alabamacrimson

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1. Tattoos

   alabamacrimson replied to fyrmed511's topic in Men in Nursing

   It probably depends on the facilitie's policy. Last night on Boston Med, the male nurse had visible tattoos on his wrists. In the school I am going to attend, all visible tattoos must be

2. Which route to take in nursing/health care?

   alabamacrimson replied to alabamacrimson's topic in Nursing Career

   You know TX, that is a good point. I will bring this up when talking with the physician and see what he has to say about it. He did tell me too that the passing of ObamaCare will have a big impact....

3. Which route to take in nursing/health care?

   alabamacrimson replied to alabamacrimson's topic in Nursing Career

   Good advice. I get all the time "well have you made up your mind about nursing vs medical school" well the issue is, as you point out, that maybe I don't have the info yet. I will check into local...

4. Which route to take in nursing/health care?

   alabamacrimson replied to alabamacrimson's topic in Nursing Career

   Don't you have to get some experience actually working before you can enroll in any NP training program? I think there is alot of bad info out there. I was told that while having an ASN and a...

5. Which route to take in nursing/health care?

   alabamacrimson posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I am currently taking pre requisites for a community college nursing program in my area. I finish the last one next week and will be ready to apply to the program this fall. The program in a community...

6. Argh!! I want to scream at people trying to 'help' me find a job!

   alabamacrimson replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Sorry my name is misleading. I'm not in Alabama, anymore (I'm in Virginia now). But I had to put up with that for a year just a to get a job and later get one of those jobs that require experience,...

7. Argh!! I want to scream at people trying to 'help' me find a job!

   alabamacrimson replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Putting myself in your place, it has to be frustrating. I've been therefore in other professions. It does NOT feel good. Sure, these people mean well, but unless they can help you net work with people...

8. Argh!! I want to scream at people trying to 'help' me find a job!

   alabamacrimson replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

   got your message. thanks for the time and effort you put into

9. Argh!! I want to scream at people trying to 'help' me find a job!

   alabamacrimson replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

   i would like know how its different. if what you say is true, they are frighteningly similar! it is near impossible to find teaching jobs in my area. they just closed one of the middle schools down, a...

10. Argh!! I want to scream at people trying to 'help' me find a job!

    alabamacrimson replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't want to be mean towards the people who are having trouble, but I'm still not convinced there are masses of people coming out of nursing school not able to find jobs. In some places in...

11. Will jobs be ok for new grads in a few years?

    alabamacrimson replied to AcousticFoodie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree the numbers do not add up. My lab partner and I talked about this the other day. Everyone we know is going into nursing. I think alot of people see the bad economy and think that nursing is...

12. Will jobs be ok for new grads in a few years?

    alabamacrimson replied to AcousticFoodie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How does one become a NP? What education or combination of experience and education does that

13. Argh!! I want to scream at people trying to 'help' me find a job!

    alabamacrimson replied to Bobbkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One thing that baffles me reading these boards is that when I look at local hospitals in my area, they have openings left and right for RNs. Most do not give specifications regarding experience, but...

14. Will jobs be ok for new grads in a few years?

    alabamacrimson replied to AcousticFoodie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I too share your discouragement after reading the posts on this forum. Couple that with a good number of people I know going into nursing, and its enough to make one reconsider the decision to go into...

15. Who HATES the term MURSE?

    alabamacrimson replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    It depends. My sister uses it to tease me, so in that case I don't like it. Not only am I studying to a murse, but I go to mursing school as well, according to her. You don't hear male lawyers and...