designer-mommy BSN, RN

This is very long, like novel length--I'm sorry. So I have a dilemma. I applied for two internal positions at the company I work for, which specializes in mental health and substance abuse. One is a nurse manager position of our inpatient unit, and t...

Congrats! That's so exciting! I bet you're sooooo glad it's over. How long has it been since you graduated nursing school?

Sorry in advance, this is super long. So up until I became a nurse I was never a job hopper. I was a super loyal employee who stuck around. Well, I've been a nurse since 2014 and now my resume looks like I'm a crappy person. Who knows... maybe I am? ...

I work in a psych/chemical dependency unit. We have two sides, one for crisis with 30 beds and another with 16 beds which is more of a stabilization/transitional type service (that's my side). We have two RNs on at any given time, one on each side. A...

Bump! I think I'm going to be applying for Davita. Being able to pump for my baby is extremely important to me. Is training and then working on the floor compatible with breastfeeding? Thanks!

Thanks so much! My "dream job" would be somewhere in WIS or NICU, but since I don't have my BSN yet I know I can't be picky. I just want to get in the Banner system, I don't care how I have to do it. I'll start my BSN one day in the near future, but ...

I've heard that Banner may be hiring ADN nurses, does anyone know if that's true? If so do they HAVE to be enrolled in a BSN program?

Does Aspen require chem and/or stats? Thanks!

I started my first RN job in the beginning of August at a substance abuse/psych facility. At first I was excited, because I really enjoy the psychosocial side of things. However, after the first few days I realized that I really, really, really hate ...

Technically we can run out and get something if we're starving but we bring it back and eat it while we're working. We just don't do that because one nurse has 30 plus patients and the other has 16 so we'd be responsible for almost 50 patients for t...

When I worked in retail I got an hour lunch if I worked 7.5 hours or more and I got two paid 15 minute breaks as well. It was nice.

We get no break. I work 12 1/2 hours with no lunch break, no 15 minute breaks, nothing. It's ridiculous.

I got my ADN at La Inter and I have a few questions for those of you who graduated from there and had to do the CGFNS education verification thing for your state's BON. So, we all know how completely unorganized and slow La Inter is. If you've visi...

I work in a psych/substance abuse facility, but I think this question is a better fit for the psych forum. So, here it goes: I struggle with my job A LOT. To say I hate it is an understatement. I don't feel like a nurse doing what I do. I feel like a...

I didn't get that chance in nursing school. They knew that we wanted to learn--we were vocal about it--but they didn't want to be bothered with teaching. I definitely didn't just want to hang out until I graduated. The ones who speak up and get heard...

That was an awesome post, kdkout. I think, or at least I hope, that a lot of the "ego" that new grad RNs have is a total front. They put on their poker faces for fear that the seasoned RNs will talk crap behind their backs if they show weakness or la...

See, and that's sad. New grad RNs already feel incompetent and like a complete burden any time they have to ask a question. To know that the seasoned RNs avoid precepting like the plague makes those new RNs feel even worse. Some may not even want to ...

Tell me about it! I'm originally from FL, so I definitely miss the rain, but geez! Anyway, OP, I feel as though I could have written this post myself. I started my first RN job in the beginning of August and got a generous two weeks of orientation-...

This is long, sorry. Thanks to those of you who have the patience to get through my vent/rant. So, I started my first nursing job a month ago. There are many things that I don't particularly like about the job, but the biggest thing is the med pas...

Thank you. This is truly what I needed to hear/read right about now. I start orientation for my first nursing job next Monday. I have been out of school for two years. Yes, you read that right...two years. Also, my school didn't give me a lot of exp...

Obviously it was supposed to be ceiling.

That's beautiful! It definitely takes a special person to work as a pediatric nurse, especially in oncology. I have always said that there were three specialties I would never work in--hospice, oncology and pediatrics. My mom died in a hospice from c...

So, you don't have to be working as an RN to get accepted to the AP RN-BSN program? I'm an ADN and can't get a job anywhere. Everyone asks if you have a BSN or are enrolled in a BSN program, so I think that being enrolled in a program might help me...

Did you ever find out anything about this? The job market in my area is the same--sucks big time. I have filled out tons of applications and have yet to get anything but a "thanks, but no thanks" email. Not even from LTC, rehab, dialysis, behavior...

I was just wondering about the AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card that I see listed on some job requirements. I don't have one, and I was wondering if it is required for ALL nursing jobs in AZ or just certain facilities. I went to school outside of AZ, ...