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"The nursing shortage lies--local major hospital corporations are not hiring nurses, despite continuing to falsely post job openings" Knoxville, Tennessee December 1, 2013 After deciding to go to school to become a Registered Nurse, many had the hope...

I DO have a job as an RN thank you very much.

Thank you!!!!

SoilderNurse22, you remind me of a typical person who finds pleasure in degrading other people and arguing about stuff that isn't even on topic. If you want to proofread and correct grammar for a living, then nursing wasn't a very smart career choice...

Are you on here to debate issues or defend other members?

SoilderNurse22, who do you think you are? Of course no one is perfect, especially once I prove it to you by showing you proof. If you can't say anything nice, it's best to just keep your comments to yourself!

Here is a direct copy and paste of one of BuckyBadgerRN's posts: by BuckyBadgerRN May 1 I was chatting with a friend who is an RN in Canada (I'm NOT playing the RN card as opposed to just saying nurse---I don't think Canada has LPN's--I could be wro...

I can't find anywhere in the grammatical rules that you should be using dashes every other word either, but you do it. So, until you become the perfect grammatical genius, you can just get off my back buddy! If its difficult for you to read, then j...

By the way, I happened to read some of your threads and it seems like you have a thing for this when you write ------- What's up with all the -dashes- in your posts? :)

I am not here to be counseled on grammar or English skills. If you aren't going to discuss the issues that pertain to the subject matter of the posts, then don't comment at all. Anything else is just counterproductive and tells me you have nothing be...

I suppose that makes it okay because it's been around forever huh?

Used to be, if a business was prospering and making a decent profit, they shared that with their employees by increases in wages, ect. Now, it's become a game of 'how much can we make, then how much can we take from our employees'. That means RIDICUL...

And don't even get me going on pensions...haha. My dad worked for a major candy company for 26 years and was promised a pension. Then 2 years ago they came along and told him he was getting cut because he was too old. No pension either. Imagine tha...

Once again, that's all great and good to grow and prosper but when it starts affecting patient safety, it becomes a problem. Why don't you explain why the CEO of these hospital corporations are taking home ridiculously large salaries. I know our CE...

I couldn't agree more with this! Unfortunately, the only time most hospitals view under staffing as a problem is if there is a patient harm event, which they do their "root cause analysis" crap which isn't really needed because most all the staff ca...

I know I looked at a Recovery Room position and they actually wanted someone with a year of critical care experience. Once again, its that line of crap that we are fed in school that you should "get all the experience you can because it will make yo...

Also, CCU is a great area to get a lot of experience and training. Given that CCU is probably one of the more difficult places to work (as far as skills are concerned) I would think going to a med surg floor position, I would be viewed as more quali...

I am choosing to leave critical care because I feel like it is too stressful for me, which is nothing that hasn't been felt before by many many nurses who couldn't handle the stress of that environment. I do okay in CCU, I am a good worker, its just...

Okay, I am glad that at least I found out some good information here. Its very rare that you can call human resources or a nurse manager where you have applied and they tell you the real reasons behind why they do what they are doing. That is all I...

To everyone who has commented on this post..... I want each of you to know that I am NOT in any way attacking you personally. I don't even know you personally, so I cannot judge you on that anyway. The entire point of my original posting was to br...

Exactly! It has nothing to do with ADN or BSN status, its about the program. There are good and bad programs with both. Personally, the hospital that I work for prefers graduates from the college I attended (which happens to be an ADN program) bec...

Esme12, thank you for that post. Finally someone who is honest and just tells the truth. Everyone knows the inner workings of these corporations and all you have to do is follow the money trail in business and it leads you to the REAL motivation be...

But if you aren't going to hire someone who isn't a "dream-candidate", then why waste their time and yours by advertising "minimum" requirements? If you want to be choosy about who you hire, that is YOUR choice as a facility, so why not be proud of ...

I have had students that come to do their externship with us in the unit. I have had an equal number of ADN and BSN students. I have found many of the BSN students who couldn't start a line, but they can tell you all about the founders of nursing. ...

Well I am so happy that you found that job, even if you do have to drive 90 miles to get there. I'm surprised you couldn't land a job within walking distance given the fact that you seem like such a well qualified candidate. :)