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No to start you can only sign up for 1. But once you have one you can transfer them around with little hassel.....just takes time and a little money.

I have to agree here. I've only been a nurse for 2 years now, and i'm already on burn out. I actually quit nursing and moved to a new state (to live with friends and try something new) and did so with absolutly no interest in getting back into it. And it's all because of the crap we deal with, with absolutly no support. The straw that broke my back was the night one of Resp. Thereopists tried picking a fight with me at the nurses station. She actually grabed my arm infront of nurses, MD's and pt family members. Later that night I was being pulled down to the nursing office and questioned about what happened. I got writen up and told that I could be fired for it. It took them a week to do anything to her, and from what I heard she got almost nothing. I had half of the witnesses saying I could have pressed charges with the police assalt. It all goes to show it's also who the bosses like. Now a few months have gone by and I'm more relaxed again and am now working on getting my license transfered and thinking about a nursing job again.

Angela, A good area for you to check into is Middle TN. More or less between Clarksville and Nashville. The area has tons of hospitals. There are like 4 in Clarksville, atleast 1 in Ashland City, and an endless list of places in Nashville. Housing in the area isn't to bad price wise, things are pretty easy to get to, and there is Austin Pea State (APSU) in Clarksville that has an LPN- RN program and then in Nashville you have Vanderbelt University. Most of the hospitals around here also have programs to help you further your education also. Happy Hunting!!

First thing I have to say is breath and relax. Yes you are right on what an "IV push" is. Yes it is something that I would bring up with someone above you. Most facilities also have someone that it's there job to know the rules and regs of all the licences and if they don't know it's their job to look it up. For the time being untill the issue is clearified, i would defenetly cover you butt....a very good practice to learn now. When you come across a medication that is to be pushed, simply let your team leader/ orientator know that you are not allowed to push these meds yet, and politly ask them to do it for you. If they are a good nurse they won't ask questions or give you a hard time, but understand that you are limited being a new nurse, and they will do it.......just be nice about it. Just remember that untill you are comfortable doing something get help with it. Nobody should give you a hard time about asking a question or asking for assistance. They teach us a lot in school, but there is so much to learn out on the floors that isn't taught. Another thing to check into is a loop hole I had when I was in NY where we can't push any med no matter how long you've been a nurse. If you take the med and dilute it into a 10cc syringe and hook it up to the secdary port on the IV pump and then run it at 100cc/hr. It goes in just a little slower that a normal push, but faster than hanging it.....and with morphine most patients prefer this (doesn't hurt as bad). This is concidered a Piggyback in NY. So check for down here. I'll be working here soon too, i'm just waiting for my licence to transfer. Hope it all works out for you. Good Luck!

If you decide to move to the Nashville area.......don't even think about Brentwood or Coolsprings areas unless you a multi millionare. I live near Nashville and just took my first trip through those ares this past weekend with my friends.....yah.....wow! on the houses and the cars. Drool city. There are some nice places just a bit north of the city....best thing I can tell you is to do a job search on your favorite search engine. And same thing for places to live. I have to agree I love going to Nashville. Lots of things to see and do weather you are into History, Sports or Clubing There is something for everybody. There are tons of hospital, nursing home and homecare places in the area, and they right now are advertising like mad. I just moved down here and am also looking for a job, I'm just in limbo right now waiting for my licence to transfer. Good luck with the search! :)

I'm an LPN right now. I was in an RN program and just have yet to finish it. I can't really help you with the whole military process shy of telling you to just ask around to the recruters and to other army medical personel. As far as in civilian life. Rn is better to have. In NY where i worked it really depended on the facility you worked in. I worked at one hospital that I was only the 3rd LPN to be hired......the place was hell to work in because of that. The second hospital I worked in utilized and abused us for everything we were aloud to do. But atleast there the RN's were used to us so it was a nice place to work. If you have the option I'd go for RN, but if you aren't sure about nursing being the perfect job for you, LPN is a good place to start....kinda breaks you in a little slower. There are defently more options for an RN and like I said depending on the hospital you work in there might not be a big difference in the jobs you perform, but the pay will be a huge difference. The only difference between an RN with an ASN and BSN is the amount of time and money they spent on their education. I was in an ASN program, my step-mom was in the same program 15 years earlier. She has now gone on to get her BSN......and she'll tell you the same thing. The only difference is that piece of paper, and 2 extra years of headaches. Here's a side thing too....go for an ASN program, get you RN and get in the door, and then apply through where you work and let them help you pay for the next 2 years. :wink2:

I just took my boreds 2 years ago and to my knowledge then and I don't think it has changed. It doesn't matter where you take the exam, and then you can have it tranfered to any other state in the union. Example being....I lived right on the NY/PA border. The nearest testing site to us was 20 minutes into PA. The nearest NY site was almost 2 hours away. I think everyone went to the PA site. If the paperwork hasn't changed since I know it's now a federal test. There is a box you check when you send in for your testing sites as to which state you want the license issued in. That's how most the GN's at our hospital did it. Good luck on the test!!

I just moved to KY from NY and at the hospital I was working at there was a case similar to this. An RN in the ICU questioned a doc about a med being given. They supposedly had a heated argument too. Only difference was the RN told the doc she wasn't giving the med and that if he wanted it given, he had to give it. I really think the docs need to be followed up on more with this stuff. It is very true that it is a nurses right and job to question anything and everything that we think might be wrong. I know all the nursing staff recieved an employee e-mail about the situation, and i truely think it was becasue the MD was such a big name at the hospital they did nothing but bash the RN. The hospital managment did not stand up for her at all. On the side though, I knew the head of the MD bored at the hospital, he was not thrilled with what happened and he delt with the offending MD through his chanels. ........ score 1 for us nurses...he he he! Hope it all works out for you.

Just wondering if anyone in the Army medical fields has heard anything about this. Rumor i've heard is that the Army is combining all the medical MOS's and that they are then going to be overstaffed and doing manditory MOS changes for those caught up in it. I am thinking of joining the Army myself and am a LPN already. So I was going to try for something along those lines......just wondering if i should now. Any info would be great! Thanks! :)