MrsCrypes

I graduated from Borough of Manhattan Community College in NYC- it's part of the CUNY system.

I also went the same route as you: I attended a fantastic community college for my AAS (it was soo competitive to get in b/c you practically paid nothing for it) and I already had a previous BS in Advertising and Marketing Communications. I found that a lot of my BS credits were easy to transfer and also cut the classes that i had to take b/c they were taken back then. I also enrolled in an online BSN program and it's almost cutting the time even shorter for that b/c of all these credits that are transferring over. In finding a job, they do like that i have a previous BS but they like even more that i am enrolled in a BSN program. I've gotten jobs due to being enrolled in a BSN program with less than a year left to complete. If it were mainly on my BS from the business program, I don;t know that they would offer me the positions.

oh c'mon tencat, can't blame a person for accomplished work behind their name, but the horn- tooting I can agree with. I have also known the nurses with a good amount of achievements behind their names and are not snobby about it at all. :)

Wow, sounds cool, but i have never heard or seen of the hand method either. would that work in an obese patient?

with my stethoscope......

anyone please correct me if I am wrong, to find the MPI - that's where you need to know where to find it (which is the 5th ICS at left Midclavicular line).... Otherwise i've known (and am guilty) of it myself, to listen to the heart (approx at 5th ICS) and count that as my apical...

why nurses skip it, beyond me...it's total laziness on their part. I just automatically count for 30 seconds as i check their pulse. the trick is the place their hand on their chest as you count their pulse - but use the hand with the watch on it. then they won't be the wisest that you are counting their respirations.....

Better social skills....hmmm, resume reciting is just a huge turn off. When nurses do that to me, I usually tune off everything else that comes after that and move on to speaking to someone who doesn't have to show off - respectfully of course. Sometimes the people who are humble and low keyed about their 'resume' are usually the ones that have so much class and even more initials behind their names, it catches you by surprise and yet you can respect how down to earth they are

I totally agree with you, it's like a vicious cycle: no one will hire me b/c i don't have experience, but how can I get experience if no one will hire me.... I agree with another nurse who stated advance, they have a great web site and also the nursing spectrum as well. Have you ever tried setting up a profile with linkedin as well?? great place in general for professionals to network, and you can get in touch with head hunters. You can also stress to potential employers that you are in the process of completing your RN education... it's not like you are sitting at home doing nothing :)

Personally, you are doing roughly the ball park amount of time of completing the LVN degree that you could be doing for the RN degree. Depending on the state, you make more (with more responsibility) as an RN. I went to a 2 yr community college and received my RN and am completing my BSN online. Community colleges are not bad and it helps you jump start your career as a nurse. And once an RN, you might even find an employer that will assist in paying for your BSN.

For a home care position, I have a 10 question meds test in which I got 9/10 right. It was very simple I thought and what I got wrong had to do with the food you are NOT to administer to someone on Coumadin therapy.... for some reason I always screw that one up. In the end, I got the position w/o a problem. I would think that if you less than 8 correct on a 10 question meds test, then it doesn't look good.

Totally agree, but really, I have to hear someone recite their resume while at a certification course. Job fairs - it's fair game, but not during class / certification time.

Very erie and so powerful. I saw how the photos were hung on the wall with cloth tape, truly nursing move :-) Loved it!

Very well said, and I couldn't agree with you more. I'm guessing you've seen this too, lol

hahahah you're great! I will say this, I look younger than what I am and have dual degrees in a non-nursing area, and am not hard on the eyes