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I graduated in December, started working in LTC and SAR in March...and its not what I ultimately want to do...so I signed up to take the ACLS course in hopes that managers and nurse recruiters will see it on my resume and I will stand out, and also b...

Hello everyone! I am currently on the floor of a surgical unit, 5 patients at a time, medical sometimes but mostly post surgery inpatient. My "goal" was always to work my way into the OR...but I feel like I don't know enough about it to make a proper...

Thank you! I did do a share day years ago but like you stated, I was more focused on the actual surgery at the time...I put a call in to the OR nurse educator also to find out specifically what RN roles we have in our OR. What about RNFA's? Are they ...

I am currently a floor nurse in a large hospital on the post surgical inpatient unit and we have NP's and PA's that work on our floor for the surgical line. They round on surgical patients pre/post-op, and write orders all day long for our surgical p...

I am not sure about for new grads/for the PACE program...but I work at Franklin Square and I do not have a BSN, and I know of other nurses that just started here that do not have a BSN. Hope this helps :)

I wouldn't doubt it. I am at Franklin Square...we have the PACE program for new grads. Love it there!

I work at a Medstar hospital (actually have worked for 2 of them) and I LOVE it! Medstar loves their nurses :) We have many opportunities for professional growth, and many perks. Technology is cutting edge. FSH is a magnet hospital. New grad salary...

The HSA is a great idea. DH and I are looking into that, at least to get the tax break on the cost. While cost of all of this is a large factor for me, I also want my kids to have a great summer. For a 9 and a 7 year old, with 3 and 2 year old siblin...

My sister comes to my house and I pay her $60 a day to put my oldest 2 kids (9&7) on the bus for school and watch the 2 babies (3&2)...yes I have 4 kids :) I had the last 2 while I was in the nursing program and my sister has been watching th...

Cost?? :)

That's funny I also ran an in home DC before nursing school :)

yes but then u would have to pay for FT, 5 day a week care...my only saving grace is that I only need care 2-3 days a week. My sister is becoming more and more unreliable as the days go on also...and my youngest isn't talking as much as he should. I ...

$7000 up front? Eek

I guess I am being picky because my kids have been watched out of our home for the past year 1/2 and its ruining my house! I'd rather not replace my sister with someone else coming to our home...for the reason I just said, as well as the fact that m...

2011Nursing Student...that was exactly my thoughts also, that this past tax season we were unable to claim the cost of having my sister come to our home and it KILLED us tax-wise...I would be looking forward to writing off as much as we are going to ...

laurah4k we do have a program, its called the Open Door/Child Care links. They are mostly for family providers though.

Thanks everyone! It would just be 3 days a week, during my husbands hours...which are flexible but aprox. 730 am til 430 pm. I RATHER not send them to a family daycare (nothing against it but my boys need more than that...I did fam DC out of my house...

PERSISTENCE! Oh and you may have to take a job to get your feet wet that wouldn't be your first choice. Be flexible and open :) I worked in long term care, skilled acute rehab for 6 mths before I was offered a critical care position...then moved onto...

I currently work in critical care as a floor nurse, 4 patients to me and its BUSY and makes me nervous sometimes with the level of acuity and responsibility. Anyhow, I may have the opportunity to work as a Nurse Clinician in a pediatric urologist off...

Where do you go to first? AC? I have the hardest time sometimes with some of our patients in CCare getting blood, and its embarrassing! I have had to call our IV team to draw for me because I don't like asking fellow seasoned RN's to help me in fear ...

One piece of advice (not sure if its already been mentioned) is that many places of work will pay for continued education, so get your BSN for free (or at least near free!). My job (in the hospital) pays for school after only a 60 day period of work ...

Oh sweetheart I just want to say first that I am so sorry for your loss. And just because you felt it too tough to watch your grandmother pass does not mean you can't handle the profession of nursing by a long shot. My daughter was in the NICU after ...

I work critical care now and I used to work LTC. LTC was very different obviously that there are more patients, less nurses (more techs) and more family visiting. This is all in my experience of course. Our hours in LTC were 8 hr shifts, not 12, so f...

awww thanks so much! :) and to PP, "just for the record"...I don't prefer the LTC and SAR that I work at right now simply due to the fact that they only offer 8 hour shifts and we are required to work every other weekend, whereas in the hospitals its...

I work in LTC and SAR since March of this year, graduated December of last year. This is NOT what I want to be doing...so I am trying feverishly to get into the hospital (ICU or step down, or med-surg). Soooo many others have the same goal and its be...