murse636

^^ agree with you 100% on not importing nurses though..we have plenty of jobs, and people looking to fill them that were educated here

yes it is mostly experienced based but a lot of hospitals have clinical ladders, which require your BSN, CEN, CCRN etc etc. and if you ever want to teach, be a manager, do research etc you need a 4 yr degree most of the time YES im sure there are exceptions. ALso in a perfect world the only people who should be making as much as you are well the ones who do just as good of a job. im the only CEN, ACLS instructor and ultrasound IV certified nurse in my ER besides my manager (I've been a nurse for 20 MONTHS), I help all the 15-20-30+ years nurses all the time, should I not be paid the same amount? sorry but this old war horsse mentality of I've clocked the most hours I've seen it all, has got to go. YOU cant experience something you don't even know to look for, theres a reason MD's go to school for a decade. I agree that at the bedside there is no difference between 2 and 4 year nurses, since the additonal 2 years is no advanced medical or bedside education. but 2 or 4 yrs, these new grads are coming out swinging, they are more educated, hungry to work and learn, and not burnt out, and I think employeers are starting to recognize that.

new grad working 36 hours a week, gross 51480$, with overtime i made close to 60k...this year now working fulltime 36hrs a week, plus an additional 12 hour(48hr total) shift as a registry nurse at other ED's ill be on track to make 91,000 gross...there is money to made out there people just gotta go find it...good luck to all, we deserve 100$ an hour lol

someone has messaged me about the opportunities there, i appologize i can not respond via private message until i have started 15 topics on here. please write me again with your email, and i will respond to you that way

you miss understood me, im not speaking about people with diagnosed seizures via EEG. im talking about people with anxiety and personality disorders and whoooaaa is me. they do it to manipulate and get attention...its psychosomatic not neurologic in origin. and ive also done work in a rehab center, and volunteered in a soup kitchen and i do listen to peoples stories, most of the time they are all the same "i dont give a **** fix me, i deserve that" or something along those lines. the sense of entitlement is beyond ridiculous, and most people who are in an out of those shelters and repeat Ed vistors sometimes multiple times in one day, i dont care how crappy their story is eventually you need to take some responsibility for yourself.

any new grads looking for Rn work seriously consider BANNER BOSWELL emergency dept this hopsital has some of the highest acuity patients in the nation. you will see medication lists, co morbidities, and disease processess that you will not see anywhere else, until youve been an RN for decades. it is extremely challenging, and is far from easy. if you are up for a challenge and want to become smarter faster then you will other places, consider this hospital.

i dont know how no ED nurse has mentioned this yet..two of my biggest peeves are "seizures" you know that ones that can verbalize they are having a seizure during it, or are able to follow commands, and are never post ictal, hypertensive, or tachycardic. ive come to the conclusion that seizures are the adult equivalent to "temper tantrums" 4 year old throw hissy fits, middle age adults throw seizures. ive stopped many seizures dead in their tracks with the ammonia smelling salts....idiots, like do these people honestly think the medical professionals are going to be fooled. or the political correctness MDs use to cover their ass "i have non epileptic or pseudo seizures" i try my hardest not to laugh when i hear that. secondly drunk/homeless/narc'd out people, it kills me that RN's give them warm blankets, pillows, multiple sandwhichs, juices, turn the lights off etc...uh if they are going to abuse the system atleast make it not enjoyable. they get no blanket no pillow, they get a hall stretcher under the lights next to the patch phone alarm, and no juice or sandwhich "for fear of aspiration"