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You can absolutely get a hospital job with an ASN in CT. There is a nursing shortage here.

Yes, it does for medication administration and lab label printing.

I think you may need to be more specific to get responses. I'm not sure what you are asking.

They complain about EVERYTHING! haha...Dress code, tests, lectures, faculty, directors, classrooms, assignments, ATI, clinical location, class/clinical time, literally everything.

This is a great article. I have been a bedside med-surg nurse for 15 years and for the last year, faculty for a practical nursing program. Nursing needs a culture shift. Nursing needs to get with the times. We can't always do things because that's the way things have always been done.

I am a clinical instructor. We have a student handbook that our students are expected to follow. I would think you be able to access the handbook for the schools you work with. When I begin with a new group of students, I review the student nurse guidelines the hospital has given me as part of our orientation. I must sign off that the students agree to "work" within their guidelines. Most of the information refers to professionalism in some way or another. It is my job to make sure my students always act professionally. If they have any problem/concern they are to come to ME. I organize my clinical experienced based on ensuring they will be safe, practicing, novice nurses when they graduate. I have the seniors so I focus on passing meds (5 rights and 3 checks), head to toe assessment, recognizing abnormal findings and what to do about them, critical thinking, SBAR communication with providers, and documentation. Often times, staff will ask if my students can do bed baths and feeding, etc. Of course we help out with ANYTHING on the hospital unit but that is less of a priority for what I NEED to teach them in a short amount of time (accelerated program).

Hello, I am a new nursing instructor for an LPN program. I teach in the classroom and also at clinical. We have to roll with the punches at my clinical site. When they are short-staffed, we are asked to help with the workload, that means providing patient care. Some of the nurses at the site are stressed or overwhelmed and won't let me take the med cart to do meds with students. So far, only 1 nurse has let me take the med cart to do meds with students. So passing meds has been very intermittent. The site is frequently short-staffed and providing learning opportunities for my students is far from their priority. So I must find a way to make each day a valuable learning experience for my students. Yes, we provide patient-care. As a nurse for 15 years, I don't believe in saying "CNA work". It's patient care and it is the care that is most important to the patients themselves. You are building a relationship with your patient, earning their trust, giving them attention, and also providing intimate care. By helping the staff for the day, we learn the importance of teamwork. I teach them how to communicate with other members of the healthcare team. I show them how to incorporate head-to-toe exams into their patient care and how this separates a nurse's care from a CNA's care. The clinical sites, the schools, your previous job, everywhere, was hit hard by covid! The school I work for is a for-profit and costs roughly the same. I am on the east coast. We have been having a very hard time getting into clinical sites because of covid. I have ten students at clinical, a very small room was provided. There are not enough chairs so in our pre and post conference 2 of us sit on the large windowsill. There is a vending machine, a staff break area with a microwave and fridge and a water-cooler. I make it a high priority to arrive before my students otherwise they would be waiting in the cold. My students and I are lucky, there are a handful of clinical groups without a site. They go to the school on clinical days and do lab stuff. There are also some students without a site OR instructor. There are only for-profit LPN schools in my state. They fill a need. Our program is an accelerated 12 months. This works for someone who doesn't have time to wait on a waitlist, etc. Becoming an LPN gives them immediate earning potential. The healthcare system is in shambles. The education system is in shambles. Thank the people who show up...

Med-surg 4-6:1 on days and eves. 7:1 on nights.

I'm an RN in a hospital, med-surg. My mom is an LPN at a SNF, rehab. When she first started there she loved her job. Now, since management companies bought all the SNF's in the area, she hates her job. When I hear her talk about her job I feel very fortunate. She tells me, "stay away from long term care. Stay in the hospital". On the whole, I like my job. You should go for it.

I have a BA and ASN. I'm very fortunate that at the hospital where I work the credentials for staff nurse are: RN license required; BSN preferred. With the BA I have had opportunities for management and research whose credentials are: RN license and bachelors degree and 5+ years experience required; BSN or MSN preferred. I ultimately stayed with staff nursing because I like the flexibility. I understand that things at my hospital may change. I was ready to start the ASN to MSN program but I plan on starting a family instead. Another thought: Once the affordable healthcare act comes into play, coupled with the aging population (including the number of nurses who will be retiring), there will be a need for a lot more nurses. Perhaps nursing will be what it was back in 2007 where just having an RN license opens up the world to you.

Friendly at my hospital! Meetings are 3 times a day to accommodate all shifts. We have an assistant manager whose hours are 5p to 1a to support a seamless transition to night shift (our hours are 11p to 7a) 24 hour coffee shop Unit manager has stated we can call her ANYTIME if need be (of course I would leave that as a last resort) Managers help night-shifters come up with projects they can do at night (beyond regular duties) for points toward clinical ladder Self scheduling so we can work together to come up with our own preferred schedule Shift differential

I smoked when I was hired as a nurse. It wasn't even brought up in the interview. The hospital offered a smoking cessation program that was free for employees. I completed it and am 1.5years smoke free!

I maintained my weight throughout nursing school (which was slightly overweight for me). I exercised 3 times a week, stairs instead of elevator, and watched what I ate. My graduation present to myself was hiring a personal trainer. So, in no time I was in great shape and able to maintain that because of having extra time!

I am introverted and shy. I have learned to fake confidence in new situations when I felt nervous. I would do some deep breathing, then jump in to a situation with my fake confidence. I would pay attention to my nonverbal cues: stand tall, eye contact, articulate, facial expression, etc. Funny thing happened...I started to feel real confidence after doing this for a long time. Also becoming more comfortable with my nursing skills helped. I've been a nurse for 5 years. I'm still a shy person underneath it all (most people wouldn't know it), but I'm a confident nurse!

I have worked all my nursing career in inpatient oncology. I plan on starting a family soon so I switched to a medical floor 2 weeks ago. In oncology, we never assigned the pregnant girls patients that are getting chemo during that shift. I believe the ONS states while administering chemo with PPE while pregnant is OK, effects of doing so is still inconclusive. I chose to remove myself from the environment for now. Are there fumes in patient's sweat, urine, etc. that are still active days after chemo?, Was there a chemo spill on a surface that no one knows about that I may come into contact with? Etc.... Maybe I 'm just paranoid. It's a personal decision, though. Good luck!