EDRN75

I have BS in Biology, worked at a hospital that paid for my AAS education, but did not hire me because I did not have a BSN. Yeah, go figure!! No one cares what kind of degree you have. They only want a BSN. Lucky for me, I am in an area that readily hires ADN nurses, although the tide is slowly turning. I am currently in a RN-BSN bridge program and will have my BSN by next summer. I took the long (paid for) route, but, if you have options, go straight for the BSN.

Same here. However it was a man....who came in by EMS.

I see your point and also realize that the possibilty of coming back from asystole is very low. However, I would hate to think that someone died because I wasn't able to access the emergency equipment that might have saved their life. At the same tme, I could also see an unqualified person jumping at the chance just because they work at hospital thinking they have the skills necessary to help in a code situation. Even someone who is ACLS certified may not have the code experience of an ER nurse who sees at least 3-5 codes a month. I don't know. I've thought about this several times and see both sides, yet would hate to think someone died because no one pushed some epi that might have saved a life!!!!

As an ER nurse in a super busy ER and frequent flyer in the travel sense, I have often thought about what I would do if I was called to help out in a code situation on a plane. This saddens me. I would hope that with an up to date ACLS card, prove of nursing licensure, and MD orders via phone that I would be able to initiate ACLS. I would hate to think that someone had to die because an MD wasn't on the plane!!!

I would seriously doubt the Med does loan reimbursement, but I can't say for sure. From what I've heard, the Med pays around $21/hr with a $1 something more for "bedside". They do not offer shiff diffs. The pay the least of all the area hospitals.

I got rejected after a second interview. When I reapplied to other areas, the nurse recruiter automatically forwarded my app. I did not have to start from scratch with the recruiter. Truthfully, why? I passed the recruiter's initial screening. If she reinterviewed me, I would know the questions and can guarantee you I would do even better the second go!!!

I too graduated in December with my ADN. Waited until I was licensed to apply. Got a job in the ED 3 weeks after I started looking. Peds, L/D, and ICU are the most competitive areas so if that is where you want to go, I am sure they have been bombarded with applications. For a lot of my classmates who applied pre-licensure, calls didn't start coming until about a month after they applied. It just takes time. Patience young grasshopper!!