MarshaRabbit

Everywhere you work is going to have its pros and cons. However I think Tulane Medical Center offers a supportive work environment (good coworkers!), sufficient training through the STARRN program, and is very friendly to new grads. This is the only ...

Hi! I'm finishing my first year as an RN and went directly to ICU. I have no regrets, and some days I'm so thankful for going directly to ICU because I know it's where I want to be. I think I would have been fairly miserable in med surg, just waiting...

Hello everybody! I am a new RN in a bridge program to become an ACNP. I am a part-time student, and seeking part-time employment as an RN in a hospital setting- preferably in critical or emergency care. As you already know, finding part time employme...

Update: A couple months ago I got a part time RN position at a nursing facility, working with a combination of long-term care a rehab patients! I am really enjoying it. I have a supportive working environment, and feel it is an excellent learning and...

That (NP residency) is also under consideration! There is one in DC that has peeked my interest. It certainly doesn't make sense financially to work as an RN when I have my masters to pay off, but there are income-based payment plans and since money ...

Libby, taking time off is an option between the BSN and MSN portion, but I graduate in August and do not want to disrupt my current preceptorship. I plan to take some time working full time as an RN after graduation in August (more details about this...

Guys I don't want to keep blowing up this thread repeating what I have already said. Ali I have specifically addressed all of your bullet points, except your aside: My institution tracks our NPs, and we get a lot of decent data on that. Also, many of...

Assuming I have grievances placed against me, sure that would be worrisome. I think in the event that I provide unsafe care of the issue would not be that I didn't work as an RN but that I provided unsafe care. If someone were to have a problem with ...

Yes I understand their concerns. I know it's a long thread, but I've reiterated repeatedly that I have nothing but respect for nurses, and a whole lot to learn from them, as well as other professionals within the healthcare team. Also, I will be swit...

In regards to "NETY", I will be more careful with my choice of words in the future.

Dtwriter- can you expand on the part about being careful where I work so as not to put my license at risk? Thanks

Yessir/ma'am! I wasn't planing on a nurse residency, but right now am seriously considering it, and again I thank you, something about the way you put it was very helpful. Or hopefully, my current job search for a hospital position will be fruitful, ...

Thanks Mursejj... you input has me thinking about a nurse residency post-grad (I actually graduate in August, just really want more RN experience even though I will be n NP soon)... I am hoping the externship could lead to an RN position, as the exte...

Hey RUby. THanks for your input. It helped me articulate that a nurse externship is more for bridging externs to CNA work rather than RN work. My plan is to go ahead and apply, and should I land and interview talk all this out with them. I really do...

Thank you Cleback! I'm getting excited about the SNF, and going to apply to the nurse externship as well. I can discuss many of these things in the interview, should I obtain one, and see what the hospital's viewpoint on all this is. Great ideas (unf...

Julius thank you so much for bringing this back around. You're right I may have been a *tad* defensive I think it was the accumulative result of the negative comments throughout the thread. It is actually good for me to hear the general dissent peop...

I see what you mean. Although suggesting I am in my program because my tuition check cleared is rude and inaccurate as I have worked very hard to be where I am. I feel much better now that you have resorted to openly mocking me. Y'all have a good nig...

Yep I got em. Not ashamed to be open and honest.

The fact that I've had to be on the defensive with just about every response on here. I'm done explaining myself to the internet for now. If anyone has anything relevant to my inquiry I'm all ears. Thanks.

Starting to feel a little discouraged.. As a reminder, I am a new nurse and just as valid as you were when you first started out. Sometimes you have a choice to either build up or tear down up and coming nurses, and I'm disappointed that some of you ...

We both want a couple years as an RN, and there's no hiding the fact that we will eventually want to work as an NP- I'm keeping an open dialogue about that with potential employers. The particular hospital I'm pursuing is actually very encouraging re...

A friend of mine got hired on after a nurse externship when she finished nursing school. I guess I was just feeling a little insecure applying applying to a position designed for student nurses considering I am already licensed, and maybe hoping to h...

Thanks double helix, you are correct in that the SNF would be better nursing experience than a nurse externship, but thank you for the reminder that SNF experience is indeed highly valuable. I guess really what I am wondering is if a nurse externship...

I do want to work with them after the externship, very much! That is literally why I'm considering the externship, which is more than a 50% pay-cut from other positions available to me at SNFs- I'm trying to get my foot in the door at a hospital that...

I am attempting to gain nursing experience; that is the purpose of this thread. Please read my comments above.