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Or to anyone who is vegan for ethical reasons!

I am a diploma RN, and while I don't live in CT, I got offered every job I interviewed for and got interviews for almost every application I submitted. And I applied in various states since I was interested in relocating. Many places do not care. At the vast majority of the places I looked, starting pay was even the same. Some would have paid me more than my fellow BSN grads since I worked as a tech during school. As for finishing your BSN - programs vary from 2-6 semesters depending on the school. Just my personal experience. Good luck to you!

I am also a CCU nurse (albeit a new one) and am not sure why there are all these mentions to CVP. Our orders are written to parameters - typically to MAP >60 using an art line. We have a lot of autonomy as well. UO may or may not be an effect you see, but that would not be as immediate as BP. Stephanie

I am not trying to be flip, but my dog had a myelogram a couple of years ago for a cervical injury. She now has a disc problem lower down. This vet (at a vet teaching hospital) said we should get an MRI - that a myelogram isn't used as much because it can cause inflammation and that an MRI tells you more. So I am curious why your doc is proposing a myelogram after an MRI? What could it show that the MRI didn't? I really hope whatever your health problem is that it gets corrected!

We were taught by our manufacturer to only do so in an extreme emergency - and that is waht we practice.

I like uniformcity.com. I've bought in person in Richmond, VA and online. Been happy every time. Stephanie

Side note: I was on the honor council at my school. One student review I was juror on we found the student guilty - blatantly so - of her offense. The policy was then that the council would make recommendation for punishment based on prewritten guidelines and the Dean would make the final punishment decision. All of this was in our handbook. Well, this student should have been out of the program immediately - or at least given a failing grade in the class. She however decided to fight it (including using the race card, though the council was of mixed race) and got a lawyer involved. As far as I know the school let her off without a slap - didn't even fail her for the class she cheated in. She was in my graduating class and I just felt it was a mockery. I am all for standing up for one's rights, but our overusage of lawyers and lawsuits in this country is insane. This girl was in most of my classes and became quite hostile - I should have sued her!

Thank you. I am so glad to read someone say this. I took anatomy online with no lab dissections. Guess what - I passed it with an A, passed nursing school with a high GPA, passed NCLEX the first time in 75, and now I am on my way to being a great nurse. Even if I didn't have a problem with the pointless cruelty and the nefarious methods used to obtain these animals, studies show people who do computer simulations actually learn better. Many prestigious medical schools have dropped animal dissection from their programs. Comparative Studies of Dissection and Other Animal Uses TEACHKIND.ORG > Policy > Dissection http://www.janewrdh.com/students/college.htm There are alternatives and they are effective. We all have the right to educate ourselves about all aspects of our lives and act accordingly - conscious living. Nursing involves a lot of compassionate care, I just don't feel dissection has a place in shaping the foundation of our nursing practice.

Yes, that's what I was thinking also. I am very into promoting the professionalism of nursing. I am just not sure what I think about using RN outside of the healthcare facility. But it seems like something that could positively impact our image.

Thank you! I said in my original post "until I got my license about a month ago".

Thanks for your input everyone. So far we have one person who put it on her checks and everyone else only uses it by accident. : ) I kind of wonder why more people wouldn't use it - don't doctors use their title when signing in the 'real world'?

I never thought about this until I got my license about a month ago, but when is it appropriate to sign RN after your name? This never came up in school and I couldn't find anything online. Is there protocol? Obviously I would use it at work and with professional organizations, but where else do you use it? I am proud of earning my license, but don't want to put it all over the place where it doesn't fit. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

I never felt ready to take it. Yet I did and I passed in 75 questions. You are on the right track getting a good % on the tests. To me it was a lot more about learning the way to answer the test questions than it was about specific knowledge. Good luck to you!

Clemm - I am just getting started in my nursing career, but you have mirrored a lot of my reasons. It is truly a dynamic profession with so many options. I had a career before nursing and know that most jobs have their share of negatives. It was up to me if I focused on those aspects or the positives. I learned when more days than not all I saw was negative, it was time for me to move on. In nursing there are so many avenues to take if that happens. I am getting into Critical Care now and could see myself doing nurse education in the future. The options are limitless!

i passed! i passed!!!!