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I have worked at OSUMC for 14yrs but only for 2 of them as an RN. Yes, you have to pay union dues and they are steep (unless you choose to work at OSUE). New grad pay is similar to all the other Cols. hospitals from what I hear. We have really good b...

I've also heard people talk and act like they feel rehab is a lower order of nursing. When you hear all of the talk of how we have to promote nursing and let the world know just how important it is, etc-maybe we should also work to promote rehab nurs...

I finally became an RN just 6 months before turning 40 and several of my co-nursing students were already in their mid forties. I figured I have too many more years left to work so I might as well make more money for those years and do something that...

I graduated from the CSCC online program last June (2nd online group). I really liked the program for its flexibility especially. I worked fulltime (M-F days)at OSU and was able to do my nursing classes online with clinicals and labs in evenings and ...

In our hospital it doesnt matter which field you are in, we all start out the same for RN pay with slight difference between Associates vs Bachelors. Our raises are set since we are unionized. In rehab, the advances are pretty much the same as the o...

once you are hired to a floor and properly oriented they could very well offer OT.

I've found that many of my nursing friends who work in other areas have no clue exactly what we do. I've heard many people say before that we are like a glamourized nursing home. Obviously, that isnt correct. What I usually do is explain to others wh...

I'm hitting the 6 month mark this month and I can say I see differences in myself all the time. I am one who has to do something several times before I feel confident. I have finally got to the point where more things are now more confortable to me. ...

OSU does employ some LPNs. I work with some over at Dodd Hall which is our inpatient rehab hospital. Also, I think some of the outpatient clinics hire some as well. Parking is definitely an issue. About $26 a month for a staff pass, and parking is OK...

I used mostly Saunders but also got some books from the library (other NCLEX prep books) and reviewed them as well in my spare time. One was a Davis book, cant remember the other.

OSUMC starts ADNs at around 21.82 and BSNs get slightly more(not much-just over 22, I think)

I would rather think that is not the case. I definitely would not get involved with a patient (or anyone else for that case as I 'm already married). It is a violation of the relationship we are supposed to have with the patients.

I'm new too and work in an inpatient rehab area. I have to say that I would be very overwhelmed too with the situation you describe. That does sound very hard. Fortunately, our patients are divided up in teams and the RN always has either an LPN or a...

I just got my results Tues and I passed :) I've been waiting for that moment for soooo long and funny thing is, that once it happened, I was happy (obviously) but then realized that aside from not having to worry anymore, that I really didnt feel muc...

I would assume it is reliable. One of my former classmates checked hers at pearson vue and found out she passed. I was too cheap to pay the $8 and decided to wait it out. Finally her results and mine were verified by seeing our license numbers on th...

I've had the opposite issue.I've been very calm so far and am starting to worry that I am slacking or something. I fear that I will regret not being more nervous or rather driven to study faithfully. I'm scheduled for July 14th. I've been working th...

The starting pay at our hospital for those with specialized training in CT/MR/NucMed is right at the same for starting nurses around $21 /hr. Imaging techs that I know started out in regular diagnostic/xray areas and then would start cross training ...

On the floor where I precepted last quarter, The aides would gather and have a report session to pass on report to the aides working the next shift. This was at the same time the nurses were also finding each other for report. I really liked to see t...

OSU was paying for us to go to CSCC for the RN program. However, they recently stopped taking new applicants ( maybe they have plenty of people in the program?). Riverside also pays for nursing school at CSCC for their people. I assume that program i...

I was in the cscc online program and when we had the pharm class we never had to use the CD. I truthfully dont even remember if the book came with a cd then. We basically had to use the calculations book and occasionally (in the early classes) do som...

we had about 50 starting and about 30 graduated. Most were rejoining the program with the next class.

Congrats! good news and bad news--bad news is that you will probably lose more of your classmates. We lost a lot more than I expected even up to 6th and 7th qtrs. good news--I remember 1st quarter. Everything seemed so far away still, but you know ,t...

I know several people who are currently or have completed such arrangements (including myself). Your best bet is to check with the offering facility. They will explain their program to you and can show you their contract. This could easily vary per f...

usually for our clinical instructors we have always donated toward a group gift anywhere from $3-10. This quarter since we had preceptors it was strange for me to figure out what to do. I simply wanted to show appreciation ,but not go overboard. I e...

Our on-line program (ADN)at Columbus State Community College is for people with a bachelors degree in anything. You do lectures online and discussions and such,but you have to go in for clinicals and labs and testing.