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  1. Is it worth getting your BSN right out of ADN school?

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Thanks all. I will I am just so darn nervous that the orientation will be insufficient, the staff will not be good, and/or the patient load will be atrocious. Just feel like I'm walking into a lion's...

  2. Nursing Home: Tips on how to be faster in med pass?

    Nola009 replied to itsdebraanne's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sometimes I had medications spaced an hour apart, and yes, I gave them together. I wouldn't give a beta blocker or even a lipid-lowering agent at a vastly different time, and of course, no doubling...

  3. Dilemma

    Nola009 replied to Compost189's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "At will" employment means that you can quit at any time... and they could fire you just the same. I personally wouldn't sit around waiting for the nurse residency for 4 months unless it is 100%...

  4. Codes

    Nola009 replied to kcoats2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    quote from [COLOR=#003366]nursecait "just try to think, the worst has happened already, now you have to fix it." I like that advice:) Now tell me how you got to be so lucky as to be a new grad working...

  5. Codes

    Nola009 replied to kcoats2's topic in First Year After Licensure

  6. Nurse Phase

    Nola009 replied to philliesfinest's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I sympathise with you. I started my 1st RN job at a LTC a few months back and couldn't stand it either. Yes, you should be able to get a hospital job with 6-12 months working experience behind you. I...

  7. Is it worth getting your BSN right out of ADN school?

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    And since I know I have some nice and knowledgable people on this thread: Would you recommend taking a job in an Assisted Living Facility where I "wouldn't be using my RN skills" or wait for something...

  8. Is it worth getting your BSN right out of ADN school?

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Soooooo..... You all are in favor of going for the BSN immediately following the ADN, I take it. Lol,lol. Like many of you I wished I was in a position for my 1st degree to be the BSN, not the ADN. I...

  9. I can't practice this kind of nursing at my SNF

    Nola009 replied to heartsgal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I understand. I was shell-shocked or disillusioned with nursing clinicals vs. this supposed 'real life nursing' that goes on in SNF/LTC. Yeah, I believe it's worse at a lot of these huge, publicly...

  10. I can't practice this kind of nursing at my SNF

    Nola009 replied to heartsgal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, I am a new grad with a bad 1st RN job experience, so I feel your pain. I think that you can quit. It's YOUR license, and the DON and coorporate knows that. But, they don't care. So you have to...

  11. 1st job at SNF/Rehab and must buy my own BP monitor??

    Nola009 replied to heartsgal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree that it sounds weird that nurses need to bring that equiptment to work. Some places don't even allow the use of outside machines bc they might not give accurate readings. One of my former...

  12. I can't practice this kind of nursing at my SNF

    Nola009 replied to heartsgal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, I am a new grad with a bad 1st RN job experience, so I feel your pain. I think that you can quit. It's YOUR license, and the DON and coorporate knows that. But, they don't care. So you have to...

  13. Are Speeding Tickets Reported to The Board of Nursing

    Nola009 posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I am a little worried. I have just gotten two speeding tickets this month. Haven't had much of a problem with this kind of thing before... guess I'm just having a bad few weeks. Does anybody know if...

  14. Are Speeding Tickets Reported to The Board of Nursing

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I don't feel like I should be treated like a criminal for having a 10mph over the limit

  15. Is it worth getting your BSN right out of ADN school?

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Working full-time, caring for 4 kids, and going to school too?! That sounds admirable, but something/someone must be missing your

  16. Depressed

    Nola009 replied to philliesfinest's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hear it's normal for the 1st yr. Aside from the fact that I'm a new nurse too, I struggle with major depression and anxiety. Unfortunately, I ended up quitting my 1st RN job (also LTC) for numerous...

  17. Nursing student looking for advice from RN's

    Nola009 replied to babyDocLHD7's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You don't quit. Part of the overall picture in who makes it vs. who doesn't in this field is stamina and picking yourself up when you fall down. Learn to accept that you will not be "perfect" 100% of...

  18. As a new grad RN, would you take an Assisted Living position

    Nola009 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have applied for many, many positions and haven't heard back from any hospital which was where I really wanted to work. I would be willing to work at any hospital, any unit, on any shift. I do have...

  19. Is it worth getting your BSN right out of ADN school?

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Okay, I'll 'google' it.

  20. Is it worth getting your BSN right out of ADN school?

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Wow, is this for real? I was told by a brick-and-mortar university (of course) that the CCNE accreditation couldn't be possible with out 'clinicals' of some kind. But like I said, they said they...

  21. Is it worth getting your BSN right out of ADN school?

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    @ BSNINTHEWORKS: Sounds pretty awesome. And that's good to hear about your program! Does it have any 'community service' hours? The ones I've checked out have and the 'clinicals' are just hrs. of...

  22. New Nurse Burn-out??

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That's a good analogy... Here's to good work outs and getting in shape

  23. "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    Nola009 replied to taydian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some seasoned nurses and even fairly green ones with less than 5 yrs. experience are... it just depends on how much of a natural ***** At my 1st job I didn't get much orientation and I was just kind...

  24. LPN Salary Question

    Nola009 replied to busybri09's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am a new grad RN in Ohio and just got offered a job that pays $17/ hr. in an assisted living facility. Got another offer for $19/ hr. at a skilled LTC. Of course, these are low-ball offers bc out...

  25. Is it worth getting your BSN right out of ADN school?

    Nola009 replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Asst. Admin: Yeah, I kinda figured that. Oh, there WERE signs.... the 'nursing admissions officer' at my school told me (and others) "yeah, nursing is a good major if you wanna put 80-90 hrs/wk. of...