LifelongDream

Uniform Advantage is good, but be aware that some of the pants run BIG, especially the buttersoft stretchy pants. They are HUGE on me! I would order one size below what you think you need. Also, the Buttersoft scrubs are a pain to iron! They wrinkle very easily, but they are super comfortable! Just prepare yourself to iron every time. :)

I attended the 2nd Degree Program in 2008-2009. I had a wonderful experience. I've been very successful since graduating and I can't say enough good things about the instructors. It was COMPLETELY different experience from the one semester of nursing school I had attempted years before. They were supportive, encouraging, and I cannot say enough great things about the program. It sounds like one of the posters above had a terrible experience, however I can say that was not my experience at all! Good luck!

Get to know other nurses through Professional Organizations and network! You'll quickly learn that in most cases, it's not what you know, but WHO you know! Good luck.

I am a Registered Nurse with a BSN and 5 years of experience. I currently work full-time as an instructor for a High School Career Prep Program and PRN at a rural hospital. I love both of my jobs, however my second job is filling all full-time positions. This means fewer and fewer PRN hours. I am a single mom and I need the predictability of a consistent paycheck from my second job. I would love to find something that would allow me to work from home, as I have three kiddos. I'm also open to other positions such as immunization clinics that will allow me to choose the shifts I'm willing to work. I look forward to hearing any ideas you have! P.S. I live in TEXAS!

Have you ever thought of teaching? I teach high school Health Science classes. I make $48,000/yr for working 9 months. I have two weeks off at Christmas, a week at Thanksgiving, a week at Spring Break, and two months during the summer. I LOVE my job! Look into this type of job! The pay is comparable when you consider you aren't working weekends and you have so many days off! I work PRN and make $48 at a rural hospital to keep up my skills and supplement my income.

I teach Health Science Classes M-F and work as an RN at a rural hospital on Friday and Saturday nights. I worked as a Pedi nurse on nights and HATED it! I love working PRN nights because I come straight to work on Friday after I leave school and then I sleep all day Saturday. On Sunday, I get up at noon. I feel a little sluggish Sunday/Monday, but I'm back to my old self by Tuesday!

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Here's a good site for you. Hope this helps! Large-volume IM injections: 
A review of best practices - ONA

When I first graduated, I accepted a position on a Pediatric floor. I was SUPER excited and eager to get going on learning everything. Our day and night shifts had a good rapport because our day and night charge nurses were sisters. There was one particular nurse on the day shift (opposite rotation). She was very condicending when talking to me during report and always made snide remarks. One day, she yelled down the hall to another nurse that the information I provided during report was inaccurate and that listening to me was a waste of her time. I left the hospital in tears that day and went back to see my nursing instructors to vent because I knew they would understand. One of my favorite instructors told me that she saw me as nieve and vulnerable and that she was attacking me because it made her feel like she was a better nurse. She suggested that I take her aside and call her on all of the things she had been doing to make me feel horrible about my patient care. When I went back to work, I took her aside and told her that enough was enough. I told her that I provided accurate information based on my assessment of the patient 15 minutes prior to report and that things change over time. I also told her that she had a wealth of knowledge that she could share with me and teach me and that her behavior was not constructive in any way, shape, or form. She sincerely apologized and said that she would do better in the future. I stayed there for another two months and I did a great job of taking care of our routine patients. Patients that had more complicated/advanced disease processes still scared me until I left after 10 months. Find a place to work that makes you feel good and forget people that live to make your life heck!:heartbeat

I graduated from a Second Degree BSN Program in the Summer of 2009. I began working for the same program in 2010 after working for 10 months as a nurse in Pediatrics. I was very fortunate during my clinical rotations to work with a Flex Nurse (AKA a Float Nurse). I was exposed to a wide variety of experiences that my classmates did not get to experience. For most programs, having one year of experience in a hospital is more than enough to ensure that you will have the minimum knowledge necessary to teach new nursing students. Good Luck to you!

I taught school before becoming a nurse and there were many perks. You just have to be sure you're there for the right reasons and not the benefits. I consider going back to teaching all the time and doing nursing on the side. It's not that I don't enjoy nursing, but at this time in my life, teaching fits my goals at this point.

As far as effacement, I've heard something about forehead, tip of nose, chin... I don't remember it exactly. Try searching previous posts for info. Good luck!!!

All else fails, GOOGLE IT!!!! I googled "listing nursing credentials":yeah: and this is what I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nursing_credentials Even though it is wikipedia, it still has a wealth of information on how it's done/what the initials stand for. Hope this helps! :)

Start applying three months before graduation. In our class, the students that got their dream jobs are the ones that started looking early! Good luck.

I would say the biggie is related to his diabetes. Look into more information about that! I'm not going to give you the answer, but simply point you in the right direction.