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Tried to give two weeks, but due to hiring company taking longer than either of us expected (no change in start date) there wasn't enough time. No position requires any length of time, though I acknowledge some need to provide notice. Not sure why ...

I no longer feel guilty about doing anything that is in my best interest and not the companies best interest. If the shoe was on the other foot, you'd get no notice. They hired you because it was in their best interest not yours. It pains me to say ...

I am in a similar boat. have a previous career and resume that has always gotten me callbacks. currently working med-surge. have (I thought) changed and adapted resume down to one page, focused on current skills while blending in my management back...

Try a prn position a couple days a month and see if it scratches the itch you have!

Not that I'm aware of. I work med-surge in a small community hospital and we usually have 6 patients, sometimes 7. I don't feel that it's safe but everyone keeps saying I'll get used to it. I don't want to get used to it!

You are exactly correct DrowningNewGrad. Make a mistake because your employer allowed you to be in over your head and they will cut you and not think twice about it. I've seen it happen at my facility. Then no one talks about it, like its a secret....

Personally, as a second career RN, I have no real interest in waiting years for the miserable to maybe vanish if I'm just miserable long enough. I continually wonder what kind of people it takes to feel this way for so long, and then sit back and wa...

Nurse J hit it on the head. Its not so much about the bedside nursing as it's about the poor running of the units. understaffing, telling you they're hiring when you can't even find a post with Google, preaching about safety while giving 7 patients...

Something has to change, and since the schools and employers call the shots, I expect them to step up and do it. I work med surge, got a 12 week orientation, and continually got told I was doing great, even though all of the work couldn't possibly b...

Well, we need something other than 12 weeks, especially in light of horrible clinical experiences that don't really show us the experience. if 60% of nurses are quitting before two years (and there is no way I'm gonna work med surge for two years as...

Mike, I agree with the above poster's last paragraph. I went to school at 49, completed in two years, graduated with honors. Had a great career over the last 25 years with lots of management and field experience. And then reality set in. It counts...

Can you give us an update? It's been a year and I am a new grad wondering. I got a position on a med-surge unit and so far, it isn't really all its cracked up to be - the ratios run 6/7 patients to one nurse. completely overwhelming when you are t...

well said and still timely. Thank you!

I believe, in most cases, its a combination of the above mentioned things, with neither side being able to recognize their own issues. My current employer (I'm a newbie) told me that they have surveyed the surrounding employers and that they pay equ...

Sounds like great advice to me. I am starting my first job April 10th and know that just like having kids, even when you think you are ready, you're really not. Still, you have to have faith and take the leap at some point, knowing that you will co...

So far, there is nothing affordable about the ACA. I like some of the ideas in it, though I like the premise of the original idea brought forth by the Heritage foundation back in 1989. I don't think obamacare will improve healthcare since it was de...

I've always operated under the policy that honesty counts. you don't call in sick if you aren't sick. you know when your days to work are, plan your life accordingly. I worked at one place that got so bad, they just eliminated sick days altogether...

There is no shortage of nurses, especially here in Florida. I think the for profit nursing schools keep pushing this line just to make money. Florida pays about 21-25/hr for new nurses while many other states are far more. I think there are just t...

I learned a long time ago not to worry about what someone called me. If its inappropriate, it will come out and reflect on them, probably at the worst possible time for them. If it does bother me, and it sometimes does, I stop the conversation RIGH...

The land o lakes dean is no BS! if you are serious you will do well under her, she was at tampa when I started. I graduate in December and have passed the predictor test to graduate. Let us know what you decide!

Its exciting and terrifying at the same time. I went back to school at 50. It can be done! Best advice I can give you is to do the work. all of it. those that struggled in my class were always working, tending kids, traveling, etc. instead of doi...

Well, someone should wake up the boards of nursing! I don't feel prepared either, mostly because we aren't. Maybe a little less time on papers and apa format and a little more on skills. Really tired of hearing "read the book" as the solution to ever...

Y'all can be mortified if you want, but listen up. I was in the business field prior, and had this inkling I was being underpaid, so I asked around. After just 5 years in the field, I found I was being shorted 25,000 PER YEAR! Don't care (for the m...

Man, this hits it on the head! Poor clinical sites with absent teachers, teaching that amounts to "read the book, you're in nursing school", and real restrictions on what we can actually perform at clinicals. I am one of those second career individ...

I am still in school, but I understand that most RN's get about 20-25 per hour unless you have experience - not sure how much you need. we moved here in '04. schools are rated A-F. there are few A schools in the tampa area - Hillsborough county. we...