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So I'm in a program currently for FNP. The program that I am in is spaced out so it will take me another 3 years to graduate... Which I don't mind because I'm in no hurry right now. So with the program I'm currently in, I've only completed one course...

I started a new job a bit ago and obviously I'm the new kid on the block. But even though I'm new to this unit and specialty... I actually have the longest experience as a nurse on my shift. There is one nurse in particular who has been a nurse for...

Since I only work 3-4 nights a week, I workout on my days off. I have over an hour commute to work so I don't want to lose any of my sleep time. Which adequate sleep is also important for your health. I workout on my days off and then I only pack a...

I just finished my first class for NP yesterday. I was excited until I started this class... It was a lot of just writing papers and the professor seemed a little unorganized in regards to following the syllabus. I'm hoping the next class will be bet...

I'm from around the same area and honestly I would accept any offer given to me. I graduated two years ago and it was hard to find anything, let alone get an offer. I took the first job that was offered to me and now two years later I am switching ...

I've worked in two hospital settings that were color coded - one was navy or royal blue and the other was grey or black. The thing that stinks with those scrubs is that they have the hospital logo on the tops so I can't really wear them else where. I...

Hi all, I will be starting a new job within the next two months after almost two years of subacute experience. The floor is part tele, stepdown, and ICU. I was told I would be starting in the stepdown and move my way into the ICU as I become comfort...

It's working now, thank you so much!!

CodeRed5 I appreciate it! But your link doesn't work.

Ours is similar to above but we also have bowel programs for our spinal cord patients who get a bowel program in the morning or afternoon based on what's convenient to them. The program is then based on their injury and how it relates to sphincter co...

Are you glad that you got that all out? I don't think that has anything to do with being an "LTC" nurse... I feel those are basic report questions. Besides asking about the admitting diagnosis two days later... But anyways why are you so upset that a...

This. You need to sell the experience you do have from rehab. I hardly doubt you haven't learned anything. I was in the same position as you (almost 2yrs in rehab) and I liked rehab but just recently received a job in an ICU. One of the things interv...

I made about an extra 10k from night shift differential and a little bit of overtime. (About 1-2 extra shifts a month)

Have you heard anything more? I've been waiting 5 days after a pretty promising interview but the wait is making me insane as well! Good luck!

Hi all! I would like some advice on possibilities I could pursue in my current situation. I am currently enrolled in an FNP program that starts in a few months. I'm starting to have second thoughts about the program. I initially applied because my w...

So I had an interview at a hospital that I've wanted to work for ever since I became interested in nursing. This hospital is extremely competitive to even land an interview but after working 1.5 yrs in subacute I somehow did it! Yay!! But here's wher...

Around my area in Pennsylvania a lot of employers, especially hospital systems offer this. I thought it was the norm. So the company I work for gives me a certain amount of tuition reimbursement yearly and then they also give me 25% off for going to ...

I would go to the interview but make it clear to them that you are in school and you may need schedule changes. Do you have clinicals with your program? Those tend to be during the week so you may have to get days off during the week once clinicals c...

It's sad that schools are so expensive and inflated in costs... I spent 60k on my BSN and I honestly regret spending that much. I went to a state college and it was actually one of the cheaper options for state schools. Out of the schools I applied t...

1. Time management will come with time. In the beginning you need to focus on safety and obtaining new skills or practicing skills you learned in school. For a new nurse time management usually is the skill that takes the longest to learn. Best advic...

Depends on the kind of work. I would just go in with the mindset that there will be heavy lifting. There are nurses that refuse to do "CNA work" but I've always been the type to help them whenever I can. There are also situations where you're not alw...

I know about 3 yrs ago the school was about to go into to probation for the nursing program because of continuous low pass rates. The people I know who went there passed their boards on the first try and landed jobs recently.

I think it's good to have both. There are times when the battery operated hoyers aren't charged. Also for pts going home where there will be a hoyer, the manual is a good teaching tool since most insurances only provide the family with a manual hoyer...

I agree with meanmaryjean. I wouldn't even have considered going back to school if it weren't for my employer paying about 90% of it. I would work as an RN with overtime if possible until the debt is more manageable.

My car is a 2015 and I bought it in April... No oil issues thus far!