fathertod

Move to brownsville, TX for a bit and work in a pediatric clinic. Big money.

No, I don't think that it is that low for a new grad BSN in Seattle. Just apply for the job and see what happens. They have taken new grads before.

The base pay is not all that bad for a nursing home. I saw some ads for nursing homes around Des Moines, WA for around $36 an hour with no sign on bonus. Your rate of $33 an hour puts you at $68648 a year ($33.00 * 2080), which does not include your ...

Your best training and career bet is to go to Harborview. You will not regret it.

There is a company with locations in Dallas and Scottsdale, AZ that will pick you up for dermatology training. You can search for those jobs on indeed.com and it should pop up.

Do all the assigned work and assignments.

Well, I am glad you have had the pleasure of working with non-judgemental nursing peers and/or family during the course of your nursing practice. You are very, very lucky as this is very rare set of circumstances similar to unicorn and leprechaun sig...

Remember that with these sign on bonuses that indentured servitude was made illegal along time ago. Good luck to them if they ever try to enforce it.

You need to move to an area where you can find a job.

Have you considered not going into nursing because if you can't take a little bit of heat from your family, I wonder how cut out you will be taking heat from your nursing manager, nursing peer group, and the patients. You may want to reconsider anoth...

Please consider the implications of what bothers you and your patients. It is the inability to have a simple discussion about the original cause of the root problem, which is smoking. You have problems with it at work, and your patients also have a p...

You would look like an adaptable and supportive nurse who is capable of being with and advocating for your patients. While you maybe inclined to take up smoking to have a better relationship with your patient, you may want to reconsider that course o...

I know this won't be a popular statement, but I would rather sit outside and have a smoke with a patient and simply talk to them and be there with them, rather than letting them do it alone. Its part of the companionship part of nursing, you talk and...

You need to advocate for your patients wants and needs, so if it includes smoking, you should consider encouraging that activity while providing educational information that smoking can be adverse for your health if you continue to do it.

Honestly, if you can just get dressed up professionally, and pop by the HR office and inquire as to your application. If they chose another candidate, you can ask for another interview with a nurse manager immediately then if it is allowed or availab...

Honestly, just skip the accellerated BSN and just find and accellerated DNP or Masters in nursing psychatric nurse practioner program. If what your saying is true, you will probably be happier just skipping straight to that.

I disagree with you assertions that a supervisor will be accommidating to weakness showed while on work time. In most nursing facilities, weak employees are weeded out, especially those who have breakdowns while under alot of pressure. Obviously, the...

You will be entering a field with people who have a mindset of serving and healing other individuals. People will judge their nursing practice by how they interact, heal, intervene, and eventually "save" their patients. Being a nurses is like being a...

Start now before you have impluses to have a family.

While I was crying, my patient died.

At this point, the debates generated within this forum topic are completely and mostly relevant for future readers of this topic who face the looming spectre of debt and graduate level, or more advanced, education. The real debate here is how to bala...

I think you are right when you are saying that crying while delivering patient care to multiple patients during your shift is an example of selfishness which should not be tolerated on the unit. Also, I do agree with you that the OP should reconsider...

Honestly, alot of the advice you are getting regarding holding back and waiting until you get a certain magical amount of experience is probably from individuals who are simply jealous that you are trying to follow your dreams. You need to just try a...

Part of the reason people can't make up their minds on what to do this that people try to be multiple things in this world. For example, many people want to be "Super Parent", super student, super career-driven worker, etc. all at the same time and s...

put the loans on deferral, then after graduation, or right before you graduate, put the public loans on income based repayment so your payments are super low for awhile. Just get it done and do not go to a private university DNP program. The kids and...