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If you can't hack 12 hour shifts and that's all that hospitals have...I don't really see the mystery? I bet you could get a job as a staff nurse in LTC any day, and those are usually 8 hours so it's less on your feet on a daily basis...but expecting ...

El Centro is still seen positively by most employers in the community. However a lot more hospitals are wanting BSN now so even the ones who hire ADNs are making you sign a promise to get it. BUMC only hired internal candidates with an ADN. And UTSW ...

The school offers clinicals at some area hospitals but due to issues with faculty rudeness they have lost a few sites. Bridgers only get to choose peds OR OB, iff you choose peds clinical, it likely won't be at a hospital, you will go to a doctor's o...

I graduated from the bridge program (with honors, before anyone calls any of this sour grapes.) It's extreeeeemely disorganized. Get ready to annoy your employer with constant last minute schedule changes, things taking hours longer than they are su...

Post traumatic stress so bad she can't return to work? Really? I should claim post traumatic stress from working for a Catholic employer that wouldn't cover contraceptives even though MY religious belief is that everyone's healthcare decisions are th...

I wonder this as well because I know two nurses who were affected by this. Both were ADN prepared nurses who had many years of experience, returned to school when their hospitals mandated it, one obtained a MSN in leadership, the other in education....

@shauntil, I was wondering if you ended up deciding on PA school or going ahead and going for the RN? Allnurses' post functions aren't working right on my phone so I can't stalk your recent posts lol but I'm just curious

Email the webmaster from the board of nursing if it's taking a long time. If you call they will leave you on hold for a million years.

Just want to hear input about where I should target my job search after I graduate I've done some research but I also heard in clinicals that some of the hospitals that say on their websites that only hire BSN outright, actually will hire you with a...

I've applied for Parkland numerous times and never heard anything back, but I didn't know about some of those other systems having clinics! Will do, thank you.

I am an LVN already; I applied at several hospitals for tech and monitor clerk types of positions trying to get my foot in the door but they won't hire me to work below my licensure and the ones that do hire LVNs won't hire me as an LVN because I don...

millennial3, are you a nurse now? where did you end up going to school?

I was confused by the abbreviations when I was a new grad--my program didn't teach us any because "you're not supposed to abbreviate!" Then I got in the real world of SNF where everything is abbreviated. One way I got myself up to speed was reading a...

Dang, I make $24 as an LVN. I kinda thought it would be a bigger pay grade jump!

A facility I worked at previously decided we couldn't use our own equipment. They bought 2 Dynamaps to be used for 120 residents. :facepalm:And the medaides commandeered them for 95% of the shift so it was just ridiculous for them to be threatening n...

Email the testing center at elcentro and tell them you need to take the HESI but can't get a date and they will let you know how to register for an alternate location

This waiting game is terrible! I can't believe it's going to be October before we even begin to find out

Not everyone works doing that type of patient care, though. I don't think working on a critical floor of a hospital would be appropriate to have a therapy dog - but a NP in clinic would probably be all right, or a school nurse maybe. Anyway, we have ...

When I was a newer nurse I did have issues with CNAs reporting things about my residents to other nurses "behind my back." One in particular refused to learn my name, she would call me any name in the book from down the hallway and if I did not respo...

Hi, I was thinking about applying. Do you know how many points on average people needed to get accepted?

I took my HESI at a 3rd party company, I did have to pay more but it was pretty last minute so I am okay with that. Scored a 92% overall which is great but I don't think I'm going to get in this time around because even with that I only have 25 point...

I'm getting everything in last minute but hopefully will be done on time....I have 20 points but I take the HESI on Saturday, so I guess it depends on how well I do on that. Does anybody know the cutoff for the bridge program?

I'm in the same boat with you all. I find it so frustrating and disheartening that every school seems to have so many different requirements and make you jump through so many hoops. I'm already a nurse, I feel like I've proved that I am at least comp...

I live 5 minutes away from Baylor in Old East Dallas. I like it but it IS kinda sketchy at times... I think Lakewood, Junius Heights, M Streets, Lower Greenville, Uptown, White Rock are all places you should look - but look in person. If you want to ...

I'm looking into the program at Tarleton now, thank you. I also have applied to NCTC because although I am below the cutoff for traditional applicants, the cutoff for bridge students is lower, and I am a whole point above that cutoff. So...we'll see?...