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I was a military spouse for 18 years and became a nurse a few years before my husband retired. I'm not sure what you can do in Japan that would help. We were stationed in Germany and job opportunities were not great but working or volunteering in t...

I am a case manager in a large hospital and have a total of about 3 years experience in two separate facilities. To address your post, I work as a discharge planner and rotate holidays with the other case managers. It works out to about one holiday ...

I worked in a Level 2 OR. Where I was, I only had 9 weeks of orientation and I had never worked in the OR before! I was a float, too, and moved between ortho, general, neuro, vascular, gyn, and even robot. There is a VERY steep learning curve and ...

Are you going to stay where you are located now once his med board is completed? A lot depends on where you want to settle down and if moving will still be an issue later on down the road. You will have to look at requirements for schools in the ar...

I had to give my employer a copy of my BSN degree for my personnel file. This was just last month at a new job, so they will possibly verify it!

I interviewed in the OR and it was similar to your interview. They basically told me they didn't really know what to ask since I had no OR experience and it turned into a more personal conversation with the three interviewers. I walked out hoping t...

I felt a lot like you do when I worked on a med/surg floor right after graduating from a RN program. It was fast paced and I managed to make it through a year but NEVER enjoyed it (and would never want to do it again). I started my nursing career a...

I can't comment specifically on which school has more clinical/hands on experience, but here is some information to consider. What kind of degree are you wanting? All three offer something different on graduation. You can always go on and continue ...

I don't have experience as that type of CM. It may be in clinic or may be with an insurance company. Some insurance companies use case managers to help coordinate care for chronic conditions (like those you listed above) to help with compliance and...

It really depends on the type case management. I'll just comment with my opinion on the roles I have participated in as a CM: Utilization review: STRONG medical knowledge, knowledge of insurance rules and admission criteria. Discharge planning: S...

While taking the test, cover the answers with a blank index card while you read the question and see if you can formulate an answer BEFORE moving the index card. If what you thought of is one of the options on the multiple choice, pick that one and ...

I did SUNY Delhi for one semester for one class. It went fine. I started a second class the next term and logged on the Wednesday before class officially started to read the syllabus, class info, etc. Nothing major and I waited to log back on the ...

I went to nursing school while my hubby was active duty. I received some pre-reqs in one state then moved to another and took another class and even took 2 online classes from yet another state. My entire nursing program was all from the same schoo...

For meds, learn the endings of the generic names. It will clue you in on what the medication is for...like it may say "nursapril" but you will know it is an ACE by the ending (-pril). Then you can look at answers relating to blood pressure/non-prod...

We had to take one every semester, but we had to get 100%. First one was more basic type math (and measurement type stuff) and no calculator. Later semesters were more dosage calc and IV drip rates, etc (and we could use a calculator). We got 3 tr...

First nursing job...took about 2 weeks for the official offer. In hospitals, most of the offers come from HR, not the manager directly. I had an indication he was interested but still nervous about it until I got the official word. Second nursing j...

I had to take 13 classes. No idea of the overall cost because mine was completely paid for. I went full time (2 classes per session...4 per "semester") and finished in 14 months (April 2010 to June 2011). I also worked a PRN position (not a lot of...

I currently work in case management in a hospital setting. You get to think like a nurse but don't touch people. Nothing I do will kill anyone. It can be stressful sometimes trying to come up with solutions, but I still like it WAY better than the...

My ADN degree (from NY) does not saying anything about nursing on it (just Associate Applied Science). That is confirmed with your transcript, though (and the fact that you will be licensed). My BSN (from IL) shows nursing on it, though. Guess it ...

Are you considering going to BOCES? Where I was at you had to complete the 1st YEAR of nursing to skip one semester of LPN at BOCES. After I graduated, I worked in a specialty office in a more rural area and made $14 an hour as a LPN. If you do get...

My statistics class was through DeVry (Chamberlain). It was HARD but very doable, and I ended up with a low A. There was an instructor that did walk-throughs of the labs on YouTube and a Facebook page to interact with that other instructor. I did ...

I did Chamberlain and it has never been an issue when applying for jobs. My unit old manager and asst. manager went to Western Gov. Univ. I also worked with about 6 other people who finished Chamberlain and they have not had any issues either. One...

I have a BSN and worked med/surg for a while then OR and home health. I have been an RN for 4 years and got a hospital case manager position 6 months ago. I work with a girl who had just med/surg experience before moving to case management. I also...

Maybe if you didn't have the TLDR attitude, you would read enough to pass the class...

I worked for the state. Our medical was NOT better than the private sector and the dental was actually worse (2x higher monthly). Retirement benefits were really good, though, and so were holidays and paid time off. Raises are NOT guaranteed, thou...