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Hi, I'm looking for expanding my education to the graduate level for FNP. i'm looking at applying to the University of Southern California which is extremely expensive ($84k minus financial aid). speaking with the representative he stated that the program is new and they are going for ccne certification and can take up to a year to receive. The university has a medical school, CRNA program and an already nursing program but the FNP program is new. the representative told me in order to obtain ccne cert they have to have active students. the first cohort just started this past august. i have applied to other schools as well but I am looking for opinions about if it's worth pursuing this institution if accepted.

Maybe there is no experienced staff to precept its very common unfortunately. Experienced nurses are tired of dealing with management and their unrealistic expectations and are leaving bedside nursing for the inexperienced to figure it out.

Well I want to go to ICU because it was something I been wanting to do. I want the challenge and the opportunity to increase my skill set and knowledge. I think it'll help me become an even better nurse. It's justa personal goal of mine. Along with that goal, I want to be a nurse practitioner eventually. I'm not ready totale on a new debt at the moment.

Ive been a nurse for 2 and a half years almost three. I'm currently a travel nurse in the float pool. I float to tele, step down and med surg. I still would like to become an icu nurse someday. For experienced nurses out there when did you feel was the right time to go into the ICU? I currently have Critical Care Made Easy book and have been reading through it...am I over doing it? I've shadowed in neuro ICU being employed in step down neuro about a year and a half ago before traveling so I know how dangerous ICU can be with big issues presenting itself in small subtle changes. Whats the best way to transition and be successful. I would one day like to be a NP. Not really in a hurry (although my friends are trying to push me to go back to school with them). Also whats a good ICU to start and get a little bit of everything fir exp.

I know from personal experience if my sympathetic or fight or flight mode kicks into high gear i can get nauseous and throw up...especially when im nervous (Getting my blood drawn) lol im a nurse that hates getting poked

I know their offering a $20k sign on bonus for their CVICU...take it as good of bad

Anyone have any particular thoughts on FH-Celebration?

I don't know if it's just me but it seems as time progresses I get more and more annoyed with bedside nursing. Everything irritates me and I just don't find it exciting anymore. I dont feel like I once did as a brand new nurse. Most of the time I feel i'm just at a job pushing paper, double charting just to clock out and do it all over again. I'm exhausted from the physical and mental demands. Has anyone been able to regain that passion they had in bedside nursing after it's gone? Even after taking a week or two off I comeback and i'm just tired and over it. I look at my co-workers and they seem to be stress-free or at least are able to mask it well. I dont want to give it up because im not ready for a 9-5 or a pay cut but i'm not really happy anymore.

If you are a fairly healthy person and just covering yourself i think the higher deductible lower premium plans are the better option. Think of it like this...you MUST pay your premium every month but you may not ever reach your dedictible anyway...and they way insurance is these days its a safety net for a big disaster they dont really cover much anyway

Op pm where are you from? Im from Georgia was thinking about traveling to Everett for an assignment but I had changed my mind. Im not fun of where im currently at either i worked 5 days this week and was floated every single one of those days. I always i always get the rough assignment i too am taking a break after this

In my opinion if a recruiter even comes at my with that mess...I would look for another company or switch recruiters immediately. All other calls from that recruiter will be ignored, nobody has time for those games and that crap.

Yes the position pays pretty well but i read that that hospital purposely short staffs it's nurse and administration is heavy on the staff...doesnt sound like an ideal pleave along with restraints and psych AND frequent floating lol

one word. RUN!

Nobody is setting anyone up for failure what i'm saying is ther are many factors to determine if someone is ready to travel. There are some people that traveled that are shy of a year of experience and are doing fine. What you are stating may be true about not having a year or two of exp which is preferred. I didn't have two years of experience and started traveling within my specialty and I am doing fine. It all depends on the traveler and the assignment. If the OP doesn't feel comfortable than of course continue to get the experience or at least try to pick up extra shifts floating to different units to get a feel of what it's like to be on a different type of unit.

I think tele is enough because you also qualify for med/surg assignments as well...however with that being said. I do find tele and ed/surg to be typically the lower paying assignments and also the harder working assignments as well.

I have an interview with this hospital. Are there any nurses that have traveled to this area or know anything about Providence Hospitals in the Washington state area? I'd like the good bad and the ugly

The problem is there is not real bar to gauge if you're ready for travel or not...everything everyone says is subjective. You may travel and not truly be ready for travel but land your first assignment at a travel friendly hospital that molds you into the travel nurse you need to be for the next assignment. Or you may not have a great first assignment and the second one is perfect. A lot of factors play into the "formula".

I started with 21 months of tele/pcu/and med surg experience. Nursing is the same no matter where you go just a different geography and cultural clientele

I would stay far far away from Las Vegas as I have heard nothing but bad things from Las Vegas towards travelers

I graduated nursing school 2 years ago and the other day I was looking in my closet and started thinking...Man I sure have a lot of Heavy book. Although I still pick them up and read from time to time it's not practical to contine to carry all these books around. Has anyone considered selling/donating all there nursing texts and purchasing the books electronically on an application. I feel it will be so much easier in the long run especially when its time to move again ugh!!! How many books can a tablet hold?

i made 65k my first year as a new nurse and i wooooorrrkkked my buns off. she may want to change careers completely with that attitude.

ive emptied plenty of these. i never look in the bulb to see the measurement i usually empty it into a specimen container to get a more accurate measurement. when i open it i make sure i use gloves b/c sometimes blood drops hang around the tip you unplug to open. i open it waist level and away from me. another big issue you want to make sure is to teach the techs about squeezing it before closing to maintain the suctioning pressure. although i have had some doctors to right orders for no suctioning or drain to gravity.

i can see your point but the situation begins to seem unfair when it happens alot to nurses on different units. it appears sketchy when the pt arrives to the unit with bundles of blankets as a way to confine the smell. i just dont like getting report on a patient and then they arrive with a pleasant surprise while moving them from the stretcher to a clean bed. Sometimes these pts are in the ER for hours and you can tell old poop and old urine

at my hospital this is becoming a norm. im wondering is this a common unethical practice seen alot by nurses elsewhere? i find it really disrespectful and inconsiderate to floor nurses.

I've been an RN for a year and a month. I started on a medsurg/orthospine surgical unit. after a year I recently transferred to a neuro step down unit and now I feel like a new graduate again. My question is how do you all feel about the new grads going just to get their "one year" out the way and go back for graduate school to make midlevel decisions? I personally feel its a disrespect to the profession and a slap in the face to those that have many years of experience in many different specialties that have now gone back for their NP? How do you think this effects the nursing profession as a whole?