CherryBlonde

:cry:Hello there, just wanted to post info and maybe get some common feedback about the lack of all nursing positions(CNA, LPN, and RN) in the heart of VA. I've found that although there are new job postings in the newspaper and on the internet, myse...

for free? just on your nice days when you are willing right? thinking about clinicals.

http://asianjournal.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/nursing-shortage-may-be-over-within-10-years-report/ some insight on obama's foriegn nurse idea. what is he thinking? there are so many of us students working our butts off in school to graduate..............

sorry i read that wrong, but he really is not the point at all, not by a longshot was he my point. sorry for the mistake, i thought he wanted to bring in foriegn nurses to help with the "shortage"

atheos you are right on the money babe. i did get my cna certification last month. the only jobs available are for ones who have 1-2 years plus experience in my area. it's a long story, but i didn't get the job i interviewed for.everything you said a...

commute, find me a current article then. i want to know all about this. i didn't make this thread for negativity guys. come on.

sorry i read that wrong, but he really is not the point at all, not by a longshot was he my point. sorry for the mistake, i thought he wanted to bring in foriegn nurses to help with the "shortage"

i forgot some things lol :)! have you been following the stories of the nursing shortage reportedly coming to an end, lack of jobs all across america for rns b/c the hospitals' having to budget for the economy, and the stories reported that the media...

i agree w/ you nvplates05, the bad news is everywhere.i hope ppl goin to start in the fall understand what they're getting into, and if for the right reasons, b/c the money and recession-proof jobs are going poof!.i hope and wish for the best also.i...

vent?jobs they want? what are you reading? ppl have said they put 15-20 applications in around thier area as new grads in all sorts of specialties. everyone's in a different area with a different background of experience, graduating from a dif progra...

sorry riern, but thats the way i feel and i am standing up for my opinion and thank you for yours. Yeah, i'm sure im wrong about the replacements being made, im sure thats not everywhere, and im sorry for putting experienced nurses down in that way. ...

That's okay teens mom, i have something to brighten your day. I will be a new grad soon enough. All this talk lately about job unemployment even hitting nurses now, in a year or 2, those hateful, snooty, experienced nurses will probably be replaced w...

we have a major hospital in our county and they do not have CNAs in the ER department, just RNs, medical technicians, and of course, doctors, probably some other ppl too but no CNAs:rolleyes:

i went into nursing school thinking er, but now im leaning to oncology:redbeathe. i have no interest working on peds. i'm glad to hear other ppl saying "just wherever i can get a job" b/c that sounds like my area too. i have this awful feeling that i...

In VA in a MAJOR hospital starting pay is 8 something for a CNA WITH experience, on a unit where they say an aide has 11-13 patients a shift. My A double s:chuckle

sorry, worded that last post too quickly, sorry it wasnt meant rude bc im a student too and it just angers me about what ppl are saying about our future careers. and for the statistics, put all RN students in the area now in an auditorium room and th...

im a atudent and yes it sucks, and no it wasnt rude b/c im in that boat

Ive never been to Richmond, but i have been past it, and it looks like a well-populated area. That's what makes it so sad. We just have to have faith that God will steer the nurses with the real hearts in thier professions in the right way to where w...

hooray! i found out today i passed my cna boards. i'm really looking forward to job hunting over spring break, and scrub shopping!

There's not a day that goes by when a family member doesn't ask you a healthor medical question, like you know everrything already

I received my nursing drug handbook in the mail today from amazon.com and its in really good shape for $10 (and that includes the shipping!). Just make sure that you shop online ASAP when you find out your book list b/c the 50 cent and 98 cent books ...

that's freakin hilarious!

Lordy indiangurl im in the same boat w/ you. I have my first finals the tuesday after next too! I'm hoping our professors will give us some much needy info about what's impt and what not:up:

Christmas,family, cleaning car inside and out, Christmas, Working for extra money in place of classes and clinicals and studying time, even more famliy time, getting head start on Pharm and Med-Surg, Christmas shopping deals.

I could swear up and down they have done away with their ASN program after the accepted applicants entered earlier this fall.I think i saw it on their website. I dont know about their LPN program, i didn't even know they had one.