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Hello, I am one week away from finishing my online BSN from the University of Texas at Arlington. I remember when I was looking for a school to attend I combed through these boards looking for information before I decided on this school. So, I am ret...

Hello, and that is such a great question. Everything is different for everyone but for me the two hardest classes in the program were statistics and research. After being a nurse for five years a lot of the classes can be managed easily due to the in...

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Hello All, Thanks in advance for any advice. I am an RN with 5 years of acute care experience and thinking about going back to school to become an FNP or Acute care NP. It seems that all the schools I look at have you do your clinicals during t...

Hello all. Thanks for any replies. Is there aids in australia or is it total care. Do Australian nurses work 8 hour shifts or 12 hour shifts. Is there ratios and if not how many patients per nurse. Etc... I'm an Rn with 5 years of hospital experience...

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I just transitioned from Med/Surg to ER nursing and started at a new ER and it's a lot busier than I thought it would be. I "thought" that most ER nurses saw around 8-10ish patients per night. But where I just started working 10 patients a night is s...

It's a great hospital with good staff. I have known people who have had children their and they all had nothing but good things to say. The staff is very friendly and family oriented as well. The area is absolutely beautiful. But you have to go north...

Hello, I work in a maximum security prison at the moment. And I was just thinking the other day as I walked to a call about how it did not bother me that I was surrounded by metal bars and concrete. It is something that bothers you or it doesn't. But...

Hello, I am a corrections nurse. You can pm me if you like. But just so you know it does get better with time. Keep your head up. Before you know it you will have a year under your belt and you will look back and laugh.

First thank you for any responses. I have been doing my research and it looks like a nurse with an Associates Degree in Nursing can't become a nurse in NZ because you need 1100 hours of clinical in school. An ADN program only provides 800-900 hours o...

Hello, I was a new grad with an associates degree and found a job at a critical access care hospital. Those are very small 20 or less bed hospitals. They are truly "rural nurse jobs" and serve populations that would be without medical care if it wasn...

There seems to be some sort of new ad system. Every time I try to read a post a movie preview starts up in the new post down at the bottom. Is this just me or is it happening to other guest as well. Just curious.

Hello and thank you for any replies. I have three months of training on a med-surg floor and two months of working on a very busy tele floor. Today my charge called and asked if I wanted to float to the ICU for a couple of days (which happens to be m...

Thank you for all of your replies. Ill do as you all suggest and just try to relax and help out where available. Thanks for all your help.

I am a new grade just off of orientation on a telemetry floor. I had a patient come in with a SBP in the 190's with a HR in the mid 40's. What's the intervention?

I honestly didn't know what to do. Other than a high BP and a low HR the patient wasn't showing any other symptoms. So I called my charge nurse. We waited five minutes then retook the VS. the BP dropped after the patient was settled into bed for the ...

Even after wearing a $600 dollar suite and being told that "I did really well" by nurse manager I still didn't get the job. I lost out to someone with more experience. Oh well. I have two more interviews in the next two weeks. God is good and I'll ge...

I'm a new grad who just had an interview today for a hospital position. I was debating about whether to wear a $600 suit from Macy's or a pair of khakis and polo shirt. Then I read the advice on this post. I wore the suit. And it's a good thing I did...

I don't know where you are at or if the economy is any better where you are but I live in California and it's pretty hard to get a job for new grads unless you have an in. So with that said, hit the ground running. Don't just apply online, that will ...

Hello All, I am an RN and I just received a letter from the CDCR requesting more information. It said they would only contact me in the future if I was selected for an interview, but what is the process? If they do select me then do I go in for an in...

I recently graduated nursing school. I have an entire family (father, father in law, aunts, uncles, etc.) that works as prison guards. I still can't get a job in the prison system. Your best bet is to get a job as a CNA. But that is true for any job ...

Hello All, Just as the title says I am a new grad ADN and am either moving to Sacramento or Phoenix (I have family in both). Where do you think I have a better chance of getting a job in a hospital? Thanks for your help.

Thank you everyone for your comments. I currently live in California. Just a different part of California. So I know how bad it is here. The input will definatly help.