MNnurse17

MNnurse17 specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. Engagement/Wedding Ring Question

   MNnurse17 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Nursing

   My engagement ring is gorgeous. However, it sits on top of my finger quite a bit and I just know that putting on gloves would be a nightmare. I also don't want to damage my ring with the daily rituals we go through-handwashing, gloves, bodily fluids,...

2. Post NCLEX life

   MNnurse17 replied to squeakercarp's topic in New Nurse

   Right now I'm in the in-between phase of passing NCLEX and starting my job. I have nothing to do and it is driving me crazy! I think that we need to get a hobby. I'm thinking that I will catch up on my reading list and perhaps start a new scrapbook o...

3. Just accepted a peds job offer :) :)

   MNnurse17 replied to ForeverDreaming's topic in Pediatric

   I'm starting in Peds as well. I'd be interested in a thread :) Congrats!

4. New Grads: how long did it take you to find a job, or how long have you been ...

   MNnurse17 replied to kieran07's topic in New Nurse

   Minnesota -Started applying for jobs January 2015 -First/only interview late April 2015 -Job offered informally during interview, formally the next day and accepted -Graduated with BSN early May 2015 -Passed NCLEX early June 2015

5. Dating during school

   MNnurse17 replied to level1's topic in Male Students

   I met my fiance my first semester of nursing school. We were both looking for the "real deal", not just playing the field. It was really nice having him as my boyfriend throughout school because we were both taking a lot of the same classes and we co...

6. Need study tips

   MNnurse17 replied to rmaddox's topic in Student Assist

   Practice questions are great, especially NCLEX style questions. One thing that really helped me was reading my classroom notes out loud. I would get my boyfriend or a friend and "teach" them my notes. They didn't even have to listen, my boyfriend wou...

7. Become a Nurse without Nursing School

   MNnurse17 replied to Longa's topic in General Nursing

   A nurse without the proper education is not a safe nurse. Apprenticeship can teach you skills such as injections, catheters, and other things, but it does not teach you why we do what we do. A nurse needs to be a critical thinker and be able to make ...

8. Regarding Endometriosis & going into Nursing

   MNnurse17 replied to lil pixi's topic in Disabilities

   Having suffered from endometriosis since my teens, I feel your pain. I am in my early twenties, and I just graduated nursing school and got my RN license. I think that if someone really feels that nursing is what they were meant to do, they should do...

9. shut off at 75th question pass or fail (nclex rn)

   MNnurse17 replied to bevialbe29's topic in NCLEX

   I passed in 75 questions recently. I felt that some of my questions were below the passing line because they seemed to be content/memory. I just kept answering every question to my best ability because that is all you can do. I ended up passing, so d...

10. First Choice Nurse; Second ???

    MNnurse17 replied to AllieSparksRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to be a teacher or professor if I could not be a nurse. One of the reasons I like nursing is that we do a lot of teaching, so I sort of get to be both a nurse AND a teacher. :)

11. Are these things still taught in nursing school?

    MNnurse17 replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in May from a four-year BSN program. We learned ABGs in our pathophysiology course the first semester of nursing school and had it reviewed in virtually every nursing course we took. Same goes for HIPAA. As for passing meds, we all had ex...

12. What kind of stethoscope should I get for nursing school?

    MNnurse17 replied to FLhusker's topic in Uniform/Gear

    For the first two years of nursing school, (I attended a four-year program), I used the school stethoscope which cost ten to fifteen dollars, similar to your school. The stethoscope worked alright, but I sometimes had trouble hearing lung sounds unle...