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Seems like I can't add a new topic. But GEO Arcadia is once again advertising for nurses. So how many NM's they been through lately? What a joke!

Please believe me when I say this. You have UNLIMITED opportunity to start again. Nursing can suck in many ways. But the great thing about this profession is you are never out...just temporarily down. I was at my wits end many, many times. Hopeless a...

I see in the past few days GEO Arcadia looking for a nurse manager too. Things must really be jumping there lately! Anyone know any recent news on the place?

Regarding GEO Arcadia FL: I notice they are looking for a utilization nurse recently and of course, the usual openings for full and prn RNs and LPNs. Anybody working there now who is on this forum? If so, could you let me know how its going down ther...

I was in ADN school 1992-94. As I recall, we lost less than a third of the starting class. Some for personal reasons and a few for math test problems. It seems ADN programs are very different in certain schools and I am sure the tougher economic and ...

Salute to you. Dr. Nurse is a pretty rare commodity. Good luck!

Stay away from them. Bad people.

I have 17 years RN experience and got my BSN in 2006. I got it just in case I need it down the road. I don't believe it can hurt. BUT maybe it won't help!

I can't remember when it was, but I remember seeing the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in person at the workplace waiting to talk to the medical director. She was wearing a pantsuit, but was as fine a woman as walked the earth. I asked a co-wo...

Speaking as a male RN with 17 years experience I have found where it may be easier to get hired (and I emphasize the "may") it is also easier to get fired. I have absolutely been discriminated against as a man in this profession on occasion. However,...

Great post! Nursing Homes for Nurses only. No doubt about that! However, can you imagine the nightmare of actually working there? Bad karma indeed! In one way you do have to be grateful that we do have the opportunity to actually HAVE a fairly good p...

I have been an RN 17 years. I honestly didn't know if I could bathe anyone else when I got into this field. That was my biggest concern. The blood and the pus and the gore, well, depends on what you get into as a specialty. I can say I have mainly do...

Drummed into your head "pain is the 5th vital sign" and "pain is whatever the patient says it is for them" Right? Isn't that the gospel truth? Or is it gray and cloudy on the horizon?

I have been an RN for 17 years. The profession is a mixed bag, especially for a man (which I think I still am!) I would say in these times, a nursing license is a mighty valuable employment document. I have said many times recently I would be quite u...

I am totally with you on "perseverate." I worked at a brain injury facility and they used that word constantly. I had never heard it before (or since!) Another word I latched onto in this business is "decompensate" which like "perseverate" can mean a...

I have come to the conclusion the best policy is not to discuss politics, religion, or how you feel about the abortion issue. (And possibly assissted suicide) I too am a lifelong liberal Democrat. And I moved to a red state 6 years ago, so I feel lik...

Everything!

I am an "old" nurse (age 55) I am ok with computers as I have been using them for many years in work situations and outside of nursing. The one thing I have learned about computers is there are always multiple ways to get jobs done. I personally have...

On the one hand it is annoying. But any publicity about nursing is good publicity, don't you think?

Yes definately. I work in Florida and really would like know Spanish. Would save me a lot of extra work.

I have been an RN for 16 years. Got my BSN in 2006. The main reason I did it was to maintain employablity. I figure it is possible it won't help, but can't see a lot of situations in which it could hurt.

I worked in the VA system for 12 years as an RN. The good things about working for the VA have already been mentioned. In addition the pay is always very locality friendly and there is very good health and retirement benefits as well as numerous fede...

Well this is one problem its safe to say in my case I will NEVER have! As an old, fat, and balding RN (male) who wouldn't be caught dead naked in front of a camera, I am in the clear! But nowadays you don't know just exactly what you can get fired fo...

Oh man, what a HORRIBLE idea!!! NO NO NO

Ex-Michigander here. Try the Ann Arbor VA. The VA can be a difficult place to be with the politics and bureaucracy, but the pay and benefits are excellent. And jealous of you moving to Ann Arbor. Its a great town!