Wishinonastar

Wishinonastar BSN

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  1. frustrated school RN being called an assistant

    Wishinonastar replied to mitzi's topic in School

    This is common practice in PA. If they don't have to hire a certified school nurse they will hire you as an aide for low wages. It is a shame, but I can see both points of view. Before I went back to...

  2. New Home Health nurse, need advice

    Wishinonastar replied to nursval's topic in Home Health

    It depends on the day as to whether I would normally stop. Most of the girls at my office hurry through the day without stopping, then have lunch together at the office around 1:30 before tackling...

  3. Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

    Wishinonastar replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, and I do have a master's though not in nursing. This new regulation in PA is going to exacerbate our shortage of nurses. At the hospital where I work in my second job we have a lot of...

  4. Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

    Wishinonastar replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    You are very lucky if you can get tuition reimbursement in your school, but I am drowning in student loan debt, and can't afford more classes to get the 180 CEU requirement. I agree the inservices...

  5. Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

    Wishinonastar replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    In PA we recently started having a requirement for 30 CEUs every two years. It is not too bad, since we already go to tons of inservices every year anyway. However, being a school nurse I am expected...

  6. New Home Health nurse, need advice

    Wishinonastar replied to nursval's topic in Home Health

    1. Don't give up. You will be overwhelmed with the paperwork at first, though every area of nursing has a lot of it nowadays. Home health paperwork is uniquely overwhelming. 2. Keep learning. Go...

  7. Deciding between ASN or BSN

    Wishinonastar replied to Backflip's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If you can do it now, get the BSN. You have less to lose. First of all, you qualify for more jobs, more education is always better. Second, life gets in the way sometimes when you try to go back...

  8. After A Year of Nursing...I Still Feel Like I'm Dieing

    Wishinonastar replied to actress8503's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you have to find your niche. I had great dreams of being a LifeFlight nurse. I started out on on orthopedic floor at a large hospital. I learned a lot about trauma but I counted every single...

  9. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Wishinonastar replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have more important things to worry about than people mispronouncing words. Some drug names are so bizarre it it natural to mispronounce them. Many of our docs are foreign so I can understand why...

  10. NCLEX in different states

    Wishinonastar replied to LifeSupport's topic in Nursing Career

    NCLEX is national. Eventually we will probably all have a national license. Now they have different CEU requirements, etc. But it is easier now than it used to be to get a license in another