netglow ASN, RN

If you think that the nurses you met during your interview seem to be "handling" working there, meaning that nobody is crying or shouting or looking like they are ill from working there eg too skinny and pained-looking (not kidding), if they actually...

I have an extended family member who is a teacher and a niece who is in school to be one. Too bad for the one in college now as she will not likely gain employment as a teacher - eg there is no teaching shortage either. But the other member of my fam...

Just gotta love all of us for posting 112 comments about poop and nursing! Woot! We can poop it out, can't we!

There is that valid argument that the DNP is just a lame attempt to somehow justify nurses as being smart enough to get a doctorate degree. But alas, nobody gives a rat's behind about that even after you've chumped out all that time and money. Your a...

What MJB2010 said! Bait and switch is common in nursing today. Don't be a chump. All you can do is remain obtuse as well until someone is willing to be honest with you. You might contact the recruiter with your questions as soon as she's back at work...

This is 100 percent correct. Remember, about half of all newly licensed nurses will not find a job as a nurse - that includes ADN/BSN/MSN (everybody). So be very careful in considering any additional education in nursing - until you gain employment ...

When you have met many, many, many people in life, and actually understand what's behind the release of personal information, you will probably change your admonishment to the OP. Remember that college is a transaction not a marriage. You pay them, ...

I agree with Classic. They are looking for physical impairment or something that could be passed to your patients mostly. If you were currently being managed for something psych that "is part of you" and by that I mean those conditions that are perv...

There is a nurse I know that insists a new grad with no nursing experience can work as a LNC. Could this be at all true? Would she be referring to more of what the OP is posting? I have not read anything on AN that even begins to show that this is a ...

Try a different wrist hold. Think of a guitar neck and grab the wrist by cupping the palm of your hand around the top side of their wrist. Wrap your fingers around what would be the side round to just inside the underside of the patient's wrist. let ...

All those options - case management, MDS for example do usually require certification and experience in that field, in my area. I have never seen any CM job (hospital or SNF) that asks for less than 2 years CM or MDS experience and certification. Now...

Lots of wrangling in trying to figure out how to drop people from receiving healthcare coverage.... look for that number to drop under 30.... they won't tell you up front. I see a huge effort to "use" this as a way to eliminate healthcare coverage fo...

LOL, have you all ever told a family member not to talk up the new neighbors too much or offer to lend them stuff because you are thinking, "Oh, God now they'll want to talk to ME all the time, ugh!!!" ...then you hear them calling your name as they ...

flying, if you can't get him to return your call, do you know where he works? If it's right in town, ambush him. That way you might end all this stress - it's not fair for you to have to keep spinning.

klarity, No you are not over-reacting. But lesson learned. NEVER SPEND MONEY in anticipation of a nursing job. You are one of many who got scammed in this way. I know people who were promised during our last semester and then the same happened "cric...

To roro13sf, Take your nursing info OFF of your resume. Only list it under your education in one line. You have admin experience, so cater your cover letter to that job only. If you get an interview you can come up with something to be your reasonin...

Homework, eithics class.

I think the preceptor is at her wits end. Maybe you will lose her too. She may have said yes to precepting because she felt she had to in order to stay in good light with her NM, and, maybe she has a soft spot for newbies (or used to). People who ha...

They are funny, Advocate I mean. They want to make themselves appear to be just like that popular nightclub downtown with a line around the building waiting to get in. Once you get in, you find it's just a dive, haha.

OK, since we are all being confused... ?!

I'll just save this one so you can burn it, if and when you complete college and or get a nursing job. Just say'in. You're sounding a little too angelic (bad karma for ya there).

Actually the BSN degree, and Magnet have been described as rather dubious as of late, in prominent medical blogs.... and I totally agree, at how laughable nursing has become. Where have all the cowgirls gone... some are here on AN, and many of these...

"How long does it take to really infuse and ensure that patient is stable....that was a ER dump and they should be ashamed for transporting an unstable patient to a inappropriate unit." -Esme Yup, it walks like one, and quacks too!

I know several nurses to MD, nurses to PA (they wanted to participate in surgery). I know 3 Graphic Designers to MD too. If you are smart and want to take on some more financial burden, why not? Becoming an MD is not so difficult for some people. You...

I hope the "nurse in question" copies all of this and holds on to hard and electronic copies ...just think, having that 'ol facility paying all your bills for a while, ahhhh SWEET. Maybe a nice vacation and a new car. That is what I'd do with the se...