SummitRN BSN, RN

ICU + Infection Prevention

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  1. Honestly, I don't see why hospital don't hire new grads on at minimum wage for their orientation period. This would knock down the training cost that is a barrier to hiring and training new grads. I...
  2. New grad RNs are being massively overproduced. Experienced RNs are unusually abundant. Hospitals are underhiring RNs. Unless new grad production is reduced and the economy improves (increasing hiring...
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    Got in medical school???

    Congratulations! That's the economy for you!
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    Magnet, polarization, ageism, classism

    Ageism implies that they are trying to choose people based on age. Employers are are choosing people based on education because THEY think there is a difference, whether it be subtle or not. (They...
  5. I've taken care of 1-2 patients (low acuity awaiting discharge/placement) per shift. Sounds good, but I've been so scant for skills. I'm 75% of the way through and apart from ADLs, oral meds, and...
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    Did you take pathophysiology? How hard was it?

    Physiology is how things work. Pathophysiology is how things work when they don't. In short, it was an awesome and fascinating course for me, more so than A&P. I took it for fun prior to nursing....
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    What did you do on your MedSurg I clinical?

    The annoying thing to me is that I did more in my first two clinicals where I was able to start and d/c several IVs, give several SQ, IM, and drip meds, do ostomy care, start and d/c several foleys,...
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    Nursing in Hawaii

    I hear that HI is the only place worse than CO and CA... but maybe HH and Hospice aren't as bad
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    New Grad in ICU struggling

    OK, I'm still just a nursing student, but I know a thing or two about how people work. It really sounds like it is one of two scenarios. One you might be able to do something about, the other not: 1....
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    VA Hospital in Denver

    I am in CO, but I am in school right now... one of the zillion who will be looking for a
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    VA Hospital in Denver

    Are most units 8s or 12s? What units run 12 hour
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    Anyone work at the VA?? Need info

    Are most places rotating shifts? Are 12s more predominant on certain wards? How does using your vacation work? Do you have to apply way ahead and is there some seniority system or something? A 12 hour...
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    Where Did the Nursing Shortage Go?

    The problem is the idea that: "there may be a nursing shortage again in 5-10 years, so let's keep opening new nursing programs RIGHT NOW." Creating a bunch more new grads right now will not yield an...
  14. That sucks. Request a retest claiming they had a false positive. Also, you might consider reviewing your pharmacology so you sound on top of things when discussing the topic with your employer and the...
  15. Let's not confuse an 50 hour long trade school class with education. The same goes for a 100 hour long EMT class. Having been an EMT and a telemarketer, I can tell you they both take skill and...
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    Glad they are flooding the market with New Grads...

    Right now I'm trying to make my fellow students and potential students aware of the issues. Once I am a nurse, I plan to become active in professional organizations, in pushing them towards lobbying...
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    Glad they are flooding the market with New Grads...

    Nurses are allowing this to happen. Who do you think starts and teaches unneeded nursing school after unneeded school? NURSES! Who do you think runs the accrediting agencies and nursing boards that...
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    Job Market

    CO has about the worst job market in the US for new grads except for maybe
  19. Because CNA's WILLINGLY work for crap pay instead of choosing more lucrative jobs like telemarketer or grocery bagger. They do it because it is easy to become a CNA. Those that won't work for crap...
  20. If they were not paying you for your lunch, then you didn't have to answer that
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    Vail Valley Medical Center

    OHHHH Well then, if you are looking to go for a snow season working a 6 mo stint, plus your family supports it, could you really go wrong? It's the people who try to make a life of it in a resort...
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    Vail Valley Medical Center

    Vail is extremely expensive, highly seasonal, and much of the population is transient/tourist/second homeowners. That makes it hard for people to live there full time. Most people who do "live" there...
  23. I hope they win and that HR departments take notice across the
  24. Oh... my...
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    Any other Regis alternates out there?

    My friend got in and turned down his spot... so there are