KsMICT

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1. The End of Men

   KsMICT replied to Cul2's topic in General Nursing

   All I have to say is I challenge any posturing macho a**hole to survive one shift on my floor (especially a shift like last night's when the sky started falling around 5 am.) We'll then SEE who the REAL man is!

2. Getting kicked out of the program

   KsMICT replied to HelloM1M1's topic in General Students

   You write that you study, read, etc the material. My question is do you actually understand the material you're studying? Are you able to apply it to real life situations or are you trying to memorize too much? The key to understanding medical knowle...

3. End of the class lazies

   KsMICT replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   Well I'm back again with the " end of the class lazies". Exam 2 is on May 11 and the final is on May 20th. I can't bring myself to read another word in my text book, and I'm doing terrible on my practice nclex exams. Oh what to do ? What to do? ...

4. Why do a lot of nursing students hate med/surg?

   KsMICT replied to mariposabella's topic in General Students

   Med-surg RNs probably don't get the respect they deserve because everything nicolegrow wrote is true. There sometimes just are not enough hours in the day do get everything done. The other day I worked with an RN on a transplant floor and I don't thi...

5. Decrease in surgeries relative to the economy?

   KsMICT posted a topic in CRNA

   I saw this posted on a blog today. "I am a physician in the Portland area. We are seeing more and more people unable to pay their bills. Today I wrote off two patients' cost for a surgery. Both mom and dad have lost their jobs, their insurance en...

6. OB Rotation is Hell

   KsMICT replied to Cartman1532's topic in Male Students

   I just finished mine. I hated it not because of feeling uncomfortable or anything. The nurses and patients were great and I learned a few things. It was just so BORING! The patients were all very stable and pain controlled. Several, of course, were n...

7. Mayo Clinic Summer III

   KsMICT replied to MadonnaU2009's topic in General Students

   Well, didn't get in. I don't know what it takes to work in their hallowed halls because I thought I had most everything they could have wanted.

8. Mayo Clinic Summer III

   KsMICT replied to MadonnaU2009's topic in General Students

   I applied. Here's hoping I get in.

9. Question about nursing school. Univeristy or Business School?

   KsMICT replied to pl5tinum's topic in General Students

   You can ask this question over on the CRNA boards but from what I've read there over the last few years it wouldn't matter where you got your BSN. (By the way, why don't you think you'd get into the BSN program at UM?)

10. Paramedic before finishing nursing school?

    KsMICT replied to linda215's topic in General Students

    I agree that the RN-to-paramedic route is the way to go as far as certification. However, as a former medic turned nursing student I can attest that there was a lot I learned in paramedic school that is not taught at an equivalent level in nursing sc...

11. Not good in chemistry-Any good chance in surviving CRNA school?

    KsMICT replied to rn2bn07's topic in SRNA

    Well, this thread is currently very relevant to me. Here's my story- former paramedic, current BSN student (3 more semesters to go), B in General Chem 1 and am currently exposing my very masochistic self by taking Chem 2 this SUMMER with the idea of ...

12. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    KsMICT replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    To one in particular- you are completely incapable of teaching. You do one thing really well- reading (from the PowerPoint slides, that is). You have no ability to convey the information required for the ridiculous tests you put together.

13. New or newer CRNAs...your thoughts on training

    KsMICT replied to mark2climb's topic in CRNA

    We can take this discussion to a more appropriate forum on this site but let me just say that as a paramedic-turned-current-nursing student the theory !%@# makes me want to puke! I believe it is in the curriculum to keep a few too-posh-to-wash Ph.Ds ...

14. Do you regret it?

    KsMICT replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in SRNA

    I am 22 now, and I calculated that by the time I am done with CRNA school, if all goes as planned, which rarely happens, I would be about 32 when I graduate.. Someone once told me "Well youll be 32 anyways, why not be a CRNA". The fact that you are ...

15. This is how it really is for this new CRNA

    KsMICT replied to CRNA2007's topic in CRNA

    "Bump the pay down to about $140-150K but it then I could work lochums in other places every third week." Is there any reason an employer would frown on a CRNA (or MDA for that matter) doing locum work? I mean, common sense tells me no. (It's not as ...