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  1. Scared Pre-Nursing Student: Is Nursing as Bad as I Hear?

    RNYC replied to Ivy Black's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to hear where they pay nurses 50/hr..lets give the new nurses a realistic bellweather.....if they are new RNs and lucky enough to land a job we're talking 18-34 (high end in California). I...

  2. Male going into nursing (hopefully)

    RNYC replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

    6% of RNs are men....why do women get so territorial about nursing? Male doctors don't get territorial about female

  3. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    I agree its not often reliable but, I personally know people who make far more than what they are saying as NP...but I only have experience with New Jersey/New York and California. From what I hear...

  4. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    Right but your not comparing two careers that are of equal education. Entry level for RN is BSN, ADN, Diploma...PT is masters level. The appropriate comparison is Nurse Practitioner, CRNA, Midwive,...

  5. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    PTs make a lot more than some nurses?...don't assume the career doesn't have earning potential on the RN side once people get experience. Also CRNA vs. PT there zero comparison in compensation CRNAs...

  6. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    I'm BSN and even I found that comment to be way off color...its like a bad joke budumpdump ching!

  7. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

    RNYC replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    and 3...2...1 - cue the ADN vs BSN

  8. New Grad who doesn't feel ready....

    RNYC replied to morningland's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know huh? lol...I am glad I can laugh about it now. Couple months ago it didn't seem as funny right after graduation! The good news is the following - because nursing is so diverse and encompasses...

  9. New Grad who doesn't feel ready....

    RNYC replied to morningland's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is a great post and the take home point is, school+NCLEX preparation and passing NCLEX = your trained as a broad practitioner and to be safe (but de facto your not trained specifically to do much...

  10. Question for the fellas....

    RNYC posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    I am asking this directly of the male RNs in this forum (not female sorry)...I am 2 months from getting my BSN and I am doing preceptor hours in an ER. The people in the ER seem to think I can get a...

  11. Hopeless New Grad

    RNYC replied to Rojo2030's topic in General Nursing

    Try Alvarado? The top tier Sharp, UCSD, and Scripps are really tough...you have to know someone, or be insanely experienced. There is a lot of military nurses too in SD, and their experience is

  12. Going straight for my RN

    RNYC replied to Nurse Rodriguez's topic in General Nursing

    Another FYI --> RN definitely opens doors, and the pay is higher. Job prospects are a little sunnier these days but, the curriculum is apparently much much more demanding than LPN curriculum. I...

  13. Going straight for my RN

    RNYC replied to Nurse Rodriguez's topic in General Nursing

    Anatomy and Physio is helpful, but you will need to just be a sponge. You will want some basic skills like how to take vital signs, change dressings, and med

  14. Going straight for my RN

    RNYC replied to Nurse Rodriguez's topic in General Nursing

    Go for the RN...loans are easier to pay off when you have a 70k in income. LPN just prolongs the inevitable if you want the RN. BTW the whole bit about LPNs being "so far ahead" when they begin RN...

  15. Don't know if nursing is right for me.

    RNYC replied to cloudy817's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing school, especially in the accelerated BSN format, is very very time consuming. I am not sure if the material is necessarily hard to comprehend for most, but the volume is shocking. Not sure...

  16. New Grad RN no job thinking of being a CNA

    RNYC replied to Gem0607's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    California is rough. The pay is high so, many nurses from all over flock to California for RN jobs. However, it is also going to have one of the most severe shortages in the near future. Alot of the...

  17. Would this be looked less favorably upon by CRNA admissions?

    RNYC replied to mednoob's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    A year of critical care is required at many schools, and from what I hear they really actually accept with 2-5

  18. DNP in Anesthesia ONLINE

    RNYC replied to versed88's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We are on the same level :

  19. DNP in Anesthesia ONLINE

    RNYC replied to versed88's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There is no way you can become a nurse anesthetist 100% online...there is a large portion of didactic work. The lecture could be online I suppose...but there isnt any way to get around the clinical...

  20. NY Hospitals Hire RN-BSN Only?

    RNYC replied to symplicatedRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    thats not necessarily true. i attend wagner in si and we have a bsn and absn...and there are many other schools within a 30-60 mile radius of new york city. however, there are still many more adn...

  21. Career Change: Auditor to RN - Education Advice

    RNYC replied to NYC29's topic in General Nursing

    Its a FANTASTIC long term career move, and in the short term your likely to get a job with an ADN in certain areas...it sounds like your area is one. Where I live ADNs are sort of locked out these...

  22. Career Change: Auditor to RN - Education Advice

    RNYC replied to NYC29's topic in General Nursing

    Be cognizant that nurses arent guaranteed jobs at all these days...and that hospitals prefer to hire BSNs in certain metro areas (NOT ALL!)...so while this was a cheap route that made sense in the...

  23. Decision: go 4 RN or obtain LVN & then bridge?

    RNYC replied to tiredstudentmom's topic in General Students

    Depends on the state...the larger states aren't hiring LVNs in hospitals at all anymore...only LTC and nursing homes if that

  24. Where are all of the "experienced nurses hiding?"

    RNYC replied to SWS RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the original post is not only accurate, but there is a preponderance of "prenursing" even more than students. I do see a spike in people who can't find jobs that just graduated, and definitely...

  25. Considering career change to nursing...any advice?

    RNYC replied to avecar10's topic in Nursing Career

    No I said 2-3 years to ABSN completion. I am six months from completion and began prereqs in Jan 09...realistically I will need 2 months after graduation from nursing school to study for boards (they...