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I'm planning to apply to tcnj's nursing program as a transfer student from a 2 yr college. I won't have my associates when i appy. Is their a waiting list for their program, if so how long? and how many transfer students get accepted? Also will i sta...

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Whether you're a soon to be minted or experienced RN, CNA, PCT, LPN, you probably have had some of these thoughts run through your mind during an interview. Let's be honest now. Share your thoughts and feel free to add to the list. try not to take th...

I'm currently enrolled in nursing school and started my 1st job as a CNA. I am enjoying nursing school (so far), but I hate being a CNA. I've worked for 4 days so far on a floor in a hospital. Let me say, it is back breaking work. I've had anywhere f...

I think patient care tech experience in the hospital will be extremely valuable while your in nursing school. I would skip being a CNA in a nursing home since you won't gain as valuable skills as you would in the hospital. Choose a hospital that will...

I am surprised you found the hospital setting boring.....I find it more labor intensive, scary, hard, stress, etc...I know hospital nursing isn't for me. However all the non-hospital jobs require experience...so i plan to do at least 2 years in the h...

1) Stay out of trouble: Making mistakes during orientation will likely result in security showing you the door. "But I'm human".....Yes you are human but society see's you as superhuman (don't ask me how, must be the movies), so you can't make any mi...

Good point Calivianya. Nurses do make mistakes which could possibly lead to death but let me ask you. Why is it they made those mistakes. 99% it's probably b/c they are overworked, tired, understaffed. The working conditions make it possible to make ...

I'm very sorry silent wolf. It looks like you fell in a trap called nursing. You were wrongfully terminated. Your boss used you as the scapegoat. Yes, you were basically backstabbed by your preceptor aka another nurse. That's how this field operates....

Run, run like the wind and never look back

Look Ekrn2014. I know what your thinking. It is not true. Let me shine some light on what goes through the mind of a prettyboyswagger. Nursing in itself is a great profession that deserves a lot of respect. What i dont like is what nursing HAS become...

You know for most people they cant quit. If they quit, how will they pay their bills? Will they get another job, it could be a month, could be a year? People like me, yes im stuck in this whole called nursing. I need the money. It's 1 of few bachelo...

Listen carefully, I hold an answer to your troubles. Here it is...."Stop caring".....Your making a very bold and smart move, a move many nurses are to afraid to make out of fear of ruining their careers. But like you said, your tired of nursing and w...

lol yes it is, but i'm sure some will find some truth in those statements.

This is a major reason why many new grads decide to leave nursing after less than a yr on the job. As human beings, we are prone to error. However in nursing, making mistakes is considered to be automatic termination. You're basically expected to run...

haha, don't get me wrong. I like some of my patients, others, let's just say, i wouldn't like to see them again lol. Nursing is a great profession, but deserves some criticism. I understand hospitals are 24/7 businesses, but employees do deserve to b...

Unfortunately you cannot practice as a RN if you're not licensed. You can consider trying again although i do not know how many times you took the test. I say, anything above 3 failed attempts requires a remediation course and 6 failed attempts is th...

I feel for you. But that's how medicine works. You are a fish swimming in the ocean. You don't want to be eaten by a shark. Your co-workers are the sharks. Consider this a rite of passage. Yes, healthcare has a lot of bullying. I bet you didn't know ...

Relax, i know what your thinking. The anxiety is creeping in. The anticipation. Are you in a 4 yr program? If so, listen carefully. The 1st 2 years is a bunch of lemon pudding. In one ear, and out the other. It's stuff that won't be of any real use. ...

EMS, all these areas you mentioned involve direct-patient care. It's all the same stress, just a different environment, you'll be taking care of people. My question to you is, do you enjoy this type of work? Here's a good assessment tool? Do you enjo...

I hold the answer to the question you are longing an answer for. Listen carefully. Here it is. The answer is, "You chose the wrong profession". Simply put. You've probably been constantly thinking about this question for months to years. You are tire...

Let me really enlighten you on what the problem is. Here is your problem. You are afraid that you are going to kill someone. Yes, nursing involves a lot of gonads, meaning you need to have a lot of bravery to make quick, life-altering decisions. You ...

Let me enlighten you. I know what your problem is. Read very closely. The answer to your problems lies in this statement. And that is, "Nursing is not what you expected it to be". You most likely go to clinical very early in the morning. Your tired, ...

That's why the turnover rate in nursing is 1/3 or 33% within the 1st 2 years post grad. About 17.5% of new nurses will leave their 1st job within the 1st year or leave the industry completely. This doesn't factor in new nurses who are fired from thei...

I would not accept an assignment in taking care of an ebola patient unless it was a close friend or relative Reasons 1) I value my well-being 2) I do not know this person 3) A job isn't worth it 4) Even if I got...