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  1. This is not true in every
  2. Any Neonatal Nurse Practitioners

    2 years of NICU experience is required for the certification exam, so all programs will require
  3. help me choose a job-HOURS

    Personally, I would take #1. Night shift was not very good to my health and I hope to never work it again. Plus, four hour morning shifts are great! I've worked them and they are so unobtrusive, I...
  4. medical careers insititue va?

    I notice it is approved by the NC, VA, and SC boards of nursing, but it is not accredited by the CCNE or the NLNAC. That could prove problematic when you choose to further your education later. It...
  5. Our diffs are $5 night and $5 weekend. Our weekend nights are Friday and
  6. Male RN gets to pay more?

    Yeah, I get that, but it is not as common in nursing (the OP did ask about nursing) - at least not anywhere I have worked. Every place I have worked as a nurse, there is a uniform salary table that is...
  7. What Makes You Feel Burnt Out??? (10 Questions)

    1. in which area of nursing are you working (ob, l&d, icu, er, med/surg, peds, hospice, etc.)? nicu 2. do you work at a hospital? if not, in what type of facility do you work? hospital 3. are you...
  8. Male RN gets to pay more?

    The OP's native language does not appear to be english. Perhaps wherever the OP is from, males would be paid more than
  9. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    I can see where 12s might be preferable to you, from what you describe. I am single with no kids, so when I get off work, I don't have to come home and deal with kids, homework, etc. I come home,...
  10. 1. what area of nursing did you work in right out of school? or 2. how did you end up there? (choice or chance or a little of both) a position in my area of first choice (nicu) was not available, and...
  11. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    I do not get paid vacation (I just don't schedule myself when I want time off) or benefits, but it works out because I get a higher rate of pay in return. I do take call, but I am not required to do...
  12. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    Nope. I live my real life when I'm not at work. When I worked 3 12's, I would spend the first day recovering from the exhaustion of working 3 12's (they were so draining, I would feel sick most of my...
  13. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    Nope, I loathe and despise 12 hour shifts, even working only 3 days a
  14. Is it a good idea to be a CNA before being an RN???

    I don't think it is necessary or even helpful enough to justify the cut in pay. I never worked as a CNA and I did just fine. Keep in mind, however, that as you enter clinicals in your RN program, it...
  15. Registry question

    Our registry nurses are on the schedule too. We let the scheduler know when we want to work and, if we are needed, we get the shifts/hours we want. But if full-time people want those hours, they get...
  16. Registry question

    It sounds like your place of employment works similar to mine (I don't know if there are any that would work differently). No, you aren't "fired" or "laid off" when you go to registry, but you aren't...
  17. Heads up: NBC nightly news tonight

    Yes, but there isn't really a shortage of students/applicants, is there? The bigger problem in the education area is that there are not enough seats in nursing programs due to a shortage of nursing...
  18. What would you do?

    I wouldn't have waited as long to go back for my
  19. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    The reason for the difference is it denotes the degree that the particular school confers. A person who graduates with an ASN or an AAS does not have an ADN. ADN might be AN associates degree in...
  20. Bariatric Nursing?

    Ditto
  21. What is the best thing about nursing???

    It is a group of "customer satisfaction survey" people that gets management to focus on trivial things (such as how fast a water pitcher gets filled from the time the call light is pressed) rather...
  22. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    ...and ASN is Associate of Science in Nursing, so what's your point? ASN is not
  23. Understaffing and burnout

    It took them a year and a half of research to figure that out? A little common sense would have saved them a lot of time. This isn't something that hasn't been known all along. Perhaps the researchers...
  24. Whats with the scrubs?

    Maybe they are nurses eating their young