ERpsychRN

ERpsychRN has 9 years experience and specializes in er-psych.

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1. What to expect as a RN Nurse Supervisor role with no nursing exp.?

   ERpsychRN replied to hnt1987's topic in General Nursing

   Yikes free2bme just alerted me to your age as well, does shed a different light, hush hush on the new grad thing and things may work because of your maturity. My narrow mind was thinking of new grad,...

2. What to expect as a RN Nurse Supervisor role with no nursing exp.?

   ERpsychRN replied to hnt1987's topic in General Nursing

   No they don't have to be in their right mind to hire a new grad, they are DESPERATE and there is probably a reason. Others have said you will be eaten alive by the older and maybe meaner nurses. I...

3. Catheters in Pregnant Pt going for US??

   ERpsychRN replied to jjvemiller's topic in Emergency

   so glad to see this question, i have always thought it was bad practice to place catheters routinely, one ed i worked in they acted like i was crazy for thinking so, the large teaching hospital i...

4. Is it better to do an entry MSN or BSN if you do not have an RN yet?

   ERpsychRN replied to cacurlytop's topic in General Students

   Just my two cents on the education paths presented here-I too agree the CNL is sort of up in the air right now as far as use it's value. The real deal, I think is in the NP programs and for these I...

5. Forensic Nursing (FN): Programs

   ERpsychRN replied to sirI's topic in Forensic

   I just finished a BSN after being an ADN RN for 7 years and am entering grad school this summer. I would not bother with the four year degree just to have it, but would really encourage the BSN. A...

6. Forensic Nursing (FN): Programs

   ERpsychRN replied to sirI's topic in Forensic

   Forensic nursing is not always like CSI or something you know, but still very rewarding. I worked in a state hospital on the forensic unit for a year. I went back to the ER to work to make more money,...

7. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

   ERpsychRN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I always wanted to be a teacher or a social worker, but got married and had two kids first. So when I decided to finally go to college at 29 nursing seemed to encompass all I loved, biology, social...