TickyRN

From an article I read a couple months ago( it was on yahoo, can't find the link), FB gives access to firms that carry out background seaches on potential employees for hiring companies. So even if you have very private settings on your facebook page, these companies have access to infomation that say a coworker or employer cannot see. So in short FB doesnt give your information to individuals but to established firms who then turn it over to employers. The article started out by stating that there are companies being established just for the purpose of storing every information put out on facebook, and they interviewed the CEO of one of the companies. How do they get the information to store if FB doesnt give them access? So in short your employer is not the enemy/bad guy, its FB that makes you believe you can have private settings that makes you feel secure enough to post things. In short, if you dont want it to be seen, dont POST it.

Dont Do It.

please just aim for Med school, if it doesnt work out then go to nursing school. do your prereqs for med school and take the MCAT. focus on getting the best results and if you are a strong candidate. Prereqs for medschool and nursing school are different and pull you in different directions. Nursing school is hard by itself, what if you become an RN, life happens and you are unable to go back to med school.?

Just say no

Make it through orientation, then practice what you know is right after you are no longer tied to your preceptor. Your patients and colleagues will notice your work ethic

before the thread gets locked?

are you serious? nouns and verbs? Maybe they are acronyms for something else in informatics. I hope they are.

I am glad I did not have any school loans, but I have a friend who had 30k plus loans. He paid it off in 2yrs. Another got a business degree from an ivy league school for 110k and paid it off in 3. these were not nursing degrees which is why they were able to pay if off that fast. I dont think it is advisable to have a high amount of loans when the earning potential is not that great.

Well, why would she have the friend in the room if parts of her history was not okay. I dont think you were at fault.

At this point MGT doesnt care, their are a thousand new grads waiting to take your position OP, if you leave. Just do your best and get malpractice insurance.

I would say it's the instructor fault because even if your assigned pt has meds, the instructor should have a) told the nurse the student was going to pass meds. This creates accountability on the part of the nurse. If 9am meds are not given by an agreed time, the nurse can ask the student if it was given or not, and make sure the pt gets their meds b)told the students their assignment/responsibilities for the day. For eg students A &B are going to pass meds today, the rest of the students give baths, etc. This creates responsibility on the part of students A & B . They will/should step up and be ready with information about medication, pt info etc at med time with instructor present. c) told students about expectations on the floor. The OP sounds like a first semester nursing student. In my first semester, I did as I was told, any deviation could cause you to be failed by the clinical instructor. for e.g I was "talked to" for speaking to the pt's primary nurse when I went to look up info on my pt. I needed the info, she was the only one who could help since my instructor wasnt on the floor at the time. Go figure. I didnt even get to give SQ inj till my final semester. But was I failed because of that? NO My advice to the OP and nursing students on AN, a)always CYA and follow chain of command when a clinical instructor fails you for something that was not clarified. Yes a friend was failed in her final semester and the president of the school reinstated her. (Long story) b)Clinical instructors are not gods and can make mistakes too. But they can hinder your nursing career so apease them so you can get out of nursing school. c) If you dont understand something, ask, clarify. Never sign any thing you dont agree with. d)Watch out for what other students are doing in clinicals. If others are passing meds, dressing changes, foleys and tubes, while all you get to do is make beds, be sure to speak up and ask for an oppurtunity to learn too.

Thanks to all that replied I do feel confident in my interview wear so I am going with that. I just wanted to ask.

Scrubs to an interview. I have an interview in a couple days and I was wondering. The last interview I went to, there was a lady in solid blue scrubs and a white jacket. She looked so very nursy/proffessional that I am thinking of doing the same thing. It was a job fair for experienced nurses and it looked like she got a job offer on the spot. I have an interview on a med-surg floor and I am torn between my interview wear and scrubs. Any advice? tips? Has anyone not got a job because they wore scrubs to an interview?

You can do agency with one yr experience. check craigslist and just keep searching. You might even get a travel job at home paying double. good luck. If i may ask, what did you do in your former career.

WOW 32 nursing programs is a lot, they need start shuttting some down.

The DON is only trying to cover his/her tracks. Only meet with her with a lawyer/witness present. A lawyer should be able to sue the DON and facility for contributing to the med error by unsafe staffing and also for making false allegations against you. At least the threat of a lawsuit might make them back off

You have stated all the issues with MCCG. If you cannot find another job, stick with them for at least a year, and then go somewhere else. Their solutions to retention only makes it worse.

Just my two cents: all I hear about coliseum is run, run, run. Not a good hopital for nurses. MCCG is a good hospital and you will learn a lot but it is hard work. If you do take their $2000. Do not spend it, just in case you quit in 3-6months. They go through nurses a lot and i guess the contract is to help boost retention. Good luck

OP, Isnt there one person at your job who likes you??? Sometimes we have to ask the hard question, is it me or is it them? I believe there are plenty sides to the everyone hates me story. To answer your concern, the only way I have seen that new nurses can break the chain of bullying is to befriend other new/newer nurses . They have not picked up the bad attitude yet from staff so they are more friendly. Help them out with tasks, pts and problems and they would look up to you and might even defend you when others are talking about you. Also there is strength in numbers, right now it might the floor against you but if you can make friends with 3-4 newer nurses, it becomes them against 4 of you. This is the most reasonable solution that i can see. Also complaining to managment doesnt always help, they might think that you are not a good fit for the unit. Mgmt never back up the complainers so pick your battles.

To clarify I am an RN-BSN and have been looked down upon by ADNs. And please yall stop with the anecdotes of BSN nurses been book prepared and not able to hit the floor running. How come there are no quotes/research of how the two groups compare 1 yr or 2yrs after graduation? Is the ADN/diploma RN still ahead of the curve? I ll keep my anecdote to myself. To the ad issue, It could have been worded much better but remember they have a product and would word their ads to bring in revenue i.e students.

Get a BSN, stop bashing BSN nurses. This issue wont be a problem if there was only one way to become an RN instead of 5000 ways. I dont see doctors getting an associate degree... in medicine.

What the h\\? Do you work at a zoo? Where employers are animals because that how your DON and administator is treating yall right now. Please turn in your resignation asap. Call the police because a resident's pain is still 2/10, have they ever worked in healthcare? So its 2am and you call a doctor for pain 2/10 ???? Or if the pt takes off the alarm and then falls, they still blame you. Please keep copies of any communication and policies that was communicated in this meeting. So in case you get fired, you can hire a lawyer because you are being harrassed with the threat of jail (caged) everyday.

Wow I had to deal with someone like this receiving report from me, I looked up and it was 7.50 and all the night nurses were long gone i was so ****** off. No one likes getting or giving report to her!!! next time i will set a timer for her.....

Finish your current job. Life as an NP is way better than floor nursing. What if you are let go 2months into the ICU program for mundane reasons? Unless you absolutely hate your job, stay there and get a year experience, then it would be easier to get into any ICU. goodluck!

you are being to lenient. Before trying or looking make sure the primary nurse 1. has iv supplies in the room 2. has actually tried once or twice. The only time I bypass no 2 is if we have a frequent flyer that wont let anyone except iv therapy or icu nurse touch their veins.