Protoadn

Alright. . . in a nutshell I am a recent new grad from an ADN program. I have a BA, in psychology (not interested much in psych RN, crazy ppl don't do it for me). I have my license, I have ACLS, I worked for four months in busy county hospital in a step-down ICU until I realized that I didn't want to do that anymore (I hate med-surge, hard unit + bad preceptor = this sucks) and now I have come to a conclusion. I want to explore ER/ED, or prison nursing. I have been on one prison interview for the state of California, very interesting (should hear back in two weeks), and that's it. I am open to ANY kind of nursing, but will RELOCATE, and I mean ANYWHERE in the country for ED (need a new grad training program), or correctional nursing gigs. There is nada in the bay area. I was even considering working as an EMT (i am certed) close to home as the 12.50 an hour doesn't pay for rent on its own in most places around here. I could go back to school. . .but I got to wait for next round of apps. I feel very fortunate for many things in my life, I have many options, including time, but I would like to hear if anyone, anywhere in the US that has ANY thoughts on where to check next. It's a big country, I am wondering where to start. Websights, thoughts, tirades welcome. Peace out

Its a classic thing here. Someone will always be threatened and annoyed by someone else that is getting the same pay and doing the same work, but hasn't earned either right in their mind. Its why anesthesiologists dislike CRNAs. Nursing sure is difficult, but most of it is common sense. You can't teach common sense, it comes naturally for some and for others it comes with time and experience. Because you are hearing here that many, many people that have graduated from or are currently in ADN programs bring lots of different levels of experience to the table, I believe you should take a minute to reconsider those negative experiences you have had with ADN's. People should be evaluated on a case by case basis. I speculate that no matter what program you came from its variations of the amount of clinical hours, the level of comfort the student has with the basics of physiology, and previous life-experiences that will make them seem to be better RN's at first. I speculate even further that if you took ten RN's, five with BSN's and Five with ADN's that in five years of working in the same unit you wouldnt be able to tell the difference between them as far as on the job performance. To me this argument for more money for BSN's is short sided and only rewards the already lop sided education system that we have here in the US.