Juwon

I would say that it depends on the job market in your area. Personally, in my area LPNs and RN new grads can find work relatively quickly. You can make a nice buck as a LPN while going back to school to get your RN. Me personally, i have applied to both a LPN and RN program at the community college level and if I get accepted into both, I am going to take the LPN route because its 12 months long, and start 8 months before the RN program start. When the RN program do start, I will have 3 more months in LPN school, then can go out find a job while getting experience, and then can bridge over after completion of the program.

I understand how u feel. I'm not a nurse but i hear this from family and friends who are nurses. The higher ups view nurses as a dime a dozen and when they feel they can suck one dry with the impossible patient loads and other tasks, they simply replace them with another candidate. Nurses need to come together, I am sure something can get done If nurses stand up for their rights to be treated as professionals instead as being used as a factory worker. However, as long as nurses sit back and complain and say what they are going to do, and take no steps, things will not change. JMHO

I think 3-11 is the best shift in terms of learning. You get familiar with admits, discharges and more skillful with med passes in the LTC on this shift. I think that 11-7 is a little more relaxed because it is not as chaotic as the 3-11 shift. If you can tolerate the 11-7 shift. I so happened to be a night owl and its my preferred shift, although I am not a nurse.

I think you already know the answer to that question, based off your other posts, and post periods about California and nurses

I agree with litchi, go to a cheap community college and take all of your pre-reqs and then transfer to a university to get your bachelor's degree, preferably a state school since they tend to be cheaper. You will save a ton of money this way. Some people go away to universities because of the college experience, but personally I could care less. I don't want to be stuck paying a school over 30,000 for a degree and then have to turn back around and have to compete in this competitive market to get a job, plus it takes a while to pay off al of that money while trying to live decent....I'm at the community college finishing up my pre-reqs and either heading into the associates degree nursing program or bachelors at another school that I have been accepted into of next year, while working and networking at the same time. Sometimes its all about who you know. One can have all the credentials in the world compared to someone who have hardly anything, but the one with less credentials are given the job based on who they know. Networking is essential in todays brutal market.

I think physician assistant school is a nice alternative to nursing. Great pay, collaborate with doctors and nurses alike, plus they are in demand. You can get a bachelors, masters or an associates as a physician assistant.....yes u can go from Associates to masters. If u get a bachelors in psych, u can branch over to nursing with a masters, but U should strongly acquire bedside skills first. I wouldn't want a nurse practitioner as my mid-level provider without bedside skills....a nurse practitioner told my school class that nurses that go into the profession at the masters level from other careers are termed generic nurses, but nevertheless less are nurses...governors university have associates to masters track.

Lol telling it like it is. If i see another question regarding employment in Cali I'm gonna go crazy. OP, Cali have a surplus of nurses, EMTs, Paramedics, etc. They also have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. If you want to go to school for an associates, go ahead but think about areas that are in need of nurses find work because as you can see Cali don't need anymore nurses. Look elsewhere is your best bet. You will not be the first, nor the last to relocate.

The more knowledge is always better, but they do have wilderness emergency medical tech programs that are like a semester long. Its pretty interesting and intense. Shows you what to do in rural areas when you don't have lots of equipment and resources

Even more, not trying to center around money, but i have never known of a medical assistant to clear over six figures a year, but i do know LPNs who have done so, usually average 60 to 70 thousand a year though. Medical assistants pay usually suck and if you are raising little ones, money is something that needs to be considered. In ny area medical assistants start around $3 more per hour than the going minimal wage and doesn't slow nearly the flexibility of working two jobs like you can as a nurse.

Thanks, but i was just looking at how things have changed over the years when nurses were in dire need and were hired asap, but now jobs are simply scarce for the most part

I know a few lpns that refuses to work bedside. They have years of experience and work long term as a wound care nurse, infection control nurse, MDS, or QA

Hands down lpn, I am not biased. More opportunities, more room for advancement, better pay. There is a variety of jobs for lpns. You can work hospital if some still hire but that's few and far between, nursing home, rehab facilities, home care, hospice, and other fields Im sure I didn't get to. Medical assistants are mostly limited to doctor offices.

Chicago suburbs, LPN starting pay is $27.75 and they are always hiring for nurses, due to the location, 30 minutes from the city, but the facility is in a nice area.

yeah that makes total sense that they are looking for her rationales in handing various types of problems.... Anyways, hope you got the job OP.

Not a nurse but from a EMT standpoint you would treat the fever first then abdominal pain and then leg pain last. Leg is last because a fracture is not a life threatening condition....wow you had a skpe interview, that's different.

Couldnt have said it any better. Most new grads feel they are entitled to a hospital position, as if it is the only way to go. You have to go into other areas of nursing in order to gain experience if you cant land that hospital position. Most ltc facilities have a skilled unit and even have vent units and cardiac units as well. One has to shop around and stay open minded.

Not a nurse but from a EMT standpoint you would treat the fever first then abdominal pain and then leg pain last. Leg is last because a fracture is not a life threatening condition....wow you had a skpe interview, that's different.

you started working real early. they must was in dire need of help!

Just curious, how long did it take you to find your first nursing job after graduating and passing the NCLEX licensure exam?

From what I learned in emt school, they are different. A nonrebreather mask has a third, one way valve on the top of the mask to constrict the patient from rebreathing their own air. This is important because a hypoxic patient needs high concentrated oxygen that is free of co2

Yes you can, and on some hospital floors, the med/surg and Tele patients are mixed together.

in my opinion, you cant so much blame the children. Parents need to do their jobs as well and raise their children and actually teach them right from wrong. I am glad I got a mother who preaches to me about when you are getting ready to engage in any sexual activity, you need to wear protection not to just protect you from STDs, but also from getting a female pregnant. When it comes to sex, parent beat around around the bush or try to sugar the truth and reality from their children. If a parent sat down and talked to their chid(ren) about the causes and effects of having children, I am sure most will listen. Parents need to be role models and actually talk to their children. Part of parents responsiblity is to guide and be an advocate for their children.

Depends on the facility. I know for a fact that ADN nurses can take charge of the floor. I Personally know of nurses with a few months of experience out of school functioning as the charge nurse on their floor. As for the DON position, I always seen and was told that the candidate must have at least a BSN with 5 years of clincial experience to qualify, but a MSN is HIGHLY preferred

Wishing you luck

Any nurses working in their dream specialty? I know lots of nurses want to work acute care, mainly OB, neonatal ICU, Peds, ICU, and ER. For the nurses that are in their dream specialty, is it how you envisioned it would be?