mani96

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1. University of Michigan Flint CRNA 2023

   mani96 replied to CVICURN2020's topic in SRNA

   You're still in the game. I got a straight up rejection email after my interview.

2. NursingCAS

   mani96 posted a topic in SRNA

   Does anyone know how to transfer all credits already entered in NursingCAS to a new application? I entered my coursework under a program I thought I would apply to and then changed my mind. I would like all that work to transfer to my new applicati...

3. Should I Go into Debt for Nursing School?

   mani96 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I do not recommend going into debt for nursing school. I went 75K into debt for my accelerated BSN and I have been regretting it since. I made the decision at the time because I was also being continually wait-listed for CC programs in my area; p...

4. New Grad's Spirit is Broken

   mani96 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Racking up overtime to finish charting is very common; I see this even with experienced nurses on my floor (acute rehab). Not every shift, but it does happen. Management always mentions OT in performance evals because nurses cost the hospital money...

5. This is so crazy - Do I Need All These Books?

   mani96 replied to KaTStudentNurse's topic in General Students

   I used all the books they required when writing care plans during nursing school. Borrowing would have been a really difficult. I purchased all my books first semester (~$800), then rented the rest of of the time through Amazon. I sold all my firs...

6. Please help: TBIs in acute rehab setting

   mani96 posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   Hi all, I'm looking for some feedback and advice. I work on an acute rehab floor and have recently had some challenging TBI patients. Our therapy team has all kinds of advice for, and requests of, the nursing staff when it comes to these patients, ...

7. Accepted to 2 Nursing Programs: Help me decide which is the best option

   mani96 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I know you've already made your decision, but...I'd just like to throw in some advice because I was in your situation 4 years ago. After applying to a local ADN program and being wait listed for 2 years, I started applying to other programs. The th...

8. 37 year old procrastinator - Considering a nursing career

   mani96 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I went to nursing school when I was 40, you're not too old. However, do NOT go into debt to get a nursing degree. I repeat, do NOT go into debt. I graduated from a very highly ranked nursing school and incurred a ridiculous amount of debt, and spe...

9. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

   mani96 replied to RNDave's topic in Professionalism

   I just experienced my first code as a new grad, and in the aftermath of the code, I was told by a nurse that it was a good learning experience for me -- to be sure that I charted everything that was said and done every single day of my nursing life a...

10. Brian Short News

    mani96 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    So so sad to hear about this. My thoughts are with everyone involved. This forum site has been a huge help to me, and it continues to be the supportive and generous site it always has been. RIP Brian and family.

11. What do I say when the interviewer asks why I left my previous job?

    mani96 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    Agreed. But hopefully we can work to change things in SNFs so that these types of forum questions will be a thing of the past. That's my goal anyway.

12. What do I say when the interviewer asks why I left my previous job?

    mani96 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    The question we SHOULD be asking is: why are these working conditions acceptable in any facility, SNF or not? The "reality of SNF work" should not be these kinds of ratios. We need to be advocating for change in the SNF environments rather than acc...

13. What is Your Biggest Challenge as a Nurse or a Nursing Student?

    mani96 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I think I might pick the water science degree at this point. I'm nearly 8 months out from graduating with a BSN and I have gotten only one interview, and I didn't get that job. Compared to many others, I haven't even submitted that many application...

14. Can an RN work as a CNA?

    mani96 replied to ursuscalifornia's topic in California

    haha, nice one ursuscalifornia

15. Doctors Medical Center of Modesto Versant New Graduate Program

    mani96 replied to ursuscalifornia's topic in California

    How does someone "fail" a personality test? What does that even mean? Many of the questions on these test use words like "every time" and "very" and "always." We were told to watch out for questions that used those types of words during nursing sc...