J&B-RN

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  1. Where did your desire to become CRNA start?

    J&B-RN replied to jeskam's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    :) Thanks for the advice. I hope this isn't the case for me. Just an idea for you, I shadowed a CRNA who owned his own practice and contracted himself out to work under pediatric dentists and oral...

  2. Where did your desire to become CRNA start?

    J&B-RN replied to jeskam's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    HAHAHA I am sorry to laugh but for being a well educated person you have kind of missed a main point. All of what you just said is HEALTH CARE!! Do you think MD's don't deal with that? Or nurses? Or...

  3. Jobs in North Dakota

    J&B-RN replied to jenn8500's topic in General Nursing

    From what I have heard and researched the market for RN's in ND is labeled as "in demand." Because of the oil boom in the western part of the state, the whole state has gone into job need overload....

  4. Where did your desire to become CRNA start?

    J&B-RN replied to jeskam's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Why do you say being a CRNA is not prestigious?? Having worked with CRNA's and seeing their job up close I find it to be very prestigious! They play a VERY important role in the OR. They may not be...

  5. did you become the nurse you thought that you wanted to be?

    J&B-RN replied to K+MgSO4's topic in General Nursing

    I knew from the time I wanted to be a nurse, age 14 I think, that I wanted to be a life flight nurse. I wanted to be in the action. I wanted to be in the ER and the ICU. Because of the hiring BS now...

  6. What should I do...? I am SO bored!

    J&B-RN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Currently I work on a med/surg floor in a very small rural hospital. I am still in the new grad phase. I will have 6 months LTC experience and 6 months med/surg experience when I reach my graduation...

  7. What should I do...? I am SO bored!

    J&B-RN replied to J&B-RN's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for your advice. I should have clarified that it is not the lack of learning new things that is boring, because of course everyday I learn something new. But like I said before I am not...

  8. What should I do...? I am SO bored!

    J&B-RN replied to J&B-RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I should have specified, I don't want to be a floor nurse forever. The OR with unconscious patients is much more my style. :) But I agree that I was very fortunate to find a job in the hospital...

  9. If you had to do it over again would you?

    J&B-RN replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

    I would do it over again but only because my main goal is to become a CRNA. If I just wanted an RN I would choose a different path. Nurses are over worked, under paid, and under appreciated....

  10. How is job market NOW for Registered Nurses?

    J&B-RN replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I live in Utah were it is no different. New grads are everywhere and schools are pumping them out hundreds by the year with no where for them to go. Most of the people I graduated with in May 2011...

  11. nurses dating nurses?

    J&B-RN replied to rnski's topic in Nursing Humor

    My husband and I are both nurses actually. I graduated in May and he is an LPN going through his RN year now. We've been together for 4 years and worked hard taking the same classes to get into...

  12. New grad woes: cannot get hired as a RN. Advice?

    J&B-RN replied to nutrexercus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the posts about moving. There are jobs out there for new grads, you just have to look for the places hidden between the cracks. For my first RN new grad hospital job (which took me 6...

  13. May I hear from those that relocated as new grad.

    J&B-RN replied to mom35's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I relocated for my first nursing job as an LPN an hour away. I loved it and never looked back. And now as an RN new grad I am again relocated to get into a hospital 3 hours away. I moved last week and...

  14. CRNA school question...?

    J&B-RN posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am a recent RN grad and have my mind set on going to CRNA school. My husband is also a recent RN grad and has his mind set on CRNA school. We are currently working on our bachelors and thinking...

  15. CRNA school question...?

    J&B-RN replied to J&B-RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks for the info! Do you like Westminster's program? I use to live right by the school, and have a friend in the NP program there. I am considering it as a possible school to apply to. Especially...

  16. Help with advice on CRNA programs

    J&B-RN replied to bmarie712's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    BuddahGuy, I want to be a CRNA and have been doing a lot of reading on what you are talking about, the Hazing. This absolutely blows my mind. I can't imagine a school allowing such poor treatment of...

  17. Is it normal to feel THIS nervous?

    J&B-RN replied to nynurse124's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are very few people who don't feel this way! When I stated my first nursing job I cried everyday I worked for a month. Granted I am also am anxious person and was terrified that I was going to...

  18. New grad Interview

    J&B-RN replied to kaymmdee's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Can I ask where you live at?? it took me over 6 months to get a job in the hospital after I graduated!! I am seriously considering relocating to a state that has a better job market for less...

  19. Tips on how to get GN position

    J&B-RN replied to PB7267's topic in General Nursing

    I am also a new grad (graduated in May), living in Utah, half way through my BSN at the moment. The market here for nurses and new grads is basically at a stand still. It is nearly impossible to get...

  20. Question about becoming a CRNA...?

    J&B-RN replied to rondo341's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have the same question as you in regards to first hand information on which CRNA schools are the best. I have read a few other posts about how people were kicked out for unfair reasons or...