HELP!! Need help with letter of intent for grad school!

Hi! I have decided to apply for grad school! All of the applications required a goal statement/letter of intent... I am not sure what they want to hear, so I would love any feed back on my first rough draft I have here... I know some people have made

Accepted RN position as rotating shifts but after I accepted they changed shifts

Interviewed with va & was told I'd have rotating shifts. Did the long & drawn out hiring process for va & waited months before finally getting official job offer. I accepted excitedly, but a week later I spoke with the nurse manager on t

Anyone heard any reason gel polish is worse than regular polish??

Something that has me miffed is that there were supposedly "numerous complaints" about some of us new hires' nails made to our nsg supervisor by senior staff. It became a big to-do... no acrylics, gels, shallacks, and the list went on. Pai

PVT no longer works

Tell us about a thread title that you would love to see.

For Example: Doctors finally admit that they know less than nurses

Or: New nurses shown to be highly skilled compared to seasoned nurses

Or: All for-profit nursing programs shut down by FEDs

Or: On

UCLA 2015 NP Program

Hello,
I just received my response from UCLA for my application late February 2015 and I am on the waiting/alternate list for the acute care np program for fall 2015. (Devastating!). I was just wondering if others knew what the actual likelihood of s

Call offs/Staff turnover

What are some ideas that nursing facilities have done to curb call offs and staff turnover? Quote from XNavyCorpsmanWhat are some ideas that nursing facilities have done to curb call offs and staff turnover?

Comment: Lived in one city where the faci

I am moving to a new state.

I am planing on moving from FL to Houston. can someone please tell me what the nurse/patient ratio and how much they pay in hospital. I want live in the downtown area.

The Color of Mourning

Thank you for sharing this timely message

Comment: Beautifully written, and very appropriate. Especially since I recently lost a family member, and spoke to a CNA who was at the funeral home who cared for my close family member. Thank you.

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Care Plans

Has anyone heard of "I" Care Plans? We're being told we have to write our care plans from the perspective of the patient, i.e. I want to keep from getting an infection in my bladder so I'm going to...... Any help would be appreciated. Tha

Any SAHMs?

Really thinking about taking a break from nursing to have more time with my kids (2yo & 9mos). I would love to work from home, but it would have to be at night since their father works morning and we don't do daycare (I mean daycare is TOTALLY o