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  1. Dont wanna be a floor nurse..

    SAHMStudent replied to Meese.C's topic in General Nursing

    Many non-bedside nursing positions posted (from what I've seen in my area) in public health or case management or even school nursing require a BSN/MSN.....OR one year experience in exchange for those...

  2. Should I stay or should I go? I don't know.

    SAHMStudent replied to newSN's topic in General Nursing

    No kids? go for it. Especially if this job opportunity for him could lead to more relocation. If you give up your dream job for his, and he gets another job offer to move again, you'll really start...

  3. Nursing students...I can't believe...

    SAHMStudent replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I was you in nursing school. After a year in a very busy trauma/ICU I find myself thinking about going back to school. NOT because I cannot handle the workload, but because I feel very...

  4. How old were you when you finished nursing school?

    SAHMStudent replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    Second career for me- graduated at 31 with my ADN......BSN is going to be a lot slower Est. grad 2014 (one class at a time) if I start in 18 months. Mayyyyyybe I'll do an RN-> MSN program with a...

  5. How valuable is speaking Spanish in health care?

    SAHMStudent replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on where you live. In the D.C. Metro area, I wish at least once a day I was fluent in

  6. Watch your manners please..

    SAHMStudent replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear that you had to encounter such a rude tech while in a very stressful situation with your grandfather. I'm hoping the nurse reported the tech, or contacted the tech's supervisor....

  7. Critical Care to start

    SAHMStudent replied to Scubascott94's topic in Critical Care

    Do you work on my

  8. Relationships with Doctors

    SAHMStudent replied to G in Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    No romantic relationships with anyone you work with ever!!! I say "don't get your honey where you get your money"....MD's, PA's, other RN's, PCTs, PT's, OT's, LPNs, Lab techs, xray....the list goes on...

  9. Night Shift For Newbies

    SAHMStudent replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the tips. I am scared about the drive home more than anything else. I have an hour commute, and am freaked out about the driving. Does anyone take a quick nap in the car before driving...

  10. Mother/Baby VENT!!!

    SAHMStudent replied to BaByNuRsE07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry to hear you are going through this. I just started working, so have no experienced words of wisdom.

  11. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    SAHMStudent replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    If I was your age and could do my life all over again, I'd go to med school. I'm smart enough, but went through a lot of crap as a teen, and ruined my grades. I didn't go to college until I was in my...

  12. Vertical Violence on the floor

    SAHMStudent replied to lobianm's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! I'm sorry but that is hilarious. Not the rest of your story, that is sad and scary. As a new nurse I feel like I have plenty to worry about, never mind looking over my shoulder all the time....

  13. DC Area Job Opportunities

    SAHMStudent replied to Conan the Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have no inside connections anywhere. I had some clinical rotations at the hospital I was hired at, but I knew nobody when I applied. I used LinkedIn to find the correct spelling of the RN...

  14. DC Area Job Opportunities

    SAHMStudent replied to Conan the Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I got a job, just graduated last month with my ASN. I consider myself very lucky. The problem with this area is that while there are a lot of medical facilities, there are also a lot of RN programs....

  15. Just got ATT-gonna hurl!

    SAHMStudent posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Seriously trying not to hyperventilate right now. I did not expect to react this way to permission to test- never mind taking the test. "I will Pass, I will Pass, I will Pass"- my new mantra for the...

  16. NCSBN commercial

    SAHMStudent replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the heads up on what is supposed to happen. my point is that ads like this are usually in response to, or as a pre-emptive strike against public hue and cry. the effort seems to be a way to...

  17. NCSBN commercial

    SAHMStudent replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    And wouldn't the money be better spent trying to organize a way to accurately identify legitimately unsafe nurses who cross state lines and practice for years in one state, while another has revoked...

  18. NCSBN commercial

    SAHMStudent replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Sooooo THAT's where the $200 per application, per test for each NCLEX applicationon goes.....to produce a video depicting young, super-cute nurses, caring for young, super cute patients smiling like...

  19. Breastfeeding in the Hospital??!!

    SAHMStudent replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Check your state laws. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=14389 I printed a copy of the laws pertaining to my state and carried it with me for the first couple of months I was breastfeeding. I...

  20. Open houses...Help!

    SAHMStudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so I'm pretty social, and can talk to anyone, about anything. I am fine in any social situation. I have never attended a professional open house, and am nervous. I am a new grad, and I really...

  21. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    SAHMStudent replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    MA= Medical Assistant CNA= Certified Nursing Assistant LPN/LVN= Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed (Vocational?) Nurse; East Coast is LPN, West Coast and Midwest is LVN (so I understand) PA= Physicians...

  22. RN(with BSN) going back for my masters in health care admin(MHA)

    SAHMStudent replied to guessdior's topic in Nursing Career

    One of my best girlfriends hubby just finished his MHA- she says he is getting so many offers he feels like a hot girl at a bar! Employers that had previously not returned calls are now calling HIM....

  23. why nurses cannot have a nail polish..?

    SAHMStudent replied to ar.en.greta's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    hmmm....thanks for the link. A chemistry prof. told me about titanium and an additional metal (which name escapes me at present time) and I never thought to question him. Now off to check the link in...

  24. why nurses cannot have a nail polish..?

    SAHMStudent replied to ar.en.greta's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Regarding rings at work: my husband recently retired from the Fire Dept. and I requested he remove his ring for safety while on duty. Ours are both plain gold bands, and though gold can be cut, he...

  25. Experience > than BSN? Or Vice versa?

    SAHMStudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hubby and I are currently having this discussion. I am burned out on school and just want to work, be a mom and re-connect with friends, enjoy life as a non-student for about a year, then go on to...