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  1. Turning my back on a great opportunity?

    Thank you all for your honest opinions. Caliotter- may I ask where you are located? California, I'm assuming? I've done research in my area and there are jobs (albeit not nearly as many as nursing)....
  2. I've been accepted, I'm registered, but I am considering walking away from a BSN program to pursue a MSW with the goal of becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I know the BSN would be the...
  3. WillowNMe- Hate to be nosy but am wondering if you did the Mpls campus ADN or the Post Bacc and how your employment search is
  4. Incompetent nursing assistants

    Yes, accountability is definitely part of it. And that is up to the hospitals, LTCs and agencies as well. Good management motivates good employees through adequate compensation, recognition, and...
  5. Incompetent nursing assistants

    Hospitals, health care agencies and LTCs are more to blame than training at the original sites. Anytime you hire people for a servile job that pays very low wages without benefits, PTO or anything...
  6. My first reaction was "Holy Skamoly TAKE THE JOB!" But I guess it would depend on where you want to be in five years, ten years. From what I understand 3 mos in its perfectly normal to still be...
  7. So here's my one fear regarding pursuing nursing, I was a lousy waitress. Well OK, not all the time, just when it got REALLY busy. I'd get all stressed out and anxiety would take over. The whole...
  8. I can only answer as a patient and partner of a patient. My husband (fiance at the time) had an arterial venous malformation in the brain that ruptured. Needless to say we were both scared to...
  9. Just wondering how the newly pinned are faring in the "recovering" economy. Are any employers still offering sign on bonuses or helping with tuition in exchange for work
  10. Yes, it is a CNL. At this point I'm not looking at NP programs because this is so new for me. I'm not even completely sure what specialty I'll eventually pursue though I'm leaning to gerontology,...
  11. I'm trying to decide whether to attend an expensive post bac nursing certificate at a private college in which I have already been accepted admittance or forge ahead with prerequisites and apply to an...