amyk_ncsu

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1. What MD speciality do you find the most difficult to work with?

   amyk_ncsu replied to nurturing_angel's topic in General Nursing

   I've met many many orthopedic surgeons on a professional level as well as on a patient level. About half of them are arrogant and the other half are some of the most compassionate docs I've met. I agree with some of the above posters that it doesn...

2. Outsourcing nursing home patients.

   amyk_ncsu replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think she got the overseas nursing home bit from The Onion. The childcare outsourcing part did come from there though. Or am I missing something?

3. Will working at a Dr.'s office help you during Nursing school??

   amyk_ncsu replied to nursngstudent05's topic in General Nursing

   Awesome, you'll probably learn more than most people doing the same job. You sound just like me... learn quick and learn lots. For example, I have learned how to set up patients on the table, how to recognize certain aspects of the mris (tears, fl...

4. Will working at a Dr.'s office help you during Nursing school??

   amyk_ncsu replied to nursngstudent05's topic in General Nursing

   I am currently working in a doctors office and currently in nursing school. Actually I'm at work right now, haha. Anyways, I think it depends on what kind of practice you are working in as to whether or not you will benefit from it for school. Per...

5. Nurses: what's your Myers-Briggs classification??

   amyk_ncsu replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an INTJ based on one website... I took the real myers briggs test a few years ago when getting my psych degree, but can't remember what it scored me as.

6. NC Hospitals

   amyk_ncsu replied to rebecrsgnc's topic in North Carolina

   I don't have much relevant information, but I plan on applying for a new grad position in a peds ICU at Wake Med when I graduate. I have heard wonderful things about how Wake Med treats their employees, and their turnover rate is pretty low. As it ...

7. In this place....

   amyk_ncsu replied to la bellota's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, I am almost crying. Absolutely beautiful story. I hope that I can be even half as compassionate a nurse as you will be. Amazing...

8. A&p 1 Coloring Books

   amyk_ncsu replied to 987!'s topic in General Students

   I had one, but I didn't really use it. It also had review questions. Most A&P books (text, study guide, coloring books) will include all A&P, and not divide it up into 2 sections. So any book you get should include all body systems in it.

9. I'm new...

   amyk_ncsu replied to Hanabna's topic in NICU

   A lot of CNA/PCT courses are a couple of months long. You could always take that now and not wait until after the first semester of nursing school. I took the course three evenings a week for a whole spring semester. Some of the other hours offere...

10. 1st Semester Nursing Question

    amyk_ncsu replied to ONEGR8MOM's topic in General Students

    I would say the first semester is the hardest. You are learning from scratch how to "think like a nurse," how to take the tests, and honing your critical thinking skills. For me, after the first semester, the rest is kind of falling into place and ...

11. Advice for a future RN...hopefully!!

    amyk_ncsu replied to chanie's topic in General Students

    If your goal is to become an RN, getting a MA certification won't help. None of those classes will transfer to any nursing school that I've heard of, so if you dont want a career as a MA, then you would essentially be wasting your time and money doi...

12. Exaggerations about nursing school

    amyk_ncsu replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Students

    They told us that it would be very very very hard to keep a job while in school. I have not only kept my job, but I still have enough free time during the week to not go nuts.

13. low overall gpa, high prereq gpa?

    amyk_ncsu replied to shehak20000's topic in General Students

    I can't tell you not to worry too much, but I can say from experience that it is still possible for you to get in with a 2.6 gpa. My gpa (though I hate to admit this) was around 2.6 or 2.7 when I graduated from a university with a BA. It would look...

14. Just bombed my first Peds exam

    amyk_ncsu replied to neej29's topic in General Students

    Our first peds exam was last week, and it was pretty much the same. A lot of non-specific material that wasn't lectured on. At least it was a learning experience and we all know how to study better for the next one. Good luck to you on your next o...

15. Hepatitis B, need help

    amyk_ncsu replied to kg14's topic in General Nursing

    My dr's office sent the lab results to my house and they said positive HBV (or something to that effect), which was a little scary at first. I can see how this can easily be misintrepreted as a positive for Hep B. Hopefully this is the case for yo...