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  1. Retirement benefits, lack of

    I have not yet entered into the foray of nursing all the way, and was wondering why I hear complaints about retirement benefits. Are nurses just not using 401ks and IRAs? Or is it because of job hopping so much you dont open a 401k? (I mention this j...
  2. Do I really need to be a CNA first?

    I'm located in North Carolina. I do very well in college, I have a master's degree in an unrelated field with good grades. I really *really* want to be a psych RN.. or geropsych. Or even informatics, because I used to do computers. The community coll...
  3. Elitism in nursing

    Nurses are pretty elitist. I don't even know why this website is here because whenever I see someone asking for advice or help, out comes the elitism. Instead of helping people you just want people to know that they can't get in. I guess that's a su...
  4. RN or BSN Program in NC

    Let me thank you guys ahead of time for reading my post. I am currently in a CNA program because all RN programs around where I live (central NC near Fayetteville) require it. I am a career changer in my early 30s. The nearby community college's RN (...
  5. RN or BSN Program in NC

    I sat down with the nursing counselor for over an hour planning out my semester by semester schedule and I assure you, the program at Central Carolina FOR ME is THREE YEARS. The reason they told me was that my math and sciences (bio, chem, AP) were o...
  6. When a pt "gets" to you

    ^THIS
  7. New nurse working 50/50, not going well

    I take 1mg melatonin. You shouldn't need more than that. Even with that low dose, its hard to get going when I wake up. .5mg even better.
  8. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    I could, because that's what a serious drug addict becomes, to the detriment of everyone around them and themselves, because obtaining the drug becomes the top priority.