Quickbeam

Quickbeam BSN, RN

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  1. Give it to me hard! -

    Quickbeam replied to Lurdes777's topic in General Nursing

    Not all accelerated programs are the same, nor are all traditional programs for that matter. My accelerated program had amazing clinical opportunities in both quantity and quality. I worked with many...

  2. I am so flippen mad!!!!!!!!

    Quickbeam replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot emphasize enough how little the issues of nursing school matter even one day after you graduate, let alone in your career. My class had one passionate battle after another and yet 15 minutes...

  3. Give it to me hard! -

    Quickbeam replied to Lurdes777's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an accelerated grad (21 years ago)and I'd like to answer your questions the best I can. I went into my accelerated program with a BS/MA in Criminal Justice and needed 40+ pre-req credits. My...

  4. Getting tired of working 12 hour shifts......

    Quickbeam replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I could never tolerate 12 hour shifts. 8 clinical hours were all I had in me. I now do 10 hour days but it is non-clinical with no OT. I know some people love 12s but 12s drove me out of hospital...

  5. Taking Pre-reqs at a community college or university: Which is better?

    Quickbeam replied to jbjorn2b's topic in General Nursing

    When I applied to Yale, I was nervous about the fact that half my pre-reqs were from a local community college. The response I got was: "as long as it is an accredited college, we don't care!". I...

  6. Pressure to join union

    Quickbeam replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    All the replies have been good ones here. You might want to check if your union has a "fair share" clause where you can pay the costs of representing you without buying into the political action of...

  7. RN Benefits/medical/employer, etc

    Quickbeam replied to RNWannaBe724's topic in General Nursing

    Just my experience as someone who was a state employee in another career for 10years, became a nurse, worked private/for profit/non-profit jobs until I got a state gov't nursing job. I haven't exactly...

  8. BSN or MSN

    Quickbeam replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    I was at the crossroads that the OP faces....MSN or BSN? I was a second degree student and needed to get credentialed and working ASAP. I chose an accelerated 2nd degree BSN program. I did so based...

  9. Old textbooks

    Quickbeam replied to ahsweeney's topic in General Nursing

    I just got rid of my 20 year old nursing text books. I've got a small house and I'm not sentimental. I hadn't opened them since I graduated. I'll share my experience although it might not be yours: 1....

  10. MR/DD or ICU???

    Quickbeam replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    That has been my experience as well. I worked at a nationally recognized facility and had to leave because of the low pay (without any improvement on the horizon). Even now, 15 years later, they are...

  11. "Thanks For Caring!!!"

    Quickbeam replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Best thread ever! Long ago and far away, I was hired at a local hospital. Orientation was general, meaning the janitors and housekeepers had the same first week of orientation as the nurses. I was the...

  12. 2nd career nurses, are they happier?

    Quickbeam replied to scastillo1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a second career nurse. I graduated from my BSN program at 32. That was 20 years ago. Of my accelerated class, I am the only one still left in nursing. I am still thrilled I took the risk and made...

  13. Pimples, blackheads and acne

    Quickbeam replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lifelong acne sufferer here. I see an esthetician for blackhead removal. I've had a long conversation with her about what she can and can't do. She can remove blackheads but cannot pop zits as that is...

  14. Why shift diff nights when days are so busy?

    Quickbeam replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I ask this with no ill intent...why did you switch to days? In my experience there is usually a reason. And that reason relates to why nights makes more. Nights/off shifts interfere with life. I...

  15. Philosophy & Statistics

    Quickbeam replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    I use my statistics classes every day. I'm a community health nurse and I've got to be able to tell good research from bad; I also need to take numbers and make them meaningful to lawmakers and the...

  16. The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    Quickbeam replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    Cheapest gift I ever got was a 3" square piece of green paper telling me I was entitled to a FREE cup of ice cream at the gift & snack shoppe. I worked 8 hour nights and the "shoppe" was open 11...

  17. Absolute No-No's

    Quickbeam replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

    1. Never sign off on a narcotic waste that you did not see with your own eyes. Classic addicted nurse trick and then you get dragged into the problem. As a new grad, my refusal to sign off on a waste...

  18. Staffing

    Quickbeam replied to incublissRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is the absolute truth. It took me a lot of years in nursing to gain this understanding. Look out for yourself. Many years ago, during a temporary nurse glut (the 1990's) I watch as my hospital...

  19. Spinoff : What We Do, What We Used to Do

    Quickbeam replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, me too! I was a teenager in the 60's and my mother was in the hospital dying of Hodgkin's Disease. I wasn't allowed in so I'd put on heels and a neighbor's lab coat and sneak in to see her. I'd...

  20. holidays=need to turn off my phone

    Quickbeam replied to acerila's topic in General Nursing

    We turn off our phone at will. I no longer do shiftwork type nursing but my husband's job is incessant. We don't have an answering machine or voice mail. Home = sanctuary. It helps that I have no...

  21. A doctor asking you to give him a cup of coffee!!

    Quickbeam replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    I'll share with you what I've done. I've had many an arrogant physician demand I get them coffee. And I reply: " I'm sorry, trafficking in caffeine is against my religious faith. The pot/urn/vending...

  22. Nursing Sucks! Or Does It?

    Quickbeam replied to Pianoforte's topic in General Nursing

    Over the years I have watched many friends get their MSN only to find that it did not buy all the opportunities or increased paychecks they thought it would. Most ended up back as floor nurses with...

  23. What are the barriers for career change for nurses?

    Quickbeam replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    That's the point I was trying to make. Not that a degree is such a holy grail but that the lack of one can be an inhibiting factor in moving from nursing to something else. I was certainly not going...

  24. Do you know of any nurses that left nursing?

    Quickbeam replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I just thought this bore repeating. Many of us lost jobs or were unceremoniously dumped in the 1990's. I lost 2 psych nursing jobs and one rehab job when facilities folded up in the 90's due to...

  25. Do you know of any nurses that left nursing?

    Quickbeam replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that's about half of my nursing school class! Seriously. The rest became financial planners, sell real estate, reverted to their prior career (we were all second degree-ers) or retired. I'm the...