It'sMe, RN, BBA, MBA

It'sMe, RN, BBA, MBA

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  1. Trouble with getting a job

    Hi. My friend is in nursing executive management. I have sent her another email to find out if there is a problem with hiring. Frankly, I sent her an email back when this question was poised and...
  2. Associate Degree or Direct Entry Masters?

    Yes experience is instructive. I have 15 years at the bedside. I couldn't even get a job in January when I left my company and tried to reenter nursing. I have been away from the bedside for 13...
  3. I Need Advice - MD Not Signing Order

    Keep your chin up young man! This is a hospital and nursing administration problem. Forget JACHO, you have a state Department of Health (or whatever your state hospital licensing agency is in your...
  4. Associate Degree or Direct Entry Masters?

    Hi MustLove Poodles. Check out the Loyola University Online Masters Program. They have a blend program that takes a person with a BS degree through a BSN program and then the Masters Program. Since...
  5. My God, these family members!!

    Hospitals have become more like retail business over the last 30 years and the pressure is on to get more customers. As the private insurance and government payors have decreased their payments to all...
  6. Associate Degree or Direct Entry Masters?

    ME! ME! ME! PICK ME! I have an AD, BBA, MBA. Now, to get back into a nursing leadership role I have to have a BSN/MSN! Even though I built an ran a $280,000,000.00 company I still have to have the...
  7. I Need Advice - MD Not Signing Order

    Andrew, keep your head up and hang in there. This sounds more like "killing the messenger" than anything else. Your career is important so don't let their poor planning and practice ruin your...
  8. Is your unit hiring new grads???

    suzy where are you
  9. Is your unit hiring new grads???

    I think a lot of the distress is coming from the usual states that are in the rust belt, the northeast and upper midwest. The south, primarily GA and FL have have seen the number of nurses actually...
  10. Is your unit hiring new grads???

    Orlando FL and Dallas Tx are
  11. well a little research yields a lot of information. here is the national council of state boards of nursing (ncsbn) written policy statement courtesy of the georgia board of nursing in response to an...
  12. go into someone's house and try to wake them up? you must live in the most desolate of areas! if by the odd chance someone walked into my house (the locks are not closed? the alarm is not own? not...
  13. Here is a sure fire way to not be mandated to work against your wishes. Simply tell them "I am officially notifying you that I am tired and not competent to render care to patients. If you force me...
  14. I am sure it does happen in LTC or any non-hospital setting where the overall staffing levels are very low. In fact this is one of the components of the research into the nursing shortage. The...
  15. I am surprised that no one has directed the OP to look at the nursing policies related to staffing. I use to run the staffing department for a 5000 RN hospital system and we had very specific...
  16. Does the college you graduate from matter??

    I lived and worked in Philly for several years. Villanova vs West Chester is a good question. It actually boils down to your long term goals. If you plan to live in the area and you want to climb the...
  17. Concerned Dad !!!!

    Universities are being inundated with applicants for nursing programs. Here in Atlanta, Kennesaw State University is a wildly popular program. Even though they have the same type of requirements as...
  18. So Happy!!!

    :w00t:CONGRATULATIONS!! Truly a great
  19. Have you ever tried to leave but pressured to stay?

    Hi Vito, thanks for asking. Employees leave for two reasons, opportunity or job dissatisfaction. Opportunity comes in many shapes and forms such as better pay, work conditions, life issues and...
  20. Have you ever tried to leave but pressured to stay?

    Hi Jo. I left my job Dec 31, 2008 because of the same feelings. I didn't have another one and have 5 mouths to feed as well as a bunch of bankers and their families. But sometimes you just know it...
  21. Cover Letter

    Hi take this one and modify it to more fit your background. User your school experience where this cover letter calls for actual practice experience. I am a highly motivated Registered Nurse with...
  22. Is nursing the hardest job you've ever had?

    Hardest? What do you mean by hardest? Physical demands? No, digging ditches in a 20ft hole in south georgia in the 100 degree heat was the most physcially demanding. Mental challenges? No, running a...
  23. Almost finished and want to quit

    Okay, take a deep breath adn back away from the keyboard. There is a syndrome that a lot of graduates go through that is very familar to this, not just to nursing either. I went through it as a...
  24. Most disgusting thing you have witnessed or taken part of on the job?

    :rotfl:
  25. My manager lies, lies, lies

    This is not going to be a popular post but I just felt the need to share. I too was a nurse manager at one time and know first hand some of the frustrations that a manager faces in these situations....