gogrady

Hutchinson Regional (used to be called promise regional [and was hutchinson regional before that]) pays $19.28 starting in ICU with no previous experience.

Units and hospitals are like fish in the sea... there are always more. Drama is everywhere and just about impossible to escape. Rise above it instead of subjecting yourself to it. Chances are there are others like you who hate it just as much if not more than you do. Seek out these people and they will be your best friends. If you really want to move to another unit draw out goals and steps for each goal on how to get there. If you find yourself hitting a wall along the way reevaluate and determine another path to your goal. Talk to people who work in the unit you want to work, talk to the directors and the coordinators, be honest with them and your desires. Last but not least be willing to do whatever it takes to get where you want and when you get there be willing to do even more to stay there. If its really what you want it will be more than worth the cost of whatever you have to sacrifice to get there.

Education and experience matter the most but it depends on what you are looking to get out of it. There are docs who have the best educations in the world that I wouldn't allow to come within 20 feet of me in a hospital as a pt and there are old CNAs that I would trust with my life because of their experience. I recommend daily exercises of application based questions from NCLEX and review questions from things like CCRN review. Combine this with a lot of work experience in a teaching hospital and you will be a very competent nurse within a year or two. Though always remember you can never know it all and there is always more to learn. This is the value of nurses who have been around for 20+ years even though they may not brush up regularly on their knowledge they have so much floating about in their long term memory its a treasure trove for new nurses to practice around.

I was trained in computer. Started my first job in paper and went through the process of switching to computer. Its a pain at first and there will be a lot of mistakes throughout the process but it is far better in my opinion that attempting to decipher a Docs hand writing or having to read off results to a doc when he can access them at home. Working night shift I still haven't been able to convince IS to open a secure SMS with doctors but I think this is something that we will see in the near future. Overall this is long overdue. We live in the 21st century. We need faster more accessible care. The generation of Neanderthals (mostly old docs who don't want to have to learn a new system) who refuse to change because "this is the way we've always done it" are a small minority. Unfortunately the squeaky wheel tends to get the most attention and slow down the machine as a whole. On the bright side these are mostly old docs and they will be phasing out one way or the other. I see the change as a good thing. As Winston Churchill once said, "To change is to improve. To change often is to be perfect."

Its nice to have as additional info to compare you to other resumes on the market but if you have other things that can take up that first page that are eye catchers for employers there are better to place up front first. Being a student you may not have a lot to through out there and these may be good courses to bring to first time employers attention. Always remember that you are competing with other candidates for the job position and that it is you who will have to explain and sell yourself to the employer in an interview. Not your teachers.

All virtues come at a price. It usually follows that the greater the virtue the greater the price one must pay for its pursuit. Anyone who has every dared to reach beyond themselves to aspire to something greater has felt the pain which you are currently undergoing. Exhaustion is just as applicable to the mind and soul as it is to the body but just as physical exercise conditions and improves the body when performed correctly so are the mind and soul by mental and spiritual exercise. Often times we are shaped more by the trials of our doubts than by the heights of our convictions for it is in our doubts that we find ourselves forced to truly decide what to leave in and what to give up. All of us have different ways of coping and I don't believe there is a catch all mechanism for everyone. As for myself I view my time and dedication to nursing as a manifestation of the love that I feel for my fellow man. Whenever I am dealing with a difficult patient or having a hard day I try to remember 1st Corinthians Chapter 13 and question if my thoughts and actions are directed in a manner of love. We as human beings hold an extraordinary power over others through our moods and behaviors but more importantly we hold the ultimate power of choice over ourselves and how we conduct our lives. That choice is up to you every moment of every day that you will ever live and nothing and no one can ever take that away from you unless you consent to giving it.