RN going back to be a medical assistant

2 New grad 7 months out and still no luck. I know a lot of new grads are feeling my frustration. i'm contemplating if I should be a medical assistant for awhile as a "foot in the door"... I tried everything from dr's office to even abort

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I have a problem. I have 2 job offers. So that in it self isn't the problem.

Job #1 is a hospital position 3 12 hour shifts 7a-730p
Job #2 is a clinic position M-F 8am-4pm

Pay is lower in the clinic, but comes out to only be a $55 per pay period dif

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Hi! I just graduated with my Bachelors of Science in Nursing this May and I have known for a while now that Nursing is just not a good fit for me. I do not have my RN and frankly I just do not care for bedside nursing. I am currently a Grad Nurse in

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2 I'm currently a travel NICU nurse. During one of my many job searches, I came across a clinical documentation specialist posting. Since I would like to try something other then bedside nursing, but don't want to go back to school for a master's,

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5 I completed my MSN Ed last year, and because of budget cutbacks and all, have not been able to get into staff development as planned. I dabbled in academia for a while, but it's not really my thing.

So, I continue to work at the bedside. I LOVE pa

Career Mistakes

1 I'm writing this to warn new nurses to not make the mistakes I made. I'm 47 y/o, this is not a rant or pity party. These are facts, please feel free to comment...good, bad, or ugly...
I was a cosmetologist since I graduated from high school. in &

Nurses and Deaf Patients

1 Does anyone know if there is a need for nurses that know sign language? I started taking ASL classes a couple of years ago before I decided to do nursing(just because I love it). I thought that I wanted to be an interpreter, but decided not to go t

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I am a nurse with almost five years experience and work in intensive care. However, I am interested in exploring a different specialty. I really enjoy what I do (except for some compassion fatigue at times) but weekends and ESPECIALLY holidays make m

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I have been a lpn for 7 years in mississippi. Someone recently told my grandmother that an lpn could now take the RN nclex exam without going back to school and if they pass they will be a RN. Is this true and if so how do you go about the process? No

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I've been doing nursing for almost 3 years now. I'm planning to go to grad school for my NP (I'm still debating family vs adult) by the end of the year. The hospital I've been working at has been going some radical changes. Our inpatient floors h