Skippitb

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1. How do you stay awake and alert?

   Skippitb replied to BBQvegan's topic in General Students

   Ditto to that. I never had problems staying up all night and then going to early morning classes before I slept. I would say this was one of the only ways I found that would keep me alert during morning classes. If I worked third shift the night befo...

2. How would you deal with an abusive patient?

   Skippitb replied to fifi2323's topic in Career Support

   Anything nasty that you can think of can and will be said to you at a hospital. I have been called everything from a "f***ing b***h who is abusive and trying to kill [them]," (them being that particular patient) to a "fat slob who no one loves (at 5'...

3. To be or not to be ( A BSN that is)

   Skippitb replied to physiologytutor's topic in Career Support

   I am in SW Michigan also. I know the frustrations of the community colleges here. I have my B.S. in pre-med and I couldn't find any C.C.s that would give me preference for my degree, credit hours completed, core nursing classes completed, pre-reqs co...

4. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

   Skippitb replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Career Support

   Now I have a question. Many people seem to act like nurses don't get paid anything. At the hospital I work at ADNs start out at 23 dollars an hour. Do any of you really think that there is any other job that would pay someone with a 2 year degree 23 ...

5. So, she does drugs... (advice please)

   Skippitb replied to christinaquilter's topic in General Nursing

   Ditto. I have no knowledge of the specific laws in your state but it is likely that if this co-worker kills someone while she is high and someone finds out that you had knowledge of her drug use prior to the incident you could be held partially respo...

6. Which would you choose?

   Skippitb replied to Kwality's topic in Career Support

   Have you looked at public universities and community coleges in your area? I went to a large public university in Michigan and it just barely cost me $21,000 for all 4.5 years of my bachelors. You could go to 12 months of medical school at the Univer...

7. Different kind of retaliation

   Skippitb replied to ZZTopRN's topic in Activism

   I just read this story for the first time today and this is the most horrible thing I have ever heard of. I am so sorry that you have to put up with this. :angryfire Is there anyway you can get a lawyer involved? I really think that you need one. Per...

8. Pre-nursing student seeks advice on career

   Skippitb replied to Manhattanite's topic in Career Support

   I am going to be graduating with my pre-med degree at the end of this semester and will be going on to nursing school rather than medical school. I will try to be helpful by offer my experiences and opinions. I would generally not try to dissuade any...

9. ADN vs. BSN

   Skippitb replied to Skippitb's topic in Career Support

   I have never heard of that. That does sound very interesting, thank you. Do you know where I could get more information on a direct-entry MSN program? Eddited to add: I found some info but the closet school to me that offers such a program is over 2 ...

10. ADN vs. BSN

    Skippitb replied to Skippitb's topic in Career Support

    My problem with getting a BSN is that it would end up being more expensive and take longer (3 years for the BSN at the university near me no matter what) than just getting my masters in biology or going to PA school. At $3,500 a semester on top of th...

11. Vet tech calling herself RN

    Skippitb replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to clarify something. Calling someone who hasn't gone to AT LEAST 2 years of school and passed their VTNE a vet tech is just as mis-representational as that vet tech calling herself a RN, I would be willing to bet she is truly neither a...

12. ADN vs. BSN

    Skippitb posted a topic in Career Support

    In May I will be graduating with my bachelors in biomedical sciences (my school's pre-med track). I have been working at a hospital for the last 2 years and have decided that I would rather go in to nursing school than to medical school. I am wonderi...