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I'm not an mds coordinator, but I've been interested in learning and perhaps landing a mds coordinator position somewhere one of these days. The current mds coordinator where I work is always more than willing to let me help her with summaries, updat...

I'm nervous about the job market but I guess I can't lose that "never say give up" mindset because I feel like I should still go on with it. My mind is a blur right now. I've got to arrange financial aid, figure out how to work full time and study (a...

I have applied to this program and am wondering if anyone is familiar with it? I hope I am not limiting myself by not going the FNP route, but I've heard most FNP programs are super competitive and I'd rather not set myself up for certain disappointm...

I applied to USA's adult/gero NP program and while I have not heard a definite answer I did call the school today and so far I'm not on the list of people who have had their applications declined. They also say "packages" should be going out by the e...

We had a male RN who was hit from behind by a patient and this nurse whirled around and slapped this patient out of his chair. The nurse was placed on leave and the BON ended up deciding this nurse's response was a normal reflex reaction and no disci...

I work in a LTC facility where the management is very nasty. The administrator has to be about the most unpopular person around. He took a garbage bag the other day and went around gathering personal belongings of staff (coats, books, etc.) and threw...

I understand that, naturally, the SRNAs will be biased but I would appreciate some counsel, as I'm at a very difficult place right now, careerwise. I understand your time is valuable so I will try to be as brief as I can. I am a RN in a LTC facility ...

I looked on monster.com and typed in "adult geriatric nurse practitioner." Down towards the end of the page was a position in Detroit.

Peaceful, I just found out I've been accepted. I'm not sure what to think or do, because all I keep seeing about adult NPs is total doom and gloom. Why go through all that and then end up having to go through again to get a FNP? I'm so frustrated.

Oh yuck. This is not what I want to hear right now...please don't say that.

Oh my, you should definitely NOT spend/go into debt for 60K, and they should be sued.

We're in the same boat. I'm getting so frustrated. I called them yesterday, and it seems like they tell me something different every time. They were nice enough to look up my name (again) and tell me it says my application is still under review and t...

In the South, day shift RNs can get around $23/hr, night shift goes for around $27-$28/hr (in the hospital.) LTC pays about $25/hr to start.

I'm disgusted with my situation, too. I'm stuck at a job in a LTC facility and it's getting on my nerves. I've got a BSN and know I could go to a big hospital where the excitement is but it would be at the expense of doing what is best for my family;...

Congratulations! Me and peaceful are anxiously waiting to see if we've been accepted into USA for Spring 2010, which program are you starting? I'm so nervous I can hardly stand it. I know there is a thread on gadgets that are helpful to have, and I b...

I work with a superb nurse who has lupus.

I've taken 3/4 of my education (so far) on campus and the rest online, and I've noticed that the grades I made in my online courses were pretty consistent with the grades I made in the classes I took on site. I think it isn't that online programs mak...

1. The sense of camaraderie that can develop between you and your co-workers. 2. There will no doubt be at least one little old person who will steal your heart and become your pet. 3. The pleasantly confused residents are the most fun to interact wi...

I've applied for Spring 2010 admission to the adult/gero NP program at the University of South Alabama. I was thinking of taking a new job but didn't want to if I was going to be able to start this program. So I called admissions and explained my sit...

While I believe in tighetning up the standards for registered nurses, I believe it is also possible to educate yourself out of a job. This is why I am planning to stop at nurse practitioner. In all practicality, I just think that past a master's, the...

:clphnds: Beautifully stated. Thank you for taking pride in your job!

This incident wasn't reported????? This man sounds very unstable! Dangerous!

I'm not sure this is all bad. Lately, the nursing field has allowed itself to become saturated with schools of nursing on every corner, many even graduating two classes a year. Nurses need to take measures to keep themselves more marketable by actua...

I typed in something totally unrelated to OB on youtube and a video came up that showed a newborn with the title "In memory of..." I couldn't help but click on it. It was about ten minutes, and showed a perfect, swaddled newborn baby dying in his mot...

Oh no, don't say that. I am pretty sure I'm going to be accepted into the adult/gero NP program at University of South Alabama and I hate to think I'd be wasting my time. Fiddlesticks!