Sue Demonas BSN, MSN, PhD, RN

The multi state license is predicated upon the fact that you have a permanent address in a compact state, which is considered your "home" state, for licensing, fees, and discipline, if needed. What is not clear until you read the fine print is that i...

AACN's revised Essentials (April 2021) document reflects competencies that will allow us to "bridge the gap between education and practice" (AACN, p.1). Furthermore, Stakeholders expect all nursing graduates to exit their education programs with defi...

Clearly you did not read the 75 page document file that was attached to my post. Competencies are pretty specific to content. However, schools can teach/present/cover this content how they wish, as long as students achieve the competency outcome. IMH...

Accrediting bodies have guidelines, more recently known as "competencies" for nursing education. Nursing schools have to show that their students have attained these competencies by the time they graduate. So, yes, accrediting bodies kinda do "dictat...

I think this thread might benefit from some consideration of why any hospital offers a contract like the one that is the topic of this thread. The answer is the hospital needs staff, and the contract offers some incentive to get new grads and possibl...

What school is UA? Arizona? Alabama?

Older editions of a textbook can make it difficult to follow the class reading assignments and have accurate information to use when studying for your exams. Make every effort to get the required edition of the book. Page numbers will be differe...

When someone asks a nosy question that I don't wish to answer, I have two standard responses: 1. "Why do you ask?" -or- 2. "Why do you want to know?" It puts the "asker" immediately on the defensive and usually shuts them down. Once someone hears tha...

Are you named in the lawsuit as a defendant, or are you simply a witness that they are asking for information from? No biggie if you are just being asked for info, but if you are a defendant, get an attorney. I'm puzzled why the school is not interes...

Can you clarify something here.. did the patient say the line about being "insubordinate"? What did the CN do and how did she respond? I can't tell from what you wrote if the CN did or said something that she should not have. Thanks for the clarifica...

Had a colleague in the past bring two children to work on night shift pretty regularly. The #$%^& hit the fan when one of the kids came down with chicken pox about a day or so after being on the unit overnight. (The unit had some heme/onc patient...

Just be aware that the hospital will expect you to work during inclement weather, so you may need to drive in a day earlier or just several hours earlier to cover your scheduled shift. Watch the weather reports carefully, they usually predict pretty ...

Hmmm, computer adaptive testing only begin in 93 or 94-ish. (Can't remember exact year, but around then.) Anyone taking NCLEX before that time, took it on paper, over two days. And there were way more than 75 questions.

There are some things that a supervisor/owner cannot distance themselves from, by nature of the position, legally. Tell him to review the legal ramifications of respondeat superior. And honestly, lawyers know that the pockets of nurses are small, bu...

What are the course requirements for this project?

The best response to a rude, nosy inquiry is "Why do you ask?" Works like a charm.

Thanks for the clarification, I understand now. It will truly depend on the needs of the institution where you apply. Some make no distinction, opining that a doctorate is a doctorate, while others limit the #s in either category. The bottom line is ...

Not always. The intent of a PhD is to prepare a researcher and DNP was intended for advanced practice from AACN, although there has been some morphing of that in some programs. I'll agree to disagree with you on this one.

Look at the curriculum. See if the program, PhD and DNP, are offering any education electives which would prepare you for an academic role. If not, search out some nursing education electives. The PhD prepares a researcher and DNP prepares for advanc...

In my coastal Georgia hospital, there was a list prepared well in advance of hurricane season, listing the following: Team A: Group who would come to hospital and work for 24-48 hours, so Team B could make family and home preparations. Team A was fre...

Being per diem often means that the person works part time and has another job that they are responsible for. If you can help, do it, I think the hospital is looking for extra hands. But, I would not feel obligated unless I was on the original list. ...

What are the requirements for the research nurse position? Usually, that is not a position that is recruiting for a new graduate nurse with no patient care experience, and most research focused nurse positions want MSN or doctorally prepared nurses, ...

Ask questions of the accelerated program before making a decision. Most do not encourage you to work during the program, and you mentioned the need to work.

The name on your license should be the name that you use on employment records and signing as your name with "RN" after it.

Do a needs assessment to see what your staff want to know more about. Maybe they would consider doing all or part of a presentation.