AlisRN

I currently work in a LTACH. One side of my floor has an average of 18 patients at any given time - 17 of whom have tracheostomies and 100% of the trached patients are on ventilators for at least part of the day (usually nighttime, roughly 75% of th...

http://www.nursingsociety.org/sttievents/leadershipsummit/documents/the%20high%20cost%20of%20lateral%20violence%20in%20nursing_stanley_4-24-2010.pdf statistics show that lateral violence in nursing causes most new grads to quit their 1st nursing posi...

Ashley, I'm going to assume from your profile that you are very new to the nursing profession. Someday you will see what people put their "loved ones" through just to gain financially. Trust me, someday your naivety will be replaced. As a nurse, w...

I am not making assumptions - This has already been proven.

right, I've seen so MUCH lateral violence in the workplace during my clinical rotations (NOT where I currently work), that new grads actually RUN away from the job. And they WERE great nurses with a solid foundation upon which to be built a really a...

Well - this quote absolutely depends on where you live! Acute hospitals here in Massachusetts are phasing out hiring of LPN's AND ADN's. They allow current LPN's or ADN's to stay but are pushing them to also try and get a BSN in the future. I act...

Take ANY job you can get. If you become licensed after graduation and then don't get a job for a year because you're waiting for the "right" opportunity, then you'll be overlooked and perpetuate your joblessness. Alissa

Jules is right. MS is unpredictable. It's also a subject that is close to my heart - my only sister has it. She was diagnosed almost 15 years ago and still works 30 hours/week as a veterinary technician - pretty much a nurse for animals. Get a g...

I work night shift as well - but our nurse to patient ratio is 4:1. On one side of the floor it is usually 3:1 and the other side is usually 5:1 but that side also has 2-3 CNA's. I keep a piece of paper sectioned off with 1 section for each pt &am...

when renewing for your CPR, go for the ACLS instead of BLS. And I'm also in MA - so try here... http://www.ehow.com/list_6643901_new-nursing-continuing-education-requirements.html

If it's not something you wish to pursue, and it sounds like you're not confident in your abilities to do the job - then you should tell them that's not the line of work you had hoped in which to specialize. But, the more specialized training you get...

Actually, if you drink Visine, it will give you diarrhea (as seen in the movie, The Wedding Crashers lol) Alissa, RN LOL

I have 22K in student loans from my RN schooling - it's about $220/month. I have another 8K from a previous bachelor's degree left, cost is about $62/month, so just under $300/month for 30K in student loans. Alissa

So, NicuGal, were you never a new graduate nurse? lol I believe, in the long run, if a new graduate is trained and is treated like a NURSE by the other nurses and not like a lower life form on the floor, that nurse would be more inclined to feel in...

there's no PAY difference, no. But it's a LOT more difficult to FIND a job with an ADN than a BSN.

That's not what she's asking. Supposedly there's a PVT (Pearson Vue Trick) where you can check the Pearson Vue website within a couple of hours of taking the NCLEX. If you try to reschedule your NCLEX exam and get to the credit card information, it's...

as far as I know, the PVT works - if it asks you to enter credit card information, that's not a good sign, but if you get the pop up saying you've recently scheduled this test, then you've passed. Although 48 hours seems like FOREVER to wait for the ...

Leslie, I thought the same thing - seemed so easy compared to the tests we had in nursing school. But then I started second-guessing myself and panicking that maybe I didn't pass! EEEEEK. But I did. lol - Alissa

Mine also shut off at 75 and I thought "Crap! Instructors said it could go either way with 75 questions and I finished in 45 minutes total!! I've failed for sure!!!" Nope, passed!!!! The longest 2 days of my life waiting for the 'quick' results! I...

Actually, RN in training, "BonPain" is French for "Good Bread", just watch out for the yeast, no pain LOL You'll be OK!

Well, this happened before I became a nurse but it happened in a Skilled Nursing / LTC facility. I worked for a Fire Alarm/Security System company where our techs also serviced Nurse Call Systems. We had a report of a specific call light going on at...

Yes, we had a urologist around named Dr. Cox. >giggle I'm sure there were more, I should've started a list as I saw these names LOL

I had to really really WORK and network to get hired!! My brother-in-law is an RN at a MAGNET status hospital, I got recommendation letters sent out from the Director of Nursing there to other hospitals / Skilled nursing facilities that would hire ...

I clearly resent the remark that you are "smarter than most RN's". My thought is, if you were that smart, you'd have become an RN instead of an LPN. I am also in MA and when I completed my Associates Degree, Out of the 10 LPN's who came into the c...