As someone who worked for DaVita as a nurse for 3+ years and Charge Nurse for 1 year, I agree with parumph on 98% of what was said. If you go to DaVita as an FA who is also a nurse trust me when I say...
SuperStarRN replied to rupertmichaes's topic in General Nursing
At the risk of sounding cliche nursing was my calling. From a small child I always said I wanted to be a pediatrician. As I got older I realized I didn't want to go to college for the length of time...
Taking the LPN boards will not be any easier. In fact, I have talked to many RN's who were LPN's first and every one of them has said that the LPN boards are much harder than the RN boards. To be...
SuperStarRN replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students
The people who I know that failed out were either not 100% committed and focused or just didn't get it. It requires a lot of sacrifice of your time with friends and family that some people were not...
traumaRUS I love that you brought that up. I had a patient tell me last week that he pays my salary (this was his bad attempt at making a joke). Excuse me!?!? You are on Medicaid and have not had a...
You'll notice that I said MANY are noncompliant. Not ALL. As far as the environment goes I put on my smile and do my job above and beyond so if there is an unpleasant environment it is not one of my...
I am currently in a bridge program and can definitely tell you that once I am done with school I am out the door! I won't be able to run fast enough. Unfortunately, this is the only job that works...
I don't think I have ever been burnt out with a job so fast, nursing or otherwise, but I have had all of the dialysis nursing that I can take. The patients could all benefit from a mood stabilizer,...
My mom is a CNA and just moved here to Atlanta about 6 months ago. I drove her around to her interviews and most jobs wanted to pay her $9/hr and she has over 10 years experience. She eventually took...
I went to nursing school full time, with a newborn and a one year old toddler, out of state away from every friend and family member I knew. My boyfriend worked nights so that I could go to school...
Everyone else has to pay to retake it. I usually don't say anything either about some of these crazy threads that I see on here, but as hard as I tried to stop my fingers from typing they just kept...
Am I the only one reading this thread? They gave you a ticket to retest simply because you sent them a letter stating that you really "felt" that you had passed? What state do you live in so that I...