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  1. Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    jlpsu replied to hopeless romantic's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't take the post personally, so don't worry about that. The tone and intent on the internet are very hard to read sometimes. One of the things about my area that's interesting, is that while...

  2. Which school in Pittsburgh? RN or BSN?

    jlpsu replied to ClaudiaKishi's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I know this thread is a little old, but I just found it and wanted to comment. I am also going back to school for nursing after having had another degree. I am trying to get into the UPMC Mercy SON...

  3. Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    jlpsu replied to hopeless romantic's topic in General Nursing

    Quite the opposite in fact. I completely understand and respect the venting that goes on here about people having trouble finding a job. It was that venting that made me THOROUGHLY investigate the...

  4. Sell me on your specialty...

    jlpsu replied to rose_marie's topic in General Nursing

    I am loving reading about nurses who love their jobs! I know nothing is perfect, but this site is so full of nurses who hate their jobs and should have left nursing years ago that it is refreshing to...

  5. Take your wage and plug it into this inflation calculator... Discuss

    jlpsu replied to tater.jake's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I am 39 years old and this is a third career. I agree completely that nurses SHOULD be paid more. But so should a lot of professions. Teachers should make more than football players, etc......

  6. Take your wage and plug it into this inflation calculator... Discuss

    jlpsu replied to tater.jake's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not arguing to keep it that way, but I am surprised that others are surprised by what nurses make. Relative to time invested in education, nurses do very well. Comparing US wages to Canadian...

  7. Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    jlpsu replied to hopeless romantic's topic in General Nursing

    Hope63, I agree completely. Where I live (definitely not OZ) they are building new hospitals, not closing others down. New grads are getting hired and my friends who are nurses are able to easily...

  8. Take your wage and plug it into this inflation calculator... Discuss

    jlpsu replied to tater.jake's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know...$20 + an hour seems pretty good for a job that you CAN get in 2 years or less of schooling. And yes, I know that the BSN's go for 4 years, but they will still come out with the same RN...

  9. "We want a nurse who speaks CLEAR English"

    jlpsu replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Conversation doesn't take place in a vacuum. It ebbs and flows and different things come out of that which may be different than the original topic - but that doesn't make them less valid thoughts....

  10. "We want a nurse who speaks CLEAR English"

    jlpsu replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I was with you until the Asian comment. Asians are found in many different countries who's cultures are vastly different. There are rude people everywhere, of every race, color and creed. You may...

  11. Some perspective on nursing profession bashing

    jlpsu replied to jlpsu's topic in General Nursing

    I always like reading your posts XTXRN. You always have a great perspective and I appreciate that! You don't always post butterflies and roses, but you tell it like it is with a balanced...

  12. Nursing with fibroids

    jlpsu replied to EMcGrady's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^This made me spit my diet coke on my keyboard! This has happened to me too! I did not have fibroids, but I did have endometriosis and I do have Von Willebrand's disease which is a bleeding...

  13. Some perspective on nursing profession bashing

    jlpsu replied to jlpsu's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, I didn't bookmark the sites. I just started googling "do you like being an ___________" and filled it in with "occupational therapist", "physical therapist", etc... and I came across...

  14. Some perspective on nursing profession bashing

    jlpsu replied to jlpsu's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that perspective. I'm sure that there are days when everyone, in every walk of life, hates their job. I love that nursing can cover so many different types of employment situations so...

  15. My daughter is quitting nursing school!

    jlpsu replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    I think you've done the right thing here. You've supported her, but let her make her own way. In the long run, this will work best for her AND for you and your husband. You know...my mother was a...

  16. the nursing identity

    jlpsu replied to violin9's topic in General Nursing

    I can certainly feel for you since you had your heart on this specific program. I also can forgive your initial post in that it seems that you did not intend to come off as conceited. Perhaps, as...

  17. second degree nonu accelerated bsn program

    jlpsu replied to melanyblame's topic in General Students

    Aren't those RN-BSN programs? Or are you saying you can get your BSN online from the start? I'd be a little worried about finding preceptors and figuring out clinicals for that...but I will look...

  18. second degree nonu accelerated bsn program

    jlpsu replied to melanyblame's topic in General Students

    Well you can go through any schools BSN program that isn't accelerated, but it will take you a while because clinicals are usually set for certain semesters, etc...so you can't go any faster even...

  19. Accelerated BSN program

    jlpsu replied to mmerro86's topic in General Students

    Sure, there are other routes you can take...but you are probably going to have a lot more people tell you to do the accelerated BSN programs vs. the 'other option'. But for what it's worth, I'm doing...

  20. Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    jlpsu replied to hopeless romantic's topic in General Nursing

    The confusion comes because the US Bureau of Labor Statistics is still projecting a huge nursing shortage NATIONALLY. That has nothing to do, of course, with what is happening locally. According to...

  21. New Grads Doomed for years to come?

    jlpsu replied to MusicEMT's topic in General Nursing

    We are most definitely not in a depression. We haven't even double dipped into another recession...yet. That may be coming, but it's not here yet...and it's not as bad as it was in 2008. Things ARE...

  22. question:flat foot any advice

    jlpsu replied to tishluvnc's topic in General Nursing

    I have very flat feet and I am a runner (or I was, until my arthritis in my knee made that impossible). I went to a podiatrist who fitted me with custom orthotics that I can take out and put in all...

  23. It's all in the resume!

    jlpsu replied to CharleeJo.RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This is very creative and looks GREAT! Congrats on getting the job! I do have a question though, maybe from the poster who was in HR previously? I though resume's were supposed to be concise and...

  24. BA in psychology to a BSN

    jlpsu replied to melanyblame's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/pdf/APLIST.PDF List of Accelerated BSN programs in your

  25. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    jlpsu replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing