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i think it's wonderful that you took your concerns to your manager and that she agreed to adjust the start time so that the mandatory meetings would be on-the-clock, paid time. That's the way it should be, IMO (and according to the labor board, state...

i think it's wonderful that you took your concerns to your manager and that she agreed to adjust the start time so that the mandatory meetings would be on-the-clock, paid time. That's the way it should be, IMO (and according to the labor board, state...

I am not at work for "everyone," I am at work for me and my patients. You are attempting to guilt your co-workers into attending unpaid meetings which is manipulative behavior. I could care less how my attendance affects anyone else's paycheck. If ...

Very true, sarose611!! As an OR nurse I work with CRNA's all the time and they specifically do NOT have the legal authority to furnish, only to administer drugs during surgery, as well as immediately before and after. NP's on the other hand have th...

It sounds like you might have some serious issues with psych nurses. If you had a mentally ill loved one wouldn't you want he or she taken care of by a caring and competent psych RN? Mental illness is real and psych nursing is real nursing. I start...

Thank you so much Purple_Roses, you hit the nail on the head!! I'm not an angel, just an ordinary human being who needs to be able to use and enjoy the little bit of free time I have. And I have stayed over many, many times to accommodate critical/u...

I'm glad that you work for a good bunch of docs and that the pay is good. That must make for a pleasant, do-able job which is so important. It's too bad however that despite all that you are subjected to mandatory overtime on occasion. I don't have ...

Actually hardly ever. I work in a union hospital so my breaks, meals and shift times are strictly enforced per contract. Also I now work in an ASU so there's no PM shift to relieve me if a case goes over. If I can see that a case won't finish on time...

I'm an OR nurse and I work Monday through Friday, 9:00-5:30.

Thanks, I appreciate that. I like to think I am a good OR nurse. Yes, I know more about the OR than you do. That doesn't mean you know less than I do. Conversely you know more about ICU than I do, but that doesn't mean I know less than you do. ...

Really? I beg to differ. I went directly into the OR after I completed my ADN program and passed boards. I've spent nearly 20 years there-I've never worked a day on my license that wasn't in the OR-and I've never felt I knew less than another RN or ...

Landing your dream job and going to grad school have almost nothing to do with each other. If you want to go to grad school then just go. I am working FT and am about to start grad school FT, an FNP program. My life will SUCK HARD for the next 20 mon...

I had no idea the VA had a mechanism in place whereby techs could earn their RN. This is very interesting, could you tell us how that works? Also, I thought all VA RN's had to have their BSN???

Hmmm, I have to disagree with you there. All this "put your time in the trenches" is nothing more than a sign of the times, IMO. When I graduated from my ADN program in '97 I swore on stacks of bibles I would be a direct entry into the OR and I made ...

I was an LVN, immediately bridged to an ADN program afterwards and earned my BSN online through UoP. Therefore I am able to speak from firsthand experience and can say without a doubt my BSN program was way harder than my ADN program. My ADN program...

Agreed! Until the BSN is the minimum requirement for entering nursing we will never truly be viewed as professionals, IMO.

Very well said, PyridiumP! No school in the nation has the legal authority to determine the total number of clinical hours of its students. The state BON's have the sole authority to set the minimum of clinical hours necessary to graduate from a sch...

I have no problem at all with RN's who see bedside nursing as a bridge to a better career. I've been an OR nurse for nearly 20 years now. During that time the work has steadily gotten so much harder and so much faster that I don't want to see myself ...

Hi FNPhereIcome, I will be applying to the Winter 2016 cohort starting in January. I am a little nervous about my application, I have a 3.75 from University of Phoenix. Is that considered competitive for the school/program? I am a super-strong wri...

I called Georgetown just a few days ago and spoke with an admissions advisor-what a disappointment. The advisor was unable and unwilling to share even the most basic of information with me. I asked about the median GPA's of admitted students, how t...

I'm an RN in Silicon Valley, Caliornia and I make $57.00 per hour. However, I am (a) in a critical care specialty (OR), I belong to a union (go CNA!!), and I have 12 years experience. I worked in a non-union hospital once for a mere 7 months and I ...

I found out about Frontier on this forum and have been very excited at both the thought of going there (WHNP) as well as all the good things others have had to say about the program-I don't think I've heard a single negative comment. My question is,...

OK, I think I may have heard of this program before (it's ringing a vague, distant bell . . . or is that just the result of too many wine coolers on the 4th???). It SEEMS kosher but what I'd like to know is, what is their reputation to potential emp...

Hi there, I am planning to apply to the WHNP program at UCSF in 2010. I was wondering if anyone knows how the school views ADN nurses with a BSN from University of Phoenix (online). Yeah, I know they're accredited and all that, I guess I mean how t...