traumahawk99

a lot of the things you'll do, like iv's, are things you'll learn on the job. ACLS is the number one cert you can get! it's the ONLY one i've ever been asked about by an employer, even before i did tele! don't take my word for it (or anyone elses...

hell yes!!! get it asap. it's required for what i do, as a tele float nurse for several hospitals. am i paid for it? you bet! a bsn wouldn't be worth a nickle to me, yet for as little work as it is, an acls is essential. otherwise, i wouldn't ...

to me, it's the ultimate measure of desperation on the part of nurses to develop independence from physicians. that it has been turned into a "science" demeans the nursing profession terribly! while there can be certainly a psychological/placebo eff...

you are never going to "correct the problem". you will have more success in stopping the tide from rising in the gulf of mexico. perhaps you could talk with a bunch of chickens and then they wouldn't henpeck the weakest bird. ain't it grand? wha...

once i worked with a nurse who had cheap, green tattos all over her face. she was actually a good nurse, once i got past the appearance.

jeez, the language autosanitizer, hard at work.... nothing better goes to show the contol freaking nature of nurses. :).

i simply don't worry about it. no one is going to die on me. the things i might not do don't really amount to much more than the oncoming nurse ******** about some minor thing. the people who power trip like this have absolutely no control over wh...

when i was working in a nursing home, on the memory unit we had a guy famous for pulling fire alarms. he'd even get to bragging about it, saying "people ask me what i do for a living... i pull fire alarms!". then he'd show how he'd pull an alarm wi...

come on... it's not just reserved for the young. anyone who finds themselves in a weak position will be eaten. let's face it. it's a woman's domain, and many of them cannot handle having a bit of power without it going to their head. heck, i've ...

unfortunately, my education aspirations have stumbled and i'm getting stuck as a traveler. it's a strange life, i am working nights and very long hours, but the $$ are there. this year, i'll make 130k. it's going to take me another couple of years...

i honestly think they'd hire whoever the interviewing manager liked. the thread is about bsn being required. i don't see the requirement. i've never had an interview where i wasn't offered a job. adn and all.

this from the md anderson website ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION: Required: Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Scie...

absolutely the point i've been making all along. the attempts to hijack control of the profession by those teaching bsn programs are politically motived. bsn programs and adn programs turn a very comparable product... qualified trainees, nothing mo...

really? specifically what city is this? i'm going to test your position by actually calling hospitals and verifying that my adn and experience just aren't what they are looking for. instead, they are looking for a bsn. i'll report the results righ...

i will gladly name the area! where did i say you don't need an in depth understanding or comprehension of disease processes or pharmacology? the point i'm making is that this is addressed just as well at the adn level. if you're telling me that bs...

so it's really not about the patients and filling society's need for nurses? it's about the collective glory of nurses? i find this to be an utterly self centered approach.. if i can be accused of burnout, it's this mentality that i'm burned out ...

what is wrong with having lvns? i don't see what having a single point of entry would accomplish. you aren't going to transform the reality of the job, which is patient care, with a single level of education. patients aren't going to say, gee.. th...

REQUIRING a bsn would address the entry level nurse, and that's exactly what we're talking about in this thread. i am discussing the entry point of nursing, which is typically a med surge floor. specialization comes later, and is largely the result...

nursing does have a standardized entry point. it's the nclex exam. similarly, one can become a professional engineer with either a master's degree or a doctorate, provided he/she can pass the state certification exam. let's face the facts. nursing...

exactly. nothing except learning on the job really rounds a nurse to be a competent practitioner. and no one can possibly tell who has an adn or bsn unless they ask. at the entry level of floor nursing, there is simply no credible evidence to supp...

i say to hell with it. you've got to find a unit where they'll invest enough in you to develop into a producer. killers for me in interviewing others are: 1. a smoker. this means the nurse will constantly be looking for smoke breaks instead of pati...

graduated excelsior 2 years and a few months ago. now doing med surge tele as a traveler, making incredible $$, though the hours are long. this year i'm on track to make 150k. hoping to get off the floor in another year.

i'd say work med surge/tele for a while no matter what decision you ultimately make. it's good for ya :).

it isn't full of anger... you are stating something that is simply untrue as fact. due diligence, i am going to poke holes in that argument, so we can get at the truth. likewise, if i made an untrue statement as though it were fact, i'd expect/wel...

from the north dakota bon.. http://www.ndbon.org/education/academic/nursing_schools.shtml sure looks like adn qualifies you to sit for the nclex in north dakota. bsn requirement = fantasy of those running bsn programs, and *nothing* else.