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  1. How is the Job market in CT

    sugarbush posted a topic in Connecticut Nursing

    We are considering a move to the Waterbury CT area and I am wondering how the job market for RNs is in the area. I am currently a night shift RN on a post/op floor. I want to stay on nights and in the...

  2. Can't find a job ANYWHERE

    sugarbush replied to MattiesMama's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I feel your pain... I am an experienced RN and can't get a job in CT. Thankfully I am employed in KY, but my wife's job transfered to CT. So Now we are living 700 miles apart and making frequent trips...

  3. Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    sugarbush replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hospitals have never liked hiring new grads. It usually is expected when you enter nursing school that when you get out you will have to work in a nursing home for a few years. The new grad thing...

  4. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    sugarbush replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't think the "trick" is valid. You can't retake the exam for six weeks if you don't pass, so it isn't going to let you register anyway. You also already used your ATT when you registered the...

  5. Would YOU accept this position?

    sugarbush replied to NJFek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    RUN!!! If you are the only RN over seeing 3 LPNs and they say you are not the one liable for the decisions you make they are not being honest with you. If you are uncomfortable with the situation then...

  6. Do night shift nurses try there best

    sugarbush replied to melz34's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights and our shift goes like this: 19:00 Get report 19:30 start passing meds and doing assessments, BGs, Changing past due IVs left over from days, Check charts for orders left undone by...

  7. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    sugarbush replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think the review courses are a complete waste of money. New grads just spent the last 2-4 years of their lives prepping for NCLEX. I know people who used review courses and the pass rate didn't seem...

  8. Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    sugarbush replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Central and Eastern KY still has a nursing shortage. Lexington's St Joe and UK are both hiring New

  9. Average Salary for ADN vs BSN

    sugarbush replied to ltf500's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If the ANA has their way by 2025 we will all have to have a Doctorate of Nursing to even work with patients. We wait long enough maybe we all will be upgraded to a DR. without going back to

  10. Any study tips on Finals (comprehensive)

    sugarbush replied to GipsGrl's topic in Alabama Nursing

    One thing to keep in mind is that generally people do better on a comprehensive final than they do on a general test. The general test is 50 questions all on related material so you have to know a lot...

  11. How much is school costing you?

    sugarbush replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    State school instate tuition costs about 7 K per semester counting everything, tuition, books, room and board, travel etc. I currently have about 48 K into my nursing

  12. going back to nursing 1

    sugarbush replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Students

    Why waiting until Fall? I passed level one on my first try, but I have a friend who did not. At our school when I started if you did not have a 77 at mid-term they kicked you out of the program... He...

  13. OB and Ped's clinicals in Jan - any prep advice?

    sugarbush replied to jlynn2303's topic in General Students

    I am male and had no problems in OB with patients refusing me because of it... I saw three C-sections...the day I was supposed to watch a vag delivery none occurred while we were there. I spent 4 days...

  14. OB and Ped's clinicals in Jan - any prep advice?

    sugarbush replied to jlynn2303's topic in General Students

    I really liked OB and love pediatrics. C-sections rock.... My OB advice is do not forget Risk for Maternal Injury; Hemorrhage and Risk for Neonatal Injury; thermoregulation on your care plans. For...

  15. Failed nursing student

    sugarbush replied to bobokoama's topic in General Nursing

    Write a letter to the dean of your school, they can override the readmission board decision. Follow the chain of command and maybe you will get re-admitted. I know how you feel, I am exactly 3 days...

  16. starting the nursing program at eku in january

    sugarbush replied to lucy247's topic in General Students

    We don't get a choice in classes and professors; you have to take the class with the professors who teach

  17. starting the nursing program at eku in january

    sugarbush replied to lucy247's topic in General Students

    Any school that admits 110-120 students and fails out 70-80 of them is keeping the absolute cream of the crop and of course will have a high pass rate on the boards. That is not a reflection on the...

  18. starting the nursing program at eku in january

    sugarbush replied to lucy247's topic in General Students

    I am an upper level Nursing student at EKU (To protect myself I will not say which program) and my advice is RUN!!!! It is a terrible program and many of the instructors think they are Gods gift to...

  19. Affairs rampant among nurses?

    sugarbush posted a topic in General Nursing

    In the couple of hospitals I have worked affairs among nursing staff seems to be unusually common. The two hospitals I am talking about are in different parts of the country so I am wondering If it is...

  20. Affairs rampant among nurses?

    sugarbush replied to sugarbush's topic in General Nursing

    lol... a "Sugarbush" is a stand of maple trees that are tapped for maple syrup. See; nothing sexual about

  21. Are there nursing jobs or not?

    sugarbush replied to Lala27poodles's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe nurses have been spoiled too long. What other degree can you get and even find a job in the area you want without relocating? I think some new grads might just need to look at the bigger...

  22. ASN vs BSN degree question Please Help

    sugarbush replied to Airfixit's topic in Men in Nursing

    ADN and BSN RNs have the same license and it should not matter what degree you have, both are qualified for the same entry level jobs. My opinion is that if you graduate nursing school without a job...

  23. Interested in Nursing School, but?!

    sugarbush replied to Reallyconfused0160's topic in Men in Nursing

    Many nursing students are "non-traditional" students going for second or third degrees. My class started at 104 students and probably less than 10 were freshmen right out of highschool. Most I would...

  24. Average Salary for ADN vs BSN

    sugarbush replied to ltf500's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Around here the pay is the same for ADN or BSN. The BSN programs are dieing out now that there are ADN-MSN bridge programs. ADN is more focused on nursing and the BSN adds in a bunch of management...

  25. Are there nursing jobs or not?

    sugarbush replied to Lala27poodles's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Kentucky also; I am in Lexington. We have University of Kentucky Med Center, Saint Joe Main and East, Central Baptist, Good Sam, and two VAs and all are hiring new grads. Central Baptist alone...