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No one wants to encourage the OP to go through with it? Wouldn't that be entertaining if the OP actually went through with it and passed? On a more serious note... if you actually decide to go through with it, I suggest you get your hands on some exa...

This place is unionized. The nurses should aggressively pursue compensation for the breach of the contract. The actual practices of the boot camp border on abusing your own employees and I am sure there is something within the bargaining agreement wh...

OP, it sounds like everyone is having a good time except for you.

Then you should weigh out whether or not 5 months is worth 10K. With these numbers, I'd be leaning towards shelling out the money and finishing earlier. But everyone is different. I don't know what else you are doing outside of this.

Are the savings worth 5 months of employment & experience?

Everyone has to take that course regardless of whether or not you go into that area. And I am sure that area is represented to some degree on the NCLEX. It is in your best interest to study everything evenly until after you've passed the NCLEX. Then...

"I am psychologically traumatized from a past experience and require a nurse that is female, under 30 years old, white, thin, has a flat stomach, prominent collarbones, inner thigh gap and has an aesthetically pleasing face."

This is pretty standard. You aren't transferring any patients to the LVN/LPN that the LVN/LPN can't handle. I don't know how many of us simply don't like that these care facilities cut funding by putting a LVN/LPN in places of RNs, or if there is gen...

Nursing school was ruth

I am always correct.

You might qualify for a standardized raise of 1-2% per annum, but don't expect raises for performance. Remember, you are an expense to this hospital. If you ask for (or expect) an obscene raise, it would be easier to replace you.

Something called "reality." It comes in really high doses when I am the one administering it.

Nowhere in the original post is there any reference to why it is only men who should avoid nursing. Title seems misleading.

Exactly. We all get our 1-2% raise per year to keep up with inflation. Doesn't matter how much (or how little) effort you put into your job as long as you meet the minimum expectations.

That place must have been desperate and the PA must have known. 600 x 8 = 4,800 600 x 12 = 7,200 Hint: PA's are probably a lot more scarce than nurses.

What if you have to poop?

I just re-read this. I was only able to skim earlier since I was on the road. I originally thought it was about watching the kid while the kid was using the washroom, not the other way around. The parents are clearly fishing for something here at the...

Would the patient happen to be a teenage girl with an eating disorder? You've got to watch those anarexics and bulemics. Turn your back even for a second and they are up to no good.

Easy job, good pay.

Find a new job. If it happens enough as it is, is there any sign of improvement? Here, I would at least tell management that I plan to quit if such a blasphemy occurs again. My notice would become effective at the time of occurrence. As a way to pro...

Good on the judge for setting a fit sentence. When he is released this September, he will be deterred from committing any more crime and will become a law abiding citizen because the judge made the appropriate sentence. Part of me thinks the sentence...

This is easy. Take it and enjoy the money. Screw the hospital. Not everyone jumps into a management position right away. Typically that requires some bedside experience. At the very least, try it out. You might have won the job lottery.

How tall are you and how much do you weigh? I know I can support some nurses, but some would topple over on me.

The only traffic infraction that counts for anything related to employment (unless you drive for a living) is a DUI. Don't get one of those. The rest of them (whether or not you pay them) don't really count for anything.

Call in sick on those days. I doubt they'll fire you. You can keep your job and take those days off. Even if you do get fired, you are in no worse of a position than you would have been otherwise.