Namaste4All

I can tell you for a fact that the time you get your results in California has nothing to do with pass or fail. Graduated May 21 Tested June 10 School Transcripts not sent until JUNE 16!!! Brn said.. not to expect to have any results until July 7th as it takes 2-3 weeks to process. Also happened to find out that I passed (with 75 questions)!!!!!

I know that very well. Just taking a survey. Thanks to all who chose to respond.

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If you got a few content question right and then just maintained a 50% you passed so don't stress. The national average is like 86% and you sound like you are well above average. SOOOO Congrats!!!:biggringi

What is enough dedication to be a nurse? I don't remember getting the speech about losing my life or limb for my country. I do know that I am more help alive than dead though. If you are not certain that your facility is safe or if it will be under 20 feet of water in a matter of hours, then it's a matter of foolishness to stay, not dedication. The fire department and the military are the heros and they deemed it necessary to leave. You always have to go with your intuition, that's whay you have it. Staying in the eye of the storm is like asking a cop to walk into a shoot out without a helmet or bulet proof vest. Why ask him to do that when he can skirt the edge and take out the snypers from a safe distance and finish the job correclty. That's where the saying, "work smart, not hard (or to death in this case)," comes from.

I am disaster responder and I have to say that there is difference between commitment and dedication and stoic stupidity. My parents are of the stoic kill yourself for the man / reputation/ whoever generation. It was a matter of pride that was force fed /taught and believed. Both my parents gave 200% throughout their lives and all they have to show for it are very broken bodies at rather young ages (57 and 60). I am the kind of person that runs into the disaster and starts taking care, but I dig that and my kid is grown and not needing me so much. In my DAT training and such there was always a re-ocurring idea that there is a difference between heroism and stupidity. If the hero gets himself killed with over dedication then the hero is useless. That goes without saying that every body has a part and has a pretty good feel for what part they are good at and to what level they can committ. There are always going to be people like grannynurse who will volunteer to stay, why would there be any need to try to force others? There really is a diference between stoic committment at all cost and self preservation followed by committment. They are both admirable we just have make sure that we are true to ourselves and act intelligently and it will all fall into place.

I see your point. I have not seen that myself. Where I work even the CNA'a are OCD about washing, but the doctors.... never SEEM to wash. They could be going from floor to floor and really spreading this stuff. What creeps me out is then they touch the charts and everything else. I agree that if a patient has to question if a nurse washed their hands then what else? Either way it should not be limited to nursing staff as that is just a slap in the face. I would probably get sharpie happy myself. Are you going to wear the same pin day in and day out for months? Hope they have a sterilization plan for those unsanitary things.:rotfl:

If they are buying great....Even if they don't pay for it, it's a tax deduction.

I can't believe we even have to ask. In my OB rotation the guys really got the shaft. Some never even saw a birth or had an OB experience. Would we ask if they were doctors? Why must they qualify the sentence with "male nursing student" when they ask the family, "can a nursing student be in the room with you?" Can you imagine being asked if a FEMALE doctoral student could observe? It's just sexism. If nearly all of the OB doctors are male then why not some nurses too? E=KrisRNwannabe]Hey All, I have to write a scientific methods paper for pysch. Please tell me what you think about male nurses in OB, specifically the delivery room. I am not looking to start a huge debate just taking a survey. Thanks Everyone!!! Kris

So far I have only seen one really bad one and she is self riteous, spends time convincing everyone that her beliefs are nobel and they should back her and when they don't she screws them over or makes snide comments, tries to turn others against them. She has many views of what to fight against but no real views on what she believes in. She doesn't stand for anything positive or good in her life, just fighting others. Very negative, bossy, pushy, and errogant. It's very annoying in the work place. Ironically she is someone who is certain that she is always right and that's why she has to push her ways. In reality she is just negative and bossy and needs something to be negative and bossy about.

I can't give you a personal experience or the hospital specifically, but I can pass on the words of a friend who is a traveling nurse and lived there two years. She and her partner found it very difficult to live there as the pay was nothing compared to the cost of living and there was a huge seperation of the classes based on the rich and the poor and two RN's in one house in Santa Fe= Poor. I have considered Santa Fe as well but I hear it's hard to get by and once you are there you are stuck b/c financially hard to save to get out. And we live in California where a house starts at $750,000, so Santa Fe must be much worse than that. Good luck! j

As a student nurse looking to decide where I want to work, I beg you to come up with a coding sytem to help us all avoid the bad places. This could even work to force them to shape up.

Well, I wasn't around the first time this thread went around so I'd like to put my two cents in now. 1) You shouldn't care about what people think of the letters after your name as much as your ability. Certainly, if you feel that you have more to learn (and there always is) then go about it in any manner available. There are plenty of opportunities to continue learning without official education. 2) I have many friends with BSN's and ADn's. The BSN's have all expressed feeling LESS prepared for the floor. They were full of theory but didn't get the clinical experience they had expected and felt very uneasy when they began their careers (as most nurses do). 3) You only get out of the program what you put into it. In my classes (ADN) there are people with masters degrees (including myself) and bachleors degrees. Some folks with other masters degrees are total slackers just getting by and don't really care. The top student in our class has no other college experience, but has the books memorized, a great bedside manner, and a sincere committment to being the best RN with an ADN or BSN. 4) I have experienced a lot of different nurses as teachers on the floor. I have seen great nurses with ADN's and great nurses with BSN's. I have also seen BSN's be total slackers and tell the students, "you won't need all that book stuff (pathophys) down the road, so don't stress on it." I have seen the best and worst in both ADN's and BSN's. I have to say that the best floor nurse I have worked with, the most knowledgeable, and the best teacher was indeed an ADN. Sorry for the poor grammer and/ or spelling. I was never very good at that. Although I do have a masters and I have written many scientific papers I always had friends edit them for me. That's the professional thing to do. I probably use the wrong fork for my salads too. I have spent more time being certain that I have the right needle and med instead.:rotfl: Going for my M.S.N.