brandy1017

brandy1017 ASN, RN

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  1. nursing isn't for everyone

    brandy1017 replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    I also know another person who had an english degree and then went to a tech school for graphic arts who was able to get a graphic arts job. Whether that person was just luckier or perhaps more...

  2. nursing isn't for everyone

    brandy1017 replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing may not be perfect, but it is fairly well paying and more flexible than most other jobs. You can work 3 12 hr shifts and get benefits such as health insurance and retirement. I don't know...

  3. Am I Too Old?

    brandy1017 replied to rdl48's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why did you get a Public Health degree instead of a nursing degree in the first place? What sort of work are you doing now to pay the bills? Isn't there a way to use your current degree for a job?...

  4. Nursing Is A Business: Get Used To It!

    brandy1017 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the Supreme Court ruled that nurses in nursing homes are considered supervisors and therefore unable to join a union to advocate for themselves and the patients. This goes along with the...

  5. If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    brandy1017 replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If we are a joke it is not nursing, but our greedy capitalistic system in general where a few people have billions and the majority are poor, barely getting by, working without benefits and healthcare...

  6. My school is saying I owe 1750!

    brandy1017 replied to futureRN_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sounds like an odd school how could you take so many classes in just one month? Normally classes are by semester, occasionally by quarter, but I've never heard of classes by the month. What college...

  7. Retake Pre-Req's- waste of money?

    brandy1017 replied to RInursingstudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Rather than spend the time retaking coursework consider other options like respiratory therapy or ultra sound tech/ sonagrapher! Some colleges average the two grades anyway so it doesn't do that much...

  8. Frustrated with RN-BSN classes

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

    I agree with you, but RN-MSN is not available at most of the colleges where I live. They want to make sure you spend the extra money on a BSN first! There are probably close to a dozen colleges in...

  9. Stuck Pre-Nursing Student; Feeling Frustrated

    brandy1017 replied to RInursingstudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would consider ultrasound tech, you can specialize if you want and it pays as much as if not more than nursing! Less stress, better working conditions, taking care of one patient at a time, not...

  10. Hospital Unit Secretaries

    brandy1017 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It seems the hospitals are cutting unit secretaries and making them function as CNA's. They are needed and indispensible, but frankly they barely make a living wage. I honestly don't know how so...

  11. Everyone Won't Succeed. And That's Okay!

    brandy1017 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    I'm glad I'm in the second half of life and don't have to worry about financing a college education. The costs are astronomical, especially relative to the average income of most people! I came from...

  12. My first...my second MRI

    brandy1017 replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    I've had to have a couple CT scans and MRI's in the past for headaches and I too didn't think I was claustrophobic, but it really can be an unnerving experience. You are completely surrounded, can...

  13. Everyone Won't Succeed. And That's Okay!

    brandy1017 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    While there may be many disadvantages these can be overcome if a person loves learning and reading. Reading can open a whole universe of knowledge and the world to a person. Even if poor, if they...

  14. Nursing Safe Harbor Rule

    brandy1017 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Career

    Doesn't Texas have some group I can't recall the name of it that blacklists nurses and makes it very difficult for them to get a job if they are put on the list? Wouldn't said nurses that speak up...

  15. Hindrance to professional growth

    brandy1017 replied to exit96's topic in Emergency

    I guess it would depend on the patient if they would prefer a women for a cath. I personally go to a female OB that is my preference so I would prefer a female if possible. I wouldn't take offense...

  16. 8 months as a nurse and I am failing miserably

    brandy1017 replied to RN119's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hopefully the patient is ok and they were able to get the blood up and find the source of the bleeding. Did the patient have a cath and they were bleeding? Most likely retroperitoneal or you would...

  17. Student loans are haunting me.

    brandy1017 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I finally get the student loan monkey off my back in Spring 2016! I resent how many times my student loan was bought out from under me with no say in the next lender, most recently the evil Sallie...

  18. why so many negatives about nursing?

    brandy1017 replied to confusedstudent20's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree although I've been having some really good shifts lately, the memories of all the bad ones keep me from working overtime which I really should be doing so I can get out of debt and get my...

  19. Do you need all those degrees?

    brandy1017 replied to dnsonthego's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I really doubt that the majority of MA prepared nurses are staying at the bedside for personal fulfillment! I think many either were unable to transition to the career/job they had hoped for or found...

  20. Getting Thrown Under the Bus

    brandy1017 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your problem is really with the manager who failed to deliver on the hours you were promised. If you have been lied to and mislead by management it sounds like the lack of trust begins...

  21. double majoring with nursing

    brandy1017 replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Students

    Well it depends how you plan to combine the degrees as far as what career path you want to take. Do you want to eventually become a director of community health or something like that? Then I could...

  22. Going crazy

    brandy1017 replied to 16mm's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think the ADN would be the quicker and easier way to get a RN. A BSN at a university would be long, dragged out with extra science coursework, take longer, cost more, more hoops to jump through and...

  23. Dear Cheaters

    brandy1017 replied to RN9742's topic in General Students

    You sound paranoid and resentful of others who may simply be doing better than you. Why do you assume people are cheating? I went to nursing school and I never once even thought about people...

  24. Worried about paying off student loan debt

    brandy1017 replied to metallicaman1031's topic in General Students

    If you have enough equity in your house you might consider a home equity loan or cash out refi because as you said home interest rates are at record lows and are much lower than the student loans....

  25. Worried about paying off student loan debt

    brandy1017 replied to metallicaman1031's topic in General Students

    The govt has no plans to bail out students. They are actually making money even with the defaults. They already pay off lenders and then continue to collect what is due when a student defaults....