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(4 Msgs in forum)    LastPost: Mar-23 2012 3:51 PM
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    Discussions can be of anything. Popular topics seem to be Job Opportunities, 
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    Hello my name is Linda McFarland, I am a RN with 18 years as an RN and 18 years as LPN. I just moved to Valdosta in July.  I am now employed at SGMC Greenleaf.  I started out as an LPN at SGMC  in 1973. Married moved away completed my ADN in NC.  Work the last 13 years in Tucson AZ.  Had some glitches getting my lesson in georgia did any one else have problems.  Interested to know if other nurses are wondering about the pay in this area.  Glad to be here.  Looking forward to getting to know other nurses in the area. 
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    I start in 2 weeks and I'm SCARED from the stories I hear!?
    I start an AA RN program in less than 2 weeks now. 
    I did well in the pre-reqs (a B in anatomy and A's in Micro and Physio) 
    but I hear that nursing school is horrible and there is a TIMED math test 
    in Pharmacology 4 weeks in to do medicine conversion equations and 
    if you get anything less than a 90% you're out! 
    I'm lousy at math, particularly algebra. 
    I have a tutoring sessions planned to help a bit with that 
    and ease some of my fears... but I'm starting to really wonder if I can do this.

    I have a 3 year old son and am a single mom. 
    I've done alright so far and realize that I will have to put out some effort... 
    but I really would just like to know that this is truly Do-able. 
    People are making it sound like it's the most stressful thing I'll ever do.

    HELP!! Please tell me what your experience was like and what to expect. 
    I'm freaked out here!

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    Hi everyone. This is my first post here. My girlfriend has decided to go back to school to be an RN. Her background is, she has an AS degree in environmental technology. She was laid off from an engineering firm in January and has not been able to even find a waitressing job. 

    We have kinda figured out the school part. I was surprised to learn that the RN program was an associates program. I was curious. When I see ads about RN jobs paying $ 30-40 an hour, is that for any RN or are those more for RN's with bachelor's degrees? Also, I see a lot of home health ads. She is not really interested in that type of work. She wants to work in a hospital. Are jobs there?

    I guess if I had to boil it down to one question. If she gets her RN associates, what are her realistic prospects for type of job and salary? Can you do well from there? Or is a BS degree the ticket to success and $$$?

    I know, that wasn't one question. Sorry.

    Thanks everyone. Have a nice day  

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    I was sitting around tonight talking with the other nurses working tonight, and it struck me again how often nurses seem to be divorced, or getting divorced. Is this similar to most places? I've worked in 4 different places and everywhere I go it seems that nurses seem to have alot of trouble in their marriages. I'm in a relationship that seems to be heading towards marriage but it makes me nervous when I see these women that I know are amazing, faltering when it comes to making mariage work. 

    It can be nurses married only a few years to those married 15 years? Is it the stress of the job? Too little nurturing left over for the husband/family, or is it unsupportive husband/family? Makes me curious. I know it prob differs from situation to situation, but there is a high incidence of divorce.

    Any way, it's almost the end of my shift and i'm on an interventional unit with two walkie talkie patients so i have the luxury of posting this  have a good day!


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            How to tell the difference between a Graduate Nurse and an Experienced Nurse:

    A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does. 
    An Experienced Nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up

    A Graduate Nurse wears so many pins on their name badge you can't read it. 
    An Experienced Nurse doesn't wear a name badge for liability reasons.

    A Graduate Nurse charts too much.
    An Experienced Nurse doesn't chart enough.

    A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes. 
    An Experienced Nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.

    A Graduate Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse. 
    An Experienced Nurse doesn't want anyone to know they are a nurse.

    A Graduate Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad. 
    An Experienced Nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps, napkins, etc.

    A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a patient. 
    An Experienced Nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain them.

    A Graduate Nurse can hear a beeping I-med at 50 yards. 
    An Experienced Nurse can't hear any alarms at any distance.

    A Graduate Nurse loves to hear abnormal heart and breath sounds. 
    An Experienced Nurse doesn't want to know about them unless the patient is symptomatic.

    A Graduate Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath. 
    An Experienced Nurse lets the CNA give the patient a bath.

    A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses. 
    An Experienced Nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.

    A Graduate Nurse looks for blood on a bandage hoping they will get to change it. 
    An Experienced Nurse knows a little blood never hurt anybody.

    A Graduate Nurse looks for a chance "to work with the family." 
    An Experienced Nurse avoids the family.

    A Graduate Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time. 
    An Experienced Nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.

    A Graduate Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinent patient. 
    An Experienced Nurse will insert a Foley catheter.

    A Graduate Nurse always answers their phone. 
    An Experienced Nurse checks their caller ID before answering the phone.

    A Graduate Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting. 
    An Experienced Nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.

    A Graduate Nurse carries reference books in their bag. 
    An Experienced Nurse carries magazines, lunch, and some "cough syrup" in their bag.

    A Graduate Nurse doesn't find this funny. 
    An Experienced Nurse does 

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    OK, I'm sure this has been discussed before but I'm looking for some more recent updates. I am completing an ANP program in May and its time to decide what  certification exam to take. Of course the school is pushing the ANCC because that's what their ciriculum is based on. I've heard th exam content is similar. What are the advantages/disadvantages of one or the other. I know there's some difference of how you sign credentials (APRN-BC versus ANP-C) but what else? Thank you for you input.
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