brandy1017

brandy1017 ASN, RN

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  1. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    brandy1017 replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    Just

  2. When do going back to school STOP!!

    brandy1017 replied to tlklvn13's topic in General Nursing

    I get where you're coming from and I too am the "poor relation" in the family, my siblings all make a lot more than me and obviously work in other better paying fields. Career ladders or whatever...

  3. When do going back to school STOP!!

    brandy1017 replied to tlklvn13's topic in General Nursing

    I think your experience is pretty atypical. Most experienced nurses don't land six figure jobs in nursing, without luck, connections or putting in a lot of

  4. Comfortable living?

    brandy1017 replied to Kdao's topic in General Nursing

    You forgot to include student loans in your budget. Starting pay depends on where you live it can as low as $20/hr in some places to as high as $40+ in NY, LA etc. The median pay for nurses is...

  5. How much of a pay cut is worth the name and experience?

    brandy1017 replied to mooshgigila's topic in General Nursing

    Do they have the same patient ratio's? Do they have CNA's? Do they have ceiling lifts and proper lift equipment? These are important things to consider beyond just starting pay as these play a...

  6. Pay grade: experienced nurse vs new grad

    brandy1017 replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

    That's the beauty of a strong union! It can make all the difference in pay and benefits, but not all of us are so lucky. I work in a state that has virtually no unionized hospitals, whereas some...

  7. Pay grade: experienced nurse vs new grad

    brandy1017 replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

    So how did things end up? Did she quit? Stay and sulk? I can't imagine going back after finding out I was so underpaid. I would leave and not look

  8. Pay grade: experienced nurse vs new grad

    brandy1017 replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

    Must be nice, not realistic for most people, is it union. Usually a good union hospital has a step system where your pay goes up substantially each year, rather than a clinical ladder where you are...

  9. Nude nurse goes nutty

    brandy1017 replied to chopwood carrywater's topic in General Nursing

    How scary for the poor patient! It does remind me of the horrible attack of a homeless man by someone they felt had taken bath

  10. Clinical Ladders, Advancement, and Development...Oh My!

    brandy1017 replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting approach especially about giving them a new role position in the hospital, not sure how that actually works do they have a new name to their position? Yet they are still staff nurses...

  11. My Fibro

    brandy1017 replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    Do people go on disability for fibromyalgia? I know it can be painful, but so much so that one can't work at all? That I hadn't heard. There are treatments for it like elavil or lyrica for...

  12. My Fibro

    brandy1017 replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    A coworker that has fibro and chronic back pain proudly proclaims she is against taking any meds. She wouldn't be caught dead taking anything to actually get rid of the pain like lyrica and looks...

  13. advice? asked to go home during shift

    brandy1017 replied to artreid's topic in General Nursing

    If your plan was to start school why switch in the first place? Usually you need to work somewhere a year before you qualify for tuition reimbursement anyway. As for prestige of a place I take that...

  14. ADN vs BSN Battle

    brandy1017 replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    When I became a nurse over twenty years ago this wasn't even an issue. Of course, I didn't know much about it myself and when I decided to become a nurse I applied to several colleges, but it turned...

  15. ADN vs BSN Battle

    brandy1017 replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I understand your reasoning, but ADN's are still RN's, whereas LPN's were not. So it is not the same

  16. ADN vs BSN Battle

    brandy1017 replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That is a valid reason to go for a BSN, especially when many places have a 5 year rule on sciences and I for one would not want to spend the time or especially the money retaking sciences. My one...

  17. ADN vs BSN Battle

    brandy1017 replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    But sadly most places don't pay any more for having a BSN. The VA is the only place I know that pays substantially more for a BSN. I agree that a person should be paid more for a BSN, but it usually...

  18. ADN vs BSN Battle

    brandy1017 replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In a way we are lucky to be able to work as a nurse with only an ADN because it is one of the few decent paying jobs out there and the majority of similar paying jobs require a BA/BS or higher. That...

  19. Why do nurses seem to have a bad reputation?

    brandy1017 replied to unbrokenx3's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this is coming from the recent cam girl posts we just had.

  20. advice? asked to go home during shift

    brandy1017 replied to artreid's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't make sense to me that they would send you home over this especially as you are an experienced nurse. You are not a new grad. Very strange. I think I would be happy to go back to my old...

  21. Death of a Dream

    brandy1017 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know someone elses situation, but know in general many mothers put their children first to their detriment in terms of taking care of themselves and saving for retirement. Aside from personal...

  22. Nursing loans really that bad? 120K

    brandy1017 replied to nursequery1's topic in General Students

    Now that's a crazy reason to go to an overpriced school. So you can hang out with other seriously indebted students and possibly even marry someone as in debt as you! What a successful plan. You'll...

  23. does every rn out there hate their job? sonography/x-ray tech instead?

    brandy1017 replied to Bailando's topic in General Nursing

    As to length of orientation it depends on the place. More hospitals are creating a residency program, by us its about three months orientation, but they have been known to shorten it when staffing is...

  24. does every rn out there hate their job? sonography/x-ray tech instead?

    brandy1017 replied to Bailando's topic in General Nursing

    Physics like chemistry involves math so due your math first. Buy a solutions manual off the internet for whatever math book you need. It goes thru the process step by step so you know how to arrive...

  25. You will all probably hate me for this

    brandy1017 replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    This thread reminded me of a column by Lori Borgman with her words of wit, I'm sorry, but we apologize far too much. "Being a person who routinely plans ahead for things, I'd like to take this...