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I am currently working on my doctorate and would love to hear from new nurses on how their first year of nursing is going/went. It is a topic we are discussing in one of my classes and I'd like to get it from the horse's mouth (no offense meant)to share w/members of the class. If you would like to add a comment, please let me [...]
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So here is the problem, nurses are graduating all over the country and many of them are not getting jobs. The media, politicians are talking about the nursings shortage and how we can fix it by opening more nursing programs to train more nurses. But nobody is publically addressing the shortage of jobs for new nurses. I think this is a great [...]
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Hey All,

I am a graphic designer (not a nurse) and I recently created this infographic about nurses and what they do. It deals with wages, demographics, the shortage and other relevant stuff.

http://nursingschool.org/nurses-by-the-numbers/

I just wanted to share with you all.

Thanks!
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I stopped nursing due to a latex allergy and now am frightened to continue becoming a nurse practitioner.

Reading how progressive a latex can become with continued exposure has steered me away from the medical profession, even though I miss it. Latex gloves should be removed from healthcare an alternative in place to ensure safety of patients and staff. If latex is removed from healthcare settings [...]
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Again, I've been careless and raising my blood pressure by listening to Fox News. As the debate over government funded healthcare rages, Fox News decided to support their ideas by saying the British health system is a disaster as well as the Canadian public system. They may as well have attacked my New Zealand system because we have a national health service.

Naturally they highlighted some [...]
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Managing Your Career

You may just be embarking on your nursing career but have your sights set on travel nursing. You'll be able to see the world, get great benefits, and hone your problem solving and clinical skills.

But there's a catch: you'll need two years experience first. Here Jeff Long,  marketing manager of Medical Solutions, a staffing company that places nurses in travel nursing jobs, talks about what [...]
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Seasoned with Sage

"Such a waste!"

Those were painful words to hear from a colleague after she learned that I was using my nursing degree in a new way.

For the past year, I've been working in Nursing Informatics at the hospital where I am employed.  It embraces where nursing is headed in the 21st century.

I'm excited about the direction of my career-even if it isn't where I slated it [...]
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Managing Your Career
Author Donna Cardillo, RN, MA, on why you may be unable to find a hospital job—and what to do about it.

RealityRN member Auntymai writes, “I haven't been able to find a nursing job and the situation doesn't look good. I've been in contact with my professors at school, and I've been told that the new graduates are not able to find jobs either,”

It’s a sentiment voiced repeatedly by our RealityRN community—and the phenomenon is perplexing. After all, nursing students have been told there’s a nursing [...]
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