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  1. Quest for more cash, what are my options as an RN?

    eroc replied to mhy12784's topic in General Nursing

    Nope not

  2. Will USA need more nurses on year 2020? Any idea? Pls help. Nursing student here from FEU.

    eroc replied to Missweirdgal's topic in International Nursing

    He did not. He answered a question of the title to this thread, which was backed up by someone providing a reference. A new grad will have a hard time getting job, unless they know someone in the...

  3. Hurt Back? Here Are Some Options

    eroc replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing that has helped me with my partial and complete fractured vertebras, herniated disc, and compressed sciatic nerve is exercise. It was severely painful to develop the core strength, but...

  4. Negotiating Salary

    eroc replied to cathering's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going out on a limb and saying there is probably some lack of honestly relayed to

  5. Precepting not even 2 years exp

    eroc replied to hh6RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am over two years in and feel like a novice nurse….it could be the speciality I work in, but I am sure I will feel like a novice nurse for a few more

  6. Need Help with IV Insertion

    eroc replied to bruceirving's topic in General Nursing

    I hate that…generally it's tough skin or a valve that won't let me thread it in. Just make sure you go in just a tad more once you see flash. Floating it in with a flush is an option. But...

  7. Why can't i get a job???? US RN

    eroc replied to MKIVSupraRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The city I live has over 12 nursing programs, so my area has more than plenty enough new grads. And it takes months sometimes for HR to come across a resume. My current job, which I didn't even apply...

  8. RN pay rate on experience vs education

    eroc replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    Experience and competency should always be paid more than having a degree. It's very sad to me when people equate a degree with intelligence and

  9. ADN to BSN, does it matter where you get it from?

    eroc replied to chillaxinNurse's topic in School, College Programs

    I say from personal experience that it matters locally. I use to believe it didn't matter until I got my current job partly because of where I got my BSN. And after talking to managers that prefer to...

  10. University of North Florida Fall 2015 ABSN & BSN

    eroc replied to jamesr24's topic in School, College Programs

    Yeah, they brought them to the open house for a reason….. UNF Magna Cum Laude grad here. Could start my MSN there, but it's my last choice of all the schools I'm considering. Good

  11. Nursing school too hard on purpose?

    eroc replied to fangirl's topic in General Students

    Sad thing is most great nurses never become educators. Now there are plenty of my old nursing professors that could not do my current job, no matter how hard they tried….which are the same ones...

  12. What's to complain about?

    eroc replied to guest449786's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, maybe. But I am friends with too many people that work at this union hospital to know that is not always an accurate statement.

  13. What's to complain about?

    eroc replied to guest449786's topic in General Nursing

    Supply and demand. Very simple. Plenty of nurses to go around now-a-days. If you can do the job of someone getting paid as much as you described, I think it would be a good idea to go do it. But to...

  14. What's to complain about?

    eroc replied to guest449786's topic in General Nursing

    I got into nursing to get away from construct type jobs. When I was working for the shipyard I made very close to what I made when I first became a nurse. Men with trades deserve what they get just...

  15. "Bless Your Heart"

    eroc replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL, your funny Ruby Vee. I grew up in the South and know exactly what it means. It is huge insult and very condescending. Generally it is stated by people with years of "experience" thinking age and...

  16. University South Alabama BSN-DNP Program Fall 2015

    eroc replied to UCLACTICURN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    My wife got a phone call to let her know she was accepted last week.

  17. So you think you want to be a NURSE

    eroc replied to dedicated_2b_RN's topic in General Students

    RN is a nurse. CNA is a nurses' assistant. They are not the same thing…I would work construction before being a

  18. SHORTAGE OF NURSES

    eroc replied to shermainenevels's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Because there is evidence based research to support it from a decade or two ago. And they are still citing is as relevant evidence. In others words educational institutions are using it to make a...

  19. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    eroc replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    IF it is as simple as you say, this is absolutely gender discrimination. Don't buy into being the problem, you are the victim. I hate when there is a double standard related to care. As a male nurse I...

  20. Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

    eroc replied to AKarpi's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No difference, except I have approx. $7,000 less in my bank account….but I do have a piece of paper in my closet to prove I spent the

  21. family members working in the same hospital and exact same unit

    eroc replied to EternalFeather's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's sad. I feel for you. Me and my wife are nurses and have worked the same unit. A mother and daughter work on the same unit with the mother being charge. I've seen no problems. It is only people...

  22. CVICU training.

    eroc replied to Telenurse1990's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I had 8 weeks of orientation before I was on my own, with no classroom. But our surgeon does not allow his patients to go to step-down, so new hires take the "step-downs," that don't leave the unit,...

  23. Confused. CNA VS. Nurse Technician, what are the differences?

    eroc replied to Cinnibun2618's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Depends on where you live. The hospitals I work at have no nurse techs, this is the first I have heard of a "nurse tech." CNA's have a specific job that doesn't include the skills the OP listed for a...

  24. Some people are too smart for nursing

    eroc replied to Careerchange88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For me I always got the ignorant remarks by people about how I wouldn't understand because I didn't finish high school. Intelligence has NOTHING to do with what degree one earned and if you don't...

  25. About paying off student loans

    eroc replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I got my GED after I started taking my pre-reqs for nursing. I honestly feel schools are a joke for the most part, and would never pay more than the total of It took looking and searching to...