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I'm a new nurse, I've been working med surg less than a year. I'm officially a part time employee as are most nurses at my facility (actually I was hired as PT, "laid off" and made per diem for a few months, then hired back as PT when somebody else r...

I'd absolutely recommend it. Med sug at least is flexible, pays well, and rewarding. I can think of few better career choices.

Bedside isn't easy - it's hard and it can be very stressful. But anything worth doing in life is going to be hard. The rewards of being a bedside nurse far outweigh the difficulty and stress, IMO.

I highly recommend nursing as a career. I'm a second career nurse. I was 32 when I graduated from nursing school, passed NCLEX, and started working med-surg at a local hospital. I love nursing and I have no regrets about it. Being able to do somethin...

I was in HR before I was an RN, although not in health care. If I were a manager, I'd only call you for an interview if the job market for nurses in my area was extremely tight and I could not afford to be picky. Three jobs in 2 years is way too many...

I graduated with a diploma/AS in 2011 but had a previous unrelated college degree. I've been in med-surg since I graduated and I have no plans of changing that any time in the near future. I may want to go into a specialty (but still direct patient c...

IMO quitting now is the worst idea ever, like in the history of the world (lol). Not only would the hospital internship not count as experience, but it will actually make it harder for you to find a new grad job than a new grad who has never worked a...

It's not career suicide but it will certainly make it far harder to get that first job (a year from now) than it would if you were looking to start work right away. Continuing for BSN and certifications is good, but you'll still be an old new grad in...

I do! They're far more comfortable than not wearing them, plus they help prevent the formation of spider veins. I already had spider veins. I'm only in my early 30's and have never been pregnant (pregnancy exacerbates spider veins). I went to a speci...

Look on the bright side. Regardless of age, at least you're an experienced RN which makes your skills far more marketable than most other people's. Here's a story about a man in NYC with a master's degree in English looking for a general, unskilled o...

To many different jobs in too short a time frame raises a red flag. Either the person is a job-hopper and the prospective employer wants to avoid the mistake of hiring someone who will just quit, or the person was fired/laid off so many times that th...

For the person asking about new grads in Staten Island - I'm in NJ within commuting distance of Staten Island and started at $33/hour as a new grad, in a hospital. I would think given the proximity that Staten Island would be comparable.

My union actually twarted the sale of my facility to a shady company. When the facility was then sold to a different company with a better reputation, the union protected our contract and prevented layoffs of senior nurses only to be replaced with yo...

[color=#333333]the lord's prayer is in effect groveling at the feet of a bearded old man with the attitude of a nurse ratched running a supply depot. i don't understand why people find it inspiring. i thought it was just a very old poem written by th...

As long as you have a way to get money in an emergency (like a relative who would lend or give to you if you lost your job or got sick), pay it all off tomorrow and save yourself $8K. If not, pay if off as quickly as possible while still saving some ...

I'm not a "sidekick of Jesus" nurse any more than I'm "sidekick of James Bond" nurse, because neither of them are real IMO. And if it's difficult for you to deal with other religions and cultures than your own, that's something you need to work on. A...

I was an HR person who read resumes before I became a nurse. IMO unless you're in a creative field (design, performance art, whatever) you need to stick with the traditional MS word resume, no fancy stuff.

I love the sight and feel of a big, juicy vein! I look at people's veins all the time (not just on the job) and I even find myself oogling veins on TV. The only thing better than the sight and feel of them is the sense of success when I insert a perf...

Agreed. The "power of positive thinking" is complete bunk unless you combine it with a LOT of hard work. I saw many nursing students fail because all they thought they needed to do was pray (essentially the same thing as positive thinking, it's just ...

I see it all the time, and decided that once I'm finished with my BSN I'm going to get a computer program that will help me learn spanish for use in a medical setting. Look on amazon for what's available (something like Rosetta Stone but with a medic...

When something sounds too good to be true, that means that it is. don't try to take a short-cut. do the community college program.

I agree with the above poster that you can ask but it would decrease your chances of getting the job. You said you asked friends for a ride. Did you ask your parents about any of this? Ask if mom and/or dad will pay for the flight and hotel (or a roo...

This is too late to help you, but if anybody else is reading this and in the same situation your high school where you graduated may have your childhood immunization records archived but accessible. I was 30 when I went to NS but got the old records ...

i'm currently a staff rn in an rn-bsn program taking a graduate level informatics course. i have to write a short piece on the following topic, and because my facility does not have a nurse informaticist (we are are still on paper) i would be very gr...

Thank you both for sharing information about your role with me, it's been extremely helpful and interesting. I appreciate your contributions very much :)