smarge117 ASN, BSN, RN

Hi there, I am wondering if there are any programs that offer certificates in either Education or Infomatics. I'm not sure I want to do a whole MSN program (I'm 57), but would like to add to my skill set. All thoughts appreciated.

I have an Eko attachment and finds that it works very well. I don't have any issues with it. I purchased it originally and used as an 'amplifier' in line on my existing Littman cardiology stethoscope, when I got my hearing aids the blue-tooth worked ...

I will say, when I was a brand new nurse (with all of the 20 year olds--with as much experience as they did) I felt that families were more comfortable with me because they 'assumed' that I had more experience than I did.

15 years ago I went to school with a lady who had retired from her job at Health and Human Services in DC, she went back to school to get her 2-year RN degree because she wanted to become a hospice RN. she was 62 when she graduated! if you want to...

I have narrowed it down for about 4-5 schools. Primarily based on cost, accreditation, number of credits, and length of program. I have no idea how to choose one. They all seem fine. What am I missing? What haven't I thought of? What else should I be...

I went to school with a lady who had worked for Health & Human Services in DC for 35 years. She retired and decided she wanted to become a hospice nurse. She was 62 when she graduated from our 2-year, community college program program! If you...

I've been a pediatric med/surg nurse for 12 years and I am getting a little 'burnt' out with it. I love what I do, but really don't want to be a bedside nurse 5 years from now. No interest in management, or teaching, just--not for me. I have a two ye...

I'm so sorry that this is happening to you. Look for and get another job. Don't worry about staying a year. Life is is way to short to be miserable and unhappy at a job.

Hi there, I'm interested in an online RN to BSN (or an RN to MSN) program, but I'm trying to find the most reasonably priced (cheap) program. I'm 50 years old and not sure if I really want to get a more advanced degree than the BSN (still deciding...

Thank you TheCommuter so much for the information. There is so much to look at out there it can be a little overwhelming. I feel you Squirrel, if I were 26 it would be a no brainer, but I came into nursing when I was 40 for a career change. Nursing...

hello everyone, i'm a pediatric nurse with three years experience on an adolescent med/surge unit. i have a two year nursing degree and am a licensed rn. my husband and i are considering moving to the wilmington area (from northern virginia) and i'...

Congratulations to all of you who are accepted into the Nurse Residency program!!! Can I ask what the starting salary for a new grad at Vandy is? I'm considering a move from northern Virginia to Nashville and know that the hourly rate will be ve...

hello everyone, i'm a pediatric nurse with three years experience on an adolescent med/surge unit. i have a two year nursing degree and am a licensed rn. my husband and i are considering moving to the portland area (from northern virginia) and i'm ...

I work as a pediatric nurse on an adolescent unit. I fall under the umbrella of "peds" at my hospital, so technically they can float me to other peds units. The problem is that the hospital has no qualms about floating us to the PICU even though I h...

Has anyone done the ncsbn (National Council of State Boards of Nursing) on-line prep course at http://www.learningext.com/ One of our instructors told us that these are the people who actually write the questions for the NCLEX. I don't know if that'...

I think that you should really talk about the "culture shock" of going from being a student nurse to a real nurse. They really 'glossed' over that part in my program. Encourage them to "shadow" on prospective unites (if possible) to get a feel of wh...

I don't know about Arkansas, but I live in Northern Virginia and had a similar problem over the past couple of months. I'm a new grad (may) and applied online to the 'big' hospital system in the area and waited... nothing... called the recruiter and ...

I'm a new grad (May 05), with no experience in the medical profession. Second career (I'm 40). Hired for a 48-bed telemetry/step-down unit, and my orientation to nursing has been horrible. I was hired for days, and on day one the woman (preceptor 1)...

Thanks for the support. I've already started back on nights. After a long talk with the nurse educator on our floor (who I really like and admire), I decided that I would go back to nights first before I decided to go to another unit. It's a big ne...

I've got some nursing books that I would like to sell, any suggestions as to where I can do this? The bookstore will only give me $1.50 for each of them (their not required), and my ATI books they won't buy back since I didn't get them from the boo...

Its not a care plan book, those I was able to sell back to the bookstore! I posted them on ebay last night. I'll give that a week and if they don't sell I'll try half.com or amazon! thanks for the suggestions! margaret

Why don't you look into a community college nursing program. I just finished my two year degree (probably 5-6K for everything). Once you're finished and working, any hospital in the country will pay for you to get that BSN or even an MSN. You will be...

do they grade it differently? Or have it go through some other process? The reason I ask is that I took my NCLEX yesterday (75), and was able to get results today. My friend took it with me and got 265 questions and hasn't been able to get her resul...

I live in VA and was able to call an automated number at the VA state board of nursing to get results. When I called this morning they said to call back later, so I tried the automated license look-up number. Try your state board of nursing, call t...

I live in Virginia, and many of my classmates have been able to call the VA state board of nursing the next day and ask (innocently, of course)... "When do you update the website to reflect yesterday's test results?" and have gotten results on the sp...