning of the contract to reflect these lower wages. When that happens, they have ...

You go, Noor! I'm over 60 and recently finished school, so I'm looking for a job in an acute setting also. I believe my age is a negative influence on my job search too. Some of my 40 year old classmates think I'm overly sensative about this issue...

I'll graduate from LPN school in 60 days (but who's counting?) and I just turned 61. Three days after graduation, I start my RN clinicals at the CC (have been on that waiting list for 2 years) and expect to graduate June 2010. I'll be 62. I'm just ...

I haven't seen anyone else post this so I'll go on record with "I hate the polo shirt" uniform top. What was wrong with the standard "pajama top" scrub shirt? It hid a multitude of sins. The polo shirts have no pockets and if your hour-glass figure ...

Meet with your instructor to recheck your test grades as one of the PP suggested. A student in my class failed last term by a tenth of a point or less. During the review of her exams, a calculation error was found and the recalculation of her final...

Hi all, There's been a lot of discussion in various threads about the age at which many are starting second careers in nursing. If someone with a previous BS in Biology obtains an LPN at 61 and an ADN at 62, could that person be considered a competit...

It's a relief to know questions are still acceptable. My clinical instructor told me I ask too many questions. Pretty hard to do when she is rarely with me. She doesn't make many corrections to my paperwork and I've never gotten a "Needs Improveme...