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The facility I work with has a big problem with CNA laziness and bad attitudes. They refuse to work together for the most part, neglect the patients, lie in their charting, and if they do decide to wash a patient up it's with the help of the nurses a...

What about going to all hospitals and asking their nurse educators? What about nurses who drive around educating on a product like LVADS? (Not sure if they need a masters? but it's teaching either way)

Why don't you work on the floor while going for your BSN? I did that and glad I didn't wait. By the time you are finished with the BSN you'll have experience and will be ready for the MSN

How much work is necessary for the preceptor (when the student obtains a msn education degree)? For those who have finished a practicum or precepted a student completing a practicum, I'd looove a little advice! I'm just taking the first orientation ...

I am just starting my MSN education degree at Walden... can you explain the difficulty of obtaining a preceptor for the practicum? I almost understand the difficulty of finding on with trying to obtain a RN or BSN, but for education? What about educa...

I am starting at the end of June too! For MSN education... I am starting the 1 credit orientation course at the end of this week, because I didn't want to take it with the first real 3 credit course in June. I just finished the 0 credit orientation t...

Why don't you keep a per diem position and see if you can work the required number of shifts (many times it's 2 weekend shifts/month or something like that)... if you can't find yourself able to do that then quit, but at least you won't have to apply...

Very interested in this thread! I haven't started classes yet, but I will be started at Walden in June for MSN Education. There was a lot of debate with me between education and NP, and finally decided on education. I also really wanted to be in a b...

Hey Walden Students :) I've been looking at online schools and there are a few scholarships listed for each school, which is nice and all, but I wonder if anyone has been successful obtaining outside scholarships for grad school. I know there are TON...

I think the tympanic temperature is the least accurate of all! But that's personal experience. I'm not sure what would be best to tell the students... I also believe rectal is the best/most accurate, but most patients will refuse that- 2nd best IMO i...

When I was in an LTAC/Rehab hospital (for profit)... I worked 12 hr nights, sometimes I had 4 patients, sometimes up to 7. It depended on acuity. We had intubated vented patients, trached and vented/weaning patients, LVADS, cardiac drips, CPAPs for p...

I was actually just thinking about posting a question about this same thing... I just applied for Walden's MSN education program. I've been talking with my Med/Surg instructors in the mornings before I leave work (I work night's)... I'm not sure I'm ...

One of our last surveys had a negative rating and the comment: "I wasn't allowed to eat, I only could have IV nutrition"... I can imagine there was a REASON, so we had a strike against us for THAT??? ugh

My husband and I together pay double that! We had zero help for school and also had to take out private loans. And out in Boston, we have about 1/4 of what a lot of students have out, many we know have over $400,000 from BU or BC, Harvard etc and don...

A nurse I used to work with always said, "I'd love this job if it weren't for the patients"

It's a bummer that they are trying but aren't able to cut it... definitely the CNA needs some more education or training. In my history of working with CNA's, I've had WAY more problems with there being zero effort by them and having to kill myself ...

You're probably NOT going to get a LOT of responses "immediately", for the hiring process of a specific hospital... why don't you call the hospital itself and ask instead of writing a post? I love all nurses.com, but sometimes it's best to ask the so...

I've worked for a for profit hospital and now I work for a magnet hospital... I'm not sure if being on the east coast has anything to do with it, but I found a huge difference between the two. But then again, I think for-profit hospitals are quite c...

It took me just over a year to not feel like total crap about my shifts at work and feel semi organized. And then still I have nights where I don't know what the heck I'm doing, but I write everythingt down on my sheets. I do feel like working nights...

I LOVE being a nurse (most of the time) but if I could go back in time, I'd do PT or OT. I used to work in an LTAC and I would literally KILL myself and not eat my lunch until I got home from work. Every second was pure stress and there wasn't enough...

I would probably try this in the Correctional Nursing section, and the Psych Nursing section... wish I could help more!

omg you guys LOL

I walked into my pt's room the other night and his trach mask over his nose... good thing is was more for humidification than O2... I could've burst out laughing, but my poor alert and oriented pt just sat there and didn't complain

I'm sure most of what you say is true... I just started a few months ago at a magnet hospital. Coming from a for-profit hospital and another hospital I only lasted 9 months which was part of a huge network in Boston...That SUCKED... I feel like wher...

What kind of nursing were you in that you left? Was it critical care/ICU/ER? How long have you been a nurse? I've recommended LTAC's before to nurses on these forums, and I'll do it again with you. They aren't the ideal places to work IMO, but the s...