BaltimoreHon BSN, RN

Here is a copy of a letter I recently sent to our governor regarding the inefficient mbon. I have been trying to get my cna license for 6 months now and all I am getting is the run around from employees who do not want to take responsibility; Govern...

You need to shorten it to one page. When I was office manager for an audiology practice I was told by my manager to toss any resume longer than one page and I believe that is a common practice. A short objective statement at the beginning is also i...

The letter I wrote really was what helped me get my license 3 days before I had to start work. The governor's office actually called the board of nursing and by some miracle they were able to produce a license for me within 24 hours of the phone cal...

To be totally honest, I do have a certain amount of prejudice regarding morbidlly obese patients. When I have one I know that it really will increase my workload for the day; from having to use the hoyer lift, to washing the patient, changing incont...

I am a new graduate ADN nurse at a magnet hospital. My BSN collegues do not start at a higher rate of pay than I do. The difference lies in advancement opportunities. Without a BSN there comes a point where I can no longer climb the clinical nurse...

I don't wear any rings at all because all the alcohol based rub that we use before entering and upon exiting the patient's room does not dry very well under my rings and ends up cracking my skin. I do wear a a very short necklace that would be almos...

It definitely depends on the local job market. Here in Baltimore while there are a lot of hospitals there are also tons of area nursing schools just pumping out the new grads every six months. There are so many new grads that the hospitals can affo...

Don't let it discourage you. I would say that most nursing students I have known have been written up at least once for something. Some instructors like to write you up for little mistakes, others just point it out and let it go and only write you ...

Some very good advice. I just graduated with an ADN from our local community college and I managed to get a job at a local magnet hospital. For me, what made the difference is that last year instead of planning to have a nice summer off I started a...

The kinesio taping made a huge difference.

I have spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars in the past year trying to get relief from plantar faciitis. While it is not cured yet, I have found that on days I work 600mg of ibruprofen, kinesio taping (look up on youtube), and Sannitas (used to ma...

Getting A's in my BA/Sociology curriculum was a piece of cake. Getting straight A's in my ADN/nursing curriculum almost drove me insane! It was the most challenging thing I ever did but I graduated really feeling like I accomplished something remar...

Baltimore: $26.38 base salary, with rotating D/N 28.89/hr plus excellent benefits at magnet hospital. From other local new grads I hear the starting salaries average around $26. Many new grads are having trouble finding work here

Are you still looking for a place? I know someone who is renting out the cutest townhome in a very nice neighborhood only a few miles from JHH.

Congratulations spring 2012 students! You will love the program. AACC students are very well prepared to enter the workforce as RN. I am finishing third semester now and will be entering fourth semester (yeah). We didn't have as many hybrid cours...

CNAs on our floor do straight caths and foleys. We also do trach care and G-tube feedings in addition to VS, baths, and fingersticks.

I am so sorry you had this horrific experience. Not only were you traumatized by the assault but then you had to be traumatized again by the behavior of the staff and that should have never happened.

It is really comforting to know that some of the feelings I have and the things I experience are not unique to me. Knowing that others share the same sort of issues and finding out what they do to resolve it is very helpful.

If this college has an entire class that can not pass perhaps they should recognize that they have been ineffective in their teaching and examine what they can do to remedy the situation.

On my floor at JHH there are a lot of new grads who work as a CNA for a few months and then transition to RN. I have been told that the nurse manager has pretty much made this her hiring policy for new RNs. I am currently a CNE(clinical nurse exter...

A neuro nurse I work with told me of a patient she had that was about to be discharged but really did not want to leave the hospital. So what did she do? Sat herself on the floor, laid back and started to flop around like a piece of frying bacon, w...

Personally, I look forward to putting a few years in bedside nursing before even considering an advanced degree. I do hear a lot of students tell me there objective is NP, CRNA, research etc.... and I think it is great to have long term goals. They...

I don't get why someone would make up VS either. It takes a few minutes to take and record a set of VS, but a it would take a lot longer NOT to do it and spend time trying to cover your tracks. Perhaps they don't understand they are called VITAL si...

I used to work for a family run business. After accidently having received the daughters paycheck (who did so very little but made twice my salary!) I decided to go to nursing school.

Before I began nursing school I worked in Medical Billing and Coding for a large practice. It was not bad work but I decided to change careers for the following reasons: 1. Little room for career growth 2. Topped out at salary making $35,000/year. 3...