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  1. Nurses not speaking english at work

    smartnurse1982 replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    there wouldn't be a need for you to translate if they had learned english in the first

  2. Nurses not speaking english at work

    smartnurse1982 replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    They were? I guess I was asleep then,because I thought they were of european descent,lol. I think if you had a little bit of native american in you,you are still considered "white",but I may be wrong....

  3. Nurses not speaking english at work

    smartnurse1982 replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    What I absolutely can't stand is when immigrants,mainly family members of patients,demand a staff member with the same ethnicity be their nurse,even if they speak english. The ones who are most...

  4. Nurses not speaking english at work

    smartnurse1982 replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to go off topic and sound like a troll but I have heard the reason employers prefer the foriegn born nurses is because they tend to have higher degrees(bsn) than Usa -educated nurses. I...

  5. im confused. should i go for bsn if employers prefer lpns?

    smartnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I come on allnurses and look at trends in my old state, and it seems employers only want bsn's. I got motivated; however,in my area(the south) they only seem to want lpns. Lpn ads outnumber rn ads 2...

  6. im confused. should i go for bsn if employers prefer lpns?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    In all actuality,I applied to this med surg floor at a local hospital. They never called me,and it kept getting posted for 4 months. One day,I saw that they were looking for an lpn for the same med...

  7. im confused. should i go for bsn if employers prefer lpns?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Oh,I should have made nyself clear. I am an adn rn,been for the past 2 years,but was an lpn for 4 years. I do private duty nursing and would like to work in a hospital,but I'm just an adn,and in Nj I...

  8. Where are all of the "experienced nurses hiding?"

    smartnurse1982 replied to SWS RN's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends what you mean by experienced. Do you mean 10 plus or a year? Another good example: I been a home care nurse for 6 years with no hospital experience,do I stay out of the forums...

  9. are the people who work at the bons nurses?

    smartnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just want to know if the people who work at the bon are nurses. In Nj I was on the website and it seems that the director isn't a nurse. When someone gets investegated or has a complaint filed...

  10. skirts to work

    smartnurse1982 replied to eternalbride's topic in General Nursing

    What does your school dictate? I've had dress codes in school and if someone wore a dress or a color besides white they were automatically. Sent home from clinicals or the classroom. We even had to...

  11. Any Job fairs in New Jersey for May or June?

    smartnurse1982 replied to gradgirl1223's topic in General Nursing

  12. Any Job fairs in New Jersey for May or June?

    smartnurse1982 replied to gradgirl1223's topic in General Nursing

    Start applying for other settings. Look at nursing homes,home health,subacute,halfways houses,corrections,....you get my drift. Check out loving care agency.com,they were a good agency that I used to...

  13. I've been bullied all my life, and it continues...

    smartnurse1982 replied to asdjkl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm younger and prettier. Those things I can't understand. Who told you that you were young and pettier? To be honest,I'm 28 and have been a nurse since I was 22 but I find most bulling incidents with...

  14. I've been bullied all my life, and it continues...

    smartnurse1982 replied to asdjkl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hope I'm not asking a dumb question,but what does being attractive as you describe have to do with it? It may seem like haughy or boastful,but I may be

  15. will it be possible to move from a Long Term Care to a Acute setting??

    smartnurse1982 replied to secondattempt's topic in General Nursing

    No I've applied for that too;as a matter of fact I've applied to every unit. Maybe it will look good on my resume if I go back to school for the bsn. A lot of rehab floors want you to be

  16. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    smartnurse1982 replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sorry,I was reading some older thread about someone appying as an rn for an lpn position,but their title is "rn" in the facility but with lpn

  17. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    smartnurse1982 replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't understand. I'm talking about what if an rn wanted to apply to an lpn without an lpn license. Since rns have a license can they work under their license but the posts above answered it

  18. will it be possible to move from a Long Term Care to a Acute setting??

    smartnurse1982 replied to secondattempt's topic in General Nursing

    Im not trying to be negative but will give my experience. I did ltc for 4 years as an lpn and 2 years as an rn. I've applied to numerous hospitals and no one has even called me for an interview.. a...

  19. hiw do you know when a trach tube is too small?

    smartnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have looked everywhere but cannot find anything. In children how do you know when its too small and they are outgrowing it? Does the secretions start comming up through the nose and mouth instead of...

  20. Online RN-BSN programs

    smartnurse1982 replied to CRCRN's topic in General Nursing

    im looking for info too.i would also like to know about excelsiors rn to bsn

  21. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome causes?

    smartnurse1982 replied to HenryHyde's topic in General Nursing

    All of us are not like that. Stay on here and you will learn a lot. Some days your queations will be answered in the best way possible,sometimes not. Maybe you could of posted in the diabetes...

  22. akward situations in the home

    smartnurse1982 posted a topic in Private Duty

    I. Have done 2 cases this week that have situations I never seen Before. I work 11pm to 7 am. Yhe cases are chikldr Children 4 years old with gbutton. Mom sleeps with the child in a full size bed. I...

  23. Not The Best Way To Improve Nursing's Rep!

    smartnurse1982 replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    I thought by now most people would know about adoptions abroad. I believe shetook the easy way and in the end got burned. Sometimes the quickest way is not always the best. If she was one of those...

  24. PSA Healthcare

    smartnurse1982 replied to goodstudentnowRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hope I could be of some help. I worked for them fresh out of school and it wasn't the best experience. I was on a case I wasn't trained for and the supervisor was of no help either. No benefits were...

  25. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    smartnurse1982 replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In some parts,lpn ads outnumber ads for rns. If someone can't find a job as an rn,I don't see a problem with them aapplying for an lpn position since the 2 licenses are basicallthe same? What I think...