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u of m is the best!!!

yeah, I may decide to major in nursing education, because the administration aspect may not be want I think.

try psych, male nurses tend to like that area

I wanted to know what options are available for nurses getting a MSN in administration or education?

memphis is a true city.

it's not a big university eventhough they are beginning to build up on the campus.

Different people start in nursing coming from different backgrounds. I would recommend someone to shadow a nurse or ask a nurse who is a friend questions about the profession, before going to nursing school to find out if it's for them.

It is a great school.

Due to your many, many, many, many, many, many years of experience of life and nursing you would certainly know who wants to be a nurse and who does not, right. Back to the topic at hand anyone know of hospitals in nashville, that have a diverse, friendly and non-discriminatory staff.

Thanks ,to the two people that answer my question politely. Also, what are the people talking about regarding siblings, I don't have a sister, but I do have a brother.

first, your friend may want to reevaluate if she wants to be a nurse, b/c nursing may not be the best career field. Nursing is a stressful career that has many drawbacks, and I would not recommend to get into nursing unless you are suceeding in nursing school. If she does not go to LSON anymore that may be a "blessing in disguise". IMO, I would not try anymore nursing schools and move on to another career, b/c I graduated from LSON and it is one of many few nursing schools in TN, that was pretty good. The other schools in TN are not good at all and have low N-clex pass rates. Maybe, Austin Peay is a pretty good school.

cudlsnhugs if you did not agree with what I said you should have not responded to my post. Also, I never mentioned a name of a hospital. Yeah, their is two sides to a story and I was mentioning my side. calm down and get real.

it is not that i did not see it coming as a nurse intern, but as an intern you are not accountable for nursing actions. however, as a nurse you are accountable as well as responsible, which puts a lot of stress on yourself. nursing is nothing like nursing school imo, b/c of the long hours, and nursing politics. in nursing school you are in clinicals in the am, but as a new grad you will rarely get the day shift. also, papers mean nothing, just paperwork, paperwork, paperwork.

well, the med visited my nursing school, and the pay is typical tn pay around 18-20 dollars, insurance, I believe they have a new grad program. The med is a very urban hospital that gets all the cases from gunshot to MVAs. I have heard people say the staff sucks, but that may be hear say. In my opinion nursing is not a profession, but unprofessional job, so I would not want the high acuity pts., to add to the stress, but to each it's on. What dept. are you applying for?

My sister worked for a hospital in Clarksville, TN...and she did not like it I believe she had about 12 pts, by herself on a med-surg floor...Clarksville is a small college town at least it was from 94-01, it has a mall, walmart, probably 2 hospitals, but believe this that Nashville, in some parts can suck in comparison to Clarksville. I would say it is not the worst small town surrounding nashville, but I would run from towns like Lebanon, Mt. Juliet, Madison, even some parts of the Hermitage are run down. I prefer the inner city of Nashville, instead of the suburbs of Nashville.

I think that it may be hard, but try not to listen to some nurses short cuts, b/c when the day ends it is your license you have to try to protect:angryfire . Many nurses give false hope to new grads, when things are different b/c they may have been doing the job for 20+ years, when you have been there for 3 days, that stuff makes me soooo mad:angryfire , because those nurses don't know your strengths and weaknessess.

that was good advice

From someone with a year experience and changing jobs, the grass is never greener on the other side, but it can be a bit better, if you just can't take it

1. I entered the nursing profession b/c I have always been interested in the medical profession. 2. The ability to say I am a RN. 3. :angryfire Where do I begin: long hours, disrespect by physicians, catty -itchy nurses, old laws of nursing by older nurses, accountable for everything, and get respect by noone, short work breaks, the inability to have a break at work, lack of nurse autonomy, being basically the rutter behind doctor... you want to add more go ahead. 4. It depends on the type of nursing it is, bedside nursing especially med-surg nursing should be paid more. 5. No, about 95% of doctors do not respect nurses that I work with.:uhoh21: 6. That politics and bureaucey ex. hiearchy in the workplace such as nurse managers and charge nurses having favorites, the lack of respect nurses have for some new nurses. All things as such are more important than writing a dang paper. Also, my clinicals in ns were days only, but in the real world a new grad will rarely get a day shift position. The lack of orientation some new grads get is not enough, managers just want to throw you and your license in the fire. 7. The worst situation I have been in so far would be a potential med error due to lack of orientation, and being asked to leave an unit just b/c they felt I did not fit in.:angryfire 8. Most rewarding is that I graduated with a BSN, RN. 9. Yes, new grads could start in the ER, as a matter of fact, i think new nurses should start working for their interning hospital b/c politics and knowing people is about 90% of what nursing is all about. 10. not necessarily leaving nursing, b/c I don't want to start over in something else, but I plan to get MSN in sometype of nursing, b/c I hate floor nursing. female/25/psych/BSN

You could try Nursing education in hospitals....Diabetic Educator

u of m is the best school in tn, it may be hard, but its the best thing going. I graduated from their and would not go to any nursing school in tn. I would probably go to Austin Peay in Clarksville, tn, and that's it.

No, she works on a med-surg floor.

No, just get a job as a med/surg nurse in the hospital.

make sure you really know what to do before you do it, b/c your preceptor can get you in trouble if you do something wrong, try to come off orientation it looks better in the long run.

just make sure you know what you are doing before you do something, b/c many preceptors will mess you up, if you do something and you do it wrong. I would recommend coming off orientation, if you can.