whodatnurse

You make career moves based upon where it is you ultimately want to go, and based on the path you've outlined, working in LTC sounds like it would amount to a detour. Trust your own instincts and don't concern yourself with others' notions of what y...

I second everything you said. When I worked in the corporate world you communicated honestly and directly, and IN THE MOMENT. So if people were annoyed or irritated about whatever, that got communicated (in a respectful manner), and then, it was OVE...

I know that over a decade ago, my university's nursing program had not had a separate course in psychiatric nursing. When they were evaluated to be re-accredited, they were told that they had to start offering one if they were to continue to remain ...

I'll present the case for going the ADN route and let you decide. Given your uncertainty, the financially prudent way to go may be the ADN. Given the astronomical costs nowadays for a 4-year degree, you should ask yourself if you want to pay 50K or ...

I completely agree that this sounds like an appearance thing...more specifically, with regard to a certain 'image' the hiring body has decided it wants to project. I remember several years ago having read about a nanny agency that said it was not at...

But you CAN be an accountant if that's something you really want to do. Community college is still relatively affordable and you could even dip your toe in the metaphorical pond by keeping your well paying day(night) job while you taking classes tow...

How true! I'm all for giving not just patients but people in general plenty of space to be who they are. While I know how annoying it is to have your unit and crew casually called upon to provide 'taxi service', you were right to recognize that you...

I've only been a working nurse for exactly 3 months, but I absolutely would do it over again. I can honestly say that I love what I do (especially when there's all kinds of chaos going on). I also know that being fortunate to work for a facility wi...

I'm not quite sure from your posting...but she may have meant that nowadays you really aren't as expected to quite the extent one was pre-technology to have all the info 'in your head'. Where I work, the units are equipped with Palm Pilots so that a...

You manage your desired career path and take the new job. Sometimes you have to give up something good to get something back that's even better, especially in the long run. Consider it a move that will bring you one step further down the path to whe...

FWIW, here's what I did. I scheduled the exam exactly one week from when I decided to start preparing for it. I then borrowed three NCLEX practice exam books and read the questions in them, taking some notes as I went on things I got wrong on areas...

Agreed. However, the high cost of commuting in her particular instance is actually the money-saving alternative compared to selling her affordable rural home and attempting to buy or rent in the very expensive suburban area where we work.

The one other person (RN) in the orientation I just completed commutes two hours each way 5 days a week (we work 8 hour shifts). This is not as unusual anymore as one would think. I would say it is much better than having to move.

I see it the same way. It's a different way of saying, Don't you even think about giving up on you because "I" am not giving up on you. I too find the statement very encouraging and uplifting.

Where have you been applying for LPN jobs around D.C? Except for a scattering in relatively small facilities I thought the only major employer that still hired LPNs regularly was Virginia Hospital Center. I could be wrong but that may be why you ha...

There are jobs in this market but unfortunately not nearly enough for everyone who wants one. I graduated in 2009 and more than a few of my classmates have been forced to return to their old careers because they couldn't get their foot in the door a...

"The way he replied by saying, this is the only new grad position in the entire hospital left me feeling like, "okay, I'm a new grad (and this economy sucks), I guess I have to bend over and take what ever they want to give me."" I say the followi...

The school I graduated from 1 1/2 years ago completely stopped using Power Points this past semester. It seems the professors finally caught on that the majority of students who were sitting there pecking away at their laptops were not supplementing...

Check with your local Jewish Community Center. They often organize a number of volunteer events on Christmas Day.

I skipped both pinning and graduation because the LAST thing I wanted to do on the 4 precious days I had off between the spring and summer semesters (if you were graduating in summer you went to the 'graduation' ceremony the prior spring) was spend y...

I worked in IT for many years and got out of it for all the reasons you mentioned - crazy long hours (he was probably annoyed you weren't doing 120 per pay period), expected 24x7x365 availability, etc. I love nursing and would never go back. I also...

IM injections are not intended to be given IV. If you hit a blood vessel with that needle, that is essentially what you are doing if you proceed with the injection. I always aspirate when giving an IM injection.

I do agree that there is a rather pervasive sense that ageist remarks are somehow more 'acceptable' than disparaging generalizations made of other demographic groups. (I know I certainly don't think it's okay.)

With the strong exception of head-to-toe assessment (the ONLY 'skill' strongly emphasized in my clinicals) I have NEVER done any of the things you've mentioned. My so-called med-surg clinical was more like a fundamentals of nursing clinical, if that...

I went directly into psych and I too have landed my dream job. I absolutely love it. Congrats to my fellow brand new psych nurses!