NurseStephen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

I think this is dependent on what you see yourself doing in the future. If you see yourself staying in nursing management, then a MSN in Leadership is fine. You will learn a lot about leadership, nursing budgeting, and policy. If you want to move to ...

The VA Nurse Qualification Standards changed in January 2024. There are no longer 9 dimensions to write to (now down to 5 woo hoo!) and no longer any nurse professional standards board. During the actual onboarding process, HR will send you a workshe...

Thanks for sharing. The extra workload seems to be the biggest concern. If you haven't already, I would recommend just sharing your concerns about the workload and your current situation to your supervisor. If you feel you need union support, by all ...

Honestly, I felt the same way my first semester. Talked with others and discovered that the imposter syndrome is real and affects a lot of returning students. You got this. Just breathe and push through it.

No. The Joint Commission would not report a violation to the Board of Nursing. They would defer to the facility to make the reporting.

I obtained a MBA after my MSN. I wanted a broader knowledge on financial management and organization-wide perspectives. The program was beneficial and I believe will open more doors to executive-level opportunities.

@BJPMH & @Mergirlc - Yes, a MSN from a Bridge Program with No RN experience would be a Nurse 1 Level 3. If there was at least 1 year experience, then probable entry to a Nurse 2.

The best thing I can tell you is that your examples need to be focused on how your actions affected the service (Nursing Department) or the organization as a whole. For Research, if you did a literature review and changed your practice with your pati...

Helpful hints: You have 9 dimensions of nursing practice you must discuss. Make sure that you put in an example of how you affected the unit on each 9 dimensions. If you talk about what you did for your patient only, that only meets a Nurse 1. This g...

Most VA nursing positions are in the Excepted Service. If you compare the benefit, leave, and promotion capabilities, you want to stick with the Excepted service.

Yes, fingerprinting, as well as multiple proof of US citizenship, is required for employment at the VA.

I am not quite sure of your new position, but it is very common at my facility to share full detail calendars with supervisors and co-workers. For me, it is an easy glance to see when my supervisor is available to meet and the same vice versa. Let's ...

Just remember: PRN nurses do make more money, but they are not offered benefits (hence why they are paid more).

While there are a couple of hospitals in Hot Springs you could attempt to work at, I would recommend looking at hospitals in Little Rock. Hot Springs Village is about an hour from Little Rock and the average pay, that I have heard from friends, is hi...

Yes. In most hospitals in Arkansas, LPNs can administer *limited* types of IV medications. Check with your hospital's policy.

I have also applied for the Fall 2012 semester and would like to know how you are enjoying it.

I work on a 40 bed Med/Surg floor. If I am doing primary care it is 1:5 usually 1:6. If I have an LPN it is 2:10 but normally 2:13. My extremes. 1:7 by myself. 2:14 with an LPN. My floor is notorious for being a "nursing home" unit to where it is not...

Five questions to answer: 1) What type of setting do you perform nursing? 2) What type of nursing care do you perform - team nursing, primary nursing, or other? 2) How many patients do you care for usually per shift? 3) What is the maximum amount of ...

thanks for the response Johnny!

So, I was just wondering what is the CRAZIEST, most OUTRAGEOUS story you have from nursing school? So make me laugh! I will share one of my stories first! Last Spring, while doing my Women's Health and Care of the Newborn baby clinical...

YAY! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yeah::yeah::yeah:

Ok...I am a Texas resident. Ok...I took the test on Wednesday, June 17th. Stopped at 89 questions. I was freaking out about the test afterwards. I tried to reregister 2 hours after the test (after PearsonVue said that my report was "successfully deli...

"Holy salmon, the infection control questions were never-ending! Maybe it didn't like my answers (I didn't particularly like the answer choices), but I swear I had at least 10 on this subject." First of all CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!...

Hey! :) I also just graduated from SAU's ADN nursing program in May. The SAU nursing program requires a student to progress through the ADN program, then you can progress through the RN-BSN program. There are different levels set up for the ADN progr...