KarriRN

Hello. I am a new grad from an ADN program. I am wanting to start working on the bachelors degree next year. Online preferably because my husband is air force and we will be moving next year. I would love some suggestions on programs to look into. Ev...

I am wanting to start an online RN-BSN program next year. WGU is by far the cheapest and quickest I have found. However it worries me that it is pass or fail. Their grading scale is only a 3.0 and everyone gets it who passes. I plan on becoming a nur...

Were any of you able to use a pell grant to pay for the program? At the bottom of thefinancial page it says Academic Partnership students are exempt from university scholarships and grant funds. I was counting on using the aid, which it says I got an...

Hello all! I start the program end of March. I am so excited. Anyone else starting then?

Ive applied for UTAs RN-BSN program that starts in Feb. I'm excited but nervous. I hope I get accepted!!! How long did it take for those of you who are in now to know you were accepted? Karri

I gave two weeks notice at my job a week ago. I have 4 shifts left. I work in a LTC facility. I'm a new grad and I've been there for 3 months. It is overwhelming. We just switched to 12 hour shifts. I am responsible for 38 pts. I have no med tech and...

Well this is what ended up happening. I contacted fellow employees and asked how hey would feel if I just didnt come back. The overall census was that they would completely understand. I also found out that we are over staffed for thanksgiving (which...

I can deal with stress and not always getting along with co workers. I know nursing is difficult. Not everyday will be perfect. Ok almost no day will be perfect lol. But I need to be in a place where patients and employees matter. They keep us unders...

I honestly dunno if I can finish. I'm completely broken down. And the next shifts would be hell because so much family will be in visiting, demanding my immediate attention, and lots of docotors will be in seeing patients. I'm not so worried about bu...

So I graduated in May. Got my first nursing job in Sep at a ltc. It is horrible. I love the job but I hate the way the place is ran. We will be told one thing in inservice then when we are on the floor told the opposite (by the same members of manage...

The unit I will be interviewing for as a low nurse to pt ratio. It is a geriatric psych unit. I currently work in a ltc facility secure Alzheimers unit. Many of my pts have underling mental illness as well. The facility I currently work at has a high...

Hello all. Ive had 9 days of orientation, two of which were useless. My facility is very short handed which I think is contributing to me being put on my own so soon. I graduated in may and this is my first nursing job. I work in a LTC facility in a ...

So I'm a new grad at my first job in a LTC facility. I work in a secure Alzheimers unit. One of the younger residents was wondering around calling the women kitty and he ended up fondling, under the shirt, another resident against her will. It turns...

Frankly Ive only been at this job a short time and I have seen many things that I do not agree with....I am terrified to go to work....terrified that because of staffing issues and the administration not caring that I'm a new grad that needs more gui...

I started on the 8th at a LTC facility. Im in New Mexico and I graduated in May 2011. My wage is 20.50/hr and I'm on the 2-10 shift so I get a two dollar diff which puts me at 22.5/hr.

I graduated in May. Many of my classmates have moved to and received jobs in El Paso tx. There are many new grad opportunities there But you must be willing to commit to two yrs.

I'm in New Mexico. I graduated in may with my ADN. I took and passed my nclex in July. I applied, and applied, and applied. This month I got hired at a LTC facility in the Alzheimers unit. My facility also has a rehab unit that I will work in sometim...

I keep hearing how LTC experience doesnt really count when applying for a hospital job. why is this? I understand some skills such as IV starts are not utilized as much in LTC but a lot of LTC skills are very useful in a hospital setting. I am a new ...

Well I was told today I will be working the 2-10 shift in the secure Alzheimers unit. I do everything, treatments, med passing, order, all paper work, literally everything. I will have app 40pts and I may sometimes get a med tech. I have 3 cnas USUAL...

Hello all! I graduated in May 2011 with my ADN. I passed the NCLEX in July. I just landed my first job. Its at a nursing home in my town. This facility contains a secure Alzheimer unit, rehabilitation unit, and the regular long term care. I have hear...

Well I've been in orientation since Friday. At first I was miserable. My preceptor that day didnt have time for me and I was being told different things about paperwork(which there is a lot of). I was stressed all weekend worried about Monday. Then I...

I just started orientation for my first RN job!! Its at a LTC facility with a rehab wing and a secure Alzheimers unit. I know there are tons of positives about this job and frankly just having a job right now is a blessing. But my husband is military...

I obviously cant speak for everyone who wishes to be an FNP and I do agree that people who gain no clinical experience from their programs may not be well suited to the job. But for me personally I am only looking at programs with strong clinical exp...

I'm a new grad and although I see the benefit of experience I plan on becoming a NP as soon as possible. I'm working in LTC now (first job). Some time next year I plan on starting an RN-BSN program, through a state university somewhere bc they requir...

I grew up with a mother and aunt as nurses and a father and aunt(same as nurse aunt) as veterinarians. I wanted to be a veterinarian. At 19 I had been married less then a year and had a newborn...and I watched my mother die. I lived 10hrs away from ...