srahamim ASN, MSN

Look at Blood Center Collections Nurse. Donors are healthy and want you to stick them in the arm. Job is friendly, you talk to people who want to be there. Really great job! Great training and opportunities to gain leadership experience. I moved to ...

Another suggestion - apply to your local blood center organization. They are always looking for good people, the “patients” (donors) are healthy and want to be there and are usually in a great mood! The work can be a little physical if you setup mobi...

What about working in a Blood Center? I have found it very rewarding and the donors are healthy and want to be there.

Adding my 2 cents. I started pre-Reqs at 47 and graduated at 50. Tried bedside but not a good fit for oh so many reasons (another time, another story) I became a Blood Center Collection nurse and have been very satisfied with my career with my blood ...

Blood banking. Less pay but the "patients" (donors) are asking you to stick them with a sharp needle and they are usually happy about it!

Blood center nurse! Healthy people who want to be there. Great teamwork and lots of fun! Flexible schedule! I love it!

I'd like to put in a plug for atypical nursing roles such as legal nurse, chart reviews and Blood Center nursing. In a blood center, you deal with healthy people who want to be there and your job is to be sure they make it out safely! Lots of friend...

A lady came in with a splinter in her butt. A very generous butt to be sure. And had 5 family members with her. It it surprises me how many people think ER is primary care then complain about the wait for their clearly non-urgent issue.

Sorry for not replying earlier - look into Informatics, working as a clinical consultant to IS projects at your current hospital would be a good starting place... As regards salary - I am currently making (in California, in blood banking) about $15+/...

Are you asking the question or just providing information? Use cases have been around for over 15 years, starting as a tool for systems/application development around the same time as object oriented programming concepts. As the article says, it is ...

In my case, after leaving the hospital (I tried ER for 15 months) I took positions that were specifically for RNs but very non-traditional such as chart reviewing with MedAssurant (look for another thread) and now working at a blood center. Since I a...

Did you contact ENA? http://www.ena.org

What you are suggesting is a good idea except... clinical sites are necessary for this. In some areas maybe this is practical but in the Silicon Valley area of northern California there are way more schools (both RN and LVN) looking for clinical opp...

On the other hand, you may find that you never want to go back! :) I work in a Blood Center collecting donations from Healthy, happy people who want you to dtick them in the arm!

Carl - I too am over 50. I went to nursing school because it was a childhood dream. If I didn't have that dream and a love of learning - there were many times when I might have just quit (horrid teachers, mean spirited co-workers, tough days when w...

i say go for it! I was 47 when I decided to go back to nursing school - once you have your RN you can work in informatics with computers if you don't wnat to work directly with sick patients - start with one pre-req class to see if you can figure ou...

I am working in a Blood Center to collect blood donations. It is a great job! Low stress and lots of fun. Also there are clinic positions (maybe oncology or allergy would fit you since they do use RNs) or Case Management or Chart reviewer for Insura...

I have been a blood center collections nurse for 1 1/2 years. It is a lot of fun! At my center, we are a great team of people. Errors get made which is nautral but the management has a strong education focus rather than an "eat the young" focus. ...

I am also sorry that you have found yourself in a difficult "new to the specialty" situation - welcome to reality - "eating the young" seems to fit here as well as "you're a nurse, you should know that" after asking a question.... I've never worked i...

If the original discussion was about how to support patients in a spiritual manner if they so wish - then let the patient take the lead. If they want to wait for someone of their own preference to come and sit with them then you, as the nurse, have ...

I have found that those of the majority (aka Christian in the US) religous belief are more likely to share (as a bonding item). Those in the minority (may have experienced prejudice) are less likely to share. Sometimes these questions are from a po...

What I have found is that those who are among the majority (aka any of the Christian faiths) don't mind the question. Those who have possibly been put in uncomfortable situations (aka experiencing prejudice) are reluctant to share. Sometimes the qu...

The oldest person in my class, who happened to be male, was 52, but several of us were over 45 at the time. Maybe we need to start a thread about the differences between perceptions of newbie nurses who are young or older. I definately experienced ...

Check out your local blood center - I have a great job reviewing info of healthy people for eligibility and starting blood draws (like IV's only one way - outbound!)

"I think this is a great topic because I am also new to nursing (5 months) and I'm having problems with the people I work with too... I worked for 10 years in business and always seemed to get along with co-workers but nurses seem to be a different b...