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  1. Direct Entry MSN programs

    The info you are looking for is easily available on each of the schools' admissions websites. I will give you some candid advice. Unless you are going into an NP or CRNA program, direct entry MSN...
  2. DNP for professor

    I am currently getting my master's degree in education. Here is how I would run a school: - Hire the vast majority of my faculty as DNP trained nurse practitioners, as they can teach both undergrad...
  3. Will leaving this job hurt my resume?

    You have no reason to feel anxiety about this. 1. Resign from the agency job professionally. Give a two weeks notice and move on. Nobody cares that you are quitting, we have all worked with hundreds...
  4. So nervous

    You will go through orientation and learn the skills necessary for the job. With more reps, you will master them. By the time you master them, you will probably be looking for a more challenging job...
  5. Fired from my Per-diem CNA job in hospital

    It has as much bearing as you give it. Just don't include it on your
  6. New to ER Nursing

    Regarding ER info, check out this website which outlines the ER specialty certification exam and learn the topics discussed. CEN – BCEN Best of luck with your
  7. Transitioning From Healthcare Into Wellness

    How do wellness companies make money? Are wellness companies contracted with businesses compensated based on client
  8. Is there such thing as financial aid for graduate school?

    Grad school is mostly scholarships. Johnson & Johnson has a terrific website for finding scholarships at discovernursing . com Honestly, tuition is only 50 k and will increase your earning...
  9. I want to cry - new grad

    In a year or two you will look back on this and smirk. This is all part of learning how to be a floor nurse. Just keep on
  10. Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    The premise is moronic. There is a vast difference, and I mean vast, between an NP and MD in both knowledge base and training. There seems to be this militant arm of the ANA or some other...
  11. Terminated. Pursue a Lawsuit?

    Sounds like you already have a new job. Just move
  12. AMA discharges

    Leaving AMA under my care goes one of two paths. Path One: I call the doctor and we talk with the patient to make sure its not something silly that we can't remedy. If we can't work it out you get...
  13. ICU nurse not liking my job

    I think you have options: Don't Forget! You can't control the system, just your position in it. 1. You stick it out for a year so you can put a full year of ICU experience on your resume and move on....
  14. Call Off Policy?

    First off, the system you described at work exists because people abuse the system, forcing administration to create childish point structures. Where I work you have to call out three hours prior to...
  15. Do I really need to be a CNA first?

    If you want something bad enough, you will make it
  16. Nursing pay

    Most bedside nursing jobs I've seen start at around 60 k per year. She probably wasn't working as a bedside
  17. Calling the unit with things I forgot...too much?

    I am an experienced nurse. You are sweating the small stuff. Just try to be more careful and include these things in
  18. Clinical Dress Code

    They want you guys to act and look professional so you can keep going to the site. I don't understand the beef students have with rules. Just keep your head down, do what your told, and move
  19. Nurses are truly underpaid

    If you get a grad degree and can objectively create value for a health care organization, there are tons of corporate type nursing leadership jobs. You just need the experience and education. Staff...
  20. Help? Interested in nursing but....

    It seems like psychology and biology are now pre-nursing degrees. I have worked as a psych nurse and didn't find it stressful at all, but you probably will based on your post. A couple of things to...
  21. Nurses are truly underpaid

    This is not a representation of nursing everywhere, but it is a common complaint. If you have an undesirable staff nursing job as an LPN, the only true way out is becoming am RN. Even then, most RN...
  22. I don't have time to pee!

    Just go to the bathroom when you have to
  23. Open confrontation with unit attending-advice?

    Sounds like the guy was having a bad day. Let it go, we've all been
  24. A person's salary is the price of their labor to an employer. Nobody deserves a certain amount of money. If a company could buy your labor for cheaper they would. CRNAs, like any employee, get...
  25. "Smart" students make bad nurses?

    I think your professors meant was this: "Students who are too cerebral lose touch with the fact that a bedside nurse's job is to perform tasks. You can know all the information in the book, but...