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  1. So Sick of Pushy Patients and Verbal Abuse

    applesRN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For the most part, I am described by others as being extremely patient and kind. But my fuse is wearing thin! with the increasing number of entitled, demanding patients, as well as verbally and...

  2. Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing-FNP Program

    applesRN replied to ms_sheesh's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just an update, I was accepted into Frontier! :) Frontier Bound in the

  3. (Long note)Recruiter said I was threatening!

    applesRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Here's my current situation: 1.around 10 years nursing experience, almost all in Med-surg. 2. Med Surg is killing me. 3. 8 years ago I started at my current hospital. I was offered a position on...

  4. Sad story for all nurses

    applesRN replied to Kevinwrightjr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I do believe that a nurse who has made a mistake, and realizes the seriousness of it and regrets it, will be much more diligent and careful in the future than another nurse who consistently makes...

  5. Nursery and NICU

    applesRN replied to jagalu100305's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Please tell me there are NICU nurses that are team players, as I am trying to get into this

  6. Med-Surg to NICU or Intermediate Nursery

    applesRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi everyone, I have been a mostly med-surg float nurse for 11 years, I recently finished my BSN, and have had a lot of life changes in the last year. I never thought I would have difficult finding a...

  7. Med-surg to NICU, MB or L+D

    applesRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I posted this on another discussion board but would appreciate the input of this board's expertise. I have been a med-surg float pool RN for 5 years. I have about a year of full time telemetry...

  8. Med-surg to NICU, MB or L+D

    applesRN replied to applesRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here I am, again. Looking back, I wish that I would have gone for that night shift in NICU, but at that time I guess I really wasn't ready for it (physically). There has not been an opening since, and...

  9. Float Pool/Resource Team Incentives?

    applesRN replied to tfrisinger's topic in General Nursing

    I was making $17 an hour 7 years ago on a regular unit, and left there to go into pool. We now have about 80 pool nurses (about 12 techs in that). we have 3 divisions- acute care(any stepdown, non-CC...

  10. So Sick of Pushy Patients and Verbal Abuse

    applesRN replied to applesRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you to everyone who weighed in on my post. I still don't know what the answer is. I recently went to Jamaica on a medical missions trip. People walked miles to come see us for medical and...

  11. Patient complaint filed

    applesRN replied to ladytopaz56's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry that you had to work for such an unsupportive hospital. Leave them in the dust and find a place that respects you. I just posted a thread on the difficulties of verbally/physically...

  12. Wanting to totally bail out on nursing

    applesRN replied to Bruin's Mom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I burned out at about 2 years into nursing, maybe less. I took a year or two off and did nothing but occasional prn work (living with family). I finally decided to give nursing one more try and went...

  13. lovenox injection sites???

    applesRN replied to OBJandro's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient demand it be given in the arm. He made the case that all the other nurses during his stay honored his request. I looked up the drug info online, and then called pharmacy. It is...

  14. Cosmetic procedures office RN

    applesRN replied to NiC4's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would fly to Cali once a week to make $145 an

  15. What "weight" did your graduate school carry in the job...

    applesRN replied to smkiya's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Great post! I was about to post almost exactly the same question. :lol2:I, too, am debating between Frontier (the name is changing soon to Frontier Nursing University) and a big name- specifically...

  16. Med-surg float - change jobs to get out of med-surg

    applesRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a med-surg float pool RN for 5 years. I have about a year of full time telemetry experince, too much med-surg experience, and about 4 months of peds( was short term assignment for RSV...

  17. Med-surg float - change jobs to get out of med-surg

    applesRN replied to applesRN's topic in General Nursing

    2 years later= My new manager is the best I could have ever asked for and didn't know it. But I'm going into grad school now, my daughter has moved out, and the stress of the float is the same (on top...

  18. Working throughout a NP program?

    applesRN replied to jamesy7's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am also considering full time NP school (not in -yet!) and working FT. My problem is the stress of my job. I have a very stressful PT job- but with great flexibility in schedule and pay. Someone...

  19. Share your grad school application experiences... Please!

    applesRN replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    Smkiya, That's exactly what I was going to do. Actually, I thought I would be dual-enrolled and take undergrad and grad courses at the same time until I finished my RN to BSN in May 11, but financial...

  20. Share your grad school application experiences... Please!

    applesRN replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    I know Frontier doesn't have a GRE requirement. Just one more reason that it is near the top of my list :) - it is in competition with Radford, JMU, and Duke. Duke was at the very top of my list...

  21. Has anybody heard of Liberty University's nursing program?

    applesRN replied to Beth_audrey's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Actually, grannynurse, the scientific theory is accurately used at Liberty as it is at any other school. God doesn't have a theory, He had a plan. :heartbeat I love LU's RN to BSN program, I will...

  22. Duke MSN program

    applesRN replied to pandapixie's topic in Post Graduate Students

    HI, I'm considering Duke's online MSN FNP program. I have a 3.4 cumulative and my most recent online RN To BSN with a minor in psych has a 3.8 GPA. I'm trying to decide between Duke and Frontier. I...

  23. Need help planning education to become NP

    applesRN replied to momsgarden's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Look into an accelerated MSN program, since she already has a bachelor's degree in another field. There are several in Virginia, including UVA. After her MSn degree, and a few years experience, she...

  24. Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing-FNP Program

    applesRN replied to ms_sheesh's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi Everyone! I am finishing up my RN to BSN with a minor in Psych, and I have been approved for dual enrollment, so I will have 9 grad level credit hours to transfer. How difficult is it to transfer...

  25. Med-surg to NICU, MB or L+D

    applesRN replied to applesRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Loveanurse and Scrubcap, thank you :dancgrp:That just looked like a fun emoticon to throw in there. ScrubCap, your advice is helpful. I thought a while about this, and if I did take night shift it...