Hpy_Vly_RNBSN

Also its not a switch. You MD license will remain active for as long as its good for. You are just getting an endorsement to practice in DC. You will have a dual license.

As soon as you get your MD license, apply for a DC license. It took me over a month to get a temporary license in DC from my VA license. There is a long process you have to do in order to apply,(passport photos, finger printing, License verification ...

This is a very hard one for me. And after working in inner city DC with the majority of my patients drug abusers, I will admit I was very frustrated. I felt like I was more of a drug dealer than a nurse. When patients refuse insulin for a BG of 300 b...

Vanderbilt has a great Trauma ICU program and I very much enjoy the facility. There are several hospitals in the area but many of them divert ICU/Trauma pts to Vandy. To get a good range of hospitals, salaries and benefits, I suggest applying at St T...

Read your contract very well. I signed a 2 year contract with a hospital and was able to leave said contract. Within the contract it stated that repayment of broken contract was under CNO discretion. I had to leave due to my disabled vet husband nee...

Seriously....If the money was good I might have gone into it for the money. I am not making it big time at all and with all my student loans that I pay for actually becoming a nurse, I just get by. I went into nursing because it was something that in...

I am currently 26 weeks pregnant and working as an RN on a Cardiac step-down unit. All in all I have not declined to do very many things throughout my pregnancy. Stinky jobs or not, I still have done them. I do find it hard to do all the bending, pul...

I regularly work different shifts Mostly nights but some days My body honestly never knows when to sleep and when to be awake I normally sleep the whole night before a night shift get up on time and do what needs to be done Then I will sleep from 2-4...

General Medicine unit Washington DC Ratio is generally 1:5 on days and 1:6 on nights Usually we have 3 techs split between 40 patients Charge nurse handles staffing and patient placement and often take patients We are understaffed most times It's ...

I work on a busy med surg floor that is understaffed. I've had days when techs tell me no and I have one patient crawling out of bed and another that needs the restroom and another needing pain medication. Sitting in the room with my computer to char...

90% of your real training will happen during your first job. You learn basic skills and how to think critically in nursing school. LTC and Hospital nursing are very different but you will qualify for either when you pass your Nclex

Wow just wow! I work in a facility that basically gives out PCAs for everything just to cover their butts with the HCAP (I know that abbreviation is missing a letter or 2 but oh well) scores. We also have a separate service for Palliative care patien...

You can transfer Gen Eds I think but it's part of the program that the Nursing credits do not transfer

It is non stop for 2 years... The school is a for profit school so it's expensive and hard to deal with at times I had to take max financial aid and that still didn't cover it They do have an in such loan called the Chamberlain loan they didn't offer...

As a Graduate of Chamberlain, let me say just because they accept you even though you failed out of a different program doesn't mean it will be easier Chamberlain is an accelerated program which means if you don't learn fast you'll get left behind O...

Even if you don't want ED after you graduate it would be a foot in the door at a facility If you want to work in a hospital after you graduate I would take the ER job

I've only just begun my first year as a nurse and already I dread going to work. I daydream of jobs I can take that are not bedside jobs. I know that personally I took one of the hardest jobs at one of the roughest hospitals in my area but I didn't t...

Where I work in an inner city hospital we have patients who were admitted for things like altered mental status or chest pain observation well they have now been Inpatient without insurance for 3 months They are perfectly fine to go but they have no ...

Seriously... She denied you the exam. I would take it above her to the Dean or some other higher up. Crap happens and one thing you need as a nurse is understanding If it was your first time missing a test or over sleeping I don't see why they would ...

I worked during the Gen eds and then very part time throughout the program There were people who worked full time throughout the program but they generally were the ones who were held back at least one class or had poor test scores I think the other ...

I had to call security last week to take a bag full of food from my diabetic patients room His blood sugar was Critical (not even a number) and he pulls a liter of sweet tea and asks for a cup of ice. I was like are you serious? That's when I realize...

My boyfriend is Active Duty Air Force and friends with the Air Force Nurse recruiter here on the east coast. What he told me was he Normally has about 20 some spots for Nurses a quarter to hire This year he was given 5 for the year... Air Force is cu...

All legit nursing programs should have prereqs even accelerated programs make you take them while in the program Nursing school is hard There is no easy way about it

Our color mandated scrubs are 2 different colors White tops and Royal blue pants We have male nurses who have to wear it and it looks fine I'm not a huge fan though

I am a Chamberlain Grad I never had a M-F schedule there are class days and clinical days Class can be Tues Thursday and Clinical a day other than Tues Thursday but you will have other gen eds and classes to take either online or in class And No most...