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I have worked in psych for four years now as an RN, did other fields before. But I have noticed that the nurses that are over 60 want to have preferential treatment when it comes to assignments. Do you think that is fair? Some become angry and openly...

One thing I noticed about this forum, a word will be picked out of a thread that someone does not like or agree with and the main idea of the thread is lost. The remaining comments will all be fixated on the word or thought taken out of content and t...

These responses must be from the over 60 group. You looked too deep into the word "humble". I do not think that anyone just because they are older than another person should feel that they have the right to be intimidating to someone that they are wo...

That is the assignment that they do not want to do, medications. How did you guess? Many of these nurses either transfer to the unit from medical hospitals in our system or come from other facilities because they think that psych is a walk in the par...

They do not even want to pass meds, only sit and talk and not to patients....

get med surg , psych patients have medical problems too....

To also add I don't think that there are any easy jobs in nursing regardless of specialty. I think that people are coming into nursing now from other fields because they know that they will always have a job regardless of the economy. A nurse cannot ...

I have read a lot of good posts here from psych nurses, bravo ladies. Psych is no joke, but it is fascinating. Our patients contrary to popular opinion also have medical illnesses both chronic and acute. We also get patients with isolated illnesses s...

I live on the east coast and the hospitals here still have it. I just did my taxes and got back the same amount paid for tutiton. Everyone can not afford to stop and go through the four years in one sitting. Some people have families that depend on t...

It does not matter about the school and no one is going to ask what your grade average was on a job interview. I have been a RN for six years and in the nursing field for 16 (practical nurse for ten). You can always get the job to reimburse with tuti...

I was an LPN for ten years, so I know all about the insecurities and limitations of the title. There would be less cattiness if it was a website of peers. Shall we invite the nursing assistants and mental health associates? The comment was meant to...

There really should be an allnurses.com for LPNs.

"You are coming across as an RN who look down on LPNs. I'm a LPN, and I manage RNs. When I say manage, I mean I have legitimate power to hire or terminate an individual, and if one of my RNs dismiss something that I have told them they will be discip...

Re: Is It Possible An LPN Can Make More Then An RN? I know first hand that there are LPN's making more than RN's. It boils down to experience. I have more years and service at my facility than a newer RN. I make $7,000.00 plus differential more than ...

Do you work at a hospital or nursing home?

If that is your rate you must be a new nurse with no work experience. That LPN probably has a longer work history. It may also be a per diem rate for her. You would be out of line asking about her salary, it is called confidentiality.

We are already being taxed for medicare, or did you not notice that deduction on your paycheck?:)

Nurse practitioners will probably see a expanded role for their services with healthcare reform. There is a need for them. They are the answer to the physician shortage, just like the practical nurse was to the RN shortage years and years ago. This ...

The President and Judicial system have excellant healthcare. I can remember when insurance was free for employees and a small fee for families. That has changed for most of us, now it is based on salary. I do not want to have my rates doubled again. ...

What kind of insight does a PCA background give you as a registered nurse anyway? I am very curious to know. Isn't that the same as a nursing assistant giving advice about being a registered nurse?

There will always be a peanut gallery.

I worked in subacute rehab for two years, and I have ten years of long term care nursing experience. You do not learn anything new in subacute. It is best for a new nurse to go to a medical hospital. Subacute is nothing more than an extension of the ...

When you do your rotations in clinical to different specialities you will see why you need to branch out and do other types of nursing. Nurses go to rehab nursing at the end of their careers not the begining.

South Jersey has the lowest rates in the state. Go North.