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Let me just jump in here, as you know, Registry work here in Phx has dried up, I know many nurses who are signed up with three and four of them and still have a hard time getting their 36 hours. Have you thought about working as a local traveler? I get plenty of e-mails from companies looking for qualified RN's in the Med/Surg and Tele world... IN regards to pay, this is a tough one, when hospitals use registry the one that charges the less to the hospital are the one who get called first, so yes you can make $43/hr but you wont be working very much, so be happy with the $32-35/hr that most are paying these days Have you thought about working in the hospital pools, flexible hours, and good pay... Just a thought

*** respiratory therapy and physicians assistant come immediatly to mind. pa school is really a masters level program, most pa schools want you to have a undergrad degree before applying. rt's will change, slowly, there are undergrad degree's in respiratory therapy these days. *** i worked at two different hospitals during their "journy to magnet" and sat on the committee. in my part of the usa magnet hospitals are gaining a reputation as not being good places to work. especialy among er & critical care types. in my opinion magnet does not indicate qualiety, but rather an indication that managment is more interested in the appereance over substance. i couldn't agree more, this is why most hospitals are dumping jacho and going with dnv home / dnv over jacho. dnv looks at quality of care, not how clean the hospital looks. jacho has it’s back against the wall, they made it almost impossible for older hospital to pass their inspection’s. where i work, we dumped jacho 3 years ago and haven’t looked back since. i’m part of the boat for one entry level for nursing, which for me is the bsn, as it has been pointed out there are many studies that prove the bsn nurse gives better care then an adn and diploma rn. this debate has been going on for 40 yrs and the ana (american nurses association) doesn’t have the balls to step up and recommend this, however, they did speak up with a position paper on making np’s earn a dnp as the entry level degree. why haven’t they spoken up with a position paper about the bsn? just do it…

This is the beauty of research, you allow the data to speak for it's self. If only one research article only shows that BSN nurses make better nurses then I wouldn't believe the article. However, there are many article that have shown this. It comes from education, the more educated one is, the better they will be at their job. This is why certificates are starting to be a norm in nursing.

Sacramento is the only campus in Calif that offers the LVN to BSN program. Each state has it own admission requirement. The paperwork took about an hour, however, waiting for all the schools you attended to send transcripts can take up to 3 weeks. It is a great program, fast paced, but once you are done, it is a great feeling to know you have a BSN.

I'm currently in the MSN in Infomatics, one of the nice things about the MSN it is very flexible on what you can get certificated in. I will go with a CNS certificate when I'm all done either in Cardiology or Pain.

I figured I would update, OK so I'm a little late. I graduated from UoP with my BSN and passed the boards... The LPN to BSN was tough, but it is do able... I'm currently working on my MSN, will be done exactly one year. Now I'll tell you, compared to my BSN, the MSN is much harder...

Each state has it's own State board that dictates what each level of nursing can do, here in Arizona an LPN can be a ADON of a SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility). It is not uncommon to have a LPN as ADON. Just because you have an RN does not mean you have the skills to be a leader.

When it comes to an education its a very personal thing, some people look at an undergrad as an accomplishment and a goal for them, no one can say getting a BSN or ADN is a right or wrong, however with the way nursing is slowly heading, to the BSN being the preferred degree. So if many of the hospitals are willing to pay off loans then its not an issue now is it? If your friend wants to go back to school and get her MSN, DnP she is one step closer then someone who doesn't have a BSN. Also if she wants to teach clinical's down the road she can do that with a BSN, something ADN's can not do.

More and More university's are offering Master's Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN) for people who have an undergrad in another discipline but wants to get into nursing. This is going to change nursing for the better.

There are ways of getting your student loan paid for and continue to work and make great money. Have your friend look into http://www.IHS.GOV She will have to work for them for 2 years, but they will pay up to $40K of her student loans off, if she stays longer the more they will pay them off. I know many people who have done this and the pay is usually better then most acute care hospitals. BTW, having a BSN does more then just getting one into management...

Congrats...

I want to transition into the ER or ICU.

I'm looking to move to Austin,Tx with in a year, so I'm looking for info on wage in the city and which facility to look into and or avoid. I want to get back into the ER setting. Thanks Tony

If you are looking to score while in Nursing school you are a fool. The amount of work and prep that goes into nursing school will keep you busy. Also you will have to work besides your fellow student for how long you are in school, having a women or womens ****** at you will make school that even harder.

Thomas I have done corrections and yes, its tough to get the attitude changed. I have told the inmates I don't care when you did to get into prison, my job is make sure they do not get sicker. I never had a real problem, usually one of the young one would mouth off to see what I would do. I gave them one warning that I wont tolerate that behavior, if it continued, I stopped the med pass and returned to the clinic. Its amazing how many apologies I got when the other inmates had a "talk" with the young one. Have to say, I don't miss that job at all...