allieRN2008

you posted that the er, icu and the other specialties are in high demand, but the travel company wants you to have 1 year of med surg experience dont they? that's what i have been told by several companies & i was planning on that being my first step after graduating that is to work in the local hospital for 1 year on med surg. is that right??? or should i try to land a job within a specialty in the hospital when i graduate??

Also in RN school we are doing only 1 day of clinicals a week. I dont feel like this is enough experience especially for the general RN students; I know in LPN school we went to clinicals 2 or 3 times a week. I know some colleges keep their bridge classes together as a group, we were merged in with 2nd year general students, so a lot of the focus is towards the students who have never been nurses. Us bridge students feel a little neglected but yet we pay for the same education as the general students. But like I said just putting in my time to get my new credentials behind my name.

Did anyone ever answer how travel nursing works when you have a husband? My children are grown up, but I will be leaving a husband home while on assignments. I know each marriage is unique but anyone with experience out there know the toll it takes on a marriage??

I am currently in the bridge program now, and plan to graduate in the spring. Basically it feels like a big review for me since I have been a LPN for 12 years. I am just jumping through the hoops that the college & teachers demand so that I can graduate. I am thankful for the review but for the most part I dont feel like I am learning a whole bunch more than I already knew. But I was fortunate to have a great group of teachers when I went to LPN school. And now 12 years later my LPN instructor is teaching at the college. For that I am blessed r/t she is a wonderful person & instructor. Good luck to all.]

Hi I usually just enjoy reading things that others print, but when I read about this one I felt compelled to reply. I have been an LPN for 12 yrs. and now I am currently in a bridge college program to get my RN degree, I have the pleasure to sit by a paramedic in class. And I also study with several paramedics within the class. We all have already discussed with maturity our strengths and deficets within the two fields. We rely on each other to share our strengths. I think we have agreed that wouldn't it be wonderful to diffuse our knowledge together and be one smart cookie. I agree that paramedics must go way more into detail in their studies when it comes to cardiac including the meds., and they are up on the latest emergency drugs and emergency task that save a lot of people's lifes. But what they are having to learn is the disease process & the interventions to do to prevent or assist a pt. with a dx. They usually see the end results of a dx. or an acute mess of a dx process. But I think we have a lot we can learn from each other.