Nursing School after Law School to attain a Risk Management position?

Hello all-

I will be graduating law school in 1 year. 5 years ago I took my nursing school pre-reqs and was 2 weeks away from starting nursing school when I got another criminal conviction. All of my other ones were older so the nursing school was al

Beggars can't be choosers...when enough is enough?

Hi there! I'm a newer grad RN. It is VERY difficult to find a job as a new grad in my state. So, I took a job at a SNF. I don't mind geriatrics, I thinks it's fun, I love the residents.

However, the SNF I work at is very poorly staffed. We are sh

Nursing certification benefits

Hi everyone, currently I'm an LPN looking for a way to boost my resume bad credentials while I am studying. Towards my .RN degree. I found a certification in local anesthesia in ct that I'm in interested in taking. Any LPNs have done this before? I

Let go from my first nursing job cant find another job

So if anyone got any advise , that would be amazing!!!
I got let go from my first nursing job after a little over 3 months. I been thinking a lot about what went wrong and I feel that I was very overwhelmed. First I moved 6 hours away to start this j

VA Long Beach?

Hey all, was wondering if anyone here works at the VA Long Beach hospital? I'm considering applying for their ICU. One thing that makes me reluctant is that I've heard they make you work one 8hr shift every other week (so 3 12's and one 8), is tha

Successfully left the hospital .......

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So.... I am very pleased to say that I have successfully left the hospital. Do I feel strange? Of course!! I mean, nurses MUST work in hospitals, right (well, that is where the stigma lies)? Not true. Was I lucky? Maybe. Was it my backgro

my feet!!! :(

Hi all! I am new to posting to the site but have been here before. I just got my first RN job and had my first 12 hour shift, and my feet are killing me. I thought my regular shoes like I wore for clinicals would be ok but, definitely not. I am overw

12 Month ABSN Program vs 17 Month ABSN

Does anyone know why some accelerated nursing programs are different months in total for school? I thought there was a minimum for school hours/courses and clinical hours in order to take the NCLEX? I'm in the process of picking between a 12 month A

NV nursing student would like to move to CA

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I'm currently a nursing student at Carrington College in Reno, NV and will be graduating with an associates in December 2014.. I was going to try and apply for new grad programs in California to be with my boyfriend as we are in a long dista

clinic job vs hospital job

These are my first 8 months as RN.I graduated back on december 2010 and searched for a job for 4months.Finally I got hire for a local community clinic. Salary is excellent they pay me as new grad $2 more dollars than in a hospital, they offer two ret