DNS on the go

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  1. Legal Nurse Consultant: Is this what it is made out to be?

    DNS on the go posted a topic in Legal

    Several of my colleagues are considering attending a class to become Legal Nurse Consultants. They are under the impression that they can make a very large salary doing part time work...

  2. What advice to give?

    DNS on the go posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am currently teaching a theory and clinical class for one year BSN students. All the students are college graduates and they have decided to enter into nursing. In the clinical site, the students...

  3. How can I get in the hospital?

    DNS on the go replied to IndyJonesFan's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Keep trying to look but expand outward...nursing jobs are scare. As a new grad it is worse...you cost to much to train and orient. While your looking, try to get a job in LTC. Even LTC is hard...

  4. MDS nurse in LTC facility looking for an Acute hospital

    DNS on the go replied to tracytreiz's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    It is very hard for new nurses to get jobs. It is even hard for experienced nurses to get jobs. The future is going to be worse as budget cuts will cause hospitals and LTC/HH to tighten up on...

  5. The PROFESSION of Nursing

    DNS on the go replied to dzadzey's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Having spent a lifetime in nursing and having held many roles, I would like to offer my ideas about the profession of nursing. 1. While nursing is a profession it is also a trade. Being a trade...

  6. Long Term Care Cutbacks

    DNS on the go replied to katoline's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Medicare cut the reimbursement 11.1% starting with the MDS books that are submitted with an assessment reference date (ARD) of 10-1-11 (today). We were rushing to have as many books done with the ARD...

  7. Job market reality for new nurses

    DNS on the go posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yesterday, in clinicals the students I teach had an opportunity to speak one of the senior nursing directors of the hospital. The main question they asked her was about gettings a job after...

  8. How to make ends meet during nursing school?

    DNS on the go replied to dclamb3's topic in General Students

    DC lamb 3, My advice is get a job as a C.N.A. during the weekends-evening and nights. You will get experience and a chance to meet the managers who will be hiring. If I were you and had a good job,...

  9. DNP vs MD: Which route is better for public health?

    DNS on the go replied to Loux's topic in Public, Community Health

    If you have the opportunity and the resources, please go straight to Medicine. Medicine is a more difficult route in that their is no part time training and residency is a killer. As a MD you have...

  10. Interview Tues, leaving ICU for LTC

    DNS on the go replied to kimmersRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Please do not run to LTC thinking it is easier or less stressful. LTC is chronically short staffed, little supplies and paperwork galore. Every bruise, scratch, etc requires an occurence form and...

  11. What advice to give?

    DNS on the go replied to DNS on the go's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    As a nursing instructor and as your colleague, I have an issue that I would like advise on. If you read my previous post, from previous semesters you would see that the issue of training new nurses...

  12. Why is LTC so hated

    DNS on the go replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Dear Capecod Mermaid, I find it very hard to believe that any LTC facility would give you a month orientation to a new or any nurse. One month of unproductive time??? Additionally, no hospital will...

  13. Why is LTC so hated

    DNS on the go replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC is a business-most LTC facilities are for profit. The mentality of the administration is geared towards cost containment which manifests itself in poor staffing, poor benefits, lack of supplies...

  14. Where are all the jobs????

    DNS on the go replied to beatrice1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    While I understand the writers passion, the nurse needs a job not a "pie in the sky" peep talk. Even if our nurses gets a job, gets alots of experience and gets an IVY league MBA (all not even...

  15. Where are all the jobs????

    DNS on the go replied to beatrice1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Please do not waste your money and time on further degrees including a BSN or an MBA, at this time. What you need is a job. If you can not find a job, either volunter or move on to another career....

  16. Nursing students who do not understand what nursing is about

    DNS on the go posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yesterday, in post conference a students asked me when are they going to learn "real" nursing. Each student had done med pass on one or two patients that day. When I asked the student what he meant he...

  17. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    DNS on the go replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Let me start by saying that you can not tell your hospital what to do. This statement or request, shows you have no awareness of the world. Hospitals are businesses. They are there to make money not...

  18. Healthcare Administration/Management... anyone????

    DNS on the go replied to josinda421's topic in Nursing Career

    Jobs in HCM are very difficult to get and ever harder to maintain. As a nurse your main path is bed side nurse then nurse manager. Believe me when I say that nurse manager is a hard job. Harder still...

  19. Direct entry MSN/CNL without nursing experience

    DNS on the go replied to rstigers's topic in Nurse Management

    To function as a bedside nurse and as a nurse manager, you must have hands on clinical experience. Nothing else will subsitute. I do not think the entry level MSN-CNL programs have been vetted in the...

  20. I need to quit but feel like a heel.............

    DNS on the go replied to fournee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC is a tough business. Nurses are expected to hit the ground running. Orientation is brief. LTC does not have the time or resources to train you. Additionally, as a new nurse to LTC you have to...

  21. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    DNS on the go replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    I have to address your comment of "You say these students are unintellectual?" I never said they are unintellectual. I said they are not academically prepared. The academic deficits of the students...

  22. Pros and Cons

    DNS on the go replied to FutureRN618's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Please do not waste your time going for a Ph.D. in criminology. What on earth are you going to do with that? Education is the answer to lifes problems. Think about what you want to do. Then...

  23. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    DNS on the go replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    I have been a nursing instructor at several colleges and universities. The science classes that are required by nursing students to take are not the same science classes that scienc/pre med majors...

  24. What do I do? Roaches, no heat...

    DNS on the go replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Please continue to care for this patient. She needs the help. As for the situation, roaches and coldness of the place, maybe the family is poor (very poor) or they have cultural issues. Provide the...

  25. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    DNS on the go replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing is very different from medicine. Physicians are educated to have a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the sciences. Nursing is a human service with the focus on caring and providing...