April, RN

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  1. When student nurses come for clinical.....QUESTION....

    April, RN replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Of course things do happen that cause you to be late. No one said it didn't. But you call the floor to let them know and don't just show up 40 minutes late. My point was that your posts sound like...

  2. Nurses working harder than doctors?

    April, RN replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you believe it takes doctors 20 years to learn to respect nurses? Where I work, we are on a first name basis with most residents and attendings regardless of how many years experience they...

  3. Nurses working harder than doctors?

    April, RN replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you think the majority of doctors look down on nurses? You don't have any experience working with doctors since you are still a student, so I'm just curious as to how you came to this...

  4. When student nurses come for clinical.....QUESTION....

    April, RN replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Lovehospital, I'm glad I didn't go to your school, and I hope my family or myself don't end up being a patient of yours or your fellow classmates if your school allows the kind of behavior that you...

  5. Jobs W least amount of needles and blood.

    April, RN replied to cute-1's topic in General Nursing

    As others have mentioned, you have to have experience to get those kinds of jobs. Legal Nurse Consultants and the Telephone Advice nurses are relied upon for their expertise, which comes from years...

  6. I don't know which situation to be more concerned about...

    April, RN replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    LilyBlue, Your concerns are so valid. It's scary. It's sickening how many employers, not just hospitals, are taking advantage of their employees and using the economy as an

  7. Jobs W least amount of needles and blood.

    April, RN replied to cute-1's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to mention what the PP said about maybe going a different career path in healthcare. But, if your sister does continue with nursing school, she might get used to needles and blood and...

  8. New Grad Boston Rn's Making $55/hr??!!

    April, RN replied to lisa41rn's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Definitely keep applying! Be especially proactive and persistent right now since hospitals will be hiring for May new graduate programs. It's very competitive since hospitals still don't have as...

  9. What would you do in my situation? just looking for opinions.

    April, RN replied to Nina2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have done just as you did as well! Situations like this are going to make people think twice about going to the ER in a true emergency. Would they refuse to pay for the care of someone who...

  10. When student nurses come for clinical.....QUESTION....

    April, RN replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    I also had some clinicals in school where it was more like shadowing the nurse instead of doing skills with my instructor. BUT my instructors asked the nurse first if they were OK with having a...

  11. We really need to do a better job educating the public on our role.

    April, RN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had patients in rooms near the nurses station complain to me that the night nurses sat at the computers all night and didn't take care of them. These are usually the same patient's who complain...

  12. When student nurses come for clinical.....QUESTION....

    April, RN replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely strange. How would the student's school know if the student was safe and competent in clinical if no faculty observes? Does your nurse manager know this is going on? It sounds like it...

  13. Thinking outside the box.

    April, RN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you started this thread because I've been having the same thoughts. I don't work in M/S, but I'm getting tired of bedside nursing for the same reasons you are. I've been thinking about Same...

  14. What tricks do you use to make your day more bearable?

    April, RN replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Lately, I've been reminding myself that I'm lucky to have a job to complain

  15. Return to work after lateral meniscus repair

    April, RN replied to TemperStripe's topic in General Nursing

    I had a lateral miniscus repair in high school. I was non-weight bearing on that leg with crutches for 5

  16. Totally Freaked Out

    April, RN replied to bebahloo's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    It's only the big hospitals in Boston that will only hire BSNs as new grads. Plenty of other hospitals hire ADNs. Don't freak out. The job outlook could be completely different in a few years when...

  17. vent--angry patients--your input

    April, RN replied to RN4911's topic in Emergency

    I don't necessarily think what you said was wrong. The patient was being rude and you said something to let him know

  18. vent--angry patients--your input

    April, RN replied to RN4911's topic in Emergency

    What is

  19. Resident sexual rights

    April, RN replied to moblondielpn's topic in General Nursing

    So

  20. MRSA- precautions with history of

    April, RN replied to lleamon's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our patients have to be clear of MRSA for a year as evidenced by three negative nasal

  21. What is out there in admin/mgmt if you don't like blood/gore/death?

    April, RN replied to TCM1's topic in General Nursing

    What about the nursing profession do you like? As others have said, there are very few nursing jobs out there that don't require "dirty work", especially without any previous hospital experience....

  22. New Grad Boston Rn's Making $55/hr??!!

    April, RN replied to lisa41rn's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    telling people to suck it up doesn't change the current job market for

  23. need help on deciding my major

    April, RN replied to tnasmj09's topic in General Nursing

    For a bachelor's degree, it will be 4 years of full time school but some people need to take an extra year or so to finish because it is a lot of work. You don't specialize in school. Once you...

  24. New Grad Boston Rn's Making $55/hr??!!

    April, RN replied to lisa41rn's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I know you didn't mean to be offensive, but a lot of these new grads who have been applying for months on end with no luck will most likely be offended by your statement. What's stopping people from...

  25. need help on deciding my major

    April, RN replied to tnasmj09's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is a lot of work and is very time consuming. If an RN is what you want to be, then the hard work is worth it. Nursing school requires a year or two of prerequisite classes like...