New_Man_Nurse

New_Man_Nurse

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  1. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there a nursing shortage lie? Does this keep the colleges full of students? Defined: a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. something...

  2. What I Wish I Had Known Before

    New_Man_Nurse replied to BlinkyPinky's topic in General Nursing

    I have a MSN, I can rebuild and engine, brakes, change the oil, but not be hired for the almighty acute care. My resume looks good, and I can perform all the almighty task. Its attitude, greed, and...

  3. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    BTW... I have no debt. I guess I'm just smart like

  4. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    OK I should have quoted. I have to say that I never have seen a blog that doesn't attach responses and threads automatically. Lesson learned. Just another waste of my hard work becoming a RN. Let me...

  5. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    OK I will use QUOTE. Since I wrote this blog post, and my experience is similar to the exact conditions you are talking about, I AGREE with your comments. This is an artificial "shortage"... I have...

  6. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    OK... got it. Did I mention this is the first time I've had time to make any comments on this blog. Been a little busy

  7. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Lol.... try to apply... this is not a NEW GRAD JOB... sorry try

  8. MO Hospital offering $5,000 sign-on bonus to new grads

    New_Man_Nurse replied to klone's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not to be obstinate. But I see these adds all the time. What I have not seen is $5,000

  9. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. Awesome! You are asking all the right questions, and you are not believing 'everything' you hear. You will make what I think will be a competent and valuable nurse in Public Service. Its personal...

  10. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow great comments about your experiences. Briefly I will say I was the only precepted student in my class of 60 that was let into a couple CABGs... and that was a reward for my hard work, I knew at...

  11. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Would you find and ask ask a recruiter for a hospital how that will translate into acute care experience, and get back to the discussion with your insights. Thanks again for your perspective, we hope...

  12. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my! You are not off point at all! My only and dearest mother, a teacher, very talented, quietly hung on for 41 years, and she was an amazing influence in the district she worked all her life for....

  13. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for chiming in. I hope some of us are on our way to the Raleigh-Durham area... Lets go... on your marks!! Nice

  14. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am relocating. I was hired at the first regionally distant place I applied and I am thrilled. I wasn't hired because of my education, I was hired because I was talked to during the interview,...

  15. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... that is another thing I have heard so often. "SNF's and Home Health doesn't give you the acute care back ground necessary for a medsurg position". "We won't hire someone that's not going to...

  16. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that comment. Indeed it seems like again it depends on the region we are becoming educated, and learning novice skills, continues to be the factor. Im curious: What do you think is the...

  17. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That is awesome!!! Should ADN, AS-RN programs require a CNA job history before accepting RN candidates, or even a LPN history. Could hospitals improve the "shortage" by providing positions for those...

  18. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That is an excellent thing. That kinda of causal relationship between location and employment percentages is significant indeed. I read this at the IHI: That statement bears repeating. At Hackensack...

  19. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your comment. There seems to still be an abundance of ways to look at the case study I presented. Whether or not the scenario is actually a exact accounting of a documented case, the...

  20. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That one should be in the all time hall of fame!!!

  21. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    No need to be sorry, we are seeing more facts that support my concerns. We need more mentors. Not more "I'm sorries", I won't bide excuses, or say sorry for becoming educated. Or rationalizing. I know...

  22. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

  23. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    New_Man_Nurse replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. It is true. I even have the list of the job apps in a spreadsheet. I am in a major metropolitan center W-SE USA. I will say this. I sent one application, after seeing my dilemma, to a rural...

  24. 5 Reasons Nurses Get Fired and How to Avoid Them

    New_Man_Nurse replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I have some very well substantiated research articles by psychologists that helped set up the workers comp system. It was specifically designed to re-injure workers, making it nearly impossible for...

  25. Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    New_Man_Nurse replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a nursing shortage lie? Does this keep the colleges full of students? Defined: a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. something...