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  1. New nurses feel like quitting?

    Patti_RN replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tuahla, I'm surprised how many nursing students and new nurses want to eventually become advance practice nurses. There are so many opportunites in nursing, teaching, managing, and becoming CRNAs and...

  2. New nurses feel like quitting?

    Patti_RN replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The problem with backstabbing, gossiping, and sabotaging goes way past nursing: these are problems we first experienced in middle school and resurface throughout life. Not to say men don't undermine...

  3. New nurses feel like quitting?

    Patti_RN replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The frustrations of being a nurse are numerous. I've seen the same type of patients--the smokers who knew 40 years ago the risks of tobacco and the drinkers who were warned about liver disease and the...

  4. Think Twice Before Becoming a "NURSE"

    Patti_RN replied to mcrutRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is not a line of work in the world that doesn't become stagnant after time. No matter how exciting a job may be, there are aspects that become repetitious. Nursing is no different. Most people...

  5. Potential nursing students who dont want to hear the truth

    Patti_RN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I mentor high school and pre-nursing students through a community organization. I see exactly what you describe: if you are realistic, you're squashing their dreams, but if you aren't honest it does...

  6. Nervous About Paying for School

    Patti_RN replied to wishfulnurse01's topic in General Nursing

    I'll give a synopsis of a thread I contributed to, but I'd suggest reading the comments via this link: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/need-advice-current-685282.html Basically, a...

  7. New nurses feel like quitting?

    Patti_RN replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks all for your feedback. This informal survey is my attempt to find some of the many reasons nurses quit after a year or so in the field. The time, effort, loss of sleep, money, and sacrifice it...

  8. Need advice from current students and alumni about loans

    Patti_RN replied to AniLMT's topic in General Students

    It really feels unfair when some people seem to get rewarded for making all the wrong decisions. But, their unemployment will run out someday, and others won't have the personal satisfaction of doing...

  9. Need advice from current students and alumni about loans

    Patti_RN replied to AniLMT's topic in General Students

    There is a way out, no matter how old or how many financial mistakes you've made... find a roommate and cut your rent and utilities in half? Move to a smaller apartment? Find a part-time job? (outside...

  10. Need advice from current students and alumni about loans

    Patti_RN replied to AniLMT's topic in General Students

    It's not rocket science. My income derives mostly from investments that I was able to make over the years because I opted not to live beyond my means. Very little (proportionately) of my income comes...

  11. Georgetown University ONLINE FNP...

    Patti_RN replied to flower25's topic in School, College Programs

    Georgetown looks at much more than an applicant's GPA. Through conversations with my admissions advisor I learned that some applicants with a 4.0 have been refused and applicants with a 3.2 have been...

  12. Best way to resign

    Patti_RN replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    You should give your employer a verbal explaination as well as a written one. You can go into more detail, verbally. The most important thing to remember is you may want or need this person's...

  13. Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    Patti_RN replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Myelin, are you doing a Psych NP? I was somewhat interested in that path, but decided I'd like the variety seeing conditions from allergies to

  14. Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    Patti_RN replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It also reinforces (for me, anyway) that NPs do have valuable experience that sets them apart from PAs. My classic example is a PA I know who majored in dance as an undergrad. She spent a few years...

  15. How i passed the nclex-rn

    Patti_RN replied to Schizoh's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Pride and Joy... it's been almost three years since you graduated--that's a long time and you probably forgot much of what you learned. That's not good, but it's not an insurmountable problem. You are...

  16. How i passed the nclex-rn

    Patti_RN replied to Schizoh's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My nursing school had a 100% pass rate when I took the NCLEX some years ago. There were several reasons for this: first, the school had a philosophy that students were taught what was needed to be a...

  17. Think Twice Before Becoming a "NURSE"

    Patti_RN replied to mcrutRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nursing is a difficult, sometimes back breaking profession. While I don't agree with the intensity of the post, I sometimes feel the same discontent mcrut seems to be trying to express. Yes, it can be...

  18. Need advice from current students and alumni about loans

    Patti_RN replied to AniLMT's topic in General Students

    She already has student loans ($40K? $100K?) the program costs for her accelerated BSN would be another $45K. The MSN/NP portion could be $60K (guessing on that figure--might be less but could be...

  19. NP/NA

    Patti_RN replied to YGPHNM's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It's actually worse than overkill--it makes you appear to be unfocused (on a career goal). It will appear to be the equivalent of a resume of a job applicant showing them flitting from one hospital/...

  20. Need advice from current students and alumni about loans

    Patti_RN replied to AniLMT's topic in General Students

    Megan, my advice was not overly dramatic. You're a very new student just entering an undergrad program at a state school, so your perspective is very different. Your tuition is about $12K per year--a...

  21. Wow They Are Really Serious - smokers not hired

    Patti_RN replied to LemonIndiscretion's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals should consider the neighbors when they implement a non-smoking policy on their campus. I worked at a hospital where such a policy was in force and it did stop the employees from smoking on...

  22. Need advice from current students and alumni about loans

    Patti_RN replied to AniLMT's topic in General Students

    I'm a newly admitted student to Georgetown's Nurse Practitioner program where the total cost of just tuition is $72,000. Expensive? Yep. How am I doing it? I'm paying cash. You say you don't want...

  23. Does This Sound Right To You?

    Patti_RN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, in union workplaces there are rules, but the hospital can often circumvent these rules to meet the needs of the department, the patients, and the business of running a hospital. I have no idea...

  24. Why such high new RN turnover?

    Patti_RN replied to Calder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ha! Esme, I knew I liked you!! You responded to my 7 paragraph tirade with a great 7 paragraph response of your own! Yes, you did hit a nerve. I hear so many comments from nurses who ridicule and...

  25. Does This Sound Right To You?

    Patti_RN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    In places I've worked, transfers are not guaranteed. You're applying for a position, just like a new hire is applying for a position. The cath lab may be waiting to find someone with more experience,...