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  1. No med experience affect RN start salary?

    jjjoy replied to SoulSearcher79's topic in General Nursing

    Then, no, working as a CNA will not, in most cases, help you get a higher paying salary as an RN - and almost certainly not enough of a difference to give up a good paying job now. Financially?...

  2. Transition from serving to nursing, is it easier?

    jjjoy replied to Surfer3406's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you'd be fine with the work environment of many nursing positions. Wow! What a great short summary of what nursing can be in many environments! So, for you, it sounds like it would be...

  3. need advice on getting big picture

    jjjoy replied to jamkpb's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off, Daytonite, thanks for sharing some good resources and the encouragement to newbies to remember that it's normal (as opposed to a sign of incompetence) to not know everything. And for a...

  4. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    jjjoy replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think that was directed to individual educators but to nursing education in general. Many instructors (I'm not saying you do this) blithely assure their students that they don't need to master...

  5. No med experience affect RN start salary?

    jjjoy replied to SoulSearcher79's topic in General Nursing

    You might also want to look into a unit secretary position. Those personnel work on nursing units assisting at the nurses' station - transcribing physician orders from the charts and sending them to...

  6. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    jjjoy replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nope. I graduated some time ago, a two year jr-sr year RN-BSN program that seemed more focused on training us to pass the NCLEX, emphasizing that nursing was profession and not just a job, that...

  7. grossly misleading interview

    jjjoy replied to keepswimming's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good for you for following up on it instead of just sinking into depression and figuring it was all

  8. need advice on getting big picture

    jjjoy replied to jamkpb's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think part of the fear of the newbie is that whatever little bit of basic info they can quickly get on whatever terminology they are unfamiliar with won't be *enough* and that there may be too much...

  9. Can RN's moonlight as LPN"s?

    jjjoy replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    I *can* see the liability and responsibility issues regarding any professional patient interaction. But it would seem to only be a problem in the case where the patient was CLEARLY in distress and the...

  10. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    jjjoy replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Just to reiterate, why even have RN programs necessarily confer ANY degree? What about RN training/licensing programs that do not confer any degree? Why confuse things by having some programs grant an...

  11. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    jjjoy replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I do think this a major point that must be considered. PsychRN's suggestion really does make sense to me. Everyone has to go through the same basic RN training and get the same basic RN licensure and...

  12. Solving the Shortage

    jjjoy replied to 2bNurses22's topic in General Nursing

    It says it was published in 1988...

  13. Can RN's moonlight as LPN"s?

    jjjoy replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    How is that different from a colleague RN who assists a pt to the bathroom or administers a med for a busy colleague and then that pt later has a problem that the assigned nurse didn't notice in a...

  14. Solving the Shortage

    jjjoy replied to 2bNurses22's topic in General Nursing

    What's

  15. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    jjjoy replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I think the history and development of nursing over time makes a difference. Nursing goes way back to the basics... keeping patients warm, fed, and clean. The most basic of nursing care doesn't...

  16. Quit nursing school?

    jjjoy replied to wellhereiam's topic in General Students

    Dear OP - your story reminds me of myself and so what follows is a bit of my story as well as part of pep talk that I give myself when I feel that I'm going nowhere, have no clue, no worthwhile...

  17. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    jjjoy replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Interesting point. I suspect that many resist the idea of requiring a bachelor's degree because they feel that if that had been required of them, that they might not have become nurses at all. And...

  18. Can RN's moonlight as LPN"s?

    jjjoy replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know why the OP was asking, but one reason an RN might be considering an LPN role is if there happens to be an opening for an LPN, but not for an RN, with a nearby facility that has just the...

  19. Admitted to graduate Master of Social Work Program but considering going for an ADN

    jjjoy replied to Womanonajourney1983's topic in General Nursing

    The type of work you mention being interested in (primary care, preventive health) often are rather select areas of nursing that aren't always easy to get into. I'm not saying you shouldn't pursue it,...

  20. Hippa rules

    jjjoy replied to oldbutnewlpn's topic in Nursing Career

    Great advice in regard to how to deal with policy enforcement & interpersonal communication!

  21. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    jjjoy replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Very true, but what's the point of a student training period if it isn't to train in what you'll actually be doing for 80% of your working day? And in regard to those long detailed care plans, they...

  22. career question

    jjjoy replied to Mogol's topic in General Nursing

    For just taking BP and temps all day, you actually don't need a nursing license. You could be a home health aide or a medical assistant. Roles that require a LPN or RN license will generally include a...

  23. HELP! Pre-nursing student needs advice!

    jjjoy replied to meowmeow13's topic in Patient Education

    First off... Are you interested in any of the other aspects of nursing besides patient education? Because while patient education IS an integral part of many nursing roles, in many places that makes...

  24. I've always wanted to know what the difference is

    jjjoy replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well it definitely sounds like NP is not the role for you. Is your MSN program for FNP, then? Do you think you'd like to go straight to research? Are you considering working as a bedside nurse for...

  25. Terminated and in despair

    jjjoy replied to Aniri25's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, too often there ISN'T enough time or proper support for a new grad to get to where the facility wants them to be. So instead, too many new nurses have to get that extended training by...