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Thanksgiving is not just for expressing thanks for what you have. It is also a time to be grateful for what you are going to have. So have a Happy Thanksgiving Day!
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I have been a nurse for 22 years and have worked in a variety of hospitals. Now, I manage a dialysis center. I can honestly say that I have never worked anywhere where we had perfect staffing! With new grads searching for jobs you would think that organizations would take them under their wings and provide training and experience. Its' just mind-boggling how we just sit by and not support new grads.
In keeping with the spirit of the holiday season, here are a few little-known advantages of being a nurse that we seldom take the time to appreciate. (Then again, maybe there's a good reason for that.) Let's give thanks for a career choice that demands a lot from us......but offers us much, much more.
First Year After Nursing Licensure
I graduated from an ADN program in a rural community and since then moved to Phoenix, Arizona. The market here seems to be quite saturated but I am interested in volunteering my nursing skills until I find employment. I am actively pursuing my BSN but still have approximately two semesters to go. Does anyone know of any outlets in which I can volunteer? Perhaps some volunteer work will enable me to network a bit while allowing me to stay fresh on my skills. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
I've been reading these forums for some time now to answer some of the questions I had, and I just wanted to write my experiences I had today as it was my first official interview with a hospital for an OR position, and maybe it will ease some stress for some people that have the same feeling as I did.
Clinical News
Medical error reporting in an academic pediatric ambulatory practice can be improved by a voluntary, nonpunitive, error-reporting system, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in Pediatrics.
Pre-Nurse Practitioner Inquiry
I have my BSN and I'm eagerly looking to get back in to school to work on my NP degree. I know this question has probably been asked a million times so far, but I have a unique kind of issue.
I live in Florida right now and I want to move out of state for several reasons. However, I have a family member that works at South University, which is a private, for-profit school. I could go there for a greatly reduced price. A part of me says, "Hey, tuition discount? Of course!" But the academic part of me thinks it would be far better to go to a well-known school.
Should I take the cheap move and go with South? Or would it be wiser to stick to an already established program, even if it means more money?
I'm 22 and graduated from college this past Spring. I was pre-med all throughout college, although a little part of me had always worried about whether medicine was really a good fit for me because of my desire to have a big family and spend a decent amount of time at home raising kids.
My concerns about medical school are I want to have several children when I'm older, and be able to work part time for awhile at least while my kids are young. I'm worried that after I'm done residency around age 30 or so, I'll have so much debt from school that working part time and starting a family won't be very realistic. I think NP would be more flexible in regards to this, and schooling is not as long so I would be able to have kids earlier, but I know if I choose this path some little part of me will always wonder if I would have been more satisfied being a physician.
For any NPs willing to respond, do you find your career just as exciting and rewarding as those of your physician co-workers? Do you ever regret not going the med school route?
Nursing Student
I am graduating in 3 weeks and just found out a few hospitals (magnet + tgh) will NOT be hiring AS degree RN's starting in Jan 2012. They have a new policy in place that requires all RN's to have a BS by 2018. That part is okay b/c I plan to get a BS degree by then. The part that has me freaking out is the fact they won't be hiring AS as of Jan. 2011. This makes me think the surrounding hospitals will follow suite very soon. I still plan to apply everywhere I can but just want to give people a heads up who have AS degrees and still looking for jobs and/or in school.
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