What is the best direction for a nursing career?

I am wondering if any of you can share your experience in advanced practice nursing. I have a BSN and am thinking about the next step. I am interested in either obtaining a Masters in nursing education, becoming a nurse practitioner, or just amassing

How to make my resume ROAR

So I've been trying to edit my resume so that it might catch more interviews but I'm having some trouble. I want to demonstrate results in the details of past employment instead of stating the obvious of what I did at each job. The problem is I hav

planning second career... seeking general advice

Hi everyone -

I am 44 year old and have finally decided to wind down my software business and try a second career for myself before it's too late! I have done pretty well in software, and I will continue to have some income from it but I'm just not

Finding a position in a specialty area

Hello!
I've been an RN for about a year and a half now, the first 8-9 months I spent working in a long term care unit and have been in a critical access hospital ACU for just under a year. During nursing school I loved peds/nicu and spent my "r

Nursing Specialty Fellowship Programs

Hi Guys! How's everything. Let me be the first one to greet you all a very Merry Christmasand a Happy New Year 2014 ahead of us!!! Who can advice me where to enroll for a "paid" Nursing Specialty Fellowship Program? I am quite interested t

New grad...how do I make myself marketable???

Hi everyone,

I am a recent ADN grad from CT. I passed my boards on 11/26 and received my license on 12/2. I have already enrolled in an accelerated BSN program. I am now wondering if I should use vacation time and register to take a 2 day ACLS course

Kipp School Nurses?

Hi, I am currently pursuing my BSN however I am very interested in working for KIPP as a school nurse. Does anyone have experience working with KIPP? Did you like it? What was your typical day like, etc.? Thanks in advance! If you are referring to the

Looking for advice on my career path.

Hi everyone,

First, a quick background on me. I'm a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (majority of my training focused on psychiatry, but my scope includes everything that a Registered Nurses's scope includes except for maternity and pediatrics.) I gra

A Mother Seeking Healthcare Career Advice for High School Junior

1 My Daughter who is a Junior in High School is not sure what she wants to do, except that it should be in the Healthcare field. Initially she wanted to be a Nurse, but lately seems to be wavering a bit.

She is currently enrolled in a Dual Enrollmen

What are my options?

So my plan when I finished school was to do med surg for a year then venture out. Now, it's been a year and I don't know where to go. Floor nursing is not what I want to do forever, but when I search for jobs, hospital jobs are mostly all I see. I